Sten Pentus

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

Pentus 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. 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. 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 fourth 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.

Racing record

Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2000 Baltic Formula 4 ??? ? ? ? ? ? 2801st Formula Baltic ??? ? ? ? ? ? ?1st 2001 Baltic Formula 4 ??? ? ? ? ? ? ?1st Baltic Touring Car Championship - Super 1600 ??? 5 1 ? ? 4 942nd 2002 Formula Baltic ??? ? ? ? ? ? 1252nd Baltic Touring Car Championship - B2000 Saksa Auto AMK 6 0 0 0 2 44 7th Sport 2000 Tour 4 0 0 0 0 0 ? 2003 Formula Baltic ??? ? ? ? ? ? 78 4th 2004 Formula BMW ADAC KUG-DeWalt Racing 18 0 0 0 0 4 18th 2005 Formula Baltic ??? ? ? ? ? ? 60 10th 2006 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 SG Formula 6 0 0 0 0 0 30th Formula Renault 2.0 NEC MDR Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 18 30th 2007 Formula Renault BARC Winter Cup Falcon Motorsport 4 1 2 1 1 25 4th Formula Renault BARC 8 0 0 0 1 27 11th 2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Red Devil Comtec Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 31st Formula Renault UK CR Scuderia Formula Renault 10 0 0 0 0 78 18th 2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Mofaz Racing 17 0 0 0 1 23 16th 2010 Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 12 2 0 2 7 660 4th Formula Renault 3.5 Series Fortec Motorsport 17 2 1 2 4 78 4th 2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series EPIC Racing 17 0 0 0 0 11 24th 2012 Auto GP World Series Virtuosi UK 2 0 0 0 0 14 15th Zele Racing 4 0 0 0 0 2014 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Overall Bhaitech 14 0 0 0 0 4 24th 2016 Finnish Xtreme BMW Cup EST 1 Racing 2 17 4 ? ? 5 197 4th 2017 Touring Car Endurance Series - SP3-GT4 EST 1 Racing 1 0 0 0 1 26 ?2018Alpine Elf Europa CupMilan Competition100000NCA

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 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 16 17 Pos Points 2008 Red Devil Comtec Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BUG1 BUG2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 31st 0 2009 Mofaz Racing CAT1 CAT2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 BUG1 BUG2 ALG1 ALG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ALC1 ALC2 16th 23 2010 Fortec Motorsport ALC1 ALC2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 BRN1 BRN2 MAG1 MAG2 HUN1 HUN2 HOC1 HOC2 SIL1 SIL2 CAT1 CAT2 4th 78 2011 EPIC Racing ALC1 ALC2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 MON1 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 24th 11

Complete Auto GP World Series results (key) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points 2012 Virtuosi UK MNZ1 MNZ2 VAL1 VAL2 MAR1 MAR2 15th 14 Zele Racing HUN1 HUN2 ALG114† ALG2 CUR1 CUR2 SON1 SON2

Personal His sister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus is a politician.