Sebastián Fernández (racing driver)
Sebastián Fernández Wahbeh (born 12 July 2000 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan–Spanish racing driver. He competed in the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Campos Racing.[1] Fernández will remain in the championship for the 2020 season, moving to ART Grand Prix.
| Sebastián Fernández Wahbeh | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Venezuelan Spanishvia dual nationality |
| Born | 12 July 2000 Caracas, Venezuela |
| FIA Formula 3 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2019 |
| Current team | ART Grand Prix |
| Car number | 9 |
| Former teams | Campos Racing |
| Starts | 34 (34 entries) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 14th in 2020 |
| Previous series | |
| 2019–20 2019 2018 2016–17 2016–17 2016–17 2016 | F3 Asian Championship Formula Renault Eurocup FIA F3 European Championship Italian F4 Championship ADAC Formula 4 F4 UAE Championship F4 Spanish Championship |
Racing career
Lower formulae
Fernández spent his first two seasons in single-seaters in the Italian, German, Spanish and Emirati Formula 4 champonships. He scored his first victory in the penultimate race of the 2016 Italian F4 Championship at Monza, while in 2017 he would win five races and finish 4th in the standings.
FIA Formula 3 European
2018 would see Fernández competing in the final season of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship for the Motopark team. Even though he had prior experience with the team, having driven for them in the 2016-17 Formula 4 UAE Championship, he would only manage to achieve two points finishes and would eventually come 21st in the driver's championship.
FIA Formula 3 Championship
Despite this, Fernández was signed by Campos Racing for the inaugural Formula 3 campaign. He would do even worse than in the season before and score no points, with a 12th place in Barcelona being his best result. He would finish 27th is the championship, the third lowest out of all drivers who competed in every event.
The ART Grand Prix team signed Fernández to partner Frenchman Théo Pourchaire and Russian Aleksandr Smolyar for the 2020 season. Fernández took pole position, his first in FIA Formula 3, at the opening round at the Red Bull Ring.[2] However, he was eliminated from the race after a collision at the first turn.
Racing record
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Italian F4 Championship | RB Racing Mücke Motorsport |
21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 15th |
| ADAC Formula 4 Championship | KUG-Motorsport RB Racing |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25th | |
| F4 Spanish Championship | MP Motorsport | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| 2016–17 | Formula 4 UAE Championship | Motopark | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 10th |
| 2017 | Italian F4 Championship | Bhaitech Racing | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 197 | 4th |
| ADAC Formula 4 Championship | Bhaitech Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| 2018 | FIA Formula 3 European Championship | Motopark | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21st |
| 2019 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | Campos Racing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th |
| Formula Renault Eurocup | Arden Motorsport | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 9th | |
| Macau Grand Prix | ART Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 15th | |
| 2019-20 | F3 Asian Championship | Pinnacle Motorsport | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 96 | 8th |
| 2020 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | ART Grand Prix | 18 | 1 | 31 | 14th | |||
| Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | VS Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 15th |
† As Fernández was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 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 | DC | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Motopark | Volkswagen | PAU 1 Ret |
PAU 2 15 |
PAU 3 17 |
HUN 1 14 |
HUN 2 19 |
HUN 3 12 |
NOR 1 15 |
NOR 2 20 |
NOR 3 10 |
ZAN 1 18 |
ZAN 2 14 |
ZAN 3 12 |
SPA 1 14 |
SPA 2 13 |
SPA 3 8 |
SIL 1 15 |
SIL 2 14 |
SIL 3 Ret |
MIS 1 17 |
MIS 2 15 |
MIS 3 Ret |
NÜR 1 11 |
NÜR 2 Ret |
NÜR 3 16 |
RBR 1 15 |
RBR 2 Ret |
RBR 3 16 |
HOC 1 18 |
HOC 2 15 |
HOC 3 12 |
21st | 5 | [3] |
Complete FIA Formula 3 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Campos Racing | CAT FEA 16 |
CAT SPR 12 |
LEC FEA Ret |
LEC SPR Ret |
RBR FEA 24 |
RBR SPR Ret |
SIL FEA 20 |
SIL SPR 14 |
HUN FEA 13 |
HUN SPR 23 |
SPA FEA 25 |
SPA SPR 13 |
MNZ FEA 18 |
MNZ SPR 26 |
SOC FEA 16 |
SOC SPR 24† |
27th | 0 | ||
| 2020 | ART Grand Prix | RBR FEA Ret |
RBR SPR 13 |
RBR FEA 13 |
RBR SPR 9 |
HUN FEA 5 |
HUN SPR 8 |
SIL FEA 7 |
SIL SPR 21 |
SIL FEA 24 |
SIL SPR 13 |
CAT FEA 15 |
CAT SPR 13 |
SPA FEA 11 |
SPA SPR 10 |
MNZ FEA Ret |
MNZ SPR 11 |
MUG FEA 9 |
MUG SPR 8 |
14th | 31 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
References
- "Sebastián Fernández joins Campos Racing for FIA F3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- Suttill, Josh (3 July 2020). "Sebastian Fernandez takes surprise FIA F3 pole for Austria opener". formulascout.com. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- "2018 European F3 Championship | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
External links
- Sebastián Fernández career summary at DriverDB.com