Vitor Baptista

Vitor Baptista (born 20 March 1998) is a Brazilian racing driver. He was Euroformula Open champion in 2015, and reached the Formula V8 3.5 Series with RP Motorsport. He last competed in the Stock Car Pro Series, winning once for Scuderia Chiarelli in 2024.

Career

Karting 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 and 2012 and also finished second in the Brazilian Karting Championship junior class in 2011. He also went on to finish seventh in the CIK-FIA KF3 World Cup in 2012.

Formula Three 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.

For 2015, Baptista moved to Europe to compete in the Euroformula Open Championship, racing for reigning champions RP Motorsport. He secured the championship title at the final round of the season in Barcelona, finishing five points ahead of Russian Konstantin Tereshchenko after taking race victories at Paul Ricard, Estoril, Red Bull Ring, Spa-Francorchamps and Monza. 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.

Formula V8 3.5 Baptista would continue to race for RP Motorsport in 2016, graduating to Formula V8 3.5.

Racing record Career summary 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 - Class A 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 22 1 0 0 1 391 25th † As Baptista was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Formula 3 Brasil results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points 2014 Cesário F3 B TAR1 TAR2 SCS1 SCS2 BRA1 BRA2 INT1 INT2 CUR11 CUR12 VEL1 VEL2 CUR21 CUR22 GOI1 GOI21st207 2017 Full Time A CUR1 CUR2 INT11 INT12 VEC1 VEC2 INT21 INT22 SCS1 SCS2 LON1 LON2 GOI1 GOI2 INT31 INT32 11th 9

Complete Euroformula Open Championship 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 Pos Points 2015 RP Motorsport JER1 JER2 LEC1 LEC2 EST1 EST2 SIL1 SIL2 RBR1 RBR2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT21st291

Complete Formula V8 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 18 Points 2016 RP Motorsport ALC1 ALC2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 LEC1 LEC2 SIL1 SIL2 RBR1 RBR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 JER1 JER2 CAT1 CAT2 12th 51

Complete Stock Car Pro Series results 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 25 Rank Points 2019 Shell V-Power Chevrolet Cruze VEL1 VCA1 VCA2 GOI1 GOI2 LON1 LON2 SCZ1 SCZ2 MOU1 MOU2 INT1 VEL1 VEL2 CAS1 CAS2 VCA1 VCA2 GOI1 GOI2 INT1 32nd 7 2020 KTF Sports Chevrolet Cruze GOI1 GOI2 INT1 INT2 LON1 LON2 CAS1 CAS2 CAS3 VCA1 VCA2 CUR1 CUR2 CUR3 GOI1 GOI2 GOI2 INT1 27th 8 2022 KTF Racing Chevrolet Cruze INT1 GOI1 GOI2 RIO1 RIO2 VCA1 VCA2 BRA1 BRA2 BRA1 BRA2 INT1 INT2 SCZ1 SCZ2 VCA1 VCA2 GOI1 GOI2 GOI1 GOI2 BRA1 BRA2 NC† 0† 2024 Scuderia Chiarelli Toyota Corolla GOI1 GOI2 VCA1 VCA2 INT1 INT2 CAS1 CAS2 VCA1 VCA2 VCA3 GOI1 GOI2 BLH1 BLH2 VEL1 VEL2 BUE1 BUE2 URU1 URU2 GOI1 GOI2 INT1 INT2 25th 391 † As Baptista was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.