Samin Gómez Briceno (born February 4, 1992 in

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) is a racing driver from

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

. She has raced in karting and several formulae.

Career

Karting

Samin Gómez started racing at the age of seven, racing in the Panamerican Championship, a series supported by the

Commission Internationale de Karting The Commission Internationale de Karting (CIK or CIK-FIA) is the primary international sanctioning body for kart racing. It was founded in 1962, and is headquartered in Paris, France. In 2000, it joined with the FIA. Its most important event is the ...

(CIK) and the

Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA; en, International Automobile Federation) is an association established on 20 June 1904 to represent the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users. It is the governing body for ...

(FIA). She moved to Europe for the 2007 season, taking part in the Formula Kart France series.

Asian Formula Renault

Starting in 2008, Gómez moved to single-seat open-wheel cars, making several guest appearances in the Asian Formula Renault Challenge throughout

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before moving onto a larger programme for the 2009 season. She contested the full 2010 season with Top Speed Racing, finishing third overall and taking three podium finishes at the

Zhuhai International Circuit Zhuhai International Circuit (ZIC) (simplified Chinese: 珠海国际赛车场; traditional Chinese: ) is located at Jin Ding town in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, China. Motorsport started in Zhuhai when it hosted a race on its street circ ...

Formula Pilota China

In 2011, Gómez competed part-time in the

Formula Pilota China Formula Masters China, FMCS () (previously known as Formula Pilota China), was a single-seater racing series based in Asia. The series was created in 2011 after the success of the Formula Abarth championship that was created a year before. Event ...

series, replacing Robert Visoiu at

Jenzer Motorsport Jenzer Motorsport is an auto racing team based in Switzerland. Founded in 1993 by Andreas Jenzer the team is currently competing in FIA Formula 3, Italian F4 and F4 Spanish and has had a number of drivers who would turn out to be successful in ...

. Gómez finished in the points in each of the six races she contested, including a podium finish at the

Sepang International Circuit The Sepang International Circuit ( ms, Litar Antarabangsa Sepang) is a motorsport race track in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located approximately south of Kuala Lumpur, and close to Kuala Lumpur International Airport. It hosted the Fo ...

Formula Abarth

Gómez returned to Europe in 2011, continuing her association with

in the Italian

Formula Abarth Formula Abarth was an open wheel racing series based in Italy and Europe aimed at karting graduates. The inaugural season was in 2010, effectively replacing the Formula Azzurra. Abarth have taken over the supporting Project Youth initiative, th ...

championship, as well as making several guest appearances for

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. She contested the full season in

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, finishing seventh overall with two podium finishes.

GP3 Series

Samin Gómez made her

GP3 Series The GP3 Series, or GP3 for short, was a single-seater motor racing series launched in 2010 as a feeder series for the GP2 Series, introduced by GP2 organiser Bruno Michel. GP3 followed the entire European leg of the Formula One series and th ...

debut in

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, driving once again for

W Series

In 2019, Gómez attempted to qualify for a W Series, a women-only Formula 3 championship, but failed to progress beyond the evaluation day.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete GP3 Series results

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

Complete Auto GP results

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomez, Samin 1992 births Living people Venezuelan racing drivers Sportspeople from Maracay Female racing drivers Formula Abarth drivers Formula Masters China drivers GP3 Series drivers Auto GP drivers Jenzer Motorsport drivers Campos Racing drivers EuroInternational drivers