| Ryan Yardley | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Yardley in 2022 | |
| Nationality |  New Zealander |
| Born | 7 July 1998 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Categorisation |  FIA Silver |
| Championship titles | |
| 2025 2016–17 | Porsche Carrera Cup North America Toyota Finance 86 Championship |
Ryan Yardley (born 7 July 1998) is a New Zealand racing driver who last competed in GT World Challenge America for Wright Motorsports and GT4 America Series for ACI Motorsports.
Yardley made his single-seater debut in 2013, racing in Formula Ford New Zealand. After two seasons in the series, Yardley switched to the Toyota Finance 86 Championship for the 2015–16 season, in which he claimed rookie of the year honors. Returning for the 2016–17 season, Yardley won twice and finished on the podium all but four times to secure the title and earning him a one-off appearance in the Australian Toyota 86 series.
In 2018, Yardley joined MTEC Motorsport to race in the Toyota Racing Series at the beginning of the year. In his only season in the series, Yardley scored a lone podium at by finishing second in the reverse-grid race at Taupo en route to a ninth-place points finish. After not racing throughout the rest of the year, Yardley made a one-off appearance with the same team in the 2019 Australian Formula 4 Championship in the Australian Grand Prix-supporting Melbourne round.
Following a year on the sidelines, Yardley joined Kiwi Motorsport to race in the Formula Pro Winter Series, before racing in the last two rounds of the Formula Regional Americas Championship for Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport. Racing at Virginia and Circuit of the Americas, Yardley scored three podiums with a best result of second twice to take tenth in points. Returning to Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport for his first full season in Formula Regional Americas the following year, Yardley scored six podiums, with a best result of second at Virginia, to secure fourth in points.
Remaining in the States for 2023, Yardley joined Topp Racing for his rookie year in Porsche Carrera Cup North America. In the eight-round season, Yardley scored a lone podium at Circuit of the Americas by finishing second in race two to finish seventh in points. During 2023, Yardley also made a one-off appearance in the GS class of the Michelin Pilot Challenge for Murillo Racing at Road America.
Returning to Porsche Carrera Cup North America for 2024, Yardley remained with Topp Racing alongside Colin Kaminsky. Starting off the season with three podiums in the first three rounds, Yardley then scored his maiden series win in race one at Watkins Glen from pole. In the second half of the season, Yardley scored wins at Road Atlanta and Circuit of the Americas and took three more podiums to end the year runner-up in points. During 2024, Yardley also raced for Mühlner Motorsport in the 992 Endurance Cup, finishing 26th overall and tenth in the Am class.
Yardley remained with Topp Racing for his third consecutive season in Porsche Carrera Cup North America. After scoring three podiums in the first two rounds, Yardley then took his first win of the season in Montreal, before standing on the podium in the next seven races to take the points lead with two rounds left. Yardley then finished on the podium once at Road Atlanta, before ending the season with a double win at Circuit of the Americas to secure the Porsche Carrera Cup North America title. During 2025, Yardley also made a one-off appearance in the GT4 America Series for ACI Motorsports.
The following year, Yardley returned to Mühlner Motorsport to race in the 24 Hours of Daytona in the GTD class, before making select outings later in IMSA that year with RS1, and was also named a Porsche Motorsport North America selected driver. For the rest of the year, Yardley joined Wright Motorsports to race in the Pro-Am class of GT World Challenge America, and ACI Motorsports to race in the GT4 America Series, also in Pro-Am. In the former, Yardley took an outright win at Circuit of the Americas, as well as three other class podiums to secure runner-up honours in class. Yardley also won the SRO GT Academy and securing a fully-funded drive for the 2027 24 Hours of Spa with AMG-fielding Team Motopark. In GT4 America, Yardley took three class podiums to end his first full-time season in the series fifth in the Pro-Am standings.
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | New Zealand Sprint Championship – Cadet | 9th | |
| 2009 | Blossom Festival – Cadet | 6th | |
| 2010 | NZ National Sprint Championship – 100cc Restricted | 16th | |
| 2011 | NZ National Sprint Championship – 100cc Restricted | 8th | |
| 2012 | NZ North Island Sprint Kart Championship – 100cc Yamaha Junior | 5th | |
| NZ Schools Championship – 100cc Yamaha | 13th | ||
| 2013 | Trophy of New Zealand – Yamaha Junior | 5th | |
| NZ Schools Championship – Yamaha Junior | 5th | ||
| NZ Schools Championship – Formula Junior | 2nd | ||
| NZ National Sprint Championship – Yamaha Junior | 10th | ||
| RMC New Zealand – Junior Max | 4th | ||
| 2014 | NZ National Sprint Championship – Junior Rotax | 6th | |
| 2015 | NZ National Sprint Championship – Junior Rotax | 2nd | |
| 2017 | NZ Top Half Series – Rotax DD2 | Right Karts | 10th |
| RMC New Zealand – Senior Light | 8th | ||
| RMC New Zealand – DD2 | 13th | ||
| NZ National Sprint Championship – DD2 | 5th | ||
| Sources: | |||
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–14 | New Zealand Formula Ford Championship | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 963 | 4th | |
| 2014–15 | New Zealand Formula Ford Championship | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 838 | 5th | |
| 2015–16 | Toyota Finance 86 Championship | CareVets New Zealand | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 832 | 5th |
| 2016–17 | Toyota Finance 86 Championship | CareVets New Zealand | 18 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 1112 | 1st |
| 2018 | Toyota Racing Series | MTEC Motorsport | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 525 | 9th |
| 2019 | Australian Formula 4 Championship | MTEC Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 11th |
| 2021 | Formula Pro USA Winter Series | Kiwi Motorsport | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 2nd |
| Formula Regional Americas Championship | Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 10th | |
| 2022 | Formula Regional Americas Championship | Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 204 | 4th |
| 2023 | Porsche Carrera Cup North America | Topp Racing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 134 | 7th |
| Michelin Pilot Challenge – GS | Murillo Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 50th | |
| 2024 | Porsche Carrera Cup North America | Topp Racing Performance | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 254 | 2nd |
| 992 Endurance Cup – Am | Mühlner Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/a | 10th | |
| 2025 | Porsche Carrera Cup North America | Topp Racing | 16 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 313 | 1st |
| GT4 America Series – Pro-Am | ACI Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13th | |
| 2026 | IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD | Mühlner Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 618 | 50th |
| RS1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| GT World Challenge America – Pro-Am | Wright Motorsports | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 116 | 2nd | |
| Intercontinental GT Challenge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 25th | ||
| GT4 America Series – Pro-Am | ACI Motorsports | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 105 | 5th | |
| Porsche Endurance Challenge North America – GT3 Cup Pro-Am | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 17th | ||
| 2027 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Team Motopark | |||||||
| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver | |||||||||
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(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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | MTEC Motorsport | RUA 1 13 |
RUA 2 9 |
RUA 3 9 |
TER 1 12 |
TER 2 11 |
TER 3 13 |
HMP 1 13 |
HMP 2 10 |
HMP 3 11 |
TAU 1 7 |
TAU 2 2 |
TAU 3 9 |
MAN 1 7 |
MAN 2 12 |
MAN 3 8 |
9th | 525 |
(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 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport | ATL 1 |
ATL 2 |
ATL 3 |
ROA 1 |
ROA 2 |
ROA 3 |
MOH 1 |
MOH 2 |
MOH 3 |
BRA 1 |
BRA 2 |
BRA 3 |
VIR 1 3 |
VIR 2 2 |
VIR 3 7 |
COA 1 2 |
COA 2 11 |
COA 3 5 |
10th | 67 |
| 2022 | Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport | NOL 1 6 |
NOL 2 5 |
NOL 3 4 |
ROA 1 3 |
ROA 2 Ret |
ROA 3 6 |
MOH 1 4 |
MOH 2 6 |
MOH 3 4 |
NJM 1 3 |
NJM 2 3 |
NJM 3 6 |
VIR 1 2 |
VIR 2 7 |
VIR 3 3 |
COA 1 3 |
COA 2 4 |
COA 3 3 |
4th | 204 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Topp Racing | Pro | SEB 1 11 |
SEB 2 25 |
LBH 1 5 |
LBH 2 7 |
MIA 1 4 |
MIA 2 8 |
WGL 1 7 |
WGL 2 11 |
ROA 1 19 |
ROA 2 7 |
IMS 1 28 |
IMS 2 6 |
LGA 1 5 |
LGA 2 5 |
COA 1 7 |
COA 2 2 |
7th | 134 |
| 2024 | Topp Racing | Pro | SEB 1 3 |
SEB 2 2 |
MIA 1 35 |
MIA 2 3 |
CGV 1 9 |
CGV 2 26 |
WGL 1 1 |
WGL 2 3 |
ROA 1 4 |
ROA 2 4 |
IMS 1 2 |
IMS 2 5 |
ATL 1 3 |
ATL 2 1 |
COT 1 3 |
COT 2 1 |
2nd | 254 |
| 2025 | Topp Racing | Pro | SEB 1 2 |
SEB 2 2 |
MIA 1 12 |
MIA 2 2 |
CGV 1 1 |
CGV 2 2 |
WGL 1 2 |
WGL 2 3 |
ROA 1 3 |
ROA 2 2 |
IMS 1 2 |
IMS 2 2 |
ATL 1 5 |
ATL 2 3 |
COT 1 1 |
COT 2 1 |
1st | 313 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Mühlner Motorsport | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) | Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 | DAY 15 |
SEB |
LBH |
LGA |
WGL |
MOS |
50th | 618 | ||||
| RS1 | ELK 10 |
VIR |
IMS |
PET 12 | ||||||||||||