Sebastián Fernández (racing driver)

Sebastián Fernández Wahbeh (born 12 July 2000 in Caracas) is a VenezuelanSpanish 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
 Spanish
via dual nationality
Born (2000-07-12) 12 July 2000
Caracas, Venezuela
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season2019
Current teamART Grand Prix
Car number9
Former teamsCampos Racing
Starts34 (34 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles1
Fastest laps0
Best finish14th in 2020
Previous series
2019–20
2019
2018
201617
201617
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

  1. "Sebastián Fernández joins Campos Racing for FIA F3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  2. Suttill, Josh (3 July 2020). "Sebastian Fernandez takes surprise FIA F3 pole for Austria opener". formulascout.com. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. "2018 European F3 Championship | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
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