Brad Benavides
| Brad Benavides | |
|---|---|
 Benavides in Euroformula Open in 2021 | |
| Nationality |  American Spanish Guatemalanvia triple nationality |
| Full name | Brad Domenico Benavides Agredo |
| Born | 20 July 2001 Florida, United States |
| FIA Formula 3 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2022 |
| Car number | 27 |
| Best finish | TBD in 2022 |
| Previous series | |
| 2019 2018 | Formula Renault Eurocup Euroformula Open Championship |
Brad Domenico Benavides Agredo (born 20 July 2001) is an American-Spanish-Guatemalan racing driver of Colombian descent who currently races in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for Carlin.
Career[]
Karting[]
Benavides started his karting career in 2017, when he finished ninth in the WSK Final Cup in the KZ2-class. He then finished fourth in the WSK Champions Cup in 2018 and won the IAME Winter Cup the following year in the X30 Shifter class. Two years later he came 11th in the KZ category of the Spanish Karting Championship with two wins, having missed the final two rounds due to his racing commitments.[1]
Lower formulae[]
The American driver made his single-seater debut in the final round of the 2018 Euroformula Open Championship for Campos Racing. He finished 9th in the first race, however he didn't score any points as he was classed as a guest driver.[2]
Formula Renault Eurocup[]
In 2019 Benavides raced for FA Racing in the Formula Renault Eurocup. He scored no points, and with a best race result of 13th he finished 23rd in the standings.[3]
Formula Regional European Championship[]
After a one-year hiatus Benavides made his return to racing in the Formula Regional European Championship with DR Formula RP Motorsport.[4] In the first round of the season at Imola the American retired from the first race,[5] but finished 14th in race two.[6]
Racing record[]
Karting career summary[]
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | WSK Final Cup — KZ2 | 9th | |
| Trofeo delle Industrie — KZ2 | CPB Sport | 27th | |
| 2018 | CIK-FIA European Championship — KZ2 | CPB Sport | 39th |
| WSK Super Master Series — KZ2 | 26th | ||
| WSK Champions Cup — KZ2 | 4th | ||
| 2019 | IAME Winter Cup — X30 Shifter | Campos Racing | 1st |
| 2021 | Spanish Karting Championship — KZ | DMK Racing Team | 11th |
Racing career summary[]
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Euroformula Open Championship | Campos Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2019 | Formula Renault Eurocup | FA Racing by Drivex | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23rd |
| 2021 | Formula Regional European Championship | DR Formula RP Motorsport | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th |
| Euroformula Open Championship | Carlin Motorsport | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 13th | |
| 2022 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | Carlin |
† As Benavides was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.
Complete Euroformula Open Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Campos Racing | EST 1 |
EST 2 |
LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
JER 1 |
JER 2 |
CAT 1 9 |
CAT 2 13 |
NC† | 0 | ||||||||
| 2021 | Carlin Motorsport | POR 1 |
POR 2 |
POR 3 |
LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
LEC 3 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
SPA 3 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
HUN 3 |
IMO 1 |
IMO 2 |
IMO 3 |
RBR 1 10 |
RBR 2 9 |
RBR 3 8 |
MNZ 1 7 |
MNZ 2 7 |
MNZ 3 7 |
CAT 1 8* |
CAT 2 6 |
CAT 3 14 |
13th | 39 |
Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | FA Racing | MNZ 1 14 |
MNZ 2 Ret |
SIL 1 19 |
SIL 2 18 |
MON 1 17 |
MON 2 14 |
LEC 1 14 |
LEC 2 18 |
SPA 1 19 |
SPA 2 13 |
NÜR 1 WD |
NÜR 2 WD |
HUN 1 DNS |
HUN 2 16 |
CAT 1 14 |
CAT 2 14 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
YMC 1 |
YMC 2 |
23rd | 0 |
Complete Formula Regional European Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | DR Formula RP Motorsport | IMO 1 Ret |
IMO 2 14 |
CAT 1 16 |
CAT 2 12 |
MCO 1 24 |
MCO 2 Ret |
LEC 1 28 |
LEC 2 20 |
ZAN 1 21 |
ZAN 2 20 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
MUG 1 |
MUG 2 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
26th | 0 |
References[]
- ^ "Resultados - Campeonato KZ - CEK 2021" (PDF). Karting - RFEDA (in European Spanish).
- ^ "Circuit BARCELONA- CATALUNYA" (PDF). circuitcat.com. GT Sport. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ Wood, Elliot (2021-02-24). "DR Formula to run Benavides, Bortoleto and Pesce in FREC". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
- ^ "Imola, Race 1 report: Vidales, Quinn and David". formularegionaleubyalpine.com. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ^ "Saucy scores first car racing win in second Imola FREC race". formulascout.com. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
External links[]
- Brad Benavides career summary at DriverDB.com
- 2001 births
- Living people
- American racing drivers
- Euroformula Open Championship drivers
- Formula Renault Eurocup drivers
- Formula Regional European Championship drivers
- Carlin racing drivers