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Nigerian Racing Drivers

The Nigerians and Nigerian-heritage drivers taking on the world’s racetracks.

A Nigerian driver seated on a single-seater racing car

Checked 30 September 2026

Nigeria’s drivers

Ranked by achievement.

1
Ugo Ugochukwu in 2026. Photo: Parkasity, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ugo Ugochukwu

Single-seaters · Campos Racing
Born 23 April 2007, New York

Nigerian roots: his mother is Nigerian supermodel Oluchi Onweagba.
- 2026F3 champion
- 2024Macau GP winner
- 2023Euro 4 champion
Tested an Alpine F1 car in June 2026.

Races under the US flag.
2
OI
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Ovie Iroro

Single-seaters · British Formula Ford
Born 1993

Nigerian roots: Nigerian; UCL mechanical engineering graduate.
- 2014British Formula Ford
- 10Race starts
- 2010Lagos karting winner
First Nigerian in British Formula Ford.

Drove the green-and-white Racing Eagle livery.
3
JB
Photo coming soon: we only use free-licence or credited photos
Jamus Bashar Muhammad (Jaybash)

Drifting
Nigerian

Nigerian roots: Nigerian drift driver.
- EADrift champion
- 2026Red Bull Lagos
- DriftDiscipline
East Africa Drift Championship winner.

Drove at Red Bull Car Park Drift, Lagos 2026.

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Hall of Fame

Motorsports in Nigeria is not popular but currently, lots of efforts have been channelled into the sports to make it more prominent, there have not been much of achievements or competitions that Nigeria has engaged in but notwithstanding, Nigeria has been represented in championships abroad by Ovie Iroro.

Ovie Iroro, born in 1993, graduated from the department of Mechanical Engineering of University College London. Ovie is the first Nigerian to compete in the British Formula Ford Championship, where he started 10 races in the 2014 season.

Ovie entered the world of car racing at a very young age; in December 2010, he competed in the very first Go-Karting Championship in Lagos where he got a winning award.