Sérgio Sette Câmara

Sérgio Sette Câmara (2019)

Sérgio Sette Câmara Filho (born May 23, 1998 ) is a Brazilian racing car driver . From 2017 to 2019 he competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship ; his best result was fourth place in the overall ranking (2019). In the 2020 season, Sette Câmara is a Formula 1 test driver at Red Bull Racing and Scuderia AlphaTauri and he will also be competing in the Japanese Super Formula .

Career

Beginnings in motorsport (2006-2016)

Sérgio Sette Câmara in Spa-Francorchamps in the European Formula 3 Championship 2015

Sette Câmara started his motorsport career in karting in 2006 , where he remained active until 2014. Among other things, he finished second in the Brazilian Kart Championship in 2013. In 2013 he also competed for the ART factory team in the CIK-FIA World Championship. In 2014 he switched to Morsicani Racing on Tony Kart.

In 2014, Sette Câmara also got into formula racing and competed in a few races. He competed for Cesário F3 in the Brazilian Formula 3 championship and achieved seventh place in the drivers' championship with three podium finishes. In 2014 he also took part in an event of the European Formula 3 championship for EuroInternational . In early 2015 , Sette Câmara competed in two Toyota Racing Series events for Giles Motorsport . Fifth place was his best result. Sette Câmara then competed for Motopark in the European Formula 3 championship in 2015 . He was third twice and finished the season in 14th place overall. In 2016 Sette Câmara competed again for Motopark in the European Formula 3 championship. He was also accepted into the Red Bull sponsorship program. With a second place as the best result, he improved to eleventh place in the drivers' standings. He also finished third at the Macau Grand Prix . Red Bull discontinued Sette Câmara's sponsorship at the end of the year.

Formula 2 (2017-2019)

Sérgio Sette Câmara at the first Formula 2 race in Spielberg 2019

In 2017 Sette Câmara moved to MP Motorsport in the FIA Formula 2 Championship . He won a race and finished second on the podium one more time. In the drivers' championship he finished 12th at the end of the season. In 2018 he switched to Carlin within Formula 2 . He finished the season in sixth place.

In November 2018, McLaren announced that Sérgio Sette Câmara would succeed Lando Norris as test driver . This is promoted to the emergency driver at the side of Carlos Sainz junior . For the 2019 season, the Brazilian driver switched to DAMS within Formula 2. During the season he won the sprint race in Austria and the main race in Abu Dhabi and thus improved to fourth place overall.

Super Formula and Formula 1 test driver (since 2020)

In 2020 , Sette Câmara was signed as a test driver by Scuderia AlphaTauri . In the same role he is also a member of Red Bull Racing . At the same time, he will be competing in the Japanese Super Formula .

statistics

Career stations

2006–2014: karting 2014: Brazilian Formula 3 (7th place) 2014 : European Formula 3 2015 : Toyota Racing Series (20th place)

2015 : European Formula 3 (14th place) 2016 : European Formula 3 (11th place) 2017 : Formula 2 (12th place) 2018 : Formula 2 (6th place)

2019 : Formula 2 (4th place) 2019 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2020: Super Formula 2020 : Formula 1 (test driver)

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	EuroInternational	Mercedes	SIL			HO1			PAU			HUN			SPA			NOR			MOS			SPI			ONLY			IMO			HO2			0	-
																														14th	20th	21st
2015	Motopark	Volkswagen	SIL			HO1			PAU			MNZ			SPA			NOR			ZAN			SPI			POR			ONLY			HO2			57.5	14th
			17th	DNF	20th	17th	25th	27	14th	20th	11	DNF	11	22nd	16	3	22nd	15th	23	19th	DNF	6th	7th	9	19th	3	11	13	5	11	11	9	17th	7th	11
2016	Motopark	Volkswagen	LEC			HUN			PAU			SPI			NOR			ZAN			SPA			ONLY			IMO			HOC						117	11.
			16	5	19 *	7th	5	5	8th	2	DNF	12	8th	4th	DNF	DNF	3	11	17th	15th	15th	DNF	15th	11	8th	8th	DNF	DNF	11	5	14th	6th

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula 2 Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	Points	rank
2017	MP Motorsport	BRN		ESP		MON		AZE		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		ESP		UAE				49	12.
		13	18th	14th	15th	DNF	14th	13	9	16	10	13	15th	16	13	6th	1	6th	2	10	14th	9	8th
2018	Carlin	BRN		AZE		ESP		MON		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		164	6th
		2	3	4th	DSQ	7th	DNF	WD	WD	2	6th	6th	3	DNF	17th	7th	3	2	9	7th	3	5	2	16	10
2019	DAMS	BRN		AZE		ESP		MON		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		204	4th
		3	2	DNF	6th	NC	17th	3	6th	2	5	5	1	4th	17th	5	3	C.	C.	5	DNF	5	6th	1	3

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Sérgio Sette Câmara  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Sérgio Sette Câmara (English, Portuguese)
• Career statistics from Sérgio Sette Câmara (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biography. sergiosettecamara.com, accessed December 30, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Felipe Giacomelli: “Q&A with Sergio Sette Camara”. paddockscout.com, June 11, 2014, accessed December 30, 2014 . 
3. ↑ "Formula 3 EM - Summer break ended". Mid-season test in Imola. Motorsport-Magazin.com, October 6, 2014, accessed December 30, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Gruz David: Motopark add Sergio Sette Camara to their European F3 line-up. paddockscout.com, February 23, 2015, accessed March 7, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Peter Allen: Sette Camara, Kari and Leeds join Red Bull Junior Team for 2016. paddockscout.com, December 11, 2015, accessed January 3, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Cameron Paterson: Sette Camara Dropped from Red Bull Program. popularspeed.com, January 19, 2017, accessed February 20, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Marcus Simmons: Sergio Sette Camara secures MP Motorsport seat for 2017 GP2 season. autosport.com, November 27, 2016, accessed February 25, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Rachit Thukral: Norris, Sette Camara join Carlin F2 team for 2018. motorsport.com, November 26, 2017, accessed April 30, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Jonas Fehling: Formula 1: McLaren brings new test driver as Norris successor. Motorsport-Magazin.com, November 6, 2018, accessed November 11, 2018 .