Guilherme de Abreu Sampaio Samaia (born 2 October 1996 in
São Paulo
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) is a retired
Brazilian racing driver. He has competed in the
2021 Formula 2 Championship
The 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship was a motor racing championship for Formula 2 cars that was sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship was the fifty-fifth season of Formula 2 racing and the fift ...
with
Charouz, and in
2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...
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
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and had
Kyle Kirkwood
Kyle MacLean Kirkwood (born October 19, 1998) is an American auto racing driver. He is the currently set to drive the No. 27 for Andretti Autosport in the 2023 NTT IndyCar Series. He formerly drove the AJ Foyt Racing No. 14 entry during the 2022 ...
and
Juan Manuel Correa
Juan Manuel Correa Borja (born August 9, 1999) is an American-Ecuadorian racing driver who races under an American license and is set to compete in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing.
Career Karting
Correa began ...
also competing.
Junior Formulas in Brazil
In 2013, Samaia competed in 2 of the 16 races in the Fórmula Junior Brazil championship for Satti Racing Team, gaining 10 points and finishing 16th.
For 2015, he 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 2nd place Matheus Muniz.
Sticking with Cesário, Samaia jumped up to
Formula 3 Brazil for the
2016 season. He finished 2nd in the first round of the season at
Velopark, behind
Carlos Cunha Filho. Samaia didn't win his first race until the 1st race at the
Autódromo José Carlos Pace Circuit in the forth 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 2nd with 140 points, sixty-five points behind eventual champion
Matheus Iorio.
In
2017
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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
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, Samaia competed in the
British F3 championship with
Double R Racing
Double R Racing is a motor racing team, which races in Formula Three and other junior levels of formula racing including the MSA Formula Championship for the 2016 season. The team was formed in November 2004 as Räikkönen Robertson Racing by th ...
. Samaia finished the season 13th with two podiums at
Spa-Francorchamps
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (), frequently referred to as ''Spa'', is a motor-racing circuit located in Stavelot, Belgium. It is the current venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, hosting its first Grand Prix in 1925, and has he ...
and
Snetterton
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. He finished behind current
Williams F1 development driver and
2019 W Series champion Jamie Chadwick
Jamie Laura Chadwick (born 20 May 1998) is a British racing driver who races for Andretti Autosport in Indy NXT. She won the inaugural W Series season in 2019, before retaining her title in 2021 and 2022. She currently holds the records for ...
along with the 20 year old season champion
Enaam Ahmed
Enaam Ahmed (born 4 February 2000) is a British- Pakistani racing driver. Ahmed currently competes in the Indy NXT with Cape Motorsports, having previously driven for RP Motorsport in the 2021 season. He previously raced in the 2020 FIA Form ...
.
Euroformula Open
Samaia made his début in the
Euroformula Open Championship
The Euroformula Open Championship (formerly the Spanish Formula Three Championship, European F3 Open Championship) is a junior formula racing series based in Spain. It was one of six national and international Formula Three championships in Europ ...
in
2017
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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
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Samaia made the switch to the Italian team
RP Motorsport
RP Motorsport was an auto racing team based in Italy in Piacenza.
The Italian team won many times the EuroFormula Open Championship, becoming one of the most successful outfit in the series.
In February 2022 the team assets were sold to Irish ra ...
. His highest finish was his only podium when he finished third at the first race of the third round in
Belgium
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. He ended the season 6th 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
Teo Martín Motorsport formerly EV Racing, Emilio de Villota Motorsport, is a Spanish motor racing team, run by Teo Martín and former racing driver Emilio de Villota.
History E.V. Racing
After retiring from racing, Emilio de Villota formed his o ...
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
Jack Aitken (Korean: 한세용, ''Han Se-yong''; born 23 September 1995 in London) is a British- South Korean racing driver who currently competes for Racing Team Turkey in the European Le Mans Series and for Emil Frey Racing in the ADAC GT ...
. Throughout the year the Brazilian 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
![2021 British Grand Prix (51350038439) (cropped)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/2021_British_Grand_Prix_%2851350038439%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Despite his performance, he made an appearance for
Charouz Racing System
Charouz Racing System (CHRS, also was known as Lotus in World Series Formula V8 3.5) is a racing team from Czech Republic, created in 1985 by .
History
In the 1980s, Charouz participated in the European Championship of Circuit Races' 1600&nbs ...
at the post-season test in
Bahrain
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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
Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...
. 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
† As Samaia was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.
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)
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)
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified, as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Samaia, Guilherme
1996 births
Living people
Racing drivers from São Paulo
Brazilian Formula Three Championship drivers
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship drivers
FIA Formula 2 Championship drivers
Euroformula Open Championship drivers
Double R Racing drivers
Carlin racing drivers
RP Motorsport drivers
Teo Martín Motorsport drivers
Campos Racing drivers
Charouz Racing System drivers