Caio Collet

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Caio Collet
File:Caio Collet, interview.jpg
Collet in 2020
Nationality Brazil Brazilian
Born (2002-04-03) 3 April 2002 (age 22)
São Paulo, Brazil
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season 2021
Current team Van Amersfoort Racing
Car no. 17
Former teams MP Motorsport
Starts 42 (43 entries)
Wins 2
Poles 1
Fastest laps 2
Best finish 8th in 2022
Previous series
2020
2019–20
2018
2018
2017–18		 Toyota Racing Series
Formula Renault Eurocup
ADAC Formula 4
French F4 Championship
Formula 4 UAE Championship
Championship titles
2018 French F4 Championship

Caio Jotta Collet (born 3 April 2002) is a Brazilian racing driver who is currently competing in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for Van Amersfoort Racing. He is the champion of the 2018 French F4 Championship and a former member of the Alpine Academy.

Career

Karting

Collet began his career in karting at the age of seven, claiming multiple titles in his native Brazil, before moving to Europe where his performances led him to being signed to the Birel ART team in 2016 and eventually Nicolas Todt's All Road Management scheme.[1][2][3]

Lower formulae

At the start of 2018 Collet made his single-seater debut for Silberpfeil Energy Dubai in the 2017–18 Formula 4 UAE Championship.[4] Collet impressed as he finished his first race in 3rd position behind Leon Köhler and David Schumacher, Collet only competed in the 3rd and 4th rounds of the season however in those seven races he finished on the podium in every race bar one. This amounted in 124 points and 6th position, his only win came at round 4, race 3 where he beat Moroccan Sami Taoufik and Finn William Alatalo to the top step of the podium.

File:Coupes de Pâques 2018 82 (cropped Nr 23).jpg
Collet racing in the 2018 French F4 Championship.

Racing under the number 23, Collet was the only Brazilian on the French F4 grid in 2018.[5] Collet finished the first four races on the podium including his first of seven wins that season. Collet had the opportunity to win the championship a round early at Jerez, In the first race Collet took pole and slowly built is advantage over Adam Eteki who qualified second. The race finished Collet 1st, Leclerc 2nd and guest driver Ghiretti finished 3rd. In the reverse grid race Collet started 10th due to his win the round previously where he climbed through the field to finish 5th between De Pauw and Leclerc. A dominant final race which he won confirmed his place as Champion regardless of where his rivals finished that race.[6] Collet collected 303.5 points that season along with 11 podiums and 3 pole positions, he finished with 66.5 more than closest championship rival Ugo de Wilde. This gained Collet a place in the Renault Young Driver Program.[7]

Formula Renault Eurocup

2019

Due to his success in the 2018 French F4 Championship, Collet was given a drive in the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup championship with R-ace GP alongside Oscar Piastri, Aleksandr Smolyar and Grégoire Saucy.[8] Collet finished on the podium for the first time in round three at Monaco where he finished 3rd. Collet would go on to finish the season with 5 podiums, the best of which was second place at Spa-Francorchamps, 5th was the eventual finish position of Collet with 207 points which was 113 points behind champion and teammate Piastri.

2020

Collet would remain with R-ace GP for the 2020 season. His season started out in strong fashion, with three podiums in the first three races, which included his first Eurocup victory at the Imola Circuit.[9] Though at the third round at the Nürburgring the Brazilian missed out on the podium altogether, as his former Renault stablemate Victor Martins took both wins.[10] The next few rounds would see first and second-place finishes from Collet and Martins at Magny-Cours and Zandvoort respectively,[11][12][13] however, at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya the Frenchman was able to regain control of the championship with two victories.[14] The seventh event of the season at Spa-Francorchamps was even worse for Collet's title hopes, as, for the first time in four rounds he didn't end up on the rostrum, whilst his rival did.[15] In round eight at Imola Collet bounced back and won race one, but was taken out from second place on the first lap by David Vidales, losing more ground to the French ART driver.[16][17] And although the Brazilian won race one at Hockenheim he wasn't able to get any closer to Martins in the standings, due to a mechanical issue in the second race.[18][19] At the penultimate race of the season Martins clinched the title, with 44 points splitting Martins and Collet at the end of the year.[20][21]

Toyota Racing Series

Collet competed in the 2020 Toyota Racing Series for MTEC Motorsport.[22] At the first race he almost had the perfect race with pole, fastest lap and the race win however he performed a practice start on the formation lap meaning his win was inherited to Kiwi Liam Lawson as Collet got a 5-second penalty meaning he finished 7th.[23] Collet eventually won a race at the next round at Teretonga Park, which was his first and only victory and podium that campaign. Collet finished seventh with 219 points.[24]

FIA Formula 3

2021

File:FIA F3 Austria 2021 Nr. 18 Collet.jpg
Collet driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2021 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

In October 2020, Collet joined the post-season test at Catalunya partaking with MP Motorsport on the second day and achieving a P10 finish in the afternoon session.[25][26] Later that month, Collet joined reigning team champions Prema Racing for the first day of the second post-season test at Jerez.[27] On 10 February 2021, it was announced that Collet would race for MP Motorsport in the 2021 season, partnering Formula Renault title rival Victor Martins and Dutchman Tijmen van der Helm.[28] Similar to his 2020 season, Collet's campaign would start with third place in Barcelona, after which he went on to score two further points finishes in that round.[29] The following round in France Collet scored his maiden podium in a feature race, earning himself 15 points through another third place.[30] The Brazilian couldn't keep his form up as he only scored six points from the next six races at Spielberg and Budapest, but after finishing ninth in the first race at Spa he ended up in the top five in the following six races. Collet ended his campaign in ninth place, second-highest of all rookies, and was just four places behind teammate Martins.

2022

File:FIA F3 Austria 2022 Nr. 10 Collet.jpg
Collet driving for MP Motorsport during the 2022 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

Collet was retained by MP Motorsport for the 2022 season.[31]

2023

Despite not appearing in the previous year's post-season test, Collet switched to Van Amersfoort Racing for his third Formula 3 season in 2023.[32]

Formula One

In 2019, Collet was signed by the Renault Sport Academy.[33] Collet was included in the academy's line-up when it was rebranded to Alpine F1 Team in 2021.[34] At the start of 2023, Collet was dropped from the academy.[35] Despite that, Collet explained that he was "still linked to Alpine" and is "still in contact".[36]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2012 500 Milas de Kart — Mini Max 2nd
500 Milas de Kart — Cadete 2nd
2013 Copa Brasil de Kart — Júnior Menor SP 2nd
2014 Copa Brasil de Kart — Júnior Menor 2nd
Florida Winter Tour — Rotax Mini Max 2nd
2015 Florida Winter Tour — Rotax Junior 5th
Florida Winter Tour — Junior ROK 23rd
WSK Super Master Series — KFJ Kosmic Racing Dept. 31st
CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ 6th
CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ 3rd
Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Junior Renato Russo 3rd
2016 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ Birel ART Racing Srl 23rd
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ 4th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ 6th
WSK Final Cup — OKJ 27th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ NC
2017 South Garda Winter Cup — OK Birel ART Racing Srl 34th
WSK Champions Cup — OK 31st
WSK Super Master Series — OK 15th
Coupe de France — OK 8th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 28th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 25th
SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Senior 15th

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2017–18 Formula 4 UAE Championship Silberpfeil Energy Dubai 7 1 2 3 6 124 6th
2018 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 20 7 3 7 11 303.5 1st
ADAC F4 Championship Prema Theodore Racing 3 0 0 0 0 18 16th
2019 Formula Renault Eurocup R-ace GP 20 0 0 0 6 207 5th
2020 Formula Renault Eurocup R-ace GP 20 5 3 4 12 304 2nd
Toyota Racing Series mtec motorsport 15 1 1 2 1 219 7th
2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship MP Motorsport 20 0 0 0 2 93 9th
2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship MP Motorsport 18 2 1 2 5 88 8th
2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 4 0 0 0 1 8 13th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete French F4 Championship results

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

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pos Points
2018 NOG
1
3		 NOG
2
2		 NOG
3
3		 PAU
1
1		 PAU
2
6		 PAU
3
1		 SPA
1
Ret		 SPA
2
4		 SPA
3
2		 DIJ
1
4		 DIJ
2
4		 DIJ
3
1		 MAG
1
1		 MAG
2
3		 MAG
3
1		 JER
1
1		 JER
2
5		 JER
3
1		 LEC
1
3		 LEC
2
4		 LEC
3
5		 1st 303.5

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup 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 Pos Points
2019 R-ace GP MNZ
1
12		 MNZ
2
7		 SIL
1
5		 SIL
2
4		 MON
1
3		 MON
2
4		 LEC
1
5		 LEC
2
4		 SPA
1
8		 SPA
2
2		 NÜR
1
6		 NÜR
2
3		 HUN
1
4		 HUN
2
4		 CAT
1
4		 CAT
2
7		 HOC
1
3		 HOC
2
3		 YMC
1
8		 YMC
2
3		 5th 207
2020 R-ace GP MNZ
1
3		 MNZ
2
1		 IMO
1
2		 IMO
2
5		 NÜR
1
6		 NÜR
2
4		 MAG
1
1		 MAG
2
2		 ZAN
1
2		 ZAN
2
1		 CAT
1
2		 CAT
2
2		 SPA
1
7‡		 SPA
2
6		 IMO
1
1		 IMO
2
Ret		 HOC
1
1		 HOC
2
Ret		 LEC
1
2		 LEC
2
4		 2nd 304

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Toyota Racing Series 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 DC Points
2020 M2 Competition HIG
1
7		 HIG
2
Ret		 HIG
3
DNS		 TER
1
1		 TER
2
8		 TER
3
5		 HMP
1
4		 HMP
2
6		 HMP
3
4		 PUK
1
Ret		 PUK
2
14		 PUK
3
7		 MAN
1
4		 MAN
2
6		 MAN
3
4		 7th 219

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2021 MP Motorsport CAT
1
3		 CAT
2
5		 CAT
3
8		 LEC
1
13		 LEC
2
Ret		 LEC
3
3		 RBR
1
17		 RBR
2
17		 RBR
3
7		 HUN
1
20		 HUN
2
12		 HUN
3
16		 SPA
1
9		 SPA
2
4		 SPA
3
4		 ZAN
1
5		 ZAN
2
4		 ZAN
3
5		 SOC
1
5		 SOC
2
C		 SOC
3
Ret		 9th 93
2022 MP Motorsport BHR
SPR
7		 BHR
FEA
Ret		 IMO
SPR
24†		 IMO
FEA
11		 CAT
SPR
3		 CAT
FEA
7		 SIL
SPR
11		 SIL
FEA
4		 RBR
SPR
2		 RBR
FEA
27		 HUN
SPR
1		 HUN
FEA
9		 SPA
SPR
10		 SPA
FEA
6		 ZAN
SPR
1		 ZAN
FEA
7		 MNZ
SPR
3		 MNZ
FEA
20		 8th 88
2023 Van Amersfoort Racing BHR
SPR
3		 BHR
FEA
14		 MEL
SPR
21		 MEL
FEA
16		 IMO
SPR		 IMO
FEA		 MON
SPR		 MON
FEA		 CAT
SPR		 CAT
FEA		 RBR
SPR		 RBR
FEA		 SIL
SPR		 SIL
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 SPA
SPR		 SPA
FEA		 MNZ
SPR		 MNZ
FEA		 13th* 8*

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Sporting positions
Preceded by French F4 Championship
Champion
2018		 Succeeded by
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