Victor Corrêa (born March 14, 1990 in

Alfenas Alfenas is a municipality in the southern part of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. In 2020 its population was 80,494 and the area of the municipality is 849 km2. The elevation is 888m. It is served by highways MG 179, BR 491 and BR 36 ...

) is a Brazilian

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currently competing in the

European F3 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 Europe ...

Career

The young Victor Corrêa began his career in

karting Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on f ...

in 1999 in Alfenas at 9 years old competing in the regional championships. He soon won the South-Mineiro Champion in the Cadet category. Later he became the Mineiro Champion in Junior Minor category and Mineiro championship in Junior category, along with excellent results in the competitive Paulista Championship and also in the Brazilian Championship. In 2006 he debuted in Formula São Paulo. In the following year he won the category title with a round to spare. In 2008 he came in fourth place in the

British Formula Ford Championship The British Formula Ford Championship was an entry level single seater motor racing category, designed to give racing drivers their first step into car racing after karting. Drivers from around the world were attracted to the United Kingdom to ...

. In 2009 he joined the Litespeed team in the British Formula Three National Class, finishing in 3rd place. In 2010 he competed in the first half of the

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with

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team but his performance was poor. During the second half of 2010 he competed in the European F3 Open with Team West-Tec and took two wins at Monza.He had one win overall in his Copa car.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Correa, Victor Brazilian racing drivers 1990 births Living people Euroformula Open Championship drivers Sportspeople from Minas Gerais CRS Racing drivers Team West-Tec drivers British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers

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