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🇧🇷 Ricardo Baptista

Racing driver from Brazil. GB3, Xcel Motorsport.
Driver facts
Full name
Ricardo Baptista
Nationality
Brazil
Current team
Xcel Motorsport
Series
GB3
Status
Active
Career wins
0
Career podiums
1
Career starts
18
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
2,851
Ricardo Baptista
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
2,851
Rank 9180 of 38,983 indexed, +33 this season
FIA Categorisation
Bronze
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Ricardo Baptista is a racing driver from Brazil who competes in GB3 for Xcel Motorsport. Baptista has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 18 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 2,851 ranks Baptista 9180th of 38,983 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.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 18 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNF
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-04-25Silverstone GPGB3P14+32
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+32Silverstone GP 2026GB3P14
+27Valencia 2025GT Winter SeriesP3
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸GB3Xcel Motorsport100000—+322,851
2025▸GT World Challenge EuropeComtoyou Racing800000P37↑900−3802,818
▸Spanish F4DXR600000P23−702
▸GT Winter SeriesComtoyou Racing201000P17+1,468
▸Euroformula OpenNielsen Racing100000P20−90
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Baptista finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇧🇪 Kobe PauwelsFIA Silver4,150100100%
🇩🇪 Maro EngelFIA Platinum6,3858080%
🇬🇧 Jordan PepperFIA Gold5,9738080%
🇩🇪 Luca StolzFIA Platinum5,44381713%
🇦🇹 Lucas AuerFIA Platinum5,4438080%
🇩🇪 Sven MüllerFIA Gold5,3528080%
🇨🇭 Patric NiederhauserFIA Platinum5,2578080%
🇧🇪 Maxime MartinFIA Platinum4,93181713%
🇩🇪 Luca EngstlerFIA Gold4,8378080%
🇫🇷 Simon GachetFIA Gold4,65781713%
🇬🇧 Jake DennisFIA Platinum, 1× champion6,24231233%
🇬🇧 Daniel HarperFIA Platinum, 1× champion5,21321150%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
9,170🏳️ Matthew DirksSCCA Majors2,853
9,171🇦🇺 Mrad KamalItalian F42,853
9,172🏳️ Seb HopkinsBritish GT Championship2,853
9,173🇫🇷 Antoine WeilRoad to Le Mans2,852
9,174🏳️ Thiago MarquesStock Car Pro Series2,852
9,175🇬🇧 Darren MALKINLe Mans Cup2,851
9,176🇩🇪 Franz LindenNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie2,851
9,177🇫🇮 Jani Käkelä24H Series2,851
9,178🇩🇪 Jordan WilliamsARCA Menards Series2,851
9,179🇦🇷 Marco DiandaTurismo Carretera2,851
9,180🇧🇷 Ricardo BaptistaGB32,851
9,181🇺🇸 Ruben Caceres-MartosWhelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin2,851
9,182🏳️ Sebastian RistZenith Racing Series2,851
9,183🇬🇧 Aaron Di CombertiADAC Formula 42,850
9,184🏳️ Bex CranstonUSF Juniors2,850
9,185🇵🇹 Gonçalo AraújoGT Winter Series2,850
9,186🏳️ Kyle GreenhillSCCA Majors2,850
9,187🇲🇽 Sebastián FrigoletSpanish F42,850
9,188🇧🇬 Stefan BostandjievGB42,850
9,189🏳️ Trent WalkoZenith Racing Series2,850
9,190🇶🇦 Ahmad Al MuhanadiItalian F42,849
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Ricardo Baptista is a Brazilian driver competing at the competitive amateur level, equivalent to an FIA Bronze grading in endurance and sportscar racing; his Racer Rating of 2,772 places him among developing drivers still establishing themselves in the sport. He holds Bronze status, which designates him as an amateur racing alongside full professionals rather than a professional-level competitor. Across two seasons from 2025 to 2026, Baptista has made 16 starts without recording a win or podium, averaging a finishing position of P28.8 in classified races.[1]

Baptista's racing has centred on GT World Challenge Europe, where he completed eight rounds for Comtoyou Racing in 2025, and a single-seater campaign spanning Spanish F4, Euroformula Open, and GB3. In GT racing he faced a field of established professionals including multiple Platinum-graded drivers such as Maro Engel and Lucas Auer, both 2024 GT World Challenge Europe champions, and Gold-graded competitors like Jordan Pepper and Sven Müller. His head-to-head records against these rivals show consistent difficulty; he finished behind Engel, Pepper, Niederhauser and Müller in all eight shared races, and behind Auer in all eight. He managed single finishes ahead of Platinum drivers Jake Dennis and Luca Stolz, and ahead of fellow Platinum drivers Daniel Harper and Maxime Martin, but these were isolated results rather than indicators of a pattern of competition at that level.[2]

Most recently, Baptista has transitioned into single-seater racing with a first GB3 start scheduled for the 2026 season.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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