Vitor Baptista (racing driver)

Vitor Baptista
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	20 March 1998 São Paulo, Brazil
Formula V8 3.5 career
Debut season	2016
Current team	RP Motorsport
Car no.	22
Starts	18
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	12th in 2016
Previous series
2015 2014	Euroformula Open Championship Fórmula 3 Brasil Class B
Championship titles
2015 2014	Euroformula Open Championship Fórmula 3 Brasil Class B

Vitor Baptista (born 20 March 1998) is a Brazilian racing driver.

Career

Karting

Prior to his single-seater career, Baptista enjoyed a successful period in karting in his native Brazil. He won consecutive Super Kart Brazil junior titles in 2011^[1] and 2012^[2] and also finished second in the Brazilian Karting Championship junior class in 2011.^[3] He also went on to finish seventh in the CIK-FIA KF3 World Cup in 2012.^[4]

Formula Three

Baptista made his single-seater debut in 2014, racing in the B Class of the Brazilian Formula Three Championship for the Cesário F3 team. He won the championship comfortably from compatriot Matheus Leist, earning thirteen class wins out of sixteen races whilst also taking three overall race victories.^[5]

For 2015, Baptista moved to Europe to compete in the Euroformula Open Championship, racing for reigning champions RP Motorsport.^[6] He secured the championship title at the final round of the season in Barcelona,^[7] finishing five points ahead of Russian Konstantin Tereshchenko after taking race victories at Paul Ricard, Estoril, Red Bull Ring, Spa-Francorchamps and Monza.^[8] He also finished second to Tereshchenko in the accompanying Spanish Formula Three Championship, which was held within the main championship at the Jerez, Estoril and Barcelona rounds.

Formula V8 3.5

Baptista will continue to race for RP Motorsport in 2016, graduating to Formula V8 3.5.^[9]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2014	Fórmula 3 Brasil – Class B	Cesário F3	16	13	4	14	14	207	1st
2015	Euroformula Open Championship	RP Motorsport	16	6	5	7	12	291	1st
	Spanish Formula Three Championship		6	1	0	2	4	97	2nd
2016	Formula V8 3.5 Series	RP Motorsport	18	0	0	0	0	51	12th

Complete Formula V8 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos.	Points
2016	RP Motorsport	ALC 1 8	ALC 2 11	HUN 1 10	HUN 2 Ret	SPA 1 6	SPA 2 4	LEC 1 Ret	LEC 2 Ret	SIL 1 8	SIL 2 8	RBR 1 10	RBR 2 8	MNZ 1 8	MNZ 2 Ret	JER 1 11	JER 2 11	CAT 1 6	CAT 2 Ret	12th	51

References

1. "Super Kart Brasil — Júnior 2011 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
2. "Super Kart Brasil — Júnior 2012 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
3. "Brazilian Kart Championship — Sudam Junior 2011 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
4. "CIK-FIA World Cup for KF3 2012 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
5. "Formula 3 Brazil Light 2014 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
6. David, Gruz (10 February 2015). "Vitor Baptista teams up with RP Motorsport for Euroformula Open debut". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
7. David, Gruz (1 November 2015). "Baptista seals Euroformula Open crown as Tereshchenko wins again". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
8. "Vitor Baptista becomes 2015 Euroformula Open champion". Motorsport.com. Khorounzhiy, Valentin. 1 November 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
9. Gil, Marcos (30 March 2016). "Vitor Baptista assina com a RP Motorsport para disputar a temporada 2016 da Fórmula V8" [Vitor Baptista signs with RP Motorsport to contest the 2016 season of Formula V8]. esporteinterativo.com (in Portuguese). Esporte Interativo. Retrieved 30 March 2016.

External links

• Vitor Baptista career summary at DriverDB.com