Victor Martins
| Victor Martins | |
|---|---|
 Martins driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2021 Spielberg Formula 3 round. | |
| Nationality |  French Portuguesevia dual nationality |
| Born | 16 June 2001 Quincy-sous-Sénart, France |
| FIA Formula 3 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2021 |
| Current team | MP Motorsport |
| Car number | 17 |
| Starts | 18 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 4 |
| Best finish | TBA in 2021 |
| Previous series | |
| 2018–2020 2018 2016-17 | Formula Renault Eurocup Formula Renault NEC French F4 Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2020 2017 | Formula Renault Eurocup French F4 Junior Champion |
Victor Martins (born 16 June 2001) is a French-Portuguese racing driver racing for MP Motorsport in the FIA Formula 3 Championship. He is the 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup Champion and a member of the Alpine Academy.
Career[]
Karting[]
Born in Quincy-sous-Sénart to a French mother and a Portuguese father,[1] Martins began karting in 2014 after a spell in gymnastics.[2] In 2016, he went on to win the CIK-FIA World Championship title in dominant fashion, leading pundits to liken Martins to Stoffel Vandoorne.[3] In December 2016, Motorsport.com listed Martins as one of the ten karting drivers to look out for, ranking him second to Logan Sargeant.[4]
Lower formulae[]
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.[5] 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, just four points behind Arthur Rougier.[6]
Formula Renault[]
After driving for them during post-season testing, Martins signed to race with the R-ace GP outfit for the 2018 Formula Renault Eurocup.[7] Claiming two wins at the Red Bull Ring and Spa-Francorchamps and two pole positions, Martins ended the season fifth in the overall standings.[8][9] Martins also contested the NEC championship, claiming his maiden Formula Renault victory at Monza[10]
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. He finished runner-up to Oscar Piastri, with 7.5 points splitting the pair at the end of the year.[11] Martins won six races, achieving 14 podiums throughout the year, three more than rival Piastri.
He moved to ART Grand Prix for the 2020 season of the championship, partnering Grégoire Saucy and rookie Paul Aron.[12] In a hard-fought battle with Brazilian Caio Collet Martins came out on top, after seven victories and a nine race long podium streak during the middle of the season, ending up 44 points ahead of Collet.[13][14]
FIA Formula 3[]
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.[15][16][17] He ended up signing for MP Motorsport for the 2021 Formula 3 season, alongside fellow Alpine junior and Formula Renault Eurocup title rival Caio Collet and Tijmen van der Helm.[18] The Frenchman's season started out positively, after a second place in race two of the opening round, and two podiums at his home round in Le Castellet.[19][20] However, after a fifth place finish at the first race in Austria, Martins went five races without scoring points.
Formula One[]
In January 2018, Martins was inducted into the Renault Sport Academy.[7] After the 2019 season the French driver was released from the program. Martins rejoined the newly formed Alpine F1 Team academy on the 10th of February after his Formula Renault Eurocup title win.
Karting record[]
Karting career summary[]
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Championnat Regional Ile de France — Cadet | 13th | |
| Championnat de France — Cadet | 6th | ||
| Challenge Rotax Max France — Cadet | 3rd | ||
| 2015 | Trophée Interclub — Cadet | 3rd | |
| Trophée Oscar Petit — Cadet | 1st | ||
| National Series Karting — Cadet | 2nd | ||
| Coupe de France — Cadet | 4th | ||
| Challenge Rotax Max France — Cadet | 4th | ||
| Championnat de France — Cadet | 3rd | ||
| 2016 | WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | VDK Racing | NC |
| Championnat de Belgique — X30 Junior | 1st | ||
| X30 Challenge Europa — X30 Junior | 2nd | ||
| WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | 20th | ||
| CIK-FIA Karting European Championship — OKJ | 3rd | ||
| WSK Final Cup — OKJ | 1st | ||
| IAME International Final — X30 Junior | 13th | ||
| CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | 1st | ||
| 2017 | WSK Champions Cup — OK | VDK Racing | 8th |
| WSK Super Master Series — OK | 20th |
Racing record[]
Career summary[]
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | French F4 Championship | FFSA Academy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | NC† |
| 2017 | French F4 Championship | FFSA 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 | 6th‡ | ||
| 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 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 117 | 4th* |
† As Martins was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
‡ Martins was ineligible for points from the third round onwards.
* Season still in progress.
Complete French F4 Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
LEC 3 |
LEC 4 |
PAU 1 |
PAU 2 |
PAU 3 |
PAU 4 |
LÉD 1 |
LÉD 2 |
LÉD 3 |
LÉD 4 |
MAG 1 |
MAG 2 |
MAG 3 |
MAG 4 |
LMS 1 4 |
LMS 2 10 |
LMS 3 3 |
LMS 4 3 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
CAT 3 |
NC† | 0 |
| 2017 | NOG 1 1 |
NOG 2 11 |
NOG 3 1 |
MNZ 1 1 |
MNZ 2 4 |
MNZ 3 EX |
PAU 1 2 |
PAU 2 8 |
PAU 3 16 |
SPA 1 4 |
SPA 2 2 |
SPA 3 2 |
MAG 1 2 |
MAG 2 13 |
MAG 3 2 |
CAT 1 2 |
CAT 2 4 |
CAT 3 2 |
LEC 1 7 |
LEC 2 5 |
LEC 3 1 |
2nd | 299 |
† As Martins was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | R-ace GP | LEC 1 11 |
LEC 2 4 |
MNZ 1 6 |
MNZ 2 5 |
SIL 1 6 |
SIL 2 6 |
MON 1 3 |
MON 2 3 |
RBR 1 9 |
RBR 2 1 |
SPA 1 Ret |
SPA 2 1 |
HUN 1 4 |
HUN 2 9 |
NÜR 1 4 |
NÜR 2 2 |
HOC 1 Ret |
HOC 2 Ret |
CAT 1 Ret |
CAT 2 3 |
5th | 186 |
| 2019 | MP Motorsport | MNZ 1 4 |
MNZ 2 2 |
SIL 1 10 |
SIL 2 3 |
MON 1 1 |
MON 2 2 |
LEC 1 3 |
LEC 2 3 |
SPA 1 2 |
SPA 2 5 |
NÜR 1 5 |
NÜR 2 DNS |
HUN 1 1 |
HUN 2 3 |
CAT 1 1 |
CAT 2 1 |
HOC 1 1 |
HOC 2 5 |
YMC 1 2 |
YMC 2 1 |
2nd | 312.5 |
| 2020 | ART Grand Prix | MNZ 1 10 |
MNZ 2 2 |
IMO 1 4 |
IMO 2 4 |
NÜR 1 1 |
NÜR 2 1 |
MAG 1 3 |
MAG 2 1 |
ZAN 1 1 |
ZAN 2 2 |
CAT 1 1 |
CAT 2 1 |
SPA 1 2‡ |
SPA 2 4 |
IMO 1 5 |
IMO 2 1 |
HOC 1 2 |
HOC 2 2 |
LEC 1 4 |
LEC 2 2 |
1st | 348 |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
Complete FIA Formula 3 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | MP Motorsport | CAT 1 9 |
CAT 2 2 |
CAT 3 5 |
LEC 1 2 |
LEC 2 3 |
LEC 3 4 |
RBR 1 5 |
RBR 2 26† |
RBR 3 24 |
HUN 1 15 |
HUN 2 25 |
HUN 3 27 |
SPA 1 5 |
SPA 2 7 |
SPA 3 2 |
ZAN 1 8 |
ZAN 2 1 |
ZAN 3 10 |
SOC 1 |
SOC 2 |
SOC 3 |
4th* | 117* |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
* Season still in progress.
References[]
- ^ "Victor Martins élu par la rédaction de LusoJornal: Sportif franco-portugais de l'année". LusoJournal.com. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "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.
- ^ Wood, Ida (2020-03-10). "Eurocup runner-up Victor Martins confirms return with ART". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ Woollard, Craig (2020-11-14). "Martins is Formula Renault Eurocup champion as Colombo wins at Paul Ricard". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ Wood, Ida (2020-12-21). "2020 Formula Renault season review". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Allen, Peter (2021-02-10). "Alpine places Victor Martins and Caio Collet with MP in FIA F3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ Woollard, Craig (2021-06-19). "Smolyar and Martins unsure Paul Ricard F3 charge can be repeated". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ Woollard, Craig (2021-06-19). "Double Paul Ricard podium the most fun Martins has had in racing". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
External links[]
- Victor Martins career summary at DriverDB.com
- 2001 births
- Living people
- French racing drivers
- French F4 Championship drivers
- Sportspeople from Essonne
- Formula Renault Eurocup drivers