Guilherme Samaia

Guilherme de Abreu Sampaio Samaia (born 2 October 1996 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian former racing driver. He has competed in the 2021 Formula 2 Championship with Charouz, and in 2020 racing for Campos. In 2017, he won the Brazilian Formula 3 season with Cesário F3.

Career

Karting Samaia began his racing career in karting in 2012, competing the Florida Winter Tour - Rotax Junior championship. His only season in the championship resulted in Samaia finishing 47th out of 63 competitors. The championship was won by Oliver Askew and had Kyle Kirkwood and Juan Manuel Correa also competing.

Junior Formulas in Brazil In 2013, Samaia competed in two of the sixteen races in the Fórmula Junior Brazil championship for Satti Racing Team, gaining ten points and finishing 16th.

For 2015, Samaia switched to the Formula 3 Brazil Light series racing for Cesário. He scored thirteen podiums in sixteen races, including six wins and took the championship title with 171 points, thirty points ahead of second place Matheus Muniz.

Sticking with Cesário, Samaia jumped up to Formula 3 Brazil for the 2016 season. He finished second in the first round of the season at Velopark, behind Carlos Cunha Filho. Samaia didn't win his first race until the first race at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace Circuit in the fourth round of the season, he would go on to win two more races meaning he finished the season with three wins and ten podiums. Samaia finished second with 140 points, sixty-five points behind eventual champion Matheus Iorio.

In 2017, Samaia dominated the Formula 3 A Brasil championship, winning all but three of the sixteen races finishing fifth, eighth and second respectively in the races that he did not win. This ultimately led to him winning the championship by 87 points.

BRDC British Formula 3 In 2017, Samaia competed in the British F3 championship with Double R Racing. Samaia finished the season 13th with two podiums at Spa-Francorchamps and Snetterton. He finished behind future Williams F1 development driver and 2019 W Series champion Jamie Chadwick along with the season champion Enaam Ahmed.

Euroformula Open Samaia made his début in the Euroformula Open Championship in 2017 with Carlin at the fifth round in Silverstone where he finished 14th. Samaia would continue to race for the remaining races where he would finish the season in seventeenth with seven points behind fellow Brazilian Christian Hahn.

In 2018, Samaia made the switch to the Italian team RP Motorsport. His highest finish was his only podium when he finished third at the first race of the third round in Belgium. He ended the season sixth with 94 points. Teammate, fellow compatriot and 2020 Formula 2 competitor Felipe Drugovich won the championship with 405 points.

For 2019, Samaia switched to Spanish outfit Teo Martín Motorsport where he would race in the first four rounds. He achieved one podium at Le Castellet in the second race of the season, which helped him to a sixteenth-place finish.

FIA Formula 2 Championship 2020 On 17 February 2020, Campos announced that Samaia would race for them after a successful post season test in Abu Dhabi in . His teammate was also announced on the same day to be the Brit Jack Aitken. Throughout the year, he did not score any points, with a 14th-place finish at Monza being his best result of the year. Samaia finished 24th in the drivers' standings, the lowest of the drivers who competed full-time.

2021

Despite his performance, he made an appearance for Charouz Racing System at the post-season test in Bahrain and was soon confirmed to be partnering David Beckmann at the Czech team for the 2021 season. Samaia's results did not improve, failing to score points for a second year in a row; his best results for the year was a pair of 11th-places in Bahrain. He finished 24th in the drivers' standings for a second year in a row. Samaia left the team and the series at the end of the season.

Retirement On February 23, 2022, Samaia announced that he was retiring from motorsport. He left open the possibility of returning in the future.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2013 Fórmula Junior Brazil Satti Racing Team 2 0 0 0 0 10 16th 2015 Formula 3 Brazil Light Cesário F3 16 6 2 7 13 171 1st 2016 Formula 3 Brasil 16 3 1 9 10 140 2nd 2017 Formula 3 Brasil 16 13 5 12 14 219 1st BRDC British Formula 3 Double R Racing 24 0 0 0 2 195 13th Euroformula Open Championship Carlin 8 0 0 0 0 7 17th Spanish Formula 3 Championship 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2018 Euroformula Open Championship RP Motorsport 16 0 0 0 1 94 6th Spanish Formula 3 Championship 6 0 0 0 0 40 5th 2019 Euroformula Open Championship Teo Martín Motorsport 8 0 0 1 1 26 16th Euroformula Open Winter Series 2 0 1 0 0 17 6th 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship Campos Racing 24 0 0 0 0 0 24th 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship Charouz Racing System 23 0 0 0 0 0 24th † As Samaia was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 3 Brasil results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) Year Entrant Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points 2015 Césario F3 B CUR11 CUR12 VEL1 VEL2 SCS1 SCS2 CUR21 CUR22 CAS1 CAS2 CGR1 CGR2 CUR31 CUR32 INT1 INT2 1st 171 2016 Césario F3 A VEL1 VEL2 SCS1SCS2 CAS1 CAS2 CAS3 INT1 INT2 LON1 LON2 CUR1 CUR2 GOI1 GOI2 INT1 INT2 2nd 140 2017 Césario F3 A CUR1 CUR2 INT11 INT12 VEC1 VEC2 INT21 INT22 SCS1 SCS2 LON1 LON2 GOI1 GOI2 INT31 INT32 1st 219

Complete BRDC British Formula 3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points 2017 Double R Racing OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 DON1 DON2 DON313th195

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2017 Carlin EST1 EST2 SPA1 SPA2 LEC1 LEC2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 MNZ1 MNZ2 JER1 JER2 CAT1 CAT2 17th 7 2018 RP Motorsport EST1 EST2 LEC1 LEC2 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 MNZ1 MNZ2 JER1 JER2 CAT1 CAT2 6th 94 2019 Teo Martín Motorsport LEC1 LEC2 PAU1 PAU2 HOC1 HOC2 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 RBR1 RBR2 SIL1 SIL2 CAT1 CAT2 MNZ1 MNZ2 16th 26

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points Campos Racing RBRFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SILFEA SILSPR SILFEA SILSPR CATFEA CATSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR MUGFEA MUGSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR 24th 0 Charouz Racing System BHRSP1 BHRSP2 BHRFEA MCOSP1 MCOSP2 MCOFEA BAKSP1 BAKSP2 BAKFEA SILSP1 SILSP2 SILFEA MNZSP1 MNZSP2 MNZFEA SOCSP1 SOCSP2 SOCFEA JEDSP1 JEDSP2 JEDFEA YMCSP1 YMCSP2 YMCFEA 24th 0 † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified, as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.