Santiago Urrutia

Santiago Urrutia Lausarot (born 30 August 1996) is a Uruguayan racing driver. He currently competes in the TCR World Tour, driving for Geely Cyan Racing. He formerly competed in Indy Lights, and was the 2015 Pro Mazda series champion.

Racing career Karting and junior formulae Urrutia's motorsport career started at age three in dirt motorcycling on his grandfather's farm, and later moved up to go-kart racing in his native Uruguay at age five. In 2009, he won the Argentine Pre Junior Championship and the Metropolitan Mini Junior Apertura Championship. In 2010, he won the Uruguayan Master Championship.

At the 2010 Karting World Championship, Urrutia qualified fifth for the pre-final, but was involved in two incidents and finished the final in eighteenth place. At the age fourteen, Urrutia moved to Italy in 2011 and competed at the WSK Euro Series KF3. Also in 2011, he took part in the Formula Abarth season. He won Formula Abarth Rookie of the year in 2012, winning races at Algarve International Circuit and Silverstone Circuit. In 2014, he competed in the GP3 Series for Finnish team Koiranen GP.

Road to Indy

Urrutia took part in the Pro Mazda Championship in 2015 as a driver for Team Pelfrey. He clinched the championship at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, sixteen years and one day after the death of fellow Uruguayan Gonzalo Rodríguez in a practice accident at the same venue. With the championship, Urrutia became the first Uruguayan to win a major international racing championship.

In 2016, Urrutia competed in Indy Lights for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. He was placed on probation by the series in June. A weekend sweep at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in July led Urrutia to the top of the point standings. Urrutia was in the hunt for the series title until the final pair of races of the season, where he ultimately lost the championship to Ed Jones by two points after Jones' teammate let him by to win the title. With SPM discontinuing their Indy Lights team, Urrutia returned to the series in 2017 as a Belardi Auto Racing driver. He scored two wins and six second place finishes, finishing runner-up in the standings to Kyle Kaiser.

At the end of 2017, Urrutia entered into a handshake deal to drive the 2018 IndyCar Series season for Harding Racing, but the team eventually rescinded on the offer and failed to pay Urrutia a $100,000 sum for the driver to compete with Belardi in Indy Lights for the season. He did, however, run a full Indy Lights season with Belardi in 2018.

Touring cars In 2019, Urrutia raced in the European TCR series for Team WRT, finishing third in the standings and earning Rookie of the Year.

Urrutia was due to return to the Indy Lights with HMD Motorsports in 2020, but the season was cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Instead, he contested the opening round of the Formula Regional Americas Championship in its place, scoring a podium finish. The Uruguayan then took part in a test for Cyan Racing's World Touring Car Cup team, and was later signed for their 2020 campaign alongside Thed Björk.

In 2020, Urrutia competed the whole of the championship for the Cyan Performance Lynk & Co team, ending up in sixth place in the standings. He had a number of podiums and won the last race of the season.

In 2021, Urrutia continued to compete for the same team in WTCR. He won two races and had three other podium finishes, ending the championship in fifth place. He also did some races in the South American TCR championship.

In 2022, Urrutia remained with the same team for his third year in the series. Though he won two races and had another podium place, his season was stopped when the team withdrew from the championship due to safety concerns with the tyres.

In 2023, Urrutia remained again with Cyan Performance Lynk & Co. He retired from the first of two races at the initial round in Portugal, but won the second race. He won two more races that season, on home soil in Uruguay and at the Bathurst International, to finish eighth in the standings.

Racing record Career summary † As Urrutia was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. Season still in progress.

Complete GP3 Series 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 17 18 Pos Points 2014 Koiranen GP CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 23rd 0

American open-wheel racing results

Pro Mazda Championship Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14151617 Rank Points 2015 Team Pelfrey STP STP LOU LOU BAR BAR IMS IMS IMS LOR TOR TOR IOW MOH MOH LAG LAG 1st 355

Indy Lights Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points 2016 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports STP STP PHX ALA ALA IMS IMS INDY RDA RDA IOW TOR TOR MOH MOH WGL LAG LAG 2nd 361 2017 Belardi Auto Racing STP STP ALA ALA IMS IMS INDY RDA RDA IOW TOR TOR MOH MOH GMP WGL 2nd 310 2018 Belardi Auto Racing STP STP ALA ALA IMS IMS INDY RDA RDA IOW TOR TOR MOH MOH GTW POR POR 3rd 395

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points 2019 Team WRT Audi RS 3 LMS TCR HUN1 HUN2 HOC1 HOC2 SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 OSC1 OSC2 CAT1 CAT2 MNZ1 MNZ2 3rd 234 2023 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR ALG1 ALG2 PAU1 PAU2 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT2 NC‡ 0‡ ‡ Driver was a World Tour full-time entry and was ineligible for points.

Complete World Touring Car Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2020 Cyan Performance Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 TCR BEL1 BEL2 GER1 GER2 SVK1 SVK2 SVK3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 ESP1 ESP2 ESP3 ARA1 ARA2 ARA3 6th 169 2021 Cyan Performance Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 TCR GER1 GER2 POR1 POR2 ESP1 ESP2 HUN1 HUN2 CZE1 CZE2 FRA1 FRA2 ITA1 ITA2 RUS1 RUS2 5th 167 2022 Cyan Performance Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 TCR FRA1 FRA2 GER1 GER2 HUN1 HUN2 ESP1 ESP2 POR1 POR2 ITA1 ITA2 ALS1 ALS2 BHR1 BHR2 SAU1 SAU2 8th 137

Complete TCR World Tour results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points 2023 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR ALG1 ALG2 SPA1 SPA2 VAL1 VAL2 HUN1 HUN2 ELP1 ELP2 VIL1 VIL2 SYD1 SYD2 SYD3 BAT1 BAT2 BAT3 MAC1 MAC2 8th 283 2024 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR VAL1 VAL2 MRK1 MRK2 MOH1 MOH2 SAP1 SAP2 ELP1 ELP2 ZHZ1 ZHZ2 MAC1 MAC2 7th 220 2025 Lynk & Co Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR AHR1 AHR2 AHR3 CRT1 CRT2 CRT3 MNZ1 MNZ2 CVR1 CVR2 BEN1 BEN2 BEN3 INJ1 INJ2 INJ3 ZHZ1 ZHZ2 ZHZ3 MAC1 MAC2 4th 334 2026 Geely Cyan Racing Geely Preface TCR MIS1 MIS2 CRT1 CRT2 CRT3 LEC1 LEC2 CVR1 CVR2 INJ1 INJ2 INJ3 CHE1 CHE2 CHE3 ZHZ1 ZHZ2 ZHZ3 MAC1 MAC2 1st* 230* Season still in progress.

Complete Stock Car Pro Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) 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 2023 Scuderia Chiarelli Toyota Corolla GOI1 GOI2 INT1 INT2 TAR1 TAR2 CAS1 CAS2 INT1 INT2 VCA1 VCA2 GOI1 GOI2 VEL1 VEL2 BUE1 BUE2 VCA1 VCA2 CAS1 CAS2 INT1 INT2 38th 0