Teddy Musella
Teddy Musella | |
|---|---|
| Born | Teddy Musella 25 May 2009 Orlando, Florida, USA |
| Nationality |  American |
| USF2000 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2025 |
| Current team | VRD Racing |
| Car number | 25 |
| Championship titles | |
| 2024 | Ligier JS F4 Series |
Teddy Musella (born 25 May 2009) is an American racing driver who competes in the USF2000 Championship for VRD Racing. He is the 2024 Ligier JS F4 Series champion.
Career
Musella began karting 2019.[1] Spending four years in karting, Musella most notably finished fourth in the 2022 USPKS X30 Junior standings and seventh in the SKUSA SuperNationals in the same year.[2][3]
Musella made his single-seater debut in the 2023 F4 Western Winter Series, where he won one race at New Jersey Motorsports Park.[4] After also competing in the Lucas Oil Winter Series, Musella made a one-off appearance in USF Juniors for Zanella Racing at Barber Motorsports Park.[5] In his only two races in the series, Musella finished tenth and seventh.[6][7]
However, his main program in 2024 was in the newly-created Ligier JS F4 Series, where he drove for Scuderia Buell as the team's sole full-time driver.[8] Musella won two of the three races of the season-opening round at NOLA Motorsports Park to take the lead in points.[9] After losing the points lead to Bacon Zelenka at Road America,[10] Musella won the first race at Mid-Ohio,[11] before finishing on the podium in four of the following five races.[12] In the final round of the season at Circuit of the Americas, Musella won the first two races of the weekend on his way to the inaugural Ligier JS F4 title.[13][14]
Despite winning a scolarship to race in the Formula 4 United States Championship,[15] Musella joined VRD Racing to compete in the USF2000 Championship alongside Thomas Schrage, Christian Cameron and Ryan Giannetta.[16] After taking his first top five of the season in the second round at NOLA Motorsports Park,[17] Musella took the pole for both races at Indianapolis before taking his maiden series podium in race two by finishing second to teammate Schrage.[18] Following a sixth-place finish at Indianapolis Raceway Park, Musella took his maiden series win in the following round at Road America.[19] Musella then scored six podiums in the last eight races of the season, including his second win of the season at the season-ending round in Portland.[20]
Karting record
Karting career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Junior | Zanella Racing | 38th |
| 2022 | SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Junior | Rolison Performance Group | 7th |
| 2024 | RMC Winter Trophy — Junior Max | 35th | |
| Sources:[21][22] | |||
Racing record
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 12th | |
| 2024 | Ligier JS F4 Series | Scuderia Buell | 15 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 254 | 1st |
| USF Juniors | Zanella Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 27th | |
| 2025 | USF2000 Championship | VRD Racing | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 371 | 2nd |
| Source:[23][21] | |||||||||
Complete Ligier JS F4 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Scuderia Buell | NOL 1 1 |
NOL 2 2 |
NOL 3 1 |
ROA 1 3 |
ROA 2 10 |
ROA 3 5 |
MOH 1 1 |
MOH 2 2 |
MOH 3 2 |
NJM 1 3 |
NJM 2 5 |
NJM 3 3 |
COA 1 1 |
COA 2 1 |
COA 3 2 |
1st | 254 |
American open-wheel racing results
USF Juniors
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Zanella Racing | NOL 1 |
NOL 2 |
NOL 3 |
ALA 1 10 |
ALA 2 7 |
VIR 1 |
VIR 2 |
VIR 3 |
MOH 1 |
MOH 2 |
ROA 1 |
ROA 2 |
ROA 3 |
POR 1 |
POR 2 |
POR 3 |
27th | 25 |
USF2000 Championship
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | VRD Racing | STP 1 14 |
STP 2 8 |
NOL 1 5 |
NOL 2 8 |
NOL 3 6 |
IMS 1 4 |
IMS 2 2 |
IRP 6 |
ROA 1 2* |
ROA 2 1* |
MOH 1 4 |
MOH 2 3 |
MOH 3 3 |
TOR 1 3 |
TOR 2 4 |
POR 1 3 |
POR 2 3 |
POR 3 1 |
2nd | 371 |
References
- ^ "Teddy Musella (R)". usf2000.com. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "Rolison Performance Group Takes Five Wins and Two Championships at USPKS Heartland Grand Prix". rolisonperformancegroup.com. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "Victories for OTK products at SKUSA SuperNationals 25". tkart.it. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "2023 International Formula 4 season review". formulascout.com. 24 December 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "Entry List - Continental Tire Grand Prix of Alabama" (PDF). USF Juniors. 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Ariel Elkin wins opening USF Juniors race at Barber shortened by crash". formulascout.com. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "Elkin wins again at Barber but Wheldon grows USF Juniors lead". formulascout.com. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "Ligier JS F4: 2024 season guide". feederseries.net. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "Musella, Hauanio win Ligier JS F4 openers at NOLA". racer.com. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "US F4 starts new era with Gen2 cars as its old machinery puts on a show". formulascout.com. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "Stati, Musella take JS F4, US F4 wins at Mid-Ohio, Shehan wins FR Americas". racer.com. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "Teddy Musella Discusses Breakout Season and Upcoming Ligier JS F4 Championship Showdown". usopenwheelnation.com. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "Popow takes first F4 U.S. win at COTA, Musella wins in JSF4". racer.com. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "Teddy Musella wins inaugural Ligier JS F4 title". usopenwheelnation.com. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "Ligier Junior Formula Championship: 2025 season guide". feederseries.net. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "Ligier JS F4: 2024 season guide". feederseries.net. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "Liam McNeilly continues unbeaten USF2000 run with third win in a row". formulascout.com. 12 April 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "Schrage takes his turn for first USF2000 victory". racer.com. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "USF2000: Schrage cements lead with win as crash derails Jeffers' weekend". feederseries.net. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "USF2000: Jeffers seals title as last-gasp victory helps Musella usurp Schrage". feederseries.net. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Teddy Musella | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ Kartcom. "Musella Teddy". Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "Teddy Musella Results". Motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
External links
- Teddy Musella career summary at DriverDB.com