🇳🇿 Ryan Yardley

Ryan Yardley is a professional racing driver from New Zealand competing in GT and formula racing. He races the Porsche Carrera Cup NA for Topp Racing, where he won the 2025 championship; he also competes in GT4 America for ACI Motorsports and GT World Challenge America for Wright Motorsports in multiclass endurance racing, where he drives GT3 and GT4 cars alongside co-drivers. He holds an FIA Silver grading, which places him among drivers developing toward the full-professional grades in sportscar racing.[1]

Yardley's record spans six seasons from 2021, beginning with formula racing in Formula Regional Americas before moving into single-make and multiclass GT competition. His strongest campaign came in 2025, when he won the Porsche Carrera Cup NA championship with two wins and ten podiums across the season. He has taken 35 podiums across 87 starts overall, with four wins. His success in Porsche Carrera Cup has been his foundation; he has also competed in the endurance formats of GT4 America and GT World Challenge America, taking podiums in both series. In 2026, he has already won races in GT World Challenge America alongside his ongoing GT4 America and Carrera Cup efforts.[2]

In Porsche Carrera Cup, Yardley regularly races against Riley Dickinson, the 2023 series champion, and has been closely matched with him; he also typically finishes ahead of Jimmy Llibre, an entry-level professional who shares several of his series. Beyond his regular rivals, Yardley has finished ahead of Kyffin Simpson, an established professional and 2021 Formula Regional Americas champion, multiple times, and has one finish ahead of Scott McLaughlin, an elite professional and two-time Supercars champion with extensive IndyCar and IMSA experience.