Ugo de Wilde (born 20 November 2002) is a Belgian racing driver. He currently races in the

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with

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Career

Karting

Born and raised in

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, De Wilde started his karting career in 2011. He competed mainly in European Karting Series, such as the domestic Belgian Kart Cup, where he finished second at the age of nine, and in the CIK-FIA European Championship in his last year of karting in 2016, where he competed against drivers such as

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member Dennis Hauger and Frenchman

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, trumping the latter in the standings.

Lower formulae

In 2017 De Wilde made his single-seater racing debut in the

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at the age of 14, a record at the time. He didn't score any points until the midpoint of the season, though he drastically improved in its second half, scoring three podiums, helping the Belgian to 12th in the standings. In the Winter of 2017-18 the Belgian competed in two rounds of the Formula 4 SEA Championship, where he won five races, which helped him to finish third in the drivers' championship. The next year De Wilde continued racing in the now

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-backed

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. He won four races and became vice-champion, 66.5 points behind Caio Collet.

Formula Renault Eurocup

In 2019 De Wilde made his debut in the

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for JD Motorsport. He won the first race of the championship at Monza, however he was unable to score more podium finishes this year. The Belgian finished the season in seventh place. In 2020 De Wilde would move to

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for another season in the

. Despite three podium finishes De Wilde only managed to finish 9th in the standings.

European Le Mans Series

De Wilde switched over to the

for the 2021 season with

in the LMP3 category.

Racing record

Career summary

* Season still in progress.

Complete French F4 Championship results

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

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Alpine Elf Europa Cup results

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

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:de Wilde, Ugo 2002 births Living people Racing drivers from Brussels Belgian racing drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Arden International drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers European Le Mans Series drivers JD Motorsport drivers French F4 Championship drivers Team Meritus drivers