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| Victor Martins | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | French |
| Born | 16 June 2001 (age 19) Varennes-Jarcy, France |
| Formula Renault Eurocup career | |
| Debut season | 2018 |
| Current team | ART Grand Prix |
| Car number | 92 |
| Former teams | R-ace GP, MP Motorsport |
| Starts | 59 |
| Wins | 15 |
| Poles | 21 |
| Fastest laps | 15 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2020 |
| Previous series | |
| 2018 2016-17 | Formula Renault NEC French F4 Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2020 2017 | Formula Renault Eurocup French F4 Junior Champion |
Victor Martins (born 16 June 2001, in Varennes-Jarcy) is a French racing driver due to compete for MP Motorsport in the 2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship. He is the 2020Formula Renault Eurocup Champion and a member of the Alpine Academy.
Career[edit]
Karting[edit]
Martins began karting in 2014 after a spell in gymnastics.[1] In 2016, he went on to win the CIK-FIA World Championship title in dominant fashion, leading pundits to liken Martins to Stoffel Vandoorne.[2] In December 2016, Motorsport.com listed Martins as one of the ten karting drivers to look out for, ranking him second to Logan Sargeant.[3]
Lower Formula[edit]
Whilst karting in 2016, Martins partook as a guest driver in the fifth round of the French F4 Championship, in which he claimed two podiums.[4] In 2017, Martins returned to contest the series full-time, claiming four wins, nine poles, ten fastest laps and eleven podiums and finishing as junior champion and overall vice-champion.[5]
Formula Renault[edit]
After driving for them during post-season testing, Martins signed to race with the R-ace GP outfit for the 2018 season.[6] Claiming two wins at the Red Bull Ring and Spa-Francorchamps and two pole positions, Martins ended the season fifth in the overall standings.[7][8] Martins also contested the NEC championship, claiming his maiden Formula Renault victory at Monza[9]
Martins returned for the 2019 championship, switching to MP Motorsport, which had carried Martins's fellow Renault junior Christian Lundgaard to second in the championship the previous year, and finishing runner-up to Oscar Piastri.[10]
He moved to ART Grand Prix for the 2020 season of the championship.
FIA Formula 3[edit]
In October 2020, Martins joined ART for the post-season test at Catalunya, which saw him finish in the top ten across all four sessions, with a highest placed finish of fifth on the first day.[11][12][13]
Formula One[edit]
In January 2018, Martins was inducted into the Renault Sport Academy.[6] But Renault refused to move Martins up to F3 and then dropped him. Martins joined the newly formed Alpine F1 Team academy on the 10th of February.
Racing record[edit]
Career summary[edit]
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | French F4 Championship | Auto Sport Academy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | NC† |
| 2017 | French F4 Championship | Auto Sport Academy | 21 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 299 | 2nd |
| 2018 | Formula Renault Eurocup | R-ace GP | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 186 | 5th |
| Formula Renault NEC | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 83 | 12th‡ | ||
| 2019 | Formula Renault Eurocup | MP Motorsport | 19 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 312.5 | 2nd |
| F3 Asian Winter Series | Pinnacle Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | NC† | |
| 2020 | Formula Renault Eurocup | ART Grand Prix | 20 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 348 | 1st |
| 2021 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | MP Motorsport |
‡ Martins was ineligible for points from the second round onwards.
† As Martins was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results[edit]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
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| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
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| 2021 | MP Motorsport | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | CAT 3 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | LEC 3 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | HUN 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ZAN 3 | COA 1 | COA 2 | COA 3 |
References[edit]
- ^'Who is Victor Martins?'. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^'Victor Martins: The karting prodigy being likened to Vandoorne'.
- ^'The Top 10 most exciting karting talents of 2016'. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^'Meilleur temps pour Yifei Ye au Mans' (in French). Fédération Française du Sport Automobile. 10 September 2016. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^'Karting world champion Martins makes single-seater switch'. March 18, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
- ^ ab'French F4 rivals Rougier and Martins become Renault juniors ahead of Eurocup moves'. January 15, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^'Formula Renault at Red Bull Ring: Wins for R-ace GP's Fewtrell, Martins'. July 22, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^Viñals, Arnau (July 28, 2018). 'VICTOR MARTINS WINS AHEAD OF THE SUMMER BREAK'. FormulaRapida.net. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^Waring, Bethanie (July 1, 2018). 'Victor Martins takes first Formula Renault win in second Monza NEC race'. FormulaScout. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^'VICTOR MARTINS MOVES TO MP MOTORSPORT FOR SECOND FORMULA RENAULT EUROCUP SEASON'. December 21, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^'FIA Formula 3 returns to action for Barcelona post-season test'. October 4, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^'Nannini tops Day 1 of post-season testing in Barcelona, ahead of Hughes'. October 5, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^'Novalak ends Barcelona post-season testing on top, ahead of Doohan in Trident one-two'. October 6, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
External links[edit]
- Victor Martins career summary at DriverDB.com
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Oscar Piastri | Formula Renault Eurocup Champion 2020 | Succeeded by Incumbent |
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