Nicolás Baptiste

This article is about the Colombian racing driver. For the ice hockey player, see Nicholas Baptiste. For the French actor, see Nicolas Anselme Baptiste.
Nicolás Baptiste
Baptiste at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 2024
NationalityColombia Colombian
Born (2005-10-31) 31 October 2005 (age 19)
Bogotà, Colombia
USF Pro 2000 Championship career
Debut season2024
Current teamBN Racing
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number74
Starts14 (14 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish15th in 2024
Previous series
2022

2020–2021
2020		Formula Regional European Championship
Italian F4 Championship
F4 Spanish Championship

Nicolás Baptiste Velasco (born 31 October 2005) is a Colombian racing driver who last competed in the 2024 USF Pro 2000 Championship for BN Racing.[1] He previously competed in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship for FA Racing.

Career

Karting

Baptiste debuted in karting at the age of nine and started karting competitively two years later in 2016.[2] His highest ranking in a karting competition would be eighth in the Colombia Rotax Max Challenge.[3] He took part in the European Championship in 2020, ending up 60th in the standings.[4]

Formula 4

2020

Baptiste made his single-seater debut during the penultimate round of the 2020 F4 Spanish Championship, a week after his 15th birthday. He took part in one weekend, the Jarama round, and finished 14th and two twelfth places in the races.

Two weeks later, Baptiste made his debut in the 2020 Italian F4 Championship with Cram Motorsport for the final two rounds.[5] He took a best finish of 15th and finished 27th in the championship.

2021

Baptiste racing in the 2021 Italian F4 Championship at the Red Bull Ring.

Baptiste contested the full 2021 Italian F4 Championship as his main campaign, again with Cram Motorsport.[6] He scored his first points in eighth place during the second Misano race, and he was also the second best rookie.[7] His next points finish came at the last race in the Red Bull Ring scoring a fifth place and placing the best of the rookies.[8] Baptiste would not go on to score any more points and he finished 24th in the championship with 14 points, and ninth in the rookies'.

Formula Regional European Championship

2022

Baptiste racing in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring.

Baptiste stepped up to the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship. He joined two-time Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso's team, FA Racing, alongside Victor Bernier and Esteban Masson.[9] During his debut weekend in Monza, he finished 16th and 29th.[10] Baptiste ended very strongly during the final weekend in Mugello, he qualified a season high of seventh during the first race,[11] although he would drop to 15th which was his season best result.[12] The Colombian would finish 29th in the standings, the only one in his team not to score points during the season.[13]

2023

Baptiste was expected to remain in Formula Regional for 2023, switching over to Saintéloc Racing.[14] However for unknown reasons, he did not compete in any race.

USF Pro 2000 Championship

After a year on the sidelines, Baptiste returned to racing in 2024 with a full-time drive in the USF Pro 2000 Championship with BN Racing.[1][15] He had a highest finish that year of fifth during the second race in NOLA Motorsports Park.[16] He ended his season early with two rounds to go and finished 15th in the championship with 143 points.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2016 Rotax Max Challenge Colombia — Mini Max 8th
SKUSA SuperNationals — Mini Swift Team Montoya 65th
2017 SKUSA SuperNationals — Mini Swift Team Montoya 49th
2018 SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Junior Team Montoya 62nd
2019 SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Junior —
WSK Open Cup — OKJ Lennox Racing Team —
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ —
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ —
WSK Euro Series — OKJ —
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ —
CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy —
2020 SKUSA Winter Series — X30 Senior —
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK Ward Racing 60th
WSK Super Master Series — OK 54th
Source:[17]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2020 Italian F4 Championship Cram Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0 0 37th
F4 Spanish Championship Drivex School 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2021 Italian F4 Championship Cram Motorsport 21 0 0 0 0 14 24th
2022 Formula Regional European Championship FA Racing by MP 19 0 0 0 0 0 29th
2024 USF Pro 2000 Championship BN Racing 14 0 0 0 0 143 15th

† As Baptiste was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 Spanish 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 DC Points
2020 Drivex School NAV
1 		NAV
2 		NAV
3 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		LEC
3 		JER
1 		JER
2 		JER
3 		CRT
1 		CRT
2 		CRT
3 		ARA
1 		ARA
2 		ARA
3 		JAR
1
14 		JAR
2
12 		JAR
3
12 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		CAT
3 		NC† 0

† As Baptiste was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Italian F4 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 Pos Points
2020 Cram Motorsport MIS
1 		MIS
2 		MIS
3 		IMO1
1 		IMO1
2 		IMO1
3 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		RBR
3 		MUG
1 		MUG
2 		MUG
3 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		MNZ
3 		IMO2
1
27 		IMO2
2
15 		IMO2
3
31 		VLL
1
Ret 		VLL
2
C 		VLL
3
26 		37th 0
2021 Cram Motorsport LEC
1
29 		LEC
2
18 		LEC
3
26 		MIS
1
19 		MIS
2
8 		MIS
3
22 		VLL
1
18 		VLL
2
15 		VLL
3
19 		IMO
1
13 		IMO
2
24 		IMO
3
24 		RBR
1
Ret 		RBR
2
17 		RBR
3
5 		MUG
1
24 		MUG
2
19 		MUG
3
25 		MNZ
1
Ret 		MNZ
2
32† 		MNZ
3
17 		24th 14

Complete Formula Regional European 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 DC Points
2022 FA Racing by MP MNZ
1
16 		MNZ
2
29 		IMO
1
Ret 		IMO
2
26 		MCO
1
DNQ 		MCO
2
25 		LEC
1
33 		LEC
2
28 		ZAN
1
27 		ZAN
2
26 		HUN
1
30 		HUN
2
28 		SPA
1
30 		SPA
2
27 		RBR
1
25 		RBR
2
21 		CAT
1
31 		CAT
2
22 		MUG
1
15 		MUG
2
21 		29th 0

American open-wheel racing results

USF Pro 2000 Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points
2024 BN Racing STP
1
9 		STP
2
18 		LOU
1
6 		LOU
2
5 		LOU
3
12 		IMS
1
6 		IMS
2
6 		IMS
3
10 		IRP
7 		ROA
1
18 		ROA
2
16 		ROA
3
11 		MOH
1
19 		MOH
2
16 		TOR
1 		TOR
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		15th 143

References

  1. ^ a b Baptiste, Nicolás (February 24, 2024). "¡Estoy muy contento con esta oportunidad! ¡Vamos con toda a dejar el nombre de Colombia en lo más alto!". Instagram. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  2. ^ "About – Nico Baptiste". nicobaptiste.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Rotax Max Challenge Colombia - Mini Max 2016 standings". DriverDB. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  4. ^ "FIA European Championship — OK 2020 standings". DriverDB. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  5. ^ Waring, Bethonie (20 November 2020). "Mini heads Italian F4 practice at Imola as four new drivers join grid". Formula Scout. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  6. ^ Wood, Ida (5 January 2021). "Cram Motorsport announces F4 drivers including debutant Trulli". Formula Scout. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Nico Baptiste achieves his first podium at 'Misano F4 Italian'". nicobaptiste.com. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Nico Baptiste, the best of the rookies in the Red Bull Ring". nicobaptiste.com. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  9. ^ Wood, Ida (31 January 2022). "Nicolas Baptiste steps up to FREC with FA Racing". Formula Scout. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Colombian Nico Baptiste made his debut in the European Regional Formula 3". nicobaptiste.com. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  11. ^ Gascoigne, Roger (22 October 2022). "Aron keeps FREC title hopes going with race one pole at Mugello". Formula Scout. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  12. ^ Gascoigne, Roger (22 October 2022). "Aron dominates but Beganovic seals FREC title at Mugello". Formula Scout. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  13. ^ "Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine 2022 standings". DriverDB. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Nicolás Baptiste Velasco is the second driver announced in Saintéloc Racing's Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine 2023 team". formularegionaleubyalpine.com. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  15. ^ Wood, Ida (27 February 2024). "Hughes tops testing as USFP2000, USF2000 and USF Juniors grids grow". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  16. ^ Waring, Bethonie (7 April 2024). "Johnson extends early USFP2000 points lead with NOLA win". Formula Scout. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
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