Felipe Guimarães

Guimarães drove in the A1GP in 2008/09

Felipe Guimarães (born March 22, 1991 in Anápolis ) is a former Brazilian automobile racing driver . In 2013 he won the South American Formula 3 Championship .

Career

Guimarães began his motorsport career in karting in 2000 , where he was active until 2006. In the following years he continued to compete in some kart races. 2007 Guimarães got on the single-seater racing and was with two wins at once fourth in the South American Formula 3 Championship .

In 2008 Guimarães moved to Europe in the Euroseries 3000 , in which he started 6 of 16 races. At the end of the season he finished ninth overall with a second place as the best result. In the winter of 2008/09 Guimarães competed in the A1GP series for the Brazilian team . As the only pilot in the team, he achieved second place. The team reached 15th place overall. Then he started for Bryan Herta Autosport in three races of the Indy Lights and finished second, third and fourth. He finished the drivers' championship in 23rd place. In 2010 Guimarães returned to Europe and started for the Addax team in the newly founded GP3 series . At the end of the season he finished 16th overall with a third place as the best result.

In 2011 and 2012 Guimarães could not find a fixed cockpit and competed in some races of the South American Formula 3 championship. In 2011 he competed in a race for Cesário Fórmula . In 2012 he competed six times for Hitech Racing . He got four victories. In 2013 Guimarães completed the entire season of the South American Formula 3 championship for Hitech Racing. He won 13 races and won the championship. He also won the F3 Brazil Open for Hitech Racing in 2013 and 2014 . In addition, Guimarães started in 2013 for Fortec Motorsports in the British Formula 3 championship . He achieved two victories and was fourth in the drivers' championship. In 2014 Guimarães initially switched to Double R Racing in the European Formula 3 championship . He scored twice. After several accidents and five failures in a row, he decided to leave the series after the sixth race weekend. At the end of the season he was in 22nd place. In addition, Guimarães took part in a total of three touring car races in the Brazilian Touring Car Championship and the Petrobras de Marcas Cup in 2014 .

statistics

Career stations

2000-2006: karting 2007: South American Formula 3 (4th place) 2008: Euroseries 3000 (9th place) 2009 : A1GP 2009 : Indy Lights (23rd place)

2010 : GP3 series (16th place) 2011: South American Formula 3 (10th place) 2012: South American Formula 3 (4th place) 2013: South American Formula 3 (champions) 2013 : British Formula 3 (4th place)

2014 : European Formula 3 (22nd place) 2014: Brazilian touring cars (21st place) 2014: Petrobras de Marcas Cup (27th place)

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2010	Addax team	ESP		DOOR		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		9	16.
		DNF	20th	3	6th	DNF	18th	DNF	23	7th	7th	13	DNF	DNF	9	DNF	17th

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	Points	rank
2014	Double R Racing	Mercedes	SIL			HO1			PAU			HUN			SPA			NOR			MOS			SPI			ONLY			IMO			HO2			5	22nd
			10	11	DNF	12	14th	DNF	16	15th	12	13	13	20th	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF

Web links

Commons : Felipe Guimarães  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Career statistics of Felipe Guimaraes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "FELIPE GUIMARÃES HAS JOINED ADDAX TEAM FOR THE NEW GP3 SERIES." gp3series.com, May 4, 2010, archived from the original on July 16, 2011 ; accessed on May 4, 2010 (English). 
2. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: “Guimaraes joins Double R for FIA F3 European Championship”. paddockscout.com, March 7, 2014, accessed December 31, 2014 . 
3. ^ Paul Hensby: "Fortec, Double R Alter Driver Line-ups ahead of the Austrian Round". thecheckeredflag.co.uk, July 16, 2014, accessed December 31, 2014 .