Vitor Baptista (racing driver)

Vitor Baptista (born March 20, 1998 in São Paulo ) is a Brazilian automobile racing driver . In 2015 he won the Euroformula Open . He started in Formula V8 3.5 in 2016 .

Career

Baptista began his motorsport career in karting , where he remained active until 2014. Baptista was Brazilian junior kart champion in 2011 and 2012. In 2014 he made his debut in formula racing and competed in the Brazilian Formula 3 championship . Starting for Cesário F3 , he was the overall winner in the B classification for older vehicles.

In 2015 Baptista moved to Europe for the Euroformula Open at RP Motorsport . Baptista won six races and only failed to make it into the top five once. With 291 to 286 points he won the championship ahead of Konstantin Tereschtschenko . In 2016 Baptista stayed with RP Motorsport and entered the Formula V8 3.5 with the team . With a fourth place as the best result, he reached twelfth place in the drivers' standings.

statistics

Career stations

until 2014: karting 2014: Brazilian Formula 3 , B (champions) 2015: Euroformula Open (Master) 2016 : Formula V8 3.5 (12th place)

Individual results in Formula V8 3.5

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2016	RP Motorsport	ALC		HUN		SPA		LEC		SIL		SPI		MNZ		JER		CAT		51	12.
		8th	11	10	DNF	6th	4th	DNF	DNF	8th	8th	10	8th	8th	DNF	10	11	6th	DNF

Web links

• Career Stats Vitor Baptista (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Baptista debutta con RP. italiaracing.net, February 10, 2015, accessed November 12, 2016 (Italian). 
2. ↑ David Gruz: Baptista seals Euro Formula Open crown as Tereshchenko wins again. paddockscout.com, November 1, 2015, accessed on November 12, 2016 . 
3. ↑ David Gruz: Cecotto, Baptista enter Formula V8 3.5 with RP Motorsport. Motorsport.com, April 7, 2016, accessed November 5, 2016 .