Santiago Urrutia

Santiago Urrutia Lausarot (born 30 August 1996) is an Uruguayan racing driver.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Urrutia and the second or maternal family name is Lausarot.

Santiago Urrutia
Santiago Urrutia at the 2017 Freedom 100
Nationality	Uruguayan
Born	(1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 Miguelete, Uruguay
Indy Lights career
Debut season	2016
Current team	HMD Motorsports
Car number	55
Former teams	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Belardi Auto Racing
Starts	51
Wins	8
Poles	5
Fastest laps	6
Best finish	2nd in 2016, 2017
Previous series
2015 2014 2013 2012 2011	Pro Mazda Championship GP3 Series European F3 Open Formula Abarth Formula Abarth
Championship titles
2015	Pro Mazda Championship

Biography

His motorsport career started when he was a small child in dirt motorcycling. He debuted at the Uruguayan Karting Championship at age 5. In 2009 he won the Argentine Pre Junior Championship and the Metropolitan Mini Junior Apertura Championship. In 2010 he won the Uruguayan Master Championship.

At the 2010 Karting World Championship, he qualified 5th for the pre-final, but was involved in two incidents and finished the final in 18th place. At age 14, Urrutia moved it Italy in 2011 and competed at the WSK Euro Series KF3. Also in 2011 he took part in the Formula Abarth season.[1]

In 2013 he took part in the European F3 Open Championship,[2] and in 2014 he competed in the GP3 Series.

He took part in the Pro Mazda Championship in 2015, and clinched the championship at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, sixteen years and one day after the death of Gonzalo Rodríguez in a practice accident at the same venue. Urrutia became the first Uruguayan driver to win a major racing championship, and earned a promotion to Indy Lights.

For 2016 he competed in Indy Lights for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports[3] Urrutia was in the hunt for the series title until the final pair of races of the season, where he ultimately lost the championship to Ed Jones by two points. Urrutia won four races on his way to second place in the championship. He returned to the series in 2017 with Belardi Auto Racing. He scored two wins and six second place finishes, finishing runner-up to Kyle Kaiser.

In 2019 Urrutia raced in the European TCR series for Team WRT, coming third in the championship and named Rookie of the Year. He was due to return to the Indy Lights in 2020, but the season was cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and would contest the opening round of the Formula Regional Americas Championship in its' place, scoring a podium finish. The Uruguayan then took part in a test for Cyan Racing's World Touring Car Cup team, and was later signed for their 2020 campaign alongside Thed Björk.[4]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2011	Formula Abarth Italian Series	Island Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	4	18th
	Formula Abarth European Series		4	0	0	0	0	5	21st
2012	Formula Abarth European Series	BVM	24	3	1	3	11	207	4th
	Formula Abarth Italian Series		18	3	1	3	9	158	4th
2013	European F3 Open	RP Motorsport	16	2	1	3	8	191	4th
2014	GP3 Series	Koiranen GP	18	0	0	0	0	0	23rd
2015	Pro Mazda Championship	Team Pelfrey	16	3	2	0	10	355	1st
2016	Indy Lights	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	18	4	3	3	7	361	2nd
2017	Indy Lights	Belardi Auto Racing	16	2	1	3	9	310	2nd
2018	Indy Lights		17	2	1	0	8	395	3rd
2019	TCR Europe Touring Car Series	Team WRT	14	0	0	1	2	234	3rd
	TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship		10	0	0	1	4	237	4th
2020	Formula Regional Americas Championship	HMD Motorsports	2	0	0	0	1	15	11th*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete GP3 Series 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	Pos	Points
2014	Koiranen GP	CAT FEA 21	CAT SPR 13	RBR FEA 16	RBR SPR 12	SIL FEA Ret	SIL SPR 14	HOC FEA 22	HOC SPR 18	HUN FEA 12	HUN SPR Ret	SPA FEA 13	SPA SPR 18	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR 15	SOC FEA 14	SOC SPR 12	YMC FEA 11	YMC SPR 12	23rd	0

American open-wheel racing results

Pro Mazda Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
2015	Team Pelfrey	STP 2	STP 4	LOU 1	LOU C	BAR 3	BAR 2	IMS 4	IMS 3	IMS 1	LOR 15	TOR 7	TOR 4	IOW 5	MOH 1	MOH 3	LAG 2	LAG 2	1st	355

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points
2016	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	STP 4	STP 13	PHX 4	ALA 11	ALA 1	IMS 2	IMS 2	INDY 14	RDA 9	RDA 1	IOW 5	TOR 4	TOR 4	MDO 1	MDO 1	WGL 12	LAG 5	LAG 2	2nd	361
2017	Belardi Auto Racing	STP 13	STP 2	ALA 15	ALA 13	IMS 7	IMS 2	INDY 5	RDA 2	RDA 11	IOW 2	TOR 3	TOR 11	MDO 1	MDO 2	GMP 1	WGL 2			2nd	310
2018	Belardi Auto Racing	STP 2	STP 1	ALA 3	ALA 5	IMS 2	IMS 4	INDY 4	RDA 4	RDA 7	IOW 3	TOR 2	TOR 1	MDO 6	MDO 4	GTW 4	POR 4	POR 3		3rd	395

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2019	Team WRT	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 6	HOC 1 6	HOC 2 5	SPA 1 2	SPA 2 24	RBR 1 Ret	RBR 2 7	OSC 1 15	OSC 2 5	CAT 1 3	CAT 2 17	MNZ 1 4	MNZ 2 6	3rd	234

References

1. "Santi is 16 and he knows where he is going". Motormario.com. April 5, 2013. (in Spanish)
2. "RP Motorsport confirms its driver line-up for 2013". European F3 Open Championship. GT Sport. January 31, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
3. "Santiago Urrutia a la IndyLights". Velocidad Total. Velocidad Total. January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016. (in Spanish)
4. "Santiago Urrutia completes Lynk & Co Cyan Racing line-up". TouringCarTimes. 28 July 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Santiago Urrutia career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Spencer Pigot	Pro Mazda Championship Champion 2015	Succeeded by Aaron Telitz