Victor Martins
French racing driver
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2025 | Currently competing in FIA Formula 2 Championship with ART Grand Prix, and serving as a test driver for Williams Racing in Formula One. |
2025 | Victor Martins competed in the Race of Champions, driving for Team France alongside rally driver Sébastien Loeb. Together, they won the Nations Cup. |
2025 | Martins was dropped from the Alpine Academy before the start of the 2025 season. |
April 2025 | Conducted his first F1 test for Williams at Monza, a few days after joining the academy. |
April 2025 | At Imola, Martins maintains his top 3 qualifying performance. He moves up three places in the sprint race to finish fourth. In the feature race, he stalls on the grid and is unable to score points despite a safety car intervention. |
March 31 2025 | Martins joined the Williams Driver Academy. |
March 2025 | In Bahrain, Martins qualifies on the front row again. He breaks his front wing in the sprint race and finishes 14th. In the feature race, he scores his first points of the year with a fifth-place finish. |
March 2025 | In Jeddah, Martins continues his front row qualifying streak. He finishes eighth in the sprint race and earns his first podium of the season with a third-place finish in the feature race, holding off Leonardo Fornaroli. |
March 2025 | In Melbourne, Martins qualifies on the front row and is promoted to pole position after Gabriele Minì's penalty. He crashes out of the sprint race on lap 2, and the feature race is cancelled due to rain. |
January 2025 | Victor Martins begins his third Formula 2 season with ART Grand Prix, partnering with Ritomo Miyata and stating it is his 'last chance' to prove himself for an F1 drive. |
2024 | Continued in FIA Formula 2 Championship with ART Grand Prix, finishing 7th with 1 win. |
December 2024 | Martins concluded the 2024 Formula 2 Championship in seventh place with 107 points, one win, and five podiums, two places lower than his 2023 finish. |
November 2024 | Participated in the World Endurance Championship (WEC) rookie test with Alpine Endurance Team at the Bahrain International Circuit, completing the session fourth quickest and being the highest-ranked rookie driver while driving the Hypercar. |
November 2024 | Martins drove the Alpine A522 during a test at the Losail International Circuit. |
November 2024 | At the Abu Dhabi finale, Martins took pole position but had a challenging weekend, ultimately finishing fourth in the feature race. |
September 2024 | At Monza, Martins qualified fifth and finished second in the sprint race after a close battle with Oliver Bearman. |
September 2024 | In Baku, Martins secured his fifth podium of 2024 by finishing second in the feature race after strategic pit stops and competitors' incidents. |
July 2024 | In Hungary, Martins finished second in both the sprint and feature races, marking his best weekend of the season. |
July 2024 | At Silverstone, Martins qualified second but had a challenging weekend, with his teammate O'Sullivan spinning him out of the sprint race and finishing fifth in the feature race. |
June 2024 | Martins conducted an F1 test driving the Alpine A522 at the Red Bull Ring. |
May 2024 | At the Monaco Grand Prix weekend, Martins secured second place, marking a partial recovery from previous disappointing rounds. |
May 2024 | In Spain, Martins won the sprint race by four seconds, securing his first win and podium of the year. |
March 2024 | In Melbourne, Martins charged through the sprint race to seventh place, scoring his first points of the season, and improved to eighth in the feature race. |
January 2024 | ART Grand Prix announced Victor Martins would continue with the team for the 2024 Formula 2 Championship, partnering with Zak O'Sullivan. |
2023 | Martins participated in the Formula E rookie pre-season test with Nissan for the 2023–24 season. |
2023 | Finished fifth in the F2 Drivers' Championship with 150 points, achieving one win, nine podiums, three pole positions, and six fastest laps. |
November 2023 | At the season finale in Yas Marina, Martins finished second in the feature race, secured the fastest lap, and won the Anthoine Hubert Award. |
July 2023 | At Silverstone, Martins claimed his third pole position and secured his maiden Formula 2 victory in the feature race, winning by two seconds after a five-second penalty. |
May 2023 | Martins made his F1 test debut, driving the Alpine A521 at Monza. |
April 2023 | Nissan announced Victor Martins would test for them in the Formula E Berlin rookie test. |
March 2023 | At the Jeddah round, Martins took pole position, being 0.7 seconds faster than other drivers, and achieved a second-place finish in the sprint race. |
March 2023 | In the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend, Martins qualified second on his F2 debut and secured his maiden F2 podium by finishing third in the sprint race. |
January 2023 | Martins was announced to be stepping up to Formula 2 with ART Grand Prix, joining teammate Théo Pourchaire. |
2022 | Martins won the FIA Formula 3 Championship. |
2022 | Wins the FIA Formula 3 Championship. |
2021 | Signed with MP Motorsport for the FIA Formula 3 Championship season. Finished fifth in the drivers' standings with 131 points, scoring one win, five podiums, and four fastest laps, and became the best-placed rookie of the season. |
February 10 2021 | Martins rejoined the newly formed Alpine F1 Team academy following his Formula Renault Eurocup title win. |
2020 | Martins won the Formula Renault Eurocup championship. |
2020 | Completed a season with seven total victories and a nine-race podium streak, ultimately finishing 44 points ahead of Caio Collet in the championship. |
2020 | Martins won another race at Imola, securing victory in a hard-fought battle against Brazilian driver Caio Collet. |
2020 | Martins secured four additional wins in the six races following his Nürburgring success. |
2020 | Martins won his first two victories during the Nürburgring round, which put him into title contention. |
2020 | Victor Martins joined ART Grand Prix for the Formula Renault season, partnering with Grégoire Saucy and Paul Aron. |
2020 | Wins the Formula Renault Eurocup championship. |
October 2020 | Joined ART Grand Prix for post-season test at Catalunya, finishing in the top ten across all four sessions with a highest placed finish of fifth on the first day. |
2019 | Martins was released from the Renault Sport Academy after the season. |
2019 | Recorded five wins in the last four rounds of the Formula Renault championship, finishing as runner-up to Oscar Piastri with only 7.5 points separating them. |
2019 | Achieved a total of six race wins and 14 podium finishes in the Formula Renault championship. |
2019 | Participated in the final round of the 2019 Asian F3 Winter Series before the main Formula Renault season. |
2019 | Switched to MP Motorsport team in Formula Renault championship, joining after the team's previous success with Christian Lundgaard. |
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