User:Izzlex94 verstappenchamp/Nicolás Baptiste
| Nicolás Baptiste | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Baptiste in 2021 at the Red Bull Ring | |
| Nationality |  Colombian |
| Born | 31 October 2005 Bogotà, Colombia |
| Formula Regional European Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2022 |
| Current team | FA Racing by MP |
| Car number | 35 |
| Starts | 10 (10 entries) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | TBD in 2022 |
| Previous series | |
| 2020–2021 2020 | Italian F4 Championship F4 Spanish Championship |
Nicolás Baptiste Velasco (born 31 October 2005) is a Colombian racing driver currently competing in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship with FA Racing.
Career
[edit]Karting
[edit]Baptiste debuted in karting at the age of nine and started karting competitively two years later in 2016.[1] His highest ranking in a karting competition would be eighth in the Colombia Rotax Max Challenge.[2] He took part in the 2020 CIK-FIA Karting European Championship in which he was ranked 60th.[3]
Formula 4
[edit]2020
[edit]Baptiste made his single-seater debut during the penultimate round of the 2020 F4 Spanish Championship, a week after his 15th birthday. He took part in one weekend, the Jarama round, and finished 14th and two twelfth places in the races.
Two weeks later, Baptiste made his debut in the 2020 Italian F4 Championship with Cram Motorsport for the final two rounds.[4] He took a best finish of 15th and finished 27th in the championship.
2021
[edit]Baptiste contested the full 2021 Italian F4 Championship as his main campaign, again with Cram Motorsport.[5] He scored his first points in eighth place during the second Misano race, and he was also the second best rookie.[6] His next points finish came at the last race in the Red Bull Ring scoring a fifth place and placing the best of the rookies.[7] Baptiste would not go on to score any more points and he finished 24th in the championship with 14 points, and ninth in the rookies'.
Formula Regional
[edit]Baptiste stepped up to the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship. He joined two-time Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso's team, FA Racing, alongside Victor Bernier and Esteban Masson.[8] During his debut weekend in Monza, he finished 16th and 29th.[9]
Karting record
[edit]Karting career summary
[edit]| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Rotax Max Challenge Colombia — Mini Max | 8th | |
| SKUSA SuperNationals — Mini Swift | Team Montoya | 65th | |
| 2017 | SKUSA SuperNationals — Mini Swift | Team Montoya | 49th |
| 2018 | SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Junior | Team Montoya | 62nd |
| 2019 | SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Junior | — | |
| WSK Open Cup — OKJ | Lennox Racing Team | — | |
| CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | — | ||
| CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | — | ||
| WSK Euro Series — OKJ | — | ||
| WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | — | ||
| CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy | — | ||
| 2020 | SKUSA Winter Series — X30 Senior | — | |
| CIK-FIA European Championship — OK | Ward Racing | 60th | |
| WSK Super Master Series — OK | 54th | ||
| Source:[10] | |||
Racing record
[edit]Racing career summary
[edit]| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Italian F4 Championship | Cram Motorsport | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37th |
| F4 Spanish Championship | Drivex School | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th | |
| 2021 | Italian F4 Championship | Cram Motorsport | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 24th |
| 2022 | Formula Regional European Championship | FA Racing by MP | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 27th* |
* Season still in progress.
Complete F4 Spanish Championship results
[edit](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 | 21 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Drivex School | NAV 1 |
NAV 2 |
NAV 3 |
LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
LEC 3 |
JER 1 |
JER 2 |
JER 3 |
CRT 1 |
CRT 2 |
CRT 3 |
ARA 1 |
ARA 2 |
ARA 3 |
JAR 1 14 |
JAR 2 12 |
JAR 3 12 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
CAT 3 |
26th | 0 |
Complete Italian F4 Championship results
[edit](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 | 21 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Cram Motorsport | MIS 1 |
MIS 2 |
MIS 3 |
IMO1 1 |
IMO1 2 |
IMO1 3 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
RBR 3 |
MUG 1 |
MUG 2 |
MUG 3 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
MNZ 3 |
IMO2 1 27 |
IMO2 2 15 |
IMO2 3 31 |
VLL 1 Ret |
VLL 2 C |
VLL 3 26 |
37th | 0 |
| 2021 | Cram Motorsport | LEC 1 29 |
LEC 2 18 |
LEC 3 26 |
MIS 1 19 |
MIS 2 8 |
MIS 3 22 |
VLL 1 18 |
VLL 2 15 |
VLL 3 19 |
IMO 1 13 |
IMO 2 24 |
IMO 3 24 |
RBR 1 Ret |
RBR 2 17 |
RBR 3 5 |
MUG 1 24 |
MUG 2 19 |
MUG 3 25 |
MNZ 1 Ret |
MNZ 2 32† |
MNZ 3 17 |
24th | 14 |
Complete Formula Regional European Championship results
[edit](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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | FA Racing by MP | MNZ 1 16 |
MNZ 2 29 |
IMO 1 Ret |
IMO 2 26 |
MCO 1 DNQ |
MCO 2 25 |
LEC 1 33 |
LEC 2 28 |
ZAN 1 27 |
ZAN 2 26 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
MUG 1 |
MUG 2 |
27th* | 0* |
* Season still in progress.
References
[edit]- ^ "About – Nico Baptiste". nicobaptiste.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "Rotax Max Challenge Colombia - Mini Max 2016 standings". DriverDB. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "FIA European Championship — OK 2020 standings". DriverDB. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ Waring, Bethonie (20 November 2020). "Mini heads Italian F4 practice at Imola as four new drivers join grid". Formula Scout. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ Wood, Ida (5 January 2021). "Cram Motorsport announces F4 drivers including debutant Trulli". Formula Scout. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "Nico Baptiste achieves his first podium at 'Misano F4 Italian'". nicobaptiste.com. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "Nico Baptiste, the best of the rookies in the Red Bull Ring". nicobaptiste.com. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ Wood, Ida (31 January 2022). "Nicolas Baptiste steps up to FREC with FA Racing". Formula Scout. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "Colombian Nico Baptiste made his debut in the European Regional Formula 3". nicobaptiste.com. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "Nicolas Baptiste | Racing career profile | Driver Database". Driver DB. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Izzlex94 verstappenchamp/Nicolás Baptiste career summary at DriverDB.com