Vitor Baptista (racing driver)

For other people named Vítor Baptista, see Vítor Baptista (disambiguation).
Vitor Baptista
Baptista in April 2015
NationalityBrazil Brazilian
Born (1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 (age 26)
São Paulo, Brazil
Formula V8 3.5 career
Debut season2016
Current teamRP Motorsport
Car number22
Starts18
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish12th 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 3 Championship 6 1 0 2 4 97 2nd
2016 Formula V8 3.5 Series RP Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 51 12th
2017 Campeonato Brasileiro de Turismo Full Time 11 1 0 3 4 114 7th
Fórmula 3 Brasil 2 0 1 0 1 9 11th
2018 Porsche GT3 Cup Brasil - 3.8 Class N/A 12 4 0 1 7 182 1st
Porsche Endurance Series N/A 3 0 0 0 0 157 5th
2019 Porsche GT3 Cup Brasil N/A 10 3 1 2 6 154 4th
Stock Car Brasil Shell V-Power 2 0 0 0 0 7 32nd
Stock Car Light SG Racing 2 1 0 1 1 39 22nd
Porsche Endurance Series N/A 1 1 0 0 1 116 8th
2020 Stock Car Brasil KTF Sports 2 0 0 0 0 8 27th
2021 Porsche Endurance Series ? 3 0 0 2 0 ? ?
Stock Car Light Hot Car Competições 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2022 Stock Car Pro Series KTF Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2024 Stock Car Pro Series Scuderia Chiarelli 22 1 0 0 1 391 25th

† As Baptista was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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

Complete Stock Car Pro Series results

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Rank Points
2019 Shell V-Power Chevrolet Cruze VEL
1 		VCA
1
Ret 		VCA
2
14 		GOI
1 		GOI
2 		LON
1 		LON
2 		SCZ
1 		SCZ
2 		MOU
1 		MOU
2 		INT
1 		VEL
1 		VEL
2 		CAS
1 		CAS
2 		VCA
1 		VCA
2 		GOI
1 		GOI
2 		INT
1 		32nd 7
2020 KTF Sports Chevrolet Cruze GOI
1 		GOI
2 		INT
1
17 		INT
2
17 		LON
1 		LON
2 		CAS
1 		CAS
2 		CAS
3 		VCA
1 		VCA
2 		CUR
1 		CUR
2 		CUR
3 		GOI
1 		GOI
2 		GOI
2 		INT
1 		27th 8
2022 KTF Racing Chevrolet Cruze INT
1
24 		GOI
1 		GOI
2 		RIO
1 		RIO
2 		VCA
1 		VCA
2 		BRA
1 		BRA
2 		BRA
1 		BRA
2 		INT
1 		INT
2 		SCZ
1 		SCZ
2 		VCA
1 		VCA
2 		GOI
1 		GOI
2 		GOI
1 		GOI
2 		BRA
1 		BRA
2 		NC† 0†
2024 Scuderia Chiarelli Toyota Corolla GOI
1 		GOI
2 		VCA
1
17 		VCA
2
C 		INT
1
24 		INT
2
14 		CAS
1
23 		CAS
2
Ret 		VCA
1
19 		VCA
2
17 		VCA
3
25 		GOI
1
18 		GOI
2
16 		BLH
1
8 		BLH
2
Ret 		VEL
1
7 		VEL
2
1 		BUE
1
19 		BUE
2
16 		URU
1
14 		URU
2
23 		GOI
1
16 		GOI
2
20 		INT
1
21 		INT
2
20 		25th 391

† As Baptista was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
None
 Fórmula 3 Brasil
Class B Champion
2014 		Succeeded by
Guilherme Samaia
Preceded by Euroformula Open Championship
Champion
2015 		Succeeded by