Racing Academy USA Homestead

Racing Academy USA is the American arm of Racing in Italy, the Italian team that races Formula 3 and Formula 4 in Italy and Austria. It is a separate business from the circuit: it brings its own Formula 4 single seaters and crew to Homestead-Miami Speedway, south of Miami, and teaches you to drive them on a racing school course of three, five or seven days. The US programme has not run yet. Its first published courses are in January and February 2027.

The first three days cover the basics: a theory course, laps in a support car to learn the track, then sessions in a first generation Formula 4 with telemetry and video debriefs between runs. Days four and five stay in that car and work on lap time, overtaking and rain lines. Days six and seven move to the newer Gen 2 Formula 4 with a halo.

The course is run by team principal Oren Shibi, a former Formula 3 driver, and FIA certified instructor Mei Shibi, who races in Formula 3. The same academy also runs at Roebling Road in Georgia.

• Days one to five are in a 2018 Mygale Formula 4 with a 2.0 litre Alpine engine, 165 hp on the team's spec sheet. Days six and seven are in a Tatuus F4-T421, the Gen 2 Formula 4 with a halo and a 1.4 litre turbo Abarth engine of 180 to 185 hp. Both have six speed sequential gearboxes with paddle shifts, and the team runs Pirelli P Zero tyres.
• You drive alone in the single seater. The coaching happens between sessions, with an instructor watching your laps on live onboard cameras and going through the data with you in the pits.
• Day one opens with a briefing and theory course, then a session in a support car to get to know the track, then 3 laps with you driving it and feedback on how you drove, before three sessions in the Formula 4 with a debrief after each one.
• Day two is four sessions with lap timing switched on and a telemetry review between each. Day three is four to five sessions across the morning and afternoon on racing line and braking points.
• The five day course adds two days in the same car on braking and acceleration points, defending, attacking, rain lines and overtaking. The seven day course adds two days in the Gen 2 car, aiming at lap times good enough for a top 10 grid spot in a future race.
• The coaching is built around braking, turn in, apex and exit points for each type of corner, and you leave with onboard video carrying your telemetry.
• Helmet, gloves, race suit, shoes and a HANS head and neck restraint where needed are supplied.
• Graduates can go on to the group's Formula 4 track days in the US and Europe.

• Courses run on set dates only. The published dates are 11 to 13 January 2027 and 22 to 24 February 2027, the first courses the academy runs in the US. The track and the 3, 5 or 7 day programme are picked at booking. Day one starts at 9am, and the operator puts time at the circuit at about 5 to 6 hours.
• Prices at Homestead, per person: 3 days US$8,500, 5 days US$12,000, 7 days US$15,000.
• The price covers the race team and engineer, a professional driver as coach, car and track briefings, onboard video with telemetry, the transponder and lap timing, fuel, a used set of tyres in very good condition, driver's track admission, and lunch and an aperitif.
• Not included: travel to the circuit, your accommodation, other meals, driver insurance, car insurance, and damage to the car and to third parties.
• Add ons: driver insurance and car insurance (through Gullwing) are sold by the team; no prices are listed on the course page.
• Deposit: the course page asks for a €8,000 deposit where car insurance is not bought, and its Important Info block calls the €8,000 deposit mandatory.
• Maximum height 185 cm and maximum weight 85 kg. Drivers with no racing experience are accepted. The website terms require the person booking to be 18 years of age or older.
• Cars can change on the day depending on availability.
• Weather: no running in snow, heavy rain or on a frozen track; the day is then moved or fully refunded. The cars run in light rain and fog.
• Cancellation: the course page allows cancellation up to 1 month before the event. The general website terms give a full refund for cancellations more than 48 hours before the start, nothing within 48 hours and nothing once the course has started; date changes requested more than two days ahead carry no fee.
• Booking is online on the academy's course page. Phone +1 305 560 5371, WhatsApp +39 328 596 9126, email info@racinginus.com.

• Last verified: 18 October 2026
• Official link: https://www.racingacademyusa.com