Luís Sá Silva

Luís Sá Silva
Nationality	Angolan
Born	(1990-08-23) 23 August 1990 Benguela (Angola)
GP3 Series career
Debut season	2013
Current team	Carlin
Car number	12
Starts	34
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	19th in 2014
Previous series
2012 2012 2012 2011 2010 2010 2009 2007-2008	Formula 3 Euro Series Macau Grand Prix British Formula 3 Championship Formula Pilota China German Formula 3 Championship Austria Formula 3 Cup Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Asian Formula Renault Challenge

Luís Jorge Sá Silva (born 23 August 1990 in Benguela) is an Angolan racing driver currently competing in the GP3 Series with Carlin.

He competes under a Macanese competition licence, as the Angolan motorsport federation (FADM — Federação Angolana de Desportos Motorizados) is not recognised by the FIA to issue the Grade A competition license that he requires.

Career

Asian Formula Renault

Luís Sá Silva contested the Asian Formula Renault Challenge series from 2007 until 2009. During the 2009 season, he won six races and started from pole four times, ultimately finishing in second place overall.

Formula Pilota China

After a short spell contesting Formula Three championships in Europe throughout 2010, Sá Silva returned to Asia for the Formula Pilota China series in 2011. Sá Silva recorded two wins and three podiums to finish second overall, some sixty-five points behind series winner Mathéo Tuscher.

Formula 3

In 2012, Sá Silva returned to Europe to begin a widespread Formula Three campaign that included the Formula 3 Euro Series, the Macau Grand Prix and Masters of Formula 3, and guest appearances in the British Formula 3 Championship. Driving a Dallara chassis powered by a Mercedes-Benz engine that was prepared by the Prema Powerteam, Sá Silva endured a difficult season, in which he scored just fourteen points in the Euro Series, with a best result of seventh place at the Nürburgring.

At the Masters of Formula 3 in July, Sá Silva qualified eighteenth, and went on to finish the race in the same position, four laps behind race winner Daniel Juncadella. His appearance at the Macau Grand Prix was equally difficult; after qualifying twenty-seventh out of thirty drivers, he went on to finish the Qualifying Race in twenty-third position, and was involved in a collision with Dennis van de Laar on the final lap of the Main Race. As he had completed 90% of the race winner's distance at the time of the collision, Sá Silva was considered to have completed the race, and was classified in twenty-third place.

As a guest driver in the British Formula 3 championship, Sá Silva was ineligible to score championship points when he raced at the Norisring and Spa-Francorchamps. However, his results—with a best place of fifteenth in the first race at the Norisring—would not have seen him score points had he been eligible to record them.

GP3 Series (2013/2014)

Sá Silva competes at the GP3 Series with Carlin.

As a guest driver in the British Formula 3 championship, Sá Silva was ineligible to score championship points when he raced at the Norisring and Spa-Francorchamps. However, his results—with a best place of fifteenth in the first race at the Norisring—would not have seen him score points had he been eligible to record them.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2007	Asian Formula Renault Challenge	Champ Motorsports	12	0	0	0	1	64	14th
2008	Asian Formula Renault Challenge		13	0	0	0	3	193	4th
2009	Asian Formula Renault Challenge	Asia Racing Team	12	6	2	4	7	287	2nd
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Krenek Motorsport	14	0	0	0	0	44	21st
2010	ATS Formel 3 Cup	China Sonangol	5	0	0	0	0	0	19th
	Austria Formula 3 Cup	Sonangol Motopark	4	1	2	3	2	35	9th
2011	Formula Pilota China	Asia Racing Team	12	2	0	0	3	124	2nd
2012	Formula 3 Euro Series	Angola Racing Team	21	0	0	0	0	14	14th
	Macau Grand Prix		2	0	0	0	0	—1	23rd
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	—1	18th
	British Formula 3 Championship		5	0	0	0	0	—	—2
2013	GP3 Series	Carlin	16	0	0	0	0	0	23rd
2014	GP3 Series	Carlin	18	0	0	0	0	6	19th
	Auto GP	Zele Racing	2	0	0	0	1	21	16th
2015	Auto GP	Zele Racing	4	1	0	0	2	53	3rd‡
2016	Auto GP Formula Open	Zele Racing	2	0	0	1	1	29	7th

^‡ Position when season was cancelled. Notes:

• ^1  — Points are not awarded for the Macau Grand Prix or Masters of Formula 3.
• ^2  — Sá Silva was a guest driver ineligible to score points.

Complete GP3 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	D.C.	Points
2013	Carlin	CAT FEA 13	CAT SPR 12	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR 22	SIL FEA 17	SIL SPR 12	NÜR FEA Ret	NÜR SPR 22	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 22	SPA FEA 12	SPA SPR 21†	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR 19	YMC FEA 18	YMC SPR 17			23rd	0
2014	Carlin	CAT FEA 16	CAT SPR 10	RBR FEA 8	RBR SPR 22	SIL FEA 18	SIL SPR 9	HOC FEA 17	HOC SPR 10	HUN FEA 17	HUN SPR 18	SPA FEA 16	SPA SPR 23†	MNZ FEA 14	MNZ SPR 7	SOC FEA 17	SOC SPR 15	YMC FEA Ret	YMC SPR 17	19th	6

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Auto GP results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2014	Zele Racing	MAR 1	MAR 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	EST 1 7	EST 2 2	16th	21
2015	Zele Racing	HUN 1 6	HUN 2 4	SIL 1 3	SIL 2 1													3rd‡	53‡
2016	Zele Racing	ADR 1 5	ADR 2 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	ASS 1	ASS 2	BRN 1	BRN 2	IMO 1	IMO 2							7th	29

^‡ Position when season was cancelled.

External links

• Official website
• Luís Sá Silva on Twitter
• Luís Sá Silva career summary at DriverDB.com