Luiz Felipe Branquinho is a racing driver from Brazil who last raced in Italian F4 for DR Formula. Branquinho has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 18 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,136 ranks Branquinho 7667th of 40,308 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2017-10-20 | Monza | P11 | +11 |
| 2017-10-06 | Mugello | P16 | −28 |
| 2017-10-06 | Mugello | P8 | +56 |
| 2017-10-06 | Mugello | P14 | −21 |
| 2017-09-08 | Imola | P13 | −53 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +55 | Mugello 2017 | Italian F4 | P8 |
| +48 | Adria 2017 | Italian F4 | P9 |
| +43 | Mugello 2017 | Italian F4 | P11 |
| +28 | Imola 2017 | Italian F4 | P12 |
| +11 | Monza 2017 | Italian F4 | P11 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | ▸Italian F4 | DR Formula | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | ↑1,425−185 | 3,136 |
| 2014 | ▸SKUSA SuperNationals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | +546 | 1,896 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇳🇿 Marcus ArmstrongFIA Gold | 6,019 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 6% |
| 🇦🇷 Giorgio Carrara | 3,934 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 35% |
| 🇮🇹 Leonardo Lorandi | 3,903 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0% |
| 🇨🇭 Giacomo Bianchi | 3,038 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 35% |
| 🇮🇳 Kush MainiFIA Silver | 5,423 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 13% |
| 🇬🇹 Ian Geoffrey Rodriguez | 3,957 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 25% |
| 🇮🇹 Lorenzo ColomboFIA Gold | 5,314 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 7% |
| 🇩🇪 Lirim ZendeliFIA Silver | 4,600 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0% |
| 🇮🇹 Andrea Dell'Accio | 2,547 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 87% |
| 🇳🇱 Job Van UitertFIA Gold | 4,837 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 14% |
| 🇧🇷 Felipe DrugovichFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 5,653 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇧🇷 Enzo FittipaldiFIA Gold, 1× champion | 5,324 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7,657 | 🇩🇪 Aaron Wenisch | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,137 |
| 7,658 | 🇩🇰 Christian Stubbe Olsen | Le Mans Cup | 3,137 |
| 7,659 | 🇺🇸 Dave Lind | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,137 |
| 7,660 | 🏳️ Oleksandr Partyshev | Formula Regional European | 3,137 |
| 7,661 | 🇺🇸 Sean Corr | ARCA Menards Series | 3,137 |
| 7,662 | 🇯🇵 Yamatatsu | GT World Challenge Asia | 3,137 |
| 7,663 | 🇺🇸 Brad Gross | Trans-Am TA2 | 3,136 |
| 7,664 | 🇺🇸 Brandon Sperling | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,136 |
| 7,665 | 🏳️ David Pintaric | Trans-Am | 3,136 |
| 7,666 | 🇲🇽 Enrique Baca | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,136 |
| 7,667 | 🇧🇷 Luiz Felipe Branquinho | Italian F4 | 3,136 |
| 7,668 | 🇬🇧 Luke Hilton | GB4 | 3,136 |
| 7,669 | 🇧🇪 Michael De Keersmaecker | FIA GT Championship | 3,136 |
| 7,670 | 🇧🇪 Patrick Smets | FIA GT Championship | 3,136 |
| 7,671 | 🏳️ Peter Stingray | Star Mazda Championship | 3,136 |
| 7,672 | 🇿🇦 Arnold Neveling | 24H Series | 3,135 |
| 7,673 | 🇳🇱 Dennis Retera | 24H Series | 3,135 |
| 7,674 | 🇦🇷 Francisco Monarca | Spanish F4 | 3,135 |
| 7,675 | 🏳️ Nikolaj Rogivue | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,135 |
| 7,676 | 🇺🇸 Ugo Colombo | FIA GT Championship | 3,135 |
| 7,677 | 🇬🇧 Anthony Vince | 24H Series | 3,134 |
Luiz Felipe Branquinho is a retired Brazilian racing driver with a short career spanning four seasons from 2014 to 2017. He contested 18 races across two series: a single appearance at the 2014 SKUSA SuperNationals and a concentrated campaign in Italian Formula 4 during 2017 with DR Formula, where he started 17 times. His rating of 2,937 places him among club-level drivers in competitive national and regional single-seater fields.[1]
Branquinho's record in Italian F4 revealed a competitive gap against the field. He averaged a finishing position of P14 across his classified starts and failed to secure a podium finish in any outing. His head-to-head records against regular rivals showed consistent difficulty; he finished behind Leonardo Lorandi in all 17 shared races and trailed Kush Maini, an FIA Silver graded driver, in 14 of 16 encounters. Against Giorgio Carrara and Giacomo Bianchi, both drivers operating at a similar level, Branquinho achieved a slight edge but still ran behind them more often than ahead. His only notable result came a single finish ahead of Marcus Armstrong, an FIA Gold graded driver and former champion, though this was exceptional within a pattern of 16 defeats to the same rival across 17 races.
Branquinho's career ended after the 2017 Italian F4 season with no wins or podiums recorded across all competition. His time in the sport coincided with DR Formula's period of operation as a mid-tier team, which itself produced limited success in the broader context of Italian F4 competition.