Sérgio Sette Câmara

Sérgio Sette Câmara

Sette Câmara in 2016
Nationality Brazil Brazilian
Born Sérgio Sette Câmara Filho
(1998-05-23) 23 May 1998
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
FIA European Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season 2014
Current team Motopark
Car no. 9
Former teams EuroInternational
Starts 66
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 1
Best finish 11th in 2016
Previous series
2015
2014		 Toyota Racing Series
Brazilian Formula 3

Sérgio Sette Câmara Filho (born 23 May 1998) is a Brazilian racing driver. He is a current member of the Red Bull Junior Team.[1]

Career

Formula 3

2014

Once he turned 16, Sérgio was legally able to race in the national F3 championship (Class A) in Brazil and made his debut at the 4th round at Interlagos. Although he couldn't quite match teammate Pedro Piquet, he finished the year in a strong 7th.

He also made his European F3 at the 2nd last round at Imola, driving for EuroInternational. Driving as guest driver and ineligible for championship points, Sérgio finished 14th, 20th and 21st respectively in the 3 races over the weekend.

2015

After a one-off appearance last year, Sérgio made his full-time debut for the 2015 season, driving for Motopark. After a rather disappointing start to the season, his luck turned for the better at Spa where he achieved his first podium in Europe where he finished 3rd. After that race, Sérgio went on to score more consistently than not while achieving another 3rd place at Red Bull Ring and went on to finish 14th in the championship with 57.5 points next to his name.

Masters of Formula 3

The annual meeting at Zandvoort for the Masters of F3 event was a successful one for Sette Câmara, bagging a pole position for the qualification race. In that race, he finished in 3rd place and also finished 3rd in the main race.

Macau Grand Prix

Another annual meeting for Formula 3 drivers, this time at Macau, a circuit Sette Câmara hadn't competed on before. His weekend started well by qualifying 7th, an impressive result for a rookie. In the qualification race, he improved 1 position to finish a respectable 6th place. In the main race, he struck trouble before finishing 22nd, last of the runners and 2 minutes off eventual winner Felix Rosenqvist. Despite the disappointing result, Sette Câmara recorded the fastest lap of the race which not only was over 1.5 seconds faster than his own fastest qualifying lap, but it's now also the outright lap record for the Macau GP circuit.

2016

Returning with Motopark for a second season, now part of the Red Bull Junior Team, the 2016 season for Sérgio started off with a sketchy weekend at Circuit Paul Ricard but from Hungaroring onwards, Sérgio started to prove that he is a genuine competitor on the track by consistently finishing in the points paying positions, including podiums at Pau and Red Bull Ring. Unfortunately Sérgio's second half of the season consisted of no luck for him: had so many high grid position placings, including a pole position, taken away from him due to grid penalties and suffered other problems, including a drive through whilst running in 2nd place at Hockenheim, as well. He finished 11th in the championship at seasons end but that didn't justify the pace he had all year.

Masters of Formula 3

Like last year's event, Sette Câmara enjoyed success at the Zandvoort event. After qualifying 7th for the qualification race, he ended finishing 5th in that race and then in the main race, Sette Câmara finished 3rd once again to top off a successful outing.

Macau Grand Prix

Returning after a record breaking race weekend for him in last year's event, Sette Câmara came into the event with Carlin, a team he had never raced with previously. With past winner Antonio Felix da Costa and rising stars Jake Hughes and Lando Norris as his teammates, Sette Câmara wasn't going to have it easy. He showed his strong form by qualifying in 4th place, just one place behind da Costa. In the qualification race, Sette Câmara made up 1 place in the race to finish 3rd behind da Costa and former Red Bull Junior Callum Ilott. For the main race, Sette Câmara held the lead for half of the race in strong fashion until Nikita Mazepin crashed and brought out the safety car. Once the safety car came in, he was immediately pressured by da Costa and lost the lead in an epic duel between them and Felix Rosenqvist, reigning and 2 time winner of this event, also snuck by Sette Câmara after putting extreme pressure on and Sette Câmara held onto 3rd place at the end of the race to take a podium in one of the most prestigious events in world motorsport, finishing behind now 2 time winner da Costa and Rosenqvist.

Toyota Racing Series

Sette Câmara made his debut in 2015 after replacing Dzhon Simonyan at Taupo. He ended the season with 199 points next to his name and placed 20th overall.

GP2 Series

In November 2016, Câmara was confirmed to be stepping up to GP2 with MP Motorsport.[2]

Formula One

After a difficult but surprising F3 campaign in 2015 and for his very convincing pace at the Masters of F3 and Macau Grand Prix events that same year, Red Bull acquired his services by signing him to the Red Bull Junior Team.[1]

After his first taste of F1 machinery in a demo run at Motorland Aragón,[3] he made his official test debut with Toro Rosso after the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.[4]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2014 Fórmula 3 Brasil Cesário F3 10 0 1 2 3 45 7th
European Formula 3 Championship EuroInternational 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2015 Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 7 0 0 0 0 199 20th
European Formula 3 Championship Motopark 33 0 0 0 2 57.5 14th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 1 0 N/A 22nd
2016 European Formula 3 Championship 30 0 0 1 2 117 11th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
Macau Grand Prix Carlin 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
Formula One Scuderia Toro Rosso Test and Development driver
2017 GP2 Series MP Motorsport

† As Sette Câmara was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

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

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 DC Points
2014 EuroInternational Mercedes SIL
1		 SIL
2		 SIL
3		 HOC
1		 HOC
2		 HOC
3		 PAU
1		 PAU
2		 PAU
3		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 HUN
3		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 SPA
3		 NOR
1		 NOR
2		 NOR
3		 MSC
1		 MSC
2		 MSC
3		 RBR
1		 RBR
2		 RBR
3		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 NÜR
3		 IMO
1
14		 IMO
2
20		 IMO
3
21		 HOC
1		 HOC
2		 HOC
3		 NC† 0†
2015 Motopark Volkswagen SIL
1
17		 SIL
2
Ret		 SIL
3
20		 HOC
1
17		 HOC
2
25		 HOC
3
27		 PAU
1
14		 PAU
2
20		 PAU
3
11		 MNZ
1
Ret		 MNZ
2
11		 MNZ
3
22		 SPA
1
16		 SPA
2
3		 SPA
3
22		 NOR
1
15		 NOR
2
23		 NOR
3
19		 ZAN
1
Ret		 ZAN
2
6		 ZAN
3
7		 RBR
1
9		 RBR
2
19		 RBR
3
3		 ALG
1
11		 ALG
2
13		 ALG
3
5		 NÜR
1
11		 NÜR
2
21		 NÜR
3
9		 HOC
1
11		 HOC
2
7		 HOC
3
11		 14th 57.5
2016 Motopark Volkswagen LEC
1
16		 LEC
2
5		 LEC
3
19		 HUN
1
7		 HUN
2
5		 HUN
3
5		 PAU
1
8		 PAU
2
2		 PAU
3
Ret		 RBR
1
12		 RBR
2
8		 RBR
3
4		 NOR
1
Ret		 NOR
2
Ret		 NOR
3
3		 ZAN
1
11		 ZAN
2
17		 ZAN
3
15		 SPA
1
15		 SPA
2
Ret		 SPA
3
15		 NÜR
1
11		 NÜR
2
8		 NÜR
3
8		 IMO
1
Ret		 IMO
2
15		 IMO
3
11		 HOC
1
5		 HOC
2
14		 HOC
3
6		 11th 117

† As Sette Câmara was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.

References

  1. 1 2 "New names injected into the Red Bull Junior Team for 2016". Red Bull Junior Team. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Simmons, Marcus (November 27, 2016). "Sergio Sette Camara secures MP Motorsport seat for 2017 GP2 season". Autosport. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Red Bull junior Sette Câmara set for maiden F1 demo run". en.f1i.com. Julien Billiotte. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Sette Camara to make F1 test debut". f1fanatic.co.uk. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 27 June 2016.

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