Luís Sá Silva

Luís Jorge Sá Silva (born 23 August 1990 in Benguela)[1] is an Angolan racing driver. 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.

Luís Sá Silva
NationalityAngolan
Born (1990-08-23) 23 August 1990
Benguela (Angola)
GP3 Series career
Debut season2013
Current teamCarlin
Car number12
Starts34
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish19th 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

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 6th

Position when season was cancelled. Notes:

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
6th 29

Position when season was cancelled.

References

  1. "The racing career of Luís Jorge Sá Silva — in detail". DriverDB.com. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
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