Sten Pentus

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Sten Pentus
Sten pentus brandshatch2014.JPG
Sten Pentus at the Brands Hatch round of the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series season.
NationalityFlag of Estonia.svg Estonian
Born (1981-11-03) 3 November 1981 (age 43)
Tallinn, Estonia
Blancpain Sprint series career
Debut season 2014
Current teamBhaitech
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number61
Starts12
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish25th in 2014
Previous series
2012
20082011
2010
2008
2007
2007
2006
2006
2004
2002
2000–01
2000
Auto GP World Series
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Toyota Racing Series
Formula Renault UK
Formula Renault BARC
FRenault BARC W. Series
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Formula BMW ADAC
Finnish Touring Cars
Formula 4 Estonia
Formula Baltic
Championship titles
2000–01
2000
Formula 4 Estonia
Formula Baltic

Sten Pentus (born 3 November 1981 in Tallinn) is an Estonian racing driver. [1]

Contents

He is a former Estonian Formula 4 Champion, and a previous winner of the Formula Baltic championship in a Reynard 903.

At the end of the 2008 season, Pentus tested for GP2 Series teams DPR and Racing Engineering with respectable results considering his previous racing experience. In November, he tested with Fortec Motorsport in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series test in Valencia and again impressed, comparing favourably with F3 graduates Edoardo Mortara and Jaime Alguersuari during the two days. Fortec would later sign Pentus for the 2009 season on January 30, 2009. [2] He scored his first points in the series when he finished second in the feature race at the Circuit de Catalunya, having started nineteenth. This earned Pentus a bonus point for the most places gained in the race. He achieved that again in the feature race at Spa, qualifying 19th and finishing 11th. He went on to finish sixteenth in the overall standings and finished sixth in the rookie championship overall standings.

Pentus stayed with Fortec to compete in the 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series. [3] Pentus took his first win in the series, winning the second race at the season-opening round of the season at Ciudad del Motor de Aragón and second win in Hungaroring. He finished the 2010 season in 4th place overall. Pentus joined EPIC Racing team for the 2011 season, and eventually finished the disappointing season 24th.

In 2014, Pentus switched from single-seaters to GT racing, competing in the Blancpain Sprint series with the Bhaitech team in a McLaren MP4-12C GT3. [4]

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2000Baltic Formula 4????????2801st
Formula Baltic?????????1st
2001Baltic Formula 4?????????1st
Baltic Touring Car Championship - Super 1600???51??4942nd
2002Formula Baltic????????1252nd
Baltic Touring Car Championship - B2000Saksa Auto AMK60002447th
Sport 2000 Tour400000?
2003Formula Baltic????????784th
2004 Formula BMW ADAC KUG-DeWalt Racing180000418th
2005Formula Baltic????????6010th
2006 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 SG Formula 60000030th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC MDR Motorsport200001830th
2007 Formula Renault BARC Winter Cup Falcon Motorsport41211254th
Formula Renault BARC 800012711th
2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Red Devil Comtec Racing 20000031st
Formula Renault UK CR Scuderia Formula Renault1000007818th
2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Mofaz Racing 1700012316th
2010 Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport1220276604th
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Fortec Motorsport 172124784th
2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series EPIC Racing 1700001124th
2012 Auto GP World Series Virtuosi UK 200001415th
Zele Racing 40000
2014 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Overall Bhaitech 140000424th
2016Finnish Xtreme BMW CupEST 1 Racing 2174??51974th
2017 Touring Car Endurance Series - SP3-GT4 EST 1 Racing1000126?
2018 Alpine Elf Europa Cup Milan Competition100000NCA

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

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

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2006 MDR Motorsport OSC
1

OSC
2

SPA
1

SPA
2

NÜR
1

NÜR
2

ZAN
1

ZAN
2

OSC
1

13
OSC
2

11
ASS
1

ASS
2

AND
1

AND
2

SAL
1

SAL
2

30th18

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

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

YearEntrant1234567891011121314DCPoints
2006 SG Formula ZOL
1

27
ZOL
2

11
IST
1

25
IST
2

22
MIS
1

20
MIS
2

28
NÜR
1

24
NÜR
2

23
DON
1

DON
2

LMS
1

LMS
2

CAT
1

CAT
2

30th0

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617PosPoints
2008 Red Devil Comtec Racing MNZ
1
MNZ
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
MON
1
SIL
1
SIL
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
BUG
1
BUG
2
EST
1
EST
2
CAT
1

14
CAT
2

17
31st0
2009 Mofaz Racing CAT
1

18
CAT
2

2
SPA
1

18
SPA
2

11
MON
1

11
HUN
1

18
HUN
2

15
SIL
1

14
SIL
2

7
BUG
1

14
BUG
2

13
ALG
1

9
ALG
2

14
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

12
ALC
1

Ret
ALC
2

10
16th23
2010 Fortec Motorsport ALC
1

Ret
ALC
2

1
SPA
1

2
SPA
2

13
MON
1

6
BRN
1

6
BRN
2

Ret
MAG
1

7
MAG
2

8
HUN
1

3
HUN
2

1
HOC
1

Ret
HOC
2

6
SIL
1

15
SIL
2

7
CAT
1

13
CAT
2

Ret
4th78
2011 EPIC Racing ALC
1

10
ALC
2

11
SPA
1

Ret
SPA
2

14
MNZ
1

16
MNZ
2

Ret
MON
1

12
NÜR
1

19
NÜR
2

10
HUN
1

14
HUN
2

Ret
SIL
1

6
SIL
2

10
LEC
1

22
LEC
2

Ret
CAT
1

14
CAT
2

13
24th11

Complete Auto GP World Series results

(key)

YearEntrant1234567891011121314PosPoints
2012 Virtuosi UK MNZ
1
MNZ
2
VAL
1

10
VAL
2

10
MAR
1
MAR
2
15th14
Zele Racing HUN
1

9
HUN
2

4
ALG
1

14†
ALG
2

Ret
CUR
1
CUR
2
SON
1
SON
2

Personal

His sister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus is a politician.

References

  1. "Driver data". worldseriesbyrenault.com. 2010-01-04. Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  2. "Pentus pens deal with Fortec". crash.net. 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
  3. "Fortec retains Pentus". crash.net. 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2010-03-08. Richard Dutton's team has confirmed that Estonian Sten Pentus will remain on board for a second season.
  4. "Blancpain driver database". blancpain-gt-series.com.