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Roberto Faria
Brazilian racing driver (born 2004)
Roberto Innocent Faria (born 15 January 2004) is a Brazilian racing driver who last raced in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship with PHM Racing by Charouz. He previously raced in the GB3 Championship with Fortec Motorsports. He was a member of the Sauber Academy.[1]
| Roberto Faria | |
|---|---|
Faria in 2022 | |
| Nationality |  Brazilian |
| Born | (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 20) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| FIA Formula 3 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2023 |
| Current team | PHM Racing by Charouz |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver |
| Car number | 30 |
| Starts | 18 (18 entries) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 31st in 2023 |
| Previous series | |
| 2021–22 2021 2019–20 | GB3 Championship F3 Asian Championship F4 British Championship |
Karting
Having begun karting at the age of 11,[2] Faria soon moved into European competitions, racing in the Karting World Championship in 2017. He would compete for KR Motorsport in 2018, racing in the European and World championships.
Lower formulae
Faria made his single-seater racing debut in 2019, competing for Fortec Motorsports in the F4 British Championship alongside Mariano Martínez.[3] He would experience a difficult season, scoring a best finish of fourth at Silverstone and finishing eleventh in the standings, one place and fifty points ahead of his teammate.
FIA Formula 3 Championship
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In September 2022, Faria partook in the FIA Formula 3 post-season test with Van Amersfoort Racing during the first day.[4] In February 2023, Faria was announced as a PHM Racing by Charouz driver for the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship.[5]
Formula One
In 2022 Faria became a member of the Sauber Academy.[6]
Karting career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | Chiesa Corse | NC† |
| CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | 92nd | ||
| 2018 | WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | TB Racing Team | NC |
| WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | KR Motorsport Srl | 42nd | |
| CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | 51st | ||
| CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | 71st | ||
| Sources:[7][8] | |||
† As Faria was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | F4 British Championship | Fortec Motorsports | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 11th |
| 2020 | F4 British Championship | Fortec Motorsports[9][10] | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 10th |
| BRDC British Formula 3 Championship | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 152 | 14th | ||
| 2021 | GB3 Championship | Fortec Motorsports[11] | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 360 | 5th |
| F3 Asian Championship | Motorscape[12] | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17th | |
| 2022 | GB3 Championship | Carlin | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 316.5 | 5th |
| 2023 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | PHM Racing by Charouz | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32nd |
| 2024 | GT4 Winter Series | RACAR Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 58 | 9th |
| Ultimate Cup Series - GT Sprint Cup - UGT4 | |||||||||
| GT4 European Series - Silver | GPA Racing |
* Season still in progress.
Complete F4 British Championship results
(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 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Fortec Motorsports | BHI 1 10 |
BHI 2 5 |
BHI 3 8 |
DON 1 6 |
DON 2 DNS |
DON 3 10 |
THR1 1 8 |
THR1 2 6 |
THR1 3 13 |
CRO 1 8 |
CRO 2 8 |
CRO 3 10 |
OUL 1 9 |
OUL 2 11 |
OUL 3 Ret |
SNE 1 7 |
SNE 2 6 |
SNE 3 11 |
THR2 1 10 |
THR2 2 7 |
THR2 3 10 |
KNO 1 5 |
KNO 2 11 |
KNO 3 11 |
SIL 1 9 |
SIL 2 4 |
SIL 3 7 |
BHGP 1 Ret |
BHGP 2 Ret |
BHGP 3 9 |
11th | 99 |
| 2020 | Fortec Motorsports | DON 1 3 |
DON 2 Ret |
DON 3 4 |
BHGP 1 5 |
BHGP 2 2 |
BHGP 3 4 |
OUL 1 14 |
OUL 2 7 |
OUL 3 4 |
KNO 1 7 |
KNO 2 Ret |
KNO 3 6 |
THR 1 |
THR 2 |
THR 3 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
SIL 3 |
CRO 1 |
CRO 2 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SNE 3 |
BHI 1 10 |
BHI 2 Ret |
BHI 3 4 |
10th | 106 |
Complete BRDC British F3 Championship 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 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Fortec Motorsports | OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
OUL 3 |
OUL 4 |
DON1 1 |
DON1 2 |
DON1 3 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
BRH 4 |
DON2 1 16 |
DON2 2 5 |
DON2 3 12 |
SNE 1 12 |
SNE 2 18 |
SNE 3 12 |
SNE 4 15 |
DON3 1 5 |
DON3 2 8 |
DON3 3 9 |
SIL 1 4 |
SIL 2 86 |
SIL 3 2 |
14th | 152 |
| 2021 | Fortec Motorsports | BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 6 |
BRH 3 124 |
SIL 1 5 |
SIL 2 3 |
SIL 3 37 |
DON1 1 14 |
DON1 2 3 |
DON1 3 13 |
SPA 1 12 |
SPA 2 9 |
SPA 3 13 |
SNE 1 2 |
SNE 2 8 |
SNE 3 35 |
SIL2 1 2 |
SIL2 2 3 |
SIL2 3 Ret |
OUL 1 3 |
OUL 2 Ret |
OUL 3 103 |
DON2 1 12 |
DON2 2 10 |
DON2 3 411 |
5th | 360 |
| 2022 | Carlin | OUL 1 2 |
OUL 2 2 |
OUL 3 143 |
SIL1 1 7 |
SIL1 2 6 |
SIL1 3 Ret |
DON1 1 2 |
DON1 2 5 |
DON1 3 20 |
SNE 1 4 |
SNE 2 7 |
SNE 3 144 |
SPA 1 11 |
SPA 2 Ret |
SPA 3 4 |
SIL2 1 3 |
SIL2 2 5 |
SIL2 3 211 |
BRH 1 18 |
BRH 2 9 |
BRH 3 31 |
DON2 1 Ret |
DON2 2 14 |
DON2 3 15 |
5th | 316.5 |
Complete F3 Asian Championship 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Motorscape | DUB 1 11 |
DUB 2 15 |
DUB 3 19 |
ABU 1 16 |
ABU 2 20 |
ABU 3 9 |
ABU 1 11 |
ABU 2 9 |
ABU 3 17 |
DUB 1 16 |
DUB 2 Ret |
DUB 3 9 |
ABU 1 Ret |
ABU 2 11 |
ABU 2 Ret |
18th | 6 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | PHM Racing by Charouz | BHR SPR 24 |
BHR FEA 25 |
MEL SPR 18 |
MEL FEA Ret |
MON SPR Ret |
MON FEA 27 |
CAT SPR 25 |
CAT FEA 24 |
RBR SPR 24 |
RBR FEA 19 |
SIL SPR 27 |
SIL FEA Ret |
HUN SPR 19 |
HUN FEA 20 |
SPA SPR 17 |
SPA FEA Ret |
MNZ SPR NC |
MNZ FEA 22† |
31st | 0 |
* Season still in progress.
- "Théo Pourchaire and Roberto Faria fly the flag for Sauber Academy". Sauber Group. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- Gracie, Sarah (2 July 2022). "Sauber Academy's Brazilian driver Roberto Faria accelerates in GB3 and aims to enter Formula 1". Sprout Wired. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- "Karting ace Roberto Faria graduates to British F4 with Fortec". 30 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- "Formula 3 returns to action with post-season testing in Jerez". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- "PHM Racing by Charouz recruit Brazilian rookie Faria for 2023 campaign". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- "Théo Pourchaire und Roberto Faria zeigen Flagge für die Sauber Academy". Sauber Group (in German). Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- kartcom (27 July 2017). "Innocent Faria Roberto". Kartcom. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- kartcom (26 January 2018). "Faria Roberto". Kartcom. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- "Roberto Faria remains with Fortec Motorsport for 2020 title push". 10 October 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- Wood, Ida (17 September 2020). "Fortec returns to BRDC British F3 with its F4 racer Roberto Faria". Formula Scout. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- Wood, Ida (30 November 2020). "Roberto Faria to make full-time BRDC British F3 return with Fortec in 2021". Formula Scout. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- "Teams & Drivers confirm for season 2021 (Updated on 18/01/2021) - F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA". www.f3asia.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- Roberto Faria career summary at DriverDB.com