Guilherme Samaia

Guilherme Samaia (born 2 October 1996 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian racing driver, currently competing in the FIA F2 Championship with Campos. In 2017 he won the Brazilian Formula 3 season with Cesário F3.

Guilherme Samaia
Nationality Brazilian
Born (1996-10-02) 2 October 1996
São Paulo, Brazil
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2020
Current teamCampos Racing
Car number10
Starts24 (24 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish24th in 2020
Previous series
2017-2019
2016-2017
2017
2015
2014
Euroformula Open
Formula 3 A Brasil
British F3 Championship
Formula 3 Brazil Light
Fórmula Junior Brazil
Championship titles
2017
2015
Formula 3 A Brasil
Formula 3 Brazil Light

Career

Karting

Samaia began his racing career in karting in 2012, competing the Florida Winter Tour - Rotax Junior championship. His only season in the championship resulted in Samaia finishing 47th out of 63 competitors. The championship was won by Oliver Askew and had American/Ecuadoran former Formula 2 driver, Juan Manuel Correa also competing, finishing 6th.

Junior Formulas in Brazil

In 2013, Samaia competed in 2 of the 16 races in the Fórmula Junior Brazil championship for Satti Racing Team, gaining 10 points and finishing 16th.

For 2015, he switched to the Formula 3 Brazil Light series racing for Cesário. He scored thirteen podiums in sixteen races, including six wins and took the championship title with 171 points, thirty points ahead of 2nd place Matheus Muniz.[1]

Sticking with Cesário, Samaia jumped up to Formula 3 Brazil for the 2016 season. He finished 2nd in the first round of the season at Velopark, behind Carlos Cunha Filho. Samaia didn't win his first race until the 1st race at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace Circuit in the forth round of the season, he would go on to win two more races meaning he finished the season with three wins and ten podiums. Samaia finished 2nd with 140 points, sixty-five points behind eventual champion Matheus Iorio.

In 2017 Samaia dominated the Formula 3 A Brasil championship, winning all but three of the sixteen races finishing fifth, eighth and second respectively in the races that he did not win. This ultimately led to him winning the championship by 87 points.[2]

BRDC British Formula 3

In 2017, Samaia competed in the British F3 championship with Double R Racing. Samaia finished the season 13th with two podiums at Spa-Francorchamps and Snetterton. He finished behind current Williams F1 development driver and 2019 W Series champion Jamie Chadwick along with the 20 year old season champion Enaam Ahmed.[3]

Euroformula Open

Samaia made his début in the Euroformula Open Championship in 2017 with Carlin at the fifth round in Silverstone where he finished 14th. Samaia would continue to race for the remaining races where he would finish the season in seventeenth with seven points behind fellow Brazilian Christian Hahn.[4]

In 2018 Samaia made the switch to the Italian team RP Motorsport. His highest finish was his only podium when he finished third at the first race of the third round in Belgium. He ended the season 6th with 94 points. Teammate, fellow compatriot and 2020 Formula 2 competitor Felipe Drugovich won the championship with 405 points.[5]

For 2019, Samaia switched to Spanish outfit Teo Martín Motorsport where he would race in the first four rounds. He achieved one podium at Le Castellet in the second race of the season which helped him to a sixteenth-place finish.[6]

FIA Formula 2 Championship

On 17 February 2020, Campos announced that Samaia would race for them after a successful post season test in Abu Dhabi in 2019. His teammate was also announced on the same day to be the Brit Jack Aitken[7]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2013 Fórmula Junior Brazil Satti Racing Team 2 0 0 0 0 10 16th
2015 Formula 3 Brazil Light Cesário F3 16 6 2 7 13 171 1st
2016 Formula 3 Brasil 16 3 1 9 10 140 2nd
2017 Formula 3 Brasil 16 13 5 12 14 219 1st
BRDC British Formula 3 Double R Racing 24 0 0 0 2 195 13th
Euroformula Open Championship Carlin 8 0 0 0 0 7 17th
Spanish Formula 3 Championship 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2018 Euroformula Open Championship RP Motorsport 16 0 0 0 1 94 6th
Spanish Formula 3 Championship 6 0 0 0 0 40 5th
2019 Euroformula Open Championship Teo Martín Motorsport 8 0 0 1 1 26 16th
Euroformula Open Winter Series 2 0 1 0 0 17 6th
2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship Campos Racing 24 24th

* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 2 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
2020 Campos Racing RBR
FEA

16
RBR
SPR

15
RBR
FEA

20
RBR
SPR

17
HUN
FEA

15
HUN
SPR

21
SIL
FEA

21
SIL
SPR

15
SIL
FEA

20
SIL
SPR

19
CAT
FEA

16
CAT
SPR

20
SPA
FEA

Ret
SPA
SPR

15
MNZ
FEA

21
MNZ
SPR

14
MUG
FEA

18
MUG
SPR

16
SOC
FEA

16
SOC
SPR

Ret
BHR
FEA

21
BHR
SPR

18†
BHR
FEA

22
BHR
SPR

19
24th 0

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. "Formula 3 Brazil Light 2015 standings". Driver Database. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  2. "Brazilian Formula 3 Championship - Season 2017". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  3. "BRDC British F3 - 2017 Results". BDRC British F3. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  4. "Results". Euroformula Open. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  5. "Results". Euroformula Open. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  6. "Results". Euroformula Open. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  7. "AITKEN AND SAMAIA COMPLETE CAMPOS LINE-UP FOR 2020". 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Matheus Iorio
Formula 3 A Brasil
Champion

2017
Succeeded by
N/a
Preceded by
Vitor Baptista
Formula 3 Brazil Light
Champion

2015
Succeeded by
Pedro Caland

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