AVONDALE, La. (March 28, 2025) – Nicolas Ambiado secured the pole for the 2025 Formula Regional Americas Championship (FR Americas) season opener at NOLA Motorsports Park. The second-year FR Americas driver set four fastest laps last season, but the NOLA pole will be the first of his FR Americas career. Laying down a 1:32.658 lap, Ambiado (No. 55 Velox USA Ligier JS F3) bettered second-place Bruno Ribeiro (No. 01 Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F3) by just 0.147 seconds. The 2025 field is shaping up to be a competitive one, with the top-six drivers separated by less than a second. Nicolas Stati (No. 15 Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F3), last year’s F4 U.S. Championship Vice Champion, qualified third.
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Fifth-place qualifier Brady Golan (No. 80 Toney Driver Development Ligier JS F3) topped the board for the opening practice session, while fourth-place qualifier Jett Bowling (No. 22 Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F3) paced Practice 2.
In Practice 1, Golan was followed by pole-sitter Ambiado in second and Daniel Quimby (No. 42 Atlantic Racing Team Ligier JS F3) in third.
Ribeiro followed Bowling in Practice 2, with Stati in third. Ambiado was fourth in that session.
SEE MORE: Practice 1 Results
SEE MORE: Practice 2 Results
The lights go out for FR Americas Race 1 at NOLA Motorsport Park tomorrow at 8 a.m. CT. A live stream of the event will be available at YouTube.com/SpeedTourTV, with live timing and scoring accessed on the Race Monitor app. On Sunday, SPEED SPORT 1 will carry live coverage of the series for their final race of the weekend. Additional news and updates will be posted on the series’ Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
