Nicolás Ambiado

Ambiado was born on 4 November 2007 and began karting at the age of six.^[1][2] In his karting career, he most notably was the 2019 Rotax Max South America champion in the Mini class,^[3] and was also voted as the best Chilean driver under 18 at the FIA Americas Awards.^[4]

Ambiado made his single-seater debut in early 2023, racing in the Formula Inter series, in which he took two wins on his debut.^[5] In the same year, Ambiado also made a one-off appearance in the Formula 4 United States Championship at NOLA for Scuderia Buell. In the three races, Ambiado scored a best result of 13th in race three.^[6]

The following year, Ambiado stepped up to single-seaters full-time by joining Velox USA to race in Formula Regional Americas.^[7] In his first round in the series at NOLA, Ambiado finished third on debut before taking tenth in race two and not starting race three.^[8][9] In the following round at Road America, Ambiado scored his second podium of the season by finishing third,^[10] before taking his third podium two rounds later at Mid-Ohio by finishing second in race two.^[11] Ambiado then took his maiden win in single-seaters at New Jersey Motorsports Park and finished second in the other two races of the weekend.^[12] After missing the round at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Ambiado returned to the series for the finale at Circuit of the Americas,^[13] where he secured fifth in points after finishing fourth in race two.^[14]

Ambiado returned to the series for 2025, albeit switching to Kiwi Motorsports for his sophomore season,^[15] with coaching from Roberto Moreno.^[16] Starting off the season at NOLA, Ambiado took pole and won race three,^[17] and left the round as the points leader after finishing second in the other two races.^[18] Ambiado then lost the points lead at Road America, in which he took a lone podium in race two,^[19] before taking his second win of the season in the following round at Indianapolis.^[20] The following week at Mid-Ohio, Ambiado finished all three races on the podium, including his third win of the season in race two,^[21] and then won race two of the following round at New Jersey Motorsports Park.^[22] In the series' only trip abroad in Canada, Ambiado finished second in race one but wasn't able to re-take the points lead after finishing fourth in race two and suffering a turbo issue in race three.^[23] At VIR, Ambiado battled mechanical issues yet again, but was able to retain second in points after finishing fourth in race one,^[24] before ending the season with a third-place finish at Barber to secure runner-up honors.^[25]