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] For the 2020 season Fernández will join the ART Grand Prix team together with Théo Pourchaire and Aleksandr Smolyar.
| Sebastián Fernández Wahbeh | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |   via dual nationality |
| Born | 12 July 2000 Caracas, Venezuela |
| FIA Formula 3 Championship | |
| Years active | 2019-2020 |
| Teams | Campos, ART Grand Prix |
| Starts | 16 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 27th in 2019 |
| Previous series | |
| 2016 2016–2017 2016–2017 2016–17 2018 2019 | F4 Spanish Championship Italian F4 Championship ADAC Formula 4 Formula 4 UAE Championship FIA Formula 3 European Championship]] FIA Formula 3 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.
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 | |
| 2019-20 | F3 Asian Championship | Pinnacle Motorsport | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 96 | 8th |
† 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 | [2] |
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 | 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 |
† 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.
- "2018 European F3 Championship | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
External links
- Sebastián Fernández career summary at DriverDB.com