PJ Hyett is a racing driver from United States who competes in IMSA WeatherTech for AO Racing. Hyett is a two-time champion (2025, 2025), with 7 wins and 20 podiums from 68 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,245 ranks Hyett 868th of 40,349 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.
| 2026-10-03 | Road Atlanta LMP2 | P10 | −156 |
| 2026-09-20 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway RC LMP2 | P8 | −118 |
| 2026-09-13 | Silverstone LMP2 Pro/Am | P6 | −32 |
| 2026-08-23 | Spa-Francorchamps LMP2 Pro/Am | P3 | +55 |
| 2026-08-02 | Road America LMP2 | P4 | +24 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +154 | 4 Hours of Sepang 2024 | Asian Le Mans Series | P4 |
| +149 | Imola 2025 | European Le Mans Series | P1 |
| +133 | LE MANS 2025 | WEC | P3 |
| +132 | LE MANS 2023 | WEC | P7 |
| +132 | Paul Ricard 2025 | European Le Mans Series | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸IMSA WeatherTech | AO Racing | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | −115 | 5,245 |
| ▸European Le Mans Series | AO by TF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | −136 | ||
| ▸WEC | AO by TF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −27 | ||
| 2025 | â–¸IMSA WeatherTech | AO Racing | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +412 | 5,522 |
| â–¸European Le Mans Series | AO by TF | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +342 | ||
| ▸WEC | AO by TF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +133 | ||
| 2024 | ▸IMSA WeatherTech | AO Racing | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P12 | ↑258+1 | 4,635 |
| â–¸Asian Le Mans Series | Proton Competition | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P8 | +427 | ||
| ▸Radical Cup NA | RYNO Racing with Team Stradale | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | −68 | ||
| ▸WEC | AO by TF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +83 | ||
| 2023 | â–¸IMSA WeatherTech | AO Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | +427 | 4,217 |
| â–¸Porsche Carrera Cup NA | Kellymoss | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | +22 | ||
| â–¸WEC | Project 1 - AO | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | +183 | ||
| 2022 | ▸International GT | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | −40 | 3,302 | |
| â–¸Porsche Carrera Cup NA | Kelly-Moss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P12 | +1,952 | ||
| ▸Le Mans Cup | Schnitzelalm Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P15 | ↑136−108 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 Tom DillmannFIA Gold | 5,685 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 27% |
| 🇺🇸 George KurtzFIA Bronze | 5,617 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 48% |
| 🇬🇧 Alex QuinnFIA Gold | 5,315 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 55% |
| 🇨🇠Mathias BecheFIA Gold | 4,929 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 77% |
| 🇨🇦 John FaranoFIA Bronze | 4,687 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 64% |
| 🇬🇧 Oliver JarvisFIA Platinum | 4,559 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 64% |
| 🇫🇷 Matthieu VaxiviereFIA Gold | 5,137 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 62% |
| 🇺🇸 Dan GoldburgFIA Bronze | 4,903 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 52% |
| 🇩🇰 Mikkel JensenFIA Platinum | 4,948 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 55% |
| 🇫🇷 Francois PerrodoFIA Bronze | 5,418 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 53% |
| 🇦🇺 Broc FeeneyFIA Gold, 1× champion | 6,596 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇵🇹 António Félix da CostaFIA Platinum, 2× champion | 6,428 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇯🇵 Kakunoshin OhtaFIA Gold | 6,216 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 858 | 🇪🇸 Borja GarcÃa | Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup | 5,253 |
| 859 | 🇪🇸 Alex Riberas | WEC | 5,252 |
| 860 | 🇫🇷 Cyrille Sauvage | FIA GT Championship | 5,252 |
| 861 | 🇫🇷 Didier André | IndyCar | 5,252 |
| 862 | 🇯🇵 Nobuteru Taniguchi | Super GT | 5,252 |
| 863 | 🇲🇽 Esteban Gutiérrez | WEC | 5,251 |
| 864 | 🇪🇸 Adrian Campos | Formula 1 | 5,250 |
| 865 | 🇮🇹 Alessandro Santin | International Formula 3000 | 5,250 |
| 866 | 🇧🇪 Jeff van Hooydonk | FIA GT Championship | 5,248 |
| 867 | 🇺🇸 A.J. Foyt IV | IndyCar | 5,245 |
| 868 | 🇺🇸 PJ Hyett | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,245 |
| 869 | 🇮🇹 Giovanni Montanari | International Formula 3000 | 5,244 |
| 870 | 🇳🇿 Hunter McElrea | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,243 |
| 871 | 🇨🇠Philippe Favre | FIA GT Championship | 5,243 |
| 872 | 🇺🇸 Austin Theriault | NASCAR Cup Series | 5,241 |
| 873 | 🇪🇸 FermÃn Vélez | IndyCar | 5,241 |
| 874 | 🇺🇸 Cole Whitt | NASCAR Cup Series | 5,240 |
| 875 | 🇺🇸 Olivier Pla | Asian Le Mans Series | 5,240 |
| 876 | 🇺🇸 Robbie Buhl | IndyCar | 5,240 |
| 877 | 🇳🇱 Nicky Catsburg | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,239 |
| 878 | 🇨🇦 Patrick Carpentier | NASCAR Xfinity | 5,239 |
PJ Hyett is an established professional racing in multiclass endurance championships. He competes in the IMSA WeatherTech and European Le Mans Series, driving LMP2 prototypes and GT3 cars for AO Racing and AO by TF respectively. He holds an FIA Bronze grade, placing him among amateur and gentleman drivers racing alongside professionals in sportscar endurance. Hyett came to racing as a software entrepreneur and GitHub co-founder.[1]
Across five seasons from 2022 onward, he has taken 7 wins and 20 podiums in 67 starts. He claimed championships in the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech LMP2 class and the 2025 European Le Mans Series LMP2 Pro/Am class. His record in IMSA spans three seasons with 29 starts yielding 3 wins and 6 podiums; in the European Le Mans Series he has 11 starts with 1 win and 7 podiums in 2025 and 2026 combined. He has also raced in the World Endurance Championship, taking one podium from 7 starts, and competed in shorter-format series including Porsche Carrera Cup NA, Radical Cup NA, and International GT.[2]
Hyett is a regular in fields alongside Gold-graded professionals and multiple champions. He usually finishes behind Tom Dillmann, a Gold-graded driver who won the 2016 Formula V8 3.5 championship and was champion of the 2024 IMSA WeatherTech LMP2 class, but runs closely matched with George Kurtz, a fellow Bronze driver and 2023 IMSA LMP2 champion. He has finished ahead of Broc Feeney, the 2025 Supercars champion, twice, and twice ahead of António Félix da Costa, a Platinum-graded former Formula E and WEC LMP2 champion. His primary team, AO Racing, has fielded 20 drivers and taken 20 race wins across the index, with established professional Laurens Vanthoor among its strongest entries. The 2026 WEC season is currently in progress.