Santiago Urrutia

Santiago Urrutia Lausarot (born 30 August 1996) is an Uruguayan racing driver. He currently competes in the Formula Regional Americas Championship, driving for HMD Motorsports. He formerly competed in Indy Lights, and was the 2015 Pro Mazda series champion.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Urrutia and the second or maternal family name is Lausarot.
Santiago Urrutia
Santiago Urrutia at the 2017 Freedom 100
Nationality Uruguayan
Born (1996-08-30) 30 August 1996
Miguelete, Uruguay
Indy Lights career
Debut season2016
Current teamHMD Motorsports
Car number55
Former teamsSchmidt Peterson Motorsports
Belardi Auto Racing
Starts51
Wins8
Poles5
Fastest laps6
Best finish2nd in 2016, 2017
Previous series
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011		Pro Mazda Championship
GP3 Series
European F3 Open
Formula Abarth
Formula Abarth
Championship titles
2015Pro Mazda Championship

Racing career

Urrutia's motorsport career started at age three in dirt motorcycling on his grandfather's farm,[1] and later moved up to go-kart racing in his native Uruguay at age five.[2] In 2009 he won the Argentine Pre Junior Championship and the Metropolitan Mini Junior Apertura Championship. In 2010 he won the Uruguayan Master Championship.

At the 2010 Karting World Championship, he qualified 5th for the pre-final, but was involved in two incidents and finished the final in 18th place. At age 14, Urrutia moved it Italy in 2011 and competed at the WSK Euro Series KF3. Also in 2011 he took part in the Formula Abarth season.[3] He won Formula Abarth Rookie of the year in 2012,[2] and participated in the Ferrari Diving Academy.[2]

In 2013 he took part in the European F3 Open Championship,[4] winning races at Algarove International Circuit and Silverstone Circuit.[5][6] In 2014, he competed in the GP3 Series for Finnish team Koiranen GP.[7]

Road to Indy
Urrutia's 2015 championship-winning car at Laguna Seca

He took part in the Pro Mazda Championship in 2015 as a driver for Team Pelfrey. He clinched the championship at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, sixteen years and one day after the death of fellow Uruguayan Gonzalo Rodríguez in a practice accident at the same venue.[8] With the championship, Urrutia became the first Uruguayan to win a major international racing championship.[9]

In 2016, he competed in Indy Lights for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.[10] He was placed on probation by the series in June.[11] A weekend sweep at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in July led Urrutia to the top of the point standings.[12] Urrutia was in the hunt for the series title until the final pair of races of the season, where he ultimately lost the championship to Ed Jones by two points after Jones' teammate let him by to win the title.[13] With SPM discontinuing their Indy Lights team, Urrutia returned to the series in 2017 as a Belardi Auto Racing driver.[14] He scored two wins and six second place finishes, finishing runner-up in the standings to Kyle Kaiser.[15]

Urrutia's 2018 Indy Lights machine

At the end of 2017, Urrutia entered into a handshake deal to drive the 2018 IndyCar Series season for Harding Racing, but the team eventually rescinded on the offer and failed to pay Urrutia a $100,000 sum for the driver to compete with Belardi in Indy Lights for the season.[16] He did, however, run a full Indy Lights season with Belardi in 2018.[17]

After Road to Indy

In 2019, Urrutia raced in the European TCR series for Team WRT, finishing third in the standings and earning Rookie of the Year.[18]

He was due to return to the Indy Lights with HMD Motorsport in 2020,[19] but the season was cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[20] Instead, he contested the opening round of the Formula Regional Americas Championship in its place, scoring a podium finish. The Uruguayan then took part in a test for Cyan Racing's World Touring Car Cup team, and was later signed for their 2020 campaign alongside Thed Björk.[21]

World Touring Car Racing

In 2020, Urrutia competed the whole of the championship, ending up in 6th place in the standings. He had a number of podiums and won the last race of the season.

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2011 Formula Abarth Italian Series Island Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 4 18th
Formula Abarth European Series 4 0 0 0 0 5 21st
2012 Formula Abarth European Series BVM 24 3 1 3 11 207 4th
Formula Abarth Italian Series 18 3 1 3 9 158 4th
2013 European F3 Open RP Motorsport 16 2 1 3 8 191 4th
2014 GP3 Series Koiranen GP 18 0 0 0 0 0 23rd
2015 Pro Mazda Championship Team Pelfrey 16 3 2 0 10 355 1st
2016 Indy Lights Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 18 4 3 3 7 361 2nd
2017 Indy Lights Belardi Auto Racing 16 2 1 3 9 310 2nd
2018 Indy Lights 17 2 1 0 8 395 3rd
2019 TCR Europe Touring Car Series Team WRT 14 0 0 1 2 234 3rd
TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship 10 0 0 1 4 237 4th
2020 World Touring Car Cup Cyan Performance Lynk & Co 16 1 2 1 5 169 6th
Formula Regional Americas Championship HMD Motorsports 2 0 0 0 1 15 15th

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 Pos Points
2014 Koiranen GP CAT
FEA
21		 CAT
SPR
13		 RBR
FEA
16		 RBR
SPR
12		 SIL
FEA
Ret		 SIL
SPR
14		 HOC
FEA
22		 HOC
SPR
18		 HUN
FEA
12		 HUN
SPR
Ret		 SPA
FEA
13		 SPA
SPR
18		 MNZ
FEA
Ret		 MNZ
SPR
15		 SOC
FEA
14		 SOC
SPR
12		 YMC
FEA
11		 YMC
SPR
12		 23rd 0

Pro Mazda Championship
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
2015 Team Pelfrey STP
2		 STP
4		 LOU
1		 LOU
C		 BAR
3		 BAR
2		 IMS
4		 IMS
3		 IMS
1		 LOR
15		 TOR
7		 TOR
4		 IOW
5		 MOH
1		 MOH
3		 LAG
2		 LAG
2		 1st 355

Indy Lights
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points
2016 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports STP
4		 STP
13		 PHX
4		 ALA
11		 ALA
1		 IMS
2		 IMS
2		 INDY
14		 RDA
9		 RDA
1		 IOW
5		 TOR
4		 TOR
4		 MDO
1		 MDO
1		 WGL
12		 LAG
5		 LAG
2		 2nd 361
2017 Belardi Auto Racing STP
13		 STP
2		 ALA
15		 ALA
13		 IMS
7		 IMS
2		 INDY
5		 RDA
2		 RDA
11		 IOW
2		 TOR
3		 TOR
11		 MDO
1		 MDO
2		 GMP
1		 WGL
2		 2nd 310
2018 Belardi Auto Racing STP
2		 STP
1		 ALA
3		 ALA
5		 IMS
2		 IMS
4		 INDY
4		 RDA
4		 RDA
7		 IOW
3		 TOR
2		 TOR
1		 MDO
6		 MDO
4		 GTW
4		 POR
4		 POR
3		 3rd 395

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2019 Team WRT Audi RS 3 LMS TCR HUN
1
Ret		 HUN
2
6		 HOC
1
6		 HOC
2
5		 SPA
1
2		 SPA
2
24		 RBR
1
Ret		 RBR
2
7		 OSC
1
15		 OSC
2
5		 CAT
1
3		 CAT
2
17		 MNZ
1
4		 MNZ
2
6		 3rd 234

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2020 Cyan Performance Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 TCR BEL
1
6		 BEL
2
3		 GER
1
Ret		 GER
2
10		 SVK
1
15		 SVK
2
15		 SVK
3
8		 HUN
1
7		 HUN
2
4		 HUN
3
Ret		 ESP
1
2		 ESP
2
3		 ESP
3
2		 ARA
1
9		 ARA
2
NC		 ARA
3
1		 6th 169

References
  1. McCubbin, Ashley (March 5, 2020). "Ashley Asks... Santiago Urrutia". Popular Speed. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. "Santi es un ejemplo de que a los 16 años, las cosas a veces se ven muy claras". Motormario (in Spanish). Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  3. "Santi is 16 and he knows where he is going". Motormario.com. April 5, 2013. (in Spanish)
  4. "RP Motorsport confirms its driver line-up for 2013". European F3 Open Championship. GT Sport. January 31, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  5. "Uruguayo Santiago Urrutia ganó la carrera de Fórmula 3". Subrayado (in Spanish). May 11, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  6. "Victoria de Santiago Urrutia en Silverstone". Motormario (in Spanish). Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  7. "Santiago Urrutia se une a Koiranen en GP3". Motor y Racing. March 20, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  8. DiZinno, Tony (September 12, 2015). "Santi Urrutia claims Pro Mazda title in dramatic fashion at Mazda Raceway". NBC Sports. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  9. "Pro Mazda champion Urrutia Set to race with Schmidt Peterson team". NTT IndyCar Series. February 18, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  10. "Santiago Urrutia a la IndyLights". Velocidad Total. Velocidad Total. January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016. (in Spanish)
  11. Barnes, Joey. "Indy Lights Puts Three Drivers on Probation". Motorsports Tribune. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  12. "Double Win for Urrutia Vaults Him into Indy Lights Points Lead". Motorsports Tribune. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  13. DeHarde, Christopher. "The 2016 Indy Lights Championship Review: Santiago Urrutia". Motorsports Tribune. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  14. Faturos, Federico (December 30, 2016). "Urrutia seguirá en Indy Lights para 2017". Motorsport (in Spanish). Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  15. Eubanks, Michael (February 4, 2020). "Santiago Urrutia to make Indy Lights return with HMD Motorsports". Motor Sports Talk. NBC Sports. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  16. "Santiago Urrutia says IndyCar got another black eye with O'Ward". AutoRacing1. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  17. "Santi Urrutia returns to Belardi and sets the best test time of the Indy Lights test". Formula Rapida. February 28, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  18. Brunsdon, Stephen (October 13, 2019). "Santiago Urrutia eyes WTCR 2020 graduation". Touring Car Times. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  19. "Santiago Urrutia Joins HMD Motorsports". Indy Lights. February 3, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  20. Ryan, Nate (June 1, 2020). "Indy Lights announces cancellation of 2020 season; will return in 2021". NBC Sports. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  21. "Santiago Urrutia completes Lynk & Co Cyan Racing line-up". TouringCarTimes. 28 July 2020.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Spencer Pigot		 Pro Mazda Championship
Champion
2015		 Succeeded by
Aaron Telitz
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