Leonardo Escorpioni (born 14 January 2010) is a Brazilian racing driver who last competed in the 2026 USF Pro 2000 Championship with Turn 3 Motorsport. He won the 2025 USF Juniors and came runner-up to the USF Pro 2000 Championship a year later.
Career
Karting
He began racing at two years old and in 2018 he moved from Brazil to Orlando, Florida in the United States and came third in the Mini ROK class of the Orlando Cup in 2019. In 2022, he competed in the SKUSA SuperNationals XXV, coming runner-up in the KA100 Jr category.
USF Juniors
2024
With his longtime karting team Zanella Racing, he first made his car racing debut in the YACademy Winter Series, winning at the Sebring International Raceway and ending the series in fourth. His main campaign for the year was the 2024 USF Juniors, getting one podium at Virginia International Raceway and one pole position at Portland International Raceway, he ended the championship in ninth. With Champagne Racing, he did a one-off cameo in the Ligier JS F4 Series, achieving two podiums in the first and second race.
2025
Escorpioni started the year by winning the 2025 YACademy Series. He returned to USF Juniors in 2025 with Zanella Racing and got his first podium in the first race of the opening round at NOLA Motorsports Park and a maiden win in the second race. At Barber Motorsports Park, he started on pole position in every race, winning the first two and coming third in the final race.
In the only back-to-back rounds of the season at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, he achieved a double podium in the first round and a win in the second round along with another podium. The penultimate round of the series was held at Road America, where he added two more podiums to his tally.
Escorpioni started every race in the final round at Portland International Raceway one pole position, converting the first two into wins and coming second in the final race. He won the championship with six wins, six pole positions, fourteen podiums and 403 points.
USF2000 Championship/USF Pro 2000 Championship
He stepped up to the USF2000 Championship for the 2026 season with Zanella Racing. After the opening round at St. Petersburg where he took a double podium on debut, he jumped up to the USF Pro 2000 Championship with Turn 3 Motorsport for the rest of 2026 and won on debut at Arlington Street Circuit. Escorpioni took the lead of the championship at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, where he won all three races. He took his fifth win of the season in the following round at Portland.
He could not enter the Canadian circuit of Markham for the next round which was a crucial blow to the championship as he lost out on his title lead to Jack Jeffers, who dominated the final round at Road America, making Escorpioni fall short of the title.
Personal life
Based in Windermere, Florida, he is a HMD Motorsports junior driver.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2019 ROK the Rio - Mini ROK U-Race 13th Orlando Cup - Mini ROK 3rd 2020 Florida Winter Tour - Mini ROK U-race 8th 2021 SKUSA SuperNationals XXIV - X30 Junior Zanella Racing 29th 2022 SKUSA SuperNationals XXV - X30 Junior Zanella Racing 40th SKUSA SuperNationals XXV - KA100 Jr. 2nd 2023 SKUSA Winter Series - KA100 Jr. Zannella Racing 3rd Florida Winter Tour - Vrl Junior Rok Zannella Racing 2nd SKUSA SuperNationals XXVI - KA100 Sr. Zannella Racing 24th Sources:
Racing record Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition2024Yacademy Winter Series Zanella Racing610011105th USF Juniors1601111469th Ligier JS F4 Series Champagne Racing300023811th2025Yacademy Winter Series Zanella Racing610041511st USF Juniors16665144031st 2026 USF2000 Championship Zanella Racing200124523rd USF Pro 2000 Championship Turn 3 Motorsport165569381 2nd
*Season in progress
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) YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPoints2024 Zanella RacingNOL1NOL2NOL3ALA1ALA2VIR1VIR2VIR3MOH1MOH2ROA1ROA2ROA3POR1POR2POR3 9th 1462025 Zanella RacingNOL1NOL2NOL3ALA1ALA2ALA3MOH11MOH12MOH21 MOH22ROA1ROA2ROA3POR1POR2POR3 1st 403
USF2000 Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) YearTeam123456789101112131415161718RankPoints2026Zanella Racing STP1 STP2 IMS1 IMS2 IMS3 IRP ROA11 ROA12 ROA13 MOH1 MOH2 POR1 POR2 MAR1 MAR2 ROA21 ROA22 ROA2321st*45*
USF Pro 2000 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 2026 Turn 3 Motorsport ARL1 ARL2 IMS1 IMS2 IRP ROA1 ROA2 MOH1 MOH2 MOH3 POR1 POR2 MAR1 MAR2 MIL ROA1 ROA2 ROA3 2nd 381
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 Champagne RacingNOL1NOL2NOL3ROA1ROA2ROA3MOH1MOH2MOH3NJM1NJM2NJM3 COA1 COA2 COA3 11th 38
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