Santiago Urrutia (driver)
| Santiago Urrutia | |
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Santiago Urrutia at the 2017 Freedom 100
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| Nationality |
 Uruguayan |
| Born |
30 August 1996 Miguelete, Uruguay |
| Indy Lights career | |
| Debut season | 2016 |
| Current team | Belardi Auto Racing |
| Car no. | 5 |
| Former teams | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports |
| Starts | 34 |
| Wins | 6 |
| Poles | 4 |
| Fastest laps | 6 |
| Best finish | 2nd in 2016, 2017 |
| Previous series | |
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2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 |
Pro Mazda Championship GP3 Series European F3 Open Formula Abarth Formula Abarth |
| Championship titles | |
| 2015 | Pro Mazda Championship |
Santiago Urrutia Lausarot (born 30 August 1996 in Miguelete, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan racing driver.
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.
In 2013 he took part in the European F3 Open Championship, 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 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 returns to the series in 2017 with Belardi Auto Racing.
() (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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