Roberto Faria

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

Career

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

Faria driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2023 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

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 record

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 record

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 - UCS4
	GT4 European Series - Silver	GPA Racing
		Racing Spirit of Léman

^* 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

Complete GT4 European Series results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Points
2024	GPA Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	Silver	LEC 1 32†	LEC 2 7	MIS 1 26	MIS 2 22									18th*	6*
	Racing Spirit of Léman	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo						SPA 1 27	SPA 2 30	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 41†	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	JED 1	JED 2

References

1. "Théo Pourchaire and Roberto Faria fly the flag for Sauber Academy". Sauber Group. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
2. 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.
3. "Karting ace Roberto Faria graduates to British F4 with Fortec". 30 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
4. "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.
5. "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.
6. "Théo Pourchaire und Roberto Faria zeigen Flagge für die Sauber Academy". Sauber Group (in German). Retrieved 22 July 2022.
7. kartcom (27 July 2017). "Innocent Faria Roberto". Kartcom. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
8. kartcom (26 January 2018). "Faria Roberto". Kartcom. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
9. "Roberto Faria remains with Fortec Motorsport for 2020 title push". 10 October 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
10. Wood, Ida (17 September 2020). "Fortec returns to BRDC British F3 with its F4 racer Roberto Faria". Formula Scout. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
11. 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.
12. "Teams & Drivers confirm for season 2021 (Updated on 18/01/2021) - F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA". www.f3asia.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

External links

• Roberto Faria career summary at DriverDB.com