| Vitor Baptista | |
|---|---|
 Baptista in April 2015 | |
| Nationality |  Brazilian |
| Born | 20 March 1998 São Paulo, Brazil |
| Formula V8 3.5 career | |
| Debut season | 2016 |
| Current team | RP Motorsport |
| Car number | 22 |
| Starts | 18 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 12th in 2016 |
| Previous series | |
| 2015 2014 | Euroformula Open Championship Fórmula 3 Brasil Class B |
| Championship titles | |
| 2015 2014 | Euroformula Open Championship Fórmula 3 Brasil Class B |
Vitor Baptista (born 20 March 1998) is a Brazilian racing driver.
Prior to his single-seater career, Baptista enjoyed a successful period in karting in his native Brazil. He won consecutive Super Kart Brazil junior titles in 2011 [1] and 2012 [2] and also finished second in the Brazilian Karting Championship junior class in 2011. [3] He also went on to finish seventh in the CIK-FIA KF3 World Cup in 2012. [4]
Baptista made his single-seater debut in 2014, racing in the B Class of the Brazilian Formula Three Championship for the Cesário F3 team. He won the championship comfortably from compatriot Matheus Leist, earning thirteen class wins out of sixteen races whilst also taking three overall race victories. [5]
For 2015, Baptista moved to Europe to compete in the Euroformula Open Championship, racing for reigning champions RP Motorsport. [6] He secured the championship title at the final round of the season in Barcelona, [7] finishing five points ahead of Russian Konstantin Tereshchenko after taking race victories at Paul Ricard, Estoril, Red Bull Ring, Spa-Francorchamps and Monza. [8] He also finished second to Tereshchenko in the accompanying Spanish Formula Three Championship, which was held within the main championship at the Jerez, Estoril and Barcelona rounds.
Baptista will continue to race for RP Motorsport in 2016, graduating to Formula V8 3.5. [9]
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Fórmula 3 Brasil - Class B | Cesário F3 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 207 | 1st |
| 2015 | Euroformula Open Championship | RP Motorsport | 16 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 291 | 1st |
| Spanish Formula 3 Championship | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 97 | 2nd | ||
| 2016 | Formula V8 3.5 Series | RP Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 12th |
| 2017 | Campeonato Brasileiro de Turismo | Full Time | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 114 | 7th |
| Fórmula 3 Brasil | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11th | ||
| 2018 | Porsche GT3 Cup Brasil - 3.8 Class | N/A | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 182 | 1st |
| Porsche Endurance Series | N/A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 5th | |
| 2019 | Porsche GT3 Cup Brasil | N/A | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 154 | 4th |
| Stock Car Brasil | Shell V-Power | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 32nd | |
| Stock Car Light | SG Racing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 22nd | |
| Porsche Endurance Series | N/A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 116 | 8th | |
| 2020 | Stock Car Brasil | KTF Sports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 27th |
| 2021 | Porsche Endurance Series | ? | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | ? |
| Stock Car Light | Hot Car Competições | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 2022 | Stock Car Pro Series | KTF Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2024 | Stock Car Pro Series | Scuderia Chiarelli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 28th* |
† As Baptista was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress.
(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 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | RP Motorsport | ALC 1 8 | ALC 2 11 | HUN 1 10 | HUN 2 Ret | SPA 1 6 | SPA 2 4 | LEC 1 Ret | LEC 2 Ret | SIL 1 8 | SIL 2 8 | RBR 1 10 | RBR 2 8 | MNZ 1 8 | MNZ 2 Ret | JER 1 11 | JER 2 11 | CAT 1 6 | CAT 2 Ret | 12th | 51 |
| 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 | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Shell V-Power | Chevrolet Cruze | VEL 1 | VCA 1 Ret | VCA 2 14 | GOI 1 | GOI 2 | LON 1 | LON 2 | SCZ 1 | SCZ 2 | MOU 1 | MOU 2 | INT 1 | VEL 1 | VEL 2 | CAS 1 | CAS 2 | VCA 1 | VCA 2 | GOI 1 | GOI 2 | INT 1 | 32nd | 7 | |||
| 2020 | KTF Sports | Chevrolet Cruze | GOI 1 | GOI 2 | INT 1 17 | INT 2 17 | LON 1 | LON 2 | CAS 1 | CAS 2 | CAS 3 | VCA 1 | VCA 2 | CUR 1 | CUR 2 | CUR 3 | GOI 1 | GOI 2 | GOI 2 | INT 1 | 27th | 8 | ||||||
| 2022 | KTF Racing | Chevrolet Cruze | INT 1 24 | GOI 1 | GOI 2 | RIO 1 | RIO 2 | VCA 1 | VCA 2 | BRA 1 | BRA 2 | BRA 1 | BRA 2 | INT 1 | INT 2 | SCZ 1 | SCZ 2 | VCA 1 | VCA 2 | GOI 1 | GOI 2 | GOI 1 | GOI 2 | BRA 1 | BRA 2 | NC† | 0† | |
| 2024 | Scuderia Chiarelli | Toyota Corolla | GOI 1 | GOI 2 | VCA 1 17 | VCA 2 C | INT 1 24 | INT 2 14 | CAS 1 23 | CAS 2 Ret | VCA 1 | VCA 2 | GOI 1 | GOI 2 | BLH 1 | BLH 2 | SCZ 1 | SCZ 2 | BUE 1 | BUE 2 | VEL 1 | VEL 2 | BRA 1 | BRA 2 | INT 1 | INT 2 | 28th* | 43* |
† As Baptista was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress.
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