🏳️ Juan Hernandez Leiva

Juan Hernandez Leiva is a competitive amateur racer with a Racer Rating of 2,710, a level that describes the front of club racing and the entry end of professional-amateur competition; quick drivers usually competing self-funded against a mix of amateurs and established professionals. His career record is limited to a single season in 2021, when he contested two rounds of the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin for Team Guatemala Racing, finishing 20th overall without securing a podium finish. Across those starts he averaged a ninth-place grid or race position, a competitive showing for a debut campaign.[1]

The calibre of the field around him demonstrates the racing Hernandez encountered. He finished ahead of several FIA graded professionals in those limited opportunities, including the FIA Silver drivers Aaron Jeansonne, Sam Paley, and Jared Thomas on multiple occasions. Thomas was a dominant force in the series, winning the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup championship in 2022, 2023, and 2024; Hernandez beat him twice despite being substantially outrated. He also outran the FIA Bronze driver Moisey Uretsky twice. These head-to-head results against established drivers suggest a competitive operator at the amateur level during his brief active period.

Hernandez has since retired from racing. His two-start career provides limited grounds for long-term assessment, but the evidence places him as a club-level amateur who acquitted himself well against stronger opposition in his sole season of competition.