Rodrigo Baptista

Rodrigo Baptista
Baptista in 2019
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1996-09-13) 13 September 1996 (age 29) São Paulo, Brazil
Relatives	Bruno Baptista (cousin)
Racing licence	FIA Silver (until 2019) FIA Gold (2020–)
Championship titles
2017	Porsche GT3 Cup Brasil

Rodrigo Annicchino Dellape "Digo" Baptista (born 13 September 1996) is a Brazilian racing driver who last competed in TCR South America for Squadra Martino.

Personal life

Baptista is part of a racing family. He is the nephew of Ricardo Baptista and the son of Adalberto Baptista, who both are racing drivers, ^{[1] [2]} as well as being the cousin of Cadi and Bruno Baptista, also racing drivers. ^{[3] [4]}

Career

Baptista made his single-seater debut in 2014, making a one-off appearance in the Formula 4 Sudamericana. ^[5] Remaining in single-seaters for 2015, Baptista joined Prop Car Racing for his only season in Formula 3 Brasil, in which he scored a lone win at Velopark and five other podiums to end the year fourth in points. ^[6] In parallel, Baptista also raced in Brasileiro de Marcas for Toyota Bassani, ^[7] taking his only win of the season at Goiânia en route to an 11th-place points finish. ^[8]

The following year, Baptista joined ETEC Motorsport to competed in the Toyota Racing Series at the beginning of the year. ^[9] In the five-round winter series, Baptista scored a best result of ninth in race one at Teretonga Park, helping him end the season 16th in points. ^[10] For the rest of the year, Baptista made his debut in GT3 competition, racing in both the Blancpain GT Series Sprint and Endurance Cups for Belgian Audi Club Team WRT. ^[11] Taking a best result of 11th in the former, Baptista found more success in the latter, finishing third at Le Castellet to end the year 15th in points. ^[12] During 2016, Baptista also made a one-off appearance in the Renault Sport Trophy for Oregon Team. ^[13]

In 2017, Baptista joined Flying Lizard Motorsports to race in the GTS class of the Pirelli World Challenge. ^[14] In his first season in the series, Baptista won both races at Lime Rock, ^[15] before taking further wins in Utah and Circuit of the Americas en route to a fourth-place points finish. ^{[16] [17]} In parallel, Baptista raced in Porsche GT3 Cup Brasil, ^[18] taking seven wins and three further podiums to secure the title at the end of the year. ^[19] Stepping up to the GT class for 2018, Baptista joined Bentley-affiliated K-PAX Racing to race in both the Pirelli World Challenge and the SprintX GT Championship Series. ^[20] In the former, Baptista took his first win at VIR, before winning both races at Watkins Glen to end the year fourth in points. ^[21] In the latter, Baptista took his only win of the season at VIR to also finish fourth in the season standings. ^[22] During 2018, Baptista also raced for the same team at the California 8 Hours. ^[23]

Remaining with K-PAX Racing for 2019, Baptista raced with them in the newly-rebranded Blancpain GT World Challenge America alongside Maxime Soulet. ^[24] In his third season in the series, Baptista took wins at Circuit of the Americas and VIR, as well as seven more podiums to secure third in the overall standings. ^{[25] [26]} During 2019, Baptista also raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for JMW Motorsport in the LMGTE Am class, ^[27] originally crossing the line in third, ^[28] but was promoted to second post-race after the race-winning Keating Motorsports Ford was disqualified. ^[29] Also during the year, Baptista raced for Team M-Sport Team Bentley at the 24 Hours of Spa and the Kyalami 9 Hours. ^{[30] [31]}

Continuing in GT World Challenge America for 2020, Baptista joined Ferrari-fielding Squadra Corse to compete in the Pro-Am class. ^[32] In his only season in the class, Baptista scored overall wins at Sonoma and the second Circuit of the Americas round, ^[33] as well as two more class wins as he ended the year third in the Pro-Am standings. ^[34] During 2020, Baptista also raced for Bentley K-PAX Racing in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. ^[35]

Switching to TCR competition for 2021, Baptista joined Cobra Racing Team to race in TCR South America, ^[36] as well as competing in the Pure ETCR Championship for Romeo Ferraris - M1RA. ^[37] In the former, Baptista won the Curitiba endurance and both races at El Pinar, as well as standing on the podium three more times to secure runner-up honors in the standings. ^{[38] [39]} In the latter, Baptista scored a best result of third at MotorLand Aragón and finished no lower than ninth in the other four races to end the year fifth in points. ^[40]

Baptista then raced in Stock Car Pro Series for the following two seasons, competing for Crown Racing in 2022 and KTF Sports in 2023, ^{[41] [42]} taking a best result of fifth in race one at Velopark in the latter year as he ended the year 27th in points. ^[43] During 2023, Baptista also raced in select rounds of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for AKKodis ASP Team, ^[44] as well as a one-off appearance in TCR South America for Cobra Racing Team. ^[45]

Returning to TCR competition for 2024, Baptista joined Squadra Martino to race in both TCR South America and TCR Brazil. ^[46] Baptista raced in all but two rounds of both series, scoring a lone win at Cascavel and finishing ninth in South American standings and eighth in the latter's standings. ^[47] During 2024, Baptista returned to Flying Lizard Motorsports to race part-time in the Pro-Am class of the GT4 America Series. ^[48]

Baptista was set to return to the GT4 America Series with Flying Lizard Motorsports alongside Damir Hot, ^[49] before the team pulled out of the series in March. ^[50]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2014	Formula 4 Sudamericana		3	0	0	0	1	23	16th
2015	Formula 3 Brasil	Prop Car Racing	16	1	0	0	7	102	4th
	Brasileiro de Marcas	Toyota Bassani	16	1	0	0	1	119	11th
	FARA Endurance Championship - MP-1B	BRT Motorsports	1	1	1	0	1	20	8th
2016	Toyota Racing Series	ETEC Motorsport	15	0	0	0	0	286	16th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	5	0	0	0	1	19	15th
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup		10	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Renault Sport Trophy – Pro	Oregon Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Renault Sport Trophy – Endurance		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2017	Pirelli World Challenge – GTS	Flying Lizard Motorsports	18	4	1	1	6	257	4th
	Porsche GT3 Cup Brasil		13	7	6	9	10	257	1st
	Porsche GT3 Cup Brasil Endurance Series		2	1	1	0	1	68	10th
2018	Pirelli World Challenge – GT	K-PAX Racing	19	3	3	3	5	325	4th
	SprintX GT Championship Series – GT		10	1	1	1	2	170	4th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	1	25th
2019	Blancpain GT World Challenge America	K-PAX Racing	14	2	0	2	9	195	3rd
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Team M-Sport Team Bentley	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Am	JMW Motorsport	1	0	0	0	1	—N/a	2nd
2020	GT World Challenge America – Pro-Am	Squadra Corse	10	5	3	1	9	198	3rd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Bentley K-PAX Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	1	21st
2021	Pure ETCR Championship	Romeo Ferraris - M1RA	5	0	—N/a	—N/a	1	248	5th
	TCR South America Touring Car Championship	Cobra Racing Team	14	3	2	4	6	247	2nd
2022	Stock Car Pro Series	Crown Racing	23	0	0	0	0	44	29th
2023	Stock Car Pro Series	KTF Sports	23	0	0	0	0	68	27th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	AKKodis ASP Team	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Bronze			0	0	0	0	0	NC
	TCR South America Touring Car Championship	Cobra Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	9	45th
2024	TCR Brazil Touring Car Championship	Squadra Martino	7	1	1	1	1	158	8th
	TCR South America Touring Car Championship		13	1	2	1	2	235	9th
	TCR World Tour		2	0	0	0	0	4	40th
	GT4 America Series – Pro-Am	Flying Lizard Motorsports	7	0	0	0	2	52	13th
Sources: [51] [52]

Complete Formula 3 Brasil results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2015	Prop Car Racing	CUR1 1 2	CUR1 2 3	VEL 1 1	VEL 2 7	SCS 1 Ret	SCS 2 Ret	CUR2 1 Ret	CUR2 2 4	CAS 1 4	CAS 2 5	CGR 1 Ret	CGR 2 2	CUR3 1 6	CUR3 2 3	INT 1 4	INT 2 3	4th	102

Complete Toyota Racing 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	DC	Points
2016	ETEC Motorsport	RUA 1 Ret	RUA 2 16	RUA 3 13	TER 1 9	TER 2 18	TER 3 16	HMP 1 15	HMP 2 14	HMP 3 14	TAU 1 17	TAU 2 Ret	TAU 3 Ret	MAU 1 11	MAU 2 16	MAU 3 11	16th	286

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2016	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS	Pro	MNZ 16	SIL 20	LEC 3	SPA 6H 30	SPA 12H 19	SPA 24H 12	NÜR 46	15th	19
2019	M-Sport Team Bentley	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro	MNZ	SIL	LEC	SPA 6H 72	SPA 12H 72	SPA 24H Ret	CAT	NC	0
2020	Bentley K-PAX Racing	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro	IMO 30	NÜR Ret	SPA 6H 30	SPA 12H 16	SPA 24H 12	LEC Ret		NC	0
2023	AKKodis ASP Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Bronze	MNZ	LEC 40†	SPA 6H 58	SPA 12H 45	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR	CAT 43	NC	0

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2016	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS	Pro	MIS QR 33	MIS CR 21	BRH QR 20	BRH CR Ret	NÜR QR 13	NÜR CR 11	HUN QR 15	HUN CR 28	CAT QR 15	CAT CR 32	NC	0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2019	JMW Motorsport	Jeff Segal Wei Lu	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	334	32nd	2nd

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	Rank	Points
2022	Crown Racing	Chevrolet Cruze	INT 1 18	GOI 1 27	GOI 2 20	RIO 1 19	RIO 2 17	VCA 1 Ret	VCA 2 18	VEL 1 18	VEL 2 21	VEL 1 22	VEL 2 18	INT 1 DSQ	INT 2 DSQ	VCA 1 24	VCA 2 21	SCZ 1 25	SCZ 2 11	GOI 1 13	GOI 2 Ret	GOI 1 14	GOI 2 23	INT 1 24	INT 2 Ret		29th	44
2023	KTF Sports	Chevrolet Cruze	GOI 1 18	GOI 2 Ret	INT 1 20	INT 2 Ret	TAR 1 18	TAR 2 17	CAS 1 Ret	CAS 2 23	INT 1 18	INT 2 24	VCA 1 Ret	VCA 2 DNS	GOI 1 Ret	GOI 2 15	VEL 1 5	VEL 2 10	BUE 1 16	BUE 2 18	VCA 1 15	VCA 2 Ret	CAS 1 Ret	CAS 2 Ret	INT 1 20	INT 2 16	27th	68

^† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

1. "Diretor e piloto de corrida, Adalberto vira 'braço-direito' de Juvenal e gera ciúmes..." uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 31 August 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
2. "Perfil do Piloto: Ricardo Baptista, o colecionador de recordes da Porsche Cup". porschegt3cup.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
3. "Bruno Baptista apresenta carro com o qual quer disputar o título da Stock Car em 2023". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 11 March 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
4. "Cadi Baptista conquista primeira vitória da Fórmula 4 Brasil". vaiquetotevendo.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 5 October 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
5. "Bruno Baptista é o primeiro campeão da F4 Sul-Americana. Comemoração foi na Argentina". kartmotor.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 15 December 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
6. "Impecável, Baptista domina corrida 1 e conquista primeira vitória na F3 Brasil em 2015 no Velopark". grandepremio.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 25 April 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
7. "Rodrigo Baptista estreou no Brasileiro de Marcas com sexto lugar em Goiânia". kartmotor.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 25 March 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
8. "Baptista vence em Goiânia e leva a Toyota ao segundo triunfo na temporada". f1mania.net (in Brazilian Portuguese). 17 August 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
9. "Baptista cousins join 2016 Toyota Racing Series field". formulascout.com. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
10. "Daruvala beats Norris in twice red-flagged race one at Teretonga". formulascout.com. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
11. "Blancpain GT | Cinque Audi R8 per il team WRT". formulapassion.it (in Italian). 28 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
12. "Blancpain GT: McLaren Triumphs at 1000KM Race of Paul Ricard". gtspirit.com. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
13. "Renault Sports Trophy Spa, domenica nel segno di Schiller e Schothorst". autosprint.it (in Italian). 25 September 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
14. "Pirelli World Challenge News Notebook: Panoz, Porsche & TCR Audi". dailysportscar.com. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
15. "Baptista sweeps PWC GTS races at Lime Rock". racer.com. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
16. "Baptista Claims GTS Race 1 Win in Utah". racer.com. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
17. "Baptista earns fourth GTS win Sunday at COTA". racer.com. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
18. "Rodrigo Baptista triunfa na abertura da Porsche GT3 Cup". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 19 March 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
19. "Rodrigo Baptista confirma título da Porsche GT3 Cup na preliminar da F1. Paludo vence corrida em Interlagos". grandepremio.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 12 November 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
20. "Baptista Joins K-PAX For 2018 PWC Season". dailysportscar.com. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
21. "Rodrigo Baptista dominates PWC GT action at the Glen". autoweek.com. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
22. "VIR, Course 1 : Soulet/Baptista, K-PAX Racing et Bentley sans contestation". endurance-info.com (in French). 28 April 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
23. "K-PAX Commits to California 8H". sportscar365.com. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
24. "K-Pax Ready To Bring The Thunder To CoTA With Gen 2 Continental GT3". dailysportscar.com. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
25. "Soulet, Baptista Win COTA Race 1 as New Bentleys Dominate". sportscar365.com. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
26. "Baptista, Soulet Win Race 2; K-PAX Sweeps VIR". sportscar365.com. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
27. "Le Mans – JMW dévoile son équipage". autohebdo.fr (in French). 3 May 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
28. "Rodrigo Baptista sobe ao pódio em terceiro lugar nas 24 Horas de Le Mans". autoracing.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 19 June 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
29. "JMW Receives 2019 Le Mans Trophy". dailysportscar.com. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
30. "Ex-Nissan drivers join Bentley's expanded 2019 Spa 24 Hours entry". autosport.com. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
31. "Baptista Completes Reshuffled Bentley Lineup for Kyalami 9H". sportscar365.com. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
32. "GT World Challenge America CoTA Season Opener Sees 14 Car GT3 Entry". dailysportscar.com. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
33. "Wins For Quadra Corse Ferrari & Racers Edge Acura At Sonoma". dailysportscar.com. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
34. "Fuentes, Baptista Take COTA Race 1 Win". sportscar365.com. 19 September 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
35. "Consolidado na Europa, Rodrigo Baptista será piloto da Bentley". ge.globo.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
36. "Equipe de Nonô Figueiredo anuncia Rodrigo Baptista para temporada 2021 do TCR". grandepremio.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 21 May 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
37. "PURE ETCR: Rodrigo Baptista completes the Romeo Ferraris driver roster". greenracingnews.com. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
38. "Rodrigo Baptista and Tom Coronel win dramatic Curitiba endurance race". touringcars.net. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
39. "Rodrigo Baptista moves into championship lead with second win". touringcars.net. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
40. "Pure ETCR, Aragón: vince Ekstrom, Alfa Romeo a podio con Baptista". motorsport.com (in Italian). 11 July 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
41. "Rodrigo Baptista estreia na Stock Car pela Crown Racing". autoracing.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 29 January 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
42. "Stock Car: Rodrigo Baptista é anunciado pela KTF Sports para temporada 2023". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 25 November 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
43. "Rodrigo Baptista conquista duplo top-10 na etapa no Velopark da Stock Car". f1mania.net (in Brazilian Portuguese). 22 September 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
44. "An extra Mercedes for Akkodis ASP in three races, including the 24H of Spa". endurance-info.com. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
45. "Reis and Barrio claims endurance race pole at Termas de Rio Hondo". touringcartimes.com. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
46. "Rodrigo Baptista back in TCR South America with Squadra Martino". touringcars.net. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
47. "TCR | Baptista kehrt nach drei Jahren zum Sieg zurück. Paladini feiert einen Doppelsieg, Rossi und Pernia folgen dicht dahinter". p300.it (in German). 27 May 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
48. "31 Cars Entered For GT4 America 3 Hour Challenge At COTA". dailysportscar.com. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
49. "Nissan Announces 2025 Motorsports Programmes". dailysportscar.com. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
50. "Flying Lizard Abandons Nissan GT4 Programme". dailysportscar.com. 26 March 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
51. "Rodrigo Baptista Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
52. "Rodrigo Baptista | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 31 January 2026.

External links

• Rodrigo Baptista career summary at DriverDB.com