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🇰🇾 Kyffin Simpson

Racing driver from Cayman Islands. IndyCar. One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Kyffin Simpson
Born
9 October 2004(b. 2004)
Nationality
Cayman Islands
Current team
Series
IndyCar
Status
Active
Championships
12021
Career wins
12
Career podiums
24
Career starts
150
Career DNFs
3
Racer Rating
5,917
Kyffin Simpson
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,917
Rank 303 of 38,983 indexed, +271 this season
FIA Categorisation
Gold
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Kyffin Simpson is a racing driver from Cayman Islands who competes in IndyCar. Simpson is a one-time champion (2021), with 12 wins and 24 podiums from 150 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,917 ranks Simpson 303th 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)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-08-09Grand Prix of PortlandIndyCarP10+48
2026-07-20Grand Prix of NashvilleIndyCarP9+65
2026-07-05Grand Prix of Mid-OhioIndyCarP15−10
2026-06-21Grand Prix of Road AmericaIndyCarP4+136
2026-06-08Grand Prix of IllinoisIndyCarP21−81
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+192Road Atlanta 2022IMSA WeatherTechP1
+188PAUL RICARD 2023European Le Mans SeriesP1
+177SPA FRANCORCHAMPS 2023European Le Mans SeriesP1
+172Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta 2021Formula Regional AmericasP1
+160Sebring International Raceway 2023IMSA WeatherTechP1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course4 starts+18
Sebring International Raceway5 starts+11
Road America5 starts+11
Daytona International Speedway4 starts+3
Struggles
Barber Motorsports Park6 starts-23
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸IndyCar1300000P16+3305,917
▸IMSA WeatherTechTower Motorsports100000—−59
2025▸IndyCar1701000P14+5155,646
2024▸IndyCar1700000P22↑925−3795,132
▸IMSA WeatherTechDragonSpeed100000P30+18
▸WECNielsen Racing100000—−77
2023▸Indy NXTHMD Motorsports1101010P11−5064,645
▸Asian Le Mans SeriesAlgarve Pro Racing411000—+437
▸European Le Mans SeriesAlgarve Pro Racing423000—+440
▸IMSA WeatherTechTower Motorsports411000P7+150
2022▸Indy NXTHMD Motorsports1400000P9↑325−7274,123
▸IMSA WeatherTechGradient Racing511000P25↑375+75
2021▸Formula Regional Americas18713000P1+9364,075
▸Indy Pro 2000 ChampionshipJuncos Hollinger Racing1603000P8↑517−436
▸SCCA Majors200000P22−52
2020▸Formula Regional Americas900100P12↑75−2014,256
▸US F4900200P17↑1,013−139
2019▸SKUSA SuperNationals200000—+293,236
2018▸SKUSA SuperNationals200000—+9832,333
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Simpson finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇩🇰 Christian RasmussenFIA Gold5,30891385342%
🇺🇸 Jacob AbelFIA Silver5,09871323945%
🇺🇸 Nolan SiegelFIA Gold5,38869313845%
🇺🇸 Sting Ray RobbFIA Gold4,85461332854%
🇺🇸 David Malukas6,71549123724%
🇲🇽 Pato O'WardFIA Gold7,02448113723%
🇳🇿 Scott McLaughlinFIA Platinum6,60448143429%
🇯🇵 Felix RosenqvistFIA Gold6,54148133527%
🇳🇱 Rinus VeeKayFIA Gold6,32948163233%
🇯🇵 Alex PalouFIA Platinum7,6594764113%
🇮🇹 Andrea Kimi AntonelliFIA Platinum, 3× champion8,09821150%
🇩🇰 Christian LundgaardFIA Gold6,85347123526%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
293🇪🇸 Paco GodiaFormula 15,930
294🇮🇩 Rio HaryantoFormula 15,930
295🇺🇸 Pat FlahertyFormula 15,929
296🇫🇷 Yannick DalmasFIA GT Championship5,929
297🇺🇸 Jamie McMurrayNASCAR Truck5,928
298🇮🇹 Gerino GeriniFormula 15,926
299🇬🇧 Philip HansonWEC5,926
300🇬🇧 Cliff AllisonFormula 15,922
301🇺🇸 Johnny BoydFormula 15,918
302🇪🇸 Luis Perez-SalaFormula 15,918
303🇰🇾 Kyffin SimpsonIndyCar5,917
304🇬🇧 Nick YellolyIMSA WeatherTech5,917
305🇨🇳 Yifei YeWEC5,917
306🇩🇪 Heinz-Harald FrentzenFormula 15,916
307🇮🇹 Consalvo SanesiFormula 15,915
308🇫🇷 Anthoine HubertFormula 25,914
309🇺🇸 Rodger WardFormula 15,914
310🇬🇧 James HuntFormula 15,912
311🇫🇷 Michel LeclèreFormula 15,911
312🇩🇪 Christian DannerFormula 15,910
313🇵🇾 Joshua DürksenFormula 25,910
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Kyffin Simpson is an established professional racing at an elite level in endurance and top-tier single-seater machinery. His Racer Rating of 6,013 places him among the strongest drivers competing outside Formula 1 and IndyCar's front-running layers; he races in fields dominated by full professionals and holds a Gold FIA categorisation in endurance racing, which denotes the highest tier of sportscar driver. Simpson won the 2021 Formula Regional Americas championship with seven wins across 27 starts, a strong national-level feeder series result, and has since competed in multiple top categories including IndyCar, the World Endurance Championship, and IMSA's premier WeatherTech series.[1]

Simpson has spent the bulk of his career since 2022 in endurance racing and the IndyCar ladder. In IndyCar itself, across 45 starts from 2024 onward, he has recorded one podium and finished an average of P11; the field includes multiple drivers with substantially higher ratings, and his head-to-head record against established professionals reflects a competitive but secondary position within the series. His performance against champions and elite drivers has been mixed: he has regularly finished behind Gold-graded professionals such as Christian Rasmussen, Nolan Siegel, and Sting Ray Robb across season-long competitions, though he has beaten stronger drivers in isolated results, including six finishes ahead of four-time champion Alex Palou and ten ahead of two-time champion Pato O'Ward. His endurance record has been stronger; driving for Algarve Pro Racing in 2023, Simpson won twice in four European Le Mans Series starts, a performance that marked a peak in his results.[2]

Simpson remains an active IndyCar competitor with Chip Ganassi Racing as of mid-2026. His career shows a driver of consistent professional standard competing effectively among established peers but not yet establishing a sustained pattern of superiority over the strongest fields in his categories. Recent reporting suggests he is working toward improved results, with focus on replicating strong performances such as his showing at Road America.

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