Roberto Faria

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Roberto Faria
Roberto Faria.jpg
Faria in 2022
Nationality Flag of Brazil.svg Brazilian
Born (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 20)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season 2023
Current team PHM Racing by Charouz
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number30
Starts18 (18 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish31st in 2023
Previous series
202122
2021
201920
GB3 Championship
F3 Asian Championship
F4 British Championship

Roberto Innocent Faria (born 15 January 2004) is a Brazilian racing driver who last raced in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship with PHM Racing by Charouz. He previously raced in the GB3 Championship with Fortec Motorsports. He was a member of the Sauber Academy. [1]

Contents

Career

Karting

Having begun karting at the age of 11, [2] Faria soon moved into European competitions, racing in the Karting World Championship in 2017. He would compete for KR Motorsport in 2018, racing in the European and World championships.

Lower formulae

Faria made his single-seater racing debut in 2019, competing for Fortec Motorsports in the F4 British Championship alongside Mariano Martínez. [3] He would experience a difficult season, scoring a best finish of fourth at Silverstone and finishing eleventh in the standings, one place and fifty points ahead of his teammate.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

Faria driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2023 Spielberg Formula 3 round. FIA F3 Austria 2023 Nr. 30 Faria (1).jpg
Faria driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2023 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

In September 2022, Faria partook in the FIA Formula 3 post-season test with Van Amersfoort Racing during the first day. [4] In February 2023, Faria was announced as a PHM Racing by Charouz driver for the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship. [5]

Formula One

In 2022 Faria became a member of the Sauber Academy. [6]

Karting record

Karting career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamPosition
2017 CIK-FIA European ChampionshipOKJ Chiesa CorseNC†
CIK-FIA World ChampionshipOKJ 92nd
2018 WSK Champions CupOKJ TB Racing TeamNC
WSK Super Master SeriesOKJ KR Motorsport Srl42nd
CIK-FIA European ChampionshipOKJ 51st
CIK-FIA World ChampionshipOKJ 71st
Sources: [7] [8]

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

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2019 F4 British Championship Fortec Motorsports 3000009911th
2020 F4 British Championship Fortec Motorsports [9] [10] 15010210610th
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship 13000115214th
2021 GB3 Championship Fortec Motorsports [11] 2410393605th
F3 Asian Championship Motorscape [12] 150000617th
2022 GB3 Championship Carlin 240036316.55th
2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship PHM Racing by Charouz 180000032nd
2024 GT4 Winter Series RACAR Motorsport60023589th
Ultimate Cup Series - GT Sprint Cup - UCS4
GT4 European Series - Silver GPA Racing
Racing Spirit of Léman

* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 British Championship results

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

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints
2019 Fortec Motorsports BHI
1

10
BHI
2

5
BHI
3

8
DON
1

6
DON
2

DNS
DON
3

10
THR1
1

8
THR1
2

6
THR1
3

13
CRO
1

8
CRO
2

8
CRO
3

10
OUL
1

9
OUL
2

11
OUL
3

Ret
SNE
1

7
SNE
2

6
SNE
3

11
THR2
1

10
THR2
2

7
THR2
3

10
KNO
1

5
KNO
2

11
KNO
3

11
SIL
1

9
SIL
2

4
SIL
3

7
BHGP
1

Ret
BHGP
2

Ret
BHGP
3

9
11th99
2020 Fortec Motorsports DON
1

3
DON
2

Ret
DON
3

4
BHGP
1

5
BHGP
2

2
BHGP
3

4
OUL
1

14
OUL
2

7
OUL
3

4
KNO
1

7
KNO
2

Ret
KNO
3

6
THR
1
THR
2
THR
3
SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
3
CRO
1
CRO
2
SNE
1
SNE
2
SNE
3
BHI
1

10
BHI
2

Ret
BHI
3

4
10th106

Complete BRDC British F3 Championship results

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

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPoints
2020 Fortec Motorsports OUL
1
OUL
2
OUL
3
OUL
4
DON1
1
DON1
2
DON1
3
BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
BRH
4
DON2
1

16
DON2
2

5
DON2
3

12
SNE
1

12
SNE
2

18
SNE
3

12
SNE
4

15
DON3
1

5
DON3
2

8
DON3
3

9
SIL
1

4
SIL
2

86
SIL
3

2
14th152
2021 Fortec Motorsports BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

6
BRH
3

124
SIL
1

5
SIL
2

3
SIL
3

37
DON1
1

14
DON1
2

3
DON1
3

13
SPA
1

12
SPA
2

9
SPA
3

13
SNE
1

2
SNE
2

8
SNE
3

35
SIL2
1

2
SIL2
2

3
SIL2
3

Ret
OUL
1

3
OUL
2

Ret
OUL
3

103
DON2
1

12
DON2
2

10
DON2
3

411
5th360
2022 Carlin OUL
1

2
OUL
2

2
OUL
3

143
SIL1
1

7
SIL1
2

6
SIL1
3

Ret
DON1
1

2
DON1
2

5
DON1
3

20
SNE
1

4
SNE
2

7
SNE
3

144
SPA
1

11
SPA
2

Ret
SPA
3

4
SIL2
1

3
SIL2
2

5
SIL2
3

211
BRH
1

18
BRH
2

9
BRH
3

31
DON2
1

Ret
DON2
2

14
DON2
3

15
5th316.5

Complete F3 Asian Championship results

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

YearEntrant123456789101112131415DCPoints
2021 Motorscape DUB
1

11
DUB
2

15
DUB
3

19
ABU
1

16
ABU
2

20
ABU
3

9
ABU
1

11
ABU
2

9
ABU
3

17
DUB
1

16
DUB
2

Ret
DUB
3

9
ABU
1

Ret
ABU
2

11
ABU
2

Ret
18th6

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718DCPoints
2023 PHM Racing by Charouz BHR
SPR

24
BHR
FEA

25
MEL
SPR

18
MEL
FEA

Ret
MON
SPR

Ret
MON
FEA

27
CAT
SPR

25
CAT
FEA

24
RBR
SPR

24
RBR
FEA

19
SIL
SPR

27
SIL
FEA

Ret
HUN
SPR

19
HUN
FEA

20
SPA
SPR

17
SPA
FEA

Ret
MNZ
SPR

NC
MNZ
FEA

22†
31st0

* Season still in progress.

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