Igor Fraga
Igor Omura Fraga (born September 26, 1998, in Kanazawa) is a *anese-born Brazilian racing driver, esports player, and former member of the Red Bull Junior Team. He was the 2020 Toyota Racing Series champion, winning the *le by six points ahead of Liam Lawson. He recently competed in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship with Charouz Racing System.
Fraga has achieved success in esports as well, winning the inaugural FIA Gran Turismo Nations Cup and McLaren Shadow Project racing series in 2018. He has also competed in the 2017 Formula One eSports Series but without much success.
Contents
- 1 Racing career
- 1.1 In motorsport
- 1.2 In esports
- 2 Personal life
- 3 Karting record
- 3.1 Karting career summary
- 4 Racing record
- 4.1 Career summary
- 4.2 Complete U.S. F2000 National Championship results
- 4.3 Complete Formula Regional European Championship results
- 4.4 Complete Toyota Racing Series results
- 4.5 Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Racing career
In motorsport
Fraga began his career through karting in 2004 at the Biwako SL Series. He won the Kids Karting cl* championship during consecutive years in 2004 and 2005, and continued to win the Mini ROK cl* championships in 2006 and 2007. Fraga would later win the 2008 Asian Karting Open Championship in the Mini ROK cl* the following year.
Fraga raced in Formula 3 Brasil for three years, all with Prop Car Racing. Fraga's first season in 2015 did not start well, retiring in its first three races under Cl* B. At the following race, he finished eighth overall, and third in cl*. Fraga would earn a total of two pole positions, four fastest laps, nine podiums, and four cl* wins in the season and would finish third in Cl* B with 117 points. In 2016, Fraga was promoted to Cl* A, but only raced in four races, those being the first event at the Velopark and the last event at Interlagos. He would finish eleventh in the Cl* A standings, with one podium and 19 points. Fraga would return to the newly renamed Academy cl* in 2017. Fraga won the cl*, finishing the season with 190 points, with seven pole positions, seven fastest laps, 13 podiums, and 10 cl* wins. Simultaneously with Formula 3 Brasil, Fraga also raced in NACAM Formula 4 Championship in 2017. In his only season in 2017–18, Fraga finished second overall and earned 286 points, with five pole positions, seven fastest laps, 12 podiums, and six race wins.
In 2018, Fraga participated in the U.S. F2000 National Championship. He ended the season in fourth overall, with three podiums and 213 points. In 2019, Fraga made his European debut in the inaugural Formula Regional European Championship, winning four races and finishing 3rd and therefore best of the non-Prema drivers.
Fraga competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Charouz Racing System in 2020, partnering Roman Staněk and David Schumacher. Having only scored one point throughout the season, Fraga was set to switch to Hitech Grand Prix at the final round in Mugello, replacing Max Fewtrell, but Charouz would not authorize the move, which would place Fraga on the sidelines for the finale. He would finish the season in 24th.
In March of that year, Fraga was named as a new signing to the Red Bull Junior Team, after winning the Toyota Racing Series championship in 2020, beating out fellow Red Bull Junior Liam Lawson. He was released from the programme following the 2020 season.
In esports
In 2017, Fraga qualified for the first Formula One Esports Series final, having finished 4th and 2nd in his Heat group. His results in the final however weren't as good, finishing the three races 14th, 18th and scored six points in the last race where he finished 15th. He ended the final 18th out of 20 drivers.
Fraga has participated in the FIA-Certified Gran Turismo Championships, and made his first appearance in the series in the inaugural 2018 season, participating in the Nations Cup. On the build-up to the World Final, Igor Fraga won the Americas regional final event in Las Vegas, finishing first overall with 43 points in three races and securing a World Final spot. Fraga would take the inaugural Nations Cup championship in the World Final in Monaco with 54 points. Fraga returned to the series in 2019 for both Nations Cup and Manufacturer Series championships. A first corner spin in Red Bull Ring at the first semi-final of the World Final sent Fraga to last place and he would later be eliminated in the Nations Cup as a result, finishing 10th. He later won that year's Manufacturer Series championship for Toyota with teammates Rayan Derrouiche and Tomoaki Yamanaka. Fraga returned for the rebooted 2020 season in both compe*ive series. He did not qualify for the World Finals for the Nations Cup, but did finish 4th overall in the World Finals for the Manufacturer Series alongside Shohei Sugimori and Valerio Gallo.
Fraga competed in the inaugural McLaren Shadow Project in 2018 and won the series, beating runners-up Nuno Pinto and Miguel Ballester in the grand final.
In 2021, Fraga would compete in the inaugural Olympic Virtual Series, participating in the 'Motor Sport' event in the Gran Turismo Sport game. Fraga scored a 2nd-place finish in the first race, but would not be able to complete the following two races due to a network problem, which he later clarified on his Twitter.
Personal life
Fraga was born in Kanazawa, *an to Brazilian parents. He currently resides in Ipatinga, Brazil. Fraga is a multilinguist, capable of speaking Portuguese, English, *anese, and Spanish.
Karting record
Karting career summary
Racing record
Career summary
Complete U.S. F2000 National Championship results
Complete Formula Regional European Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Toyota Racing Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
- Igor Fraga career summary at DriverDB.com