Kiwi Motorsport Takes Third-Straight Team Championship, Bruno Ribeiro Honored as Rookie of the Year, Anthony Autiello Earns Masters Championship and Omologato Perfectly-Time Pass Award
CHARLOTTE (December 29, 2025) – Before we kick off a new year, we’re looking in the rearview mirror at what was another great season of competition in Formula Regional Americas Championship (FR Americas). With six different winners, 11 podium finishers and 20 thrilling races, drivers from around the world gathered to compete in the FIA-certified championship. After the final checkered flag at Barber Motorsports Park in October, the FR Americas community gathered at the Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum for a memorable night to celebrate this year’s champions. In his sophomore season, Titus Sherlock locked in the Driver Champion title for Crosslink Motorsports. Meanwhile, their rival team, Kiwi Motorsport, celebrated the Team Championship for the third-consecutive season. Other drivers and teams highlighted throughout the evening, included: Vice Champion Driver, Nicolas Ambiado; Third-Place Champion Driver, Bruno Ribeiro, who was also honored as the Rookie of the Year; Anthony Autiello, who celebrated with both the Masters Championship title and the Omologato Perfectly-Timed Pass Award; as well as Team Vice Champion Crosslink Motorsports, and Third-Place Team Champions Atlantic Racing Team.
FR Americas Driver Champion: Titus Sherlock, Crosslink Motorsports
Titus Sherlock (No. 31 Rayne Nutrition / Ronald McDonald House Charities / Crosslink Motorsports Ligier JS F3) won the 2025 Driver Champion and the $100,000 cash prize that accompanied the accolades. Competing in his second FR Americas season, the Texan tallied eight wins—including two weekend sweeps—13 podiums, 17 top fives, one pole and two fastest race laps in the 20-race season.
Despite a dominant performance to start the season, his race to the title was anything but guaranteed. The first driver to claim a checkered flag, Sherlock took the win in in the opening race at NOLA Motorsports Park in March. That victory, paired with a weekend sweep at Road America, placed the 21 year old atop the standings after winning four of the first six rounds. However, a winless drought over the next three rounds dropped him all the way to fourth in points. Rallying to return to the top of the box with another weekend sweep at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Sherlock kicked off a seven-race podium streak, which changed the trajectory of his season. Taking the points lead with a runner-up finish in the penultimate round at VIRginia International Raceway, Sherlock carried the momentum forward to win the championship and cap off his season with one last win during the final race at Barber Motorsports Park.
“First of all, I want to thank Gill so much for believing in me this year and giving me this amazing opportunity,” said Sherlock while accepting his championship award. “What a group of guys you put together this year. There's so much talent under our tent, and they've all done such a great job.
“Mark, you've been amazing. No mistakes from you, and you've made it a really fun time. Moses and Larry, the car's been on point the whole year—thank you both so much. Everyone under the tent and working on my car, it’s been such a great time with you guys.
“Thank you, FR Americas, as well. I've been here for a couple of years and it's been such a fun time here learning and developing. Of course, thank you to my family—my mom, my uncle, and Bailey back home. Thank you to everyone that’s been watching this season.”
In addition to the $100,000 cash prize and valuable FIA Super License Points, Sherlock earned a variety of other prizes, including a carbon Bell helmet, custom OMP racing suit, bespoke Omologato timepiece, Haas F1 Team guest experience at a 2026 F1 event, and an invitation to the FIA Prize Giving Ceremony.
READ MORE: 2025 FR Americas Driver Points Championship Standings
FR Americas Driver Vice Champion: Nicolas Ambiado, Kiwi Motorsport
After running a partial season in 2024, Nicolas Ambiado (No. 55 Velox USA / Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F3) returned to FR Americas to make a run at the championship title. With four wins, 11 podiums, 15 top fives and 17 top 10s, the Chilean stayed in the hunt until the series’ final round at Barber Motorsports Park, but ultimately finished the year as the Vice Champion, earning a $25,000 cash prize.
“I did my best this year,” said Ambiado while accepting his award. “It was a very difficult year and it was so competitive with all the drivers. We had great drivers racing, with Jett , Bruno , Titus , and Brady . I’m very happy with the level of competition this year. It was very impressive.
“I just want to thank my team at Kiwi Motorsport, all the Chilean people, my family, my friends, and my dad—he's my mechanic, he's my dad, and he's my friend. Thank you.”
FR Americas Driver Thid-Place Champion: Bruno Ribeiro, Kiwi Motorsport
Bruno Ribeiro (No. 01 Alfa Cem / Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F3) carried his bid for the championship through to the final round before finishing the season as the Third-Place Driver Champion. Competing as a rookie, the Brazilian earned three wins, 12 podiums and 15 top 10s, but demonstrated consistent speed with two poles and a series-high seven fastest race laps. With the honors, Ribeiro earned a $15,000 cash prize.
“I’m happy with what I’ve learned this year,” said Ribeiro while accepting his award. “Mainly, I just want to thank the team—the Kiwi Motorsport crew, my engineer, Steven Giles, and my mechanic, Thomas—this guy was by my side win or lose all season, so I'm super thankful for him. I also want to thank Scott and everybody from the organization. They did an amazing job this year.
“Even though we had some setbacks, I'm super grateful for the journey. Thank you.”
FR Americas Team Championship: Kiwi Motorsport
Kiwi Motorsport celebrated with their third-straight FR Americas Team Championship title, having earned eight wins and 35 podiums this season. With seven drivers competing under their banner in 2025, including Vice Champion Nicolas Ambiado, Third-Place Champion Bruno Ribeiro, Indianapolis Motor Speedway race winner Jett Bowling (No. 22 Bullhorn / Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F3), podium finishers Nicolas Stati (No. 15 Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F3) and Cooper Shipman (No. 14 Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F3), as well as Kevin Janzen (No. 24 US Power Group / Data Center Solutions / Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F3) and Nicole Havrda (No. 6 Valley Kitchens Ltd. / Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F3), the Dallas-based organization set stats that couldn’t be matched.
Averaging 4.6 entries per event, Kiwi Motorsport recorded six podium sweeps this season, including a full weekend sweep at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where the team claimed all three podium positions in each of the weekend’s two races.
The award was accepted by team co-owners Garry Orton and Teena Larsen.
“This year has been an absolute ding-dong battle between , and it's been great fun,” said Orton while accepting the FR Americas Team Champion award. “We have a bit of banter, as the shops are next to each other, and push each other strong. Titus , congratulations. Stunning work. We obviously taught you too much. All of our drivers, you all did a fantastic job.”
“I also want to say a shout out to Chip Ganassi, who is our partner team, and we're developing that relationship as we go through the season with our drivers and our team,” added Larsen while accepting the Team Championship. “I'm very grateful for that partnership. And I want to thank all of our drivers this year—it's been a great year. We had a lot of rookie drivers and they've just been all so amazing. It's so incredible in this FR Americas series, and we just thank you and the parents for coming with us and being with us and on this journey together. Thank you very much.”
READ MORE: 2025 FR Americas Team Points Championship Standings
FR Americas Team Vice Championship: Crosslink Motorsports
Crosslink Motorsports was honored as the 2025 Team Vice Champions. With eight wins and 15 podiums, the team averaged 3.125 entries per race, as they supported the full-time campaigns of driver champion Titus Sherlock and NOLA podium finisher Barrett Wolfe (No. 13 Make-A-Wish / Axiom Cyber / Cool.inc / Crosslink Motorsports Ligier JS F3). In addition, the team supported part-time entries for Alex Benavitz (No. 5 HendrickCars.com / Crosslink Motorsports Ligier JS F3) and NJMP podium finisher Jake Pollack (No. 5 The NRP Group / Foreview Ventures / Crosslink Motorsports Ligier JS F3), as well as Hayden Bowlsbey (No. 3 Save22 / Crosslink Motorsports Ligier JS F3) and Landan Matriano Lim (No. 5 739 Racing / Crosslink Motorsports Ligier JS F3)—both of whom worked as mechanics for the Crosslink Motorsports team this season.
FR Americas Team Third-Place Championship: Atlantic Racing Team
Atlantic Racing Team finished third in the team championship standings after recording three podiums during the 2025 season. Connor Roberts (No. 46 Apexspeed.com / Entropy Cellars / Atlantic Racing Team with Team Roberts Ligier JS F3) and James Lawley (No. 88 Pentagon Properties / Atlantic Racing Team Ligier JS F3) represented the Canadian team with full-season campaigns, while Daniel Quimby (No. 42 FCL Transport / Cruise America / Atlantic Racing Team Ligier JS F3) and Callum Baxter (No. 45 Chapman's Certified Collision Centres / Road to Racing Canada / Atlantic Racing) both competed on a part-time basis.
FR Americas Masters Champion: Anthony Autiello, Momentum Motorsports
Anthony Autiello (No. 07 Hope For The Warriors / Momentum Motorsports Ligier JS F3) won the Masters Championship, winning his first title in just his second season. Recording eight top 10s, Autiello continuously improved all year, recording a career-best seventh-place finish in Round 19 at Barber Motorsports Park.
Just two weeks after the final checkered flag of the season, Autiello took on the TCS New York City Marathon, where he placed 26,438 of 59,134 after completing the 26.2 miles in an impressive four hours, 16 minutes and 30 seconds.
“I’d like to start by thanking Scott and his team,” said Autiello while accepting his Masters Championship award. “A few years ago, I had the crazy idea of trying this championship with some of the greatest young drivers, and I'm really honored to be amongst all of you. I'd also like to thank my dad. At 43 and 73 years old, he's still with me and he's still sharing this great passion we have of motorsports.
“Lastly, I'd love to thank my team, Momentum Motorsports. Neal, my first mechanic who can't be here, and Braxton, my second mechanic who's always been right there by my side through the ups and downs. I'd like to thank the other teams that have helped us out, because as you guys know, I go through a lot of parts. Mo , you can thank me afterwards.”
FR Americas Rookie of The Year: Bruno Ribeiro, Kiwi Motorsport
As one of 12 rookies competing in FR Americas in 2025, Bruno Ribeiro took home the top honors and the $5,000 cash prize that accompanied the Rookie of The Year award. Finishing third in the standings with three wins this season, Riberio held a 32-point advantage over his closest competitor, two-time winner Brady Golan (No. 80 Attire / Toney Driver Development Ligier JS F3). In total, the 2025 rookie class accounted for seven wins and 26 podiums, with every round resulting in at least one freshman driver standing on the podium.
Omologato Perfectly Timed Pass Award: Anthony Autiello, Momentum Motorsports
Autiello was also honored with the Omologato Perfectly Timed Pass Award, which recognizes the driver who picked up the most positions from their starting position to their finishing position throughout the course of the 20-race season. With an average start of 12.71 and an average finish of 10.88, Autiello gained a total of 31 positions to win a bespoke Omologato timepiece.
FR Americas will kick off its 2026 season with a pre-season test at NOLA Motorsports Park, March 23-24, followed by the 2026 season opener at the same circuit just two weeks later. For news and updates throughout the off season, follow @FRAmericas on all major social media platforms. Prospective drivers looking for more information about FR Americas and how to get involved in the 2026 season should visit FRAmericas.com.
