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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Danny Formal

Racing driver from Costa Rica. Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA, Wayne Taylor Racing. Three-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Danny Formal
Nationality
Costa Rica
Current team
Wayne Taylor Racing
Series
Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA
Status
Active
Championships
32022, 2023, 2025
Career wins
39
Career podiums
63
Career starts
122
Career DNFs
4
Racer Rating
4,788
Driver photo 3:4
Racer Rating
4,788
Rank 1443 of 38,983 indexed, +118 this season
FIA Categorisation
Silver
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Danny Formal is a racing driver from Costa Rica who competes in Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA for Wayne Taylor Racing. Formal is a three-time champion (2022, 2023, 2025), with 39 wins and 63 podiums from 122 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,788 ranks Formal 1443th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAITAITAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-08-01Road America ProAmLamborghini Super Trofeo NAP5โˆ’65
2026-07-31Road America ProAmLamborghini Super Trofeo NAP1+62
2026-07-12Canadian Tire Motorsport Park GTDIMSA WeatherTechP5+42
2026-06-28Watkins Glen International GTDIMSA WeatherTechP20โˆ’177
2026-06-27Watkins Glen International ProAmLamborghini Super Trofeo NAP1+53
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+189Sebring International Raceway 2020Lamborghini Super Trofeo NAP1
+185Canadian Tire Motorsport Park 2025IMSA WeatherTechP1
+166Road America 2021Lamborghini Super Trofeo NAP1
+153Road America 2021Lamborghini Super Trofeo NAP1
+148Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca 2026IMSA WeatherTechP1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Road America12 starts+33
Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca17 starts+28
Circuit of the Americas4 starts+18
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park4 starts+15
Struggles
Sebring International Raceway13 starts-25
Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino9 starts-18
Road Atlanta5 starts-7
Watkins Glen International15 starts-2
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026โ–ธLamborghini Super Trofeo NAWayne Taylor Racing877000P1+3464,788
โ–ธIMSA WeatherTechWayne Taylor Racing611000P9โˆ’228
2025โ–ธIMSA WeatherTechWayne Taylor Racing1011000P15โˆ’2214,670
โ–ธLamborghini Super Trofeo NAWayne Taylor Racing1067000P1+273
โ–ธLamborghini Super Trofeo World FinalWayne Taylor Racing211000โ€”+138
2024โ–ธIMSA WeatherTechWayne Taylor Racing with Andretti1000000P19โˆ’1734,479
โ–ธLamborghini Super Trofeo NAWayne Taylor Racing with Andretti1026000P3โˆ’132
โ–ธIMSA Pilot Challengevan der Steur Racing100000P28โˆ’153
โ–ธLamborghini Super Trofeo World FinalWayne Taylor Racing with Andretti100000โ€”+88
2023โ–ธLamborghini Super Trofeo NAWayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport10810000P1+6304,849
โ–ธIMSA WeatherTechRacers Edge Motorsports with WTR400000P30โˆ’162
โ–ธLamborghini Super Trofeo World FinalWTR200100โ€”โˆ’217
โ–ธSKUSA SuperNationals111000โ€”+17
2022โ–ธLamborghini Super Trofeo NAWayne Taylor Racing1059000P1+6124,582
โ–ธIMSA Prototype ChallengeCT Motorsports LLC300000P14โˆ’361
โ–ธIMSA WeatherTechMuehlner Motorsports America100000P36โˆ’164
โ–ธSKUSA SuperNationals100100โ€”โˆ’240
2021โ–ธLamborghini Super Trofeo NAWayne Taylor Racing936000P4โ†‘565+5874,735
โ–ธSKUSA SuperNationals101000โ€”+22
2020โ–ธLamborghini Super Trofeo NAAnsa Motorsports817000P4โ†‘25+3034,528
โ–ธIMSA Pilot ChallengeVAN DER STEUR RACING LLC100000P23โˆ’143
2019โ–ธSKUSA SuperNationals111000โ€”+833,375
2018โ–ธSKUSA SuperNationals100000โ€”+743,292
2017โ–ธSKUSA SuperNationals200100โ€”โˆ’1373,218
2016โ–ธSKUSA SuperNationals211000โ€”+1843,355
2015โ–ธSKUSA SuperNationals111000โ€”+1263,170
2014โ–ธSKUSA SuperNationals201000โ€”+1673,045
2013โ–ธSKUSA SuperNationals201100โ€”โˆ’542,877
2012โ–ธSKUSA SuperNationals100000โ€”+622,931
2011โ–ธSKUSA SuperNationals101000โ€”+1,5192,869
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Formal finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Jake WalkerFIA Silver4,21141251661%
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Giano TaurinoFIA Silver4,11635231266%
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Patrick GallagherFIA Silver5,1363272522%
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Robby FoleyFIA Gold4,7683272522%
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Russell WardFIA Silver5,2813172423%
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Brendan IribeFIA Bronze4,32931161552%
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Philip EllisFIA Gold4,9313062420%
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Frederik SchandorffFIA Gold4,63230161453%
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Orey FidaniFIA Bronze4,17229111838%
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Parker ThompsonFIA Silver4,4932862221%
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sergio PรฉrezFIA Platinum6,808110100%
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Kyle KirkwoodFIA Gold, 3ร— champion6,77132167%
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Scott McLaughlinFIA Platinum, 2ร— champion6,604110100%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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1,436๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Kazuki HoshinoSuper GT4,795
1,437๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Ben RhodesNASCAR Truck4,792
1,438๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Onofrio TriarsiIMSA WeatherTech4,792
1,439๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Ryan SiegNASCAR Xfinity4,791
1,440๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Andy WallaceFIA GT Championship4,790
1,441๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Andrej PavicevicInternational Formula 30004,789
1,442๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Eric CheliFormula 3 Macau4,789
1,443๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Danny FormalLamborghini Super Trofeo NA4,788
1,444๐Ÿณ๏ธ Simon DolanWEC4,788
1,445๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Blake McDonaldAsian Le Mans Series4,787
1,446๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Damien PasiniFIA GT Championship4,787
1,447๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Marco BarbaGP3 Series4,787
1,448๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Seb PriaulxWEC4,787
1,449๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Thomas MutschNรผrburgring 24 Hours4,787
1,450๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Alex BrundleNรผrburgring 24 Hours4,783
1,451๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ralph FirmanSuper GT4,783
1,452๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Nicolas ArmindoWEC4,782
1,453๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Klaus GrafNรผrburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,781
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Danny Formal is a professional-level sportscar driver rated 4,867, placing him squarely in the professional band; he competes at the sharp end of endurance and one-make racing, regularly beating semi-professionals and holding his own against established professionals. The Costa Rican driver holds the FIA Silver categorisation for sportscar and endurance racing, denoting a professional with typically early-career status in that discipline. Across 113 starts spanning 15 seasons, Formal has recorded 37 wins and 60 podiums, averaging a fifth-place finish; his record is built almost entirely on dominance in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA, where he has won 31 of his 37 races as a mainstay of Wayne Taylor Racing's roster.[1]

Formal's competitive standing emerges from his head-to-head records against peers rather than any single dominant season. Against Jake Walker and Giano Taurino, both Silver-graded champions, Formal has winning records of 23โ€“15 and 21โ€“11 respectively across shared races; he also holds significant winning margins against Russell Ward and Robby Foley, both established professionals rated higher, in fields of 30 shared starts each. His ventures into IMSA's top-tier WeatherTech Championship have been modest; two wins in 31 starts show limited success at that tier, and his records against Patrick Gallagher and Robby Foley in mixed-company fields tilt sharply toward those drivers. Single results against elite professionals including Kyle Kirkwood, Scott McLaughlin, Kevin Estre and Eddie Cheever exist on record but do not form patterns. Formal has remained active throughout 2025 and into 2026, most recently featuring in reports from Wayne Taylor Racing's Lamborghini campaign at the North American World Final Championship in late 2025.[2]

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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