German junior open-wheel and sports activities automobile racer Sophia Floersch will flip her profession in the direction of the USA and participate within the 2025 Indy NXT championship with HMD Motorsports.
The 24-year-old, who brings FIA Components 3, DTM, FIA World Endurance Championship, and European Le Mans Sequence expertise along with her to the Indiana-based staff, not too long ago accomplished Indy NXT testing with HMD at Barber Motorsports Park.
“I’m enthusiastic about becoming a member of HMD Motorsports and coming to the USA to race within the Indy NXT by Firestone Sequence,” Floersch stated. “My aspiration has at all times been to race with one of the best of one of the best. From the start of my profession, I’ve labored very laborious with my staff day by day in the direction of that aim. I’ve raced in numerous classes in many of the racing markets on the planet. It was solely pure for us to strive the U.S. now, as it’s the largest racing market worldwide.
“Additionally, the USA is extra open to embracing a feminine racer, so this makes me very excited and optimistic in regards to the issues to return. The game, the racing, the vehicles, and the tracks are actual and pure. It’s nice to be welcomed so positively and pleasant. You may really feel the true racer vitality inside HMD Motorsports. I can hardly wait and will likely be very blissful when it begins in March in St. Pete.”
Floersch joins fellow rookies Hailie Deegan and Tommy Smith at HMD together with Caio Collet, Josh Pierson, Bryce Aron, and Nolan Allaer.
“We’re excited to have Sophia confirmed for Indy NXT in 2025,” stated HMD staff president Mike Maurini. “She has an awesome staff behind her, and we really feel she’s going to have the ability to make waves in North America. Together with her final aim to advance to the NTT IndyCar Sequence, we sit up for serving to her enhance and obtain success in Indy NXT and assist attempt to advance her profession to the subsequent degree.”
