Vitor Baptista (born 20 March 1998) is a Brazilian racing driver.

Career

Karting

Prior to his

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career, Baptista enjoyed a successful period in

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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-

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World Cup in 2012.

Formula Three

Baptista made his single-seater debut in 2014, racing in the B Class of the

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for the Cesário F3 team. He won the championship comfortably from compatriot

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, earning thirteen class wins out of sixteen races whilst also taking three overall race victories. For 2015, Baptista moved to

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to compete in the

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, racing for reigning champions

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. He secured the championship title at the final round of the season in

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, finishing five points ahead of

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Konstantin Tereshchenko Konstantin Alekseyevich Tereschenko ( rus, Константи́н Алексе́евич Тере́щенко, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin ɐlʲɪkˈsʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tʲɪˈrʲeɕːɪnkə; born 17 June 1994) is a Russian professional racing driver who ...

after taking race victories at

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and

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. He also finished second to Tereshchenko in the accompanying Spanish Formula Three Championship, which was held within the main championship at the

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, Estoril and Barcelona rounds.

Formula V8 3.5

Baptista will continue to race for RP Motorsport in 2016, graduating to

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Racing record

Career summary

^† As Baptista was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Formula V8 3.5 Series results

(

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

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

^† As Baptista was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baptista, Vitor 1998 births Living people Racing drivers from São Paulo Brazilian racing drivers Brazilian Formula Three Championship drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers Karting World Championship drivers RP Motorsport drivers Stock Car Brasil drivers