Luís Sá Silva | |
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Nationality | Angolan |
Born |
Benguela (Angola) |
23 August 1990
GP3 Series career | |
Debut season | 2013 |
Current team | Carlin |
Car no. | 12 |
Starts | 34 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 19th in 2014 |
Previous series | |
2012 2012 2012 2011 2010 2010 2009 2007-2008 |
Formula 3 Euro Series Macau Grand Prix British Formula 3 Championship Formula Pilota China German Formula 3 Championship Austria Formula 3 Cup Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Asian Formula Renault Challenge |
Luís Jorge Sá Silva (born 23 August 1990 in Benguela) is an Angolan racing driver currently competing in the GP3 Series with Carlin.
He competes under a Macanese competition licence, as the Angolan motorsport federation (FADM — Federação Angolana de Desportos Motorizados) is not recognised by the FIA to issue the Grade A competition license that he requires.
Luís Sá Silva contested the Asian Formula Renault Challenge series from 2007 until 2009. During the 2009 season, he won six races and started from pole four times, ultimately finishing in second place overall.
After a short spell contesting Formula Three championships in Europe throughout 2010, Sá Silva returned to Asia for the Formula Pilota China series in 2011. Sá Silva recorded two wins and three podiums to finish second overall, some sixty-five points behind series winner Mathéo Tuscher.
In 2012, Sá Silva returned to Europe to begin a widespread Formula Three campaign that included the Formula 3 Euro Series, the Macau Grand Prix and Masters of Formula 3, and guest appearances in the British Formula 3 Championship. Driving a Dallara chassis powered by a Mercedes-Benz engine that was prepared by the Prema Powerteam, Sá Silva endured a difficult season, in which he scored just fourteen points in the Euro Series, with a best result of seventh place at the Nürburgring.