Santiago Urrutia


Santiago Urrutia Lausarot is an Uruguayan racing driver.

Biography

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 returned to the series in 2017 with Belardi Auto Racing. He scored two wins and six second place finishes, finishing runner-up to Kyle Kaiser.
In 2019 Urrutia raced in the European TCR series for Team WRT, coming third in the championship and named Rookie of the Year.
In 2020 Urrutia was due to return to the Indy Lights series, however since that was cancelled he is racing in Formula Regional Americas.

Racing record

Career summary

* Season still in progress.

Complete GP3 Series results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2014Koiranen GPCAT
FEA
21		CAT
SPR
13		RBR
FEA
16		RBR
SPR
12		SIL
FEA
Ret		SIL
SPR
14		HOC
FEA
22		HOC
SPR
18		HUN
FEA
12		HUN
SPR
Ret		SPA
FEA
13		SPA
SPR
18		MNZ
FEA
Ret		MNZ
SPR
15		SOC
FEA
14		SOC
SPR
12		YMC
FEA
11		YMC
SPR
12		23rd0

American open-wheel racing results

Pro Mazda Championship

Indy Lights

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314DCPoints
2019Team WRTAudi RS 3 LMS TCRHUN
1
Ret		HUN
2
6		HOC
1
6		HOC
2
5		SPA
1
2		SPA
2
24		RBR
1
Ret		RBR
2
7		OSC
1
15		OSC
2
5		CAT
1
3		CAT
2
17		MNZ
1
4		MNZ
2
6		3rd234