Josep Maria "Pepe" Martí Sobrepera (born 13 June 2005) is a Spanish racing driver who most recently raced in the

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for

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. He is a race winner in the

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and

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Formula 4 championships, and also the

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runner-up.

Career

Karting

Martí started karting competitively in late 2016 at the age of eleven. In 2018 he was signed by

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, and the following year he won the Spanish Karting Championship in the

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category, driving for

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's team. He then went on to finish 7th in the OK class of the CIK-FIA Karting World Championship in 2020, his last year of karting, with Kart Republic.

Formula 4

Martí made his single-seater debut in January 2021, driving for Xcel Motorsport in the

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. He won a single race at the

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and came 7th in the standings, 184 points behind champion

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. For the main season, he competed in Spanish F4 with

, as the Valencian team made its debut in the championship. He won two races at

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and held a season-long fight for runner-up spot with teammate Sebastian Øgaard, ultimately finishing 3rd behind eventual champion

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and Øgaard.

Formula Regional

Martí started 2022 racing in the rebranded

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for Irish-Filipino team Pinnacle Motorsport, alongside Formula 4 rival Van 't Hoff. He got five podiums and 158 points from 15 races to claim second place in the overall standings, while also winning the rookie cup.

FIA Formula 3

After testing for the team in 2021 post-season, Martí made the step up to the

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with

. Martí had a disappointing season, but in

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during the feature race, he made a strategy gamble to stay on the wets on a drying track, and led the race for a number of laps before pitting for slicks. He finished the race in 15th. He scored his first points finish in the final round at

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in the Sprint Race, where he finished 9th. He ended the season 26th in the standings with 2 points, ahead of teammate

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but far from other teammate and fellow countryman David Vidales. At the end of the season, Martí took part in the post-season test, remaining with Campos.

Sportscar racing

Marti made his sportscar and prototype debut at the 2022 Historic Zandvoort Grand Prix competing in the Masters Endurance Legends, organised by Masters Historic Racing, in a Duqueine-run

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. He won both races in his G2/P3 class and finished on the overall podium against higher class machinery in race 1.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) * Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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) (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

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martí, Pepe Living people 2005 births Spanish racing drivers Spanish F4 Championship drivers FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers Campos Racing drivers Pinnacle Motorsport drivers Formula Regional Asian Championship drivers Karting World Championship drivers Van Amersfoort Racing drivers UAE F4 Championship drivers Formula Regional Middle East Championship drivers