Sebastián Fernández (racing driver)
Sebastián Fernández Wahbeh is a Venezuelan–Spanish racing driver. He competed in the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Campos Racing. Fernández will remain in the championship for the 2020 season, moving to ART Grand Prix.Racing career
Lower formulae
Fernández spent his first two seasons in single-seaters in the Italian, German, Spanish and Emirati Formula 4 champonships. He scored his first victory in the penultimate race of the 2016 Italian F4 Championship at Monza, while in 2017 he would win five races and finish 4th in the standings.2018 would see Fernández competing in the final season of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship for the Motopark team. Even though he had prior experience with the team, having driven for them in the 2016-17 Formula 4 UAE Championship, he would only manage to achieve two points finishes and would eventually come 21st in the driver's championship.Despite this, Fernández was signed by Campos Racing for the inaugural Formula 3 campaign. He would do even worse than in the season before and score no points, with a 12th place in Barcelona being his best result. He would finish 27th is the championship, the third lowest out of all drivers who competed in every event.
The ART Grand Prix team signed Fernández to partner Frenchman Théo Pourchaire and Russian Aleksandr Smolyar for the 2020 season. Fernández took pole position, his first in FIA Formula 3, at the opening round at the Red Bull Ring. However, he was eliminated from the race after a collision at the first turn.Racing record
† As Fernández was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.| Year | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points | Ref |
| 2018 | Motopark | Volkswagen | PAU
1
Ret | PAU
2
15 | PAU
3
17 | HUN
1
14 | HUN
2
19 | HUN
3
12 | NOR
1
15 | NOR
2
20 | NOR
3
10 | ZAN
1
18 | ZAN
2
14 | ZAN
3
12 | SPA
1
14 | SPA
2
13 | SPA
3
8 | SIL
1
15 | SIL
2
14 | SIL
3
Ret | MIS
1
17 | MIS
2
15 | MIS
3
Ret | NÜR
1
11 | NÜR
2
Ret | NÜR
3
16 | RBR
1
15 | RBR
2
Ret | RBR
3
16 | HOC
1
18 | HOC
2
15 | HOC
3
12 | 21st | 5 | |
Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Points |
| 2019 | Campos Racing | CAT
FEA
16 | CAT
SPR
12 | LEC
FEA
Ret | LEC
SPR
Ret | RBR
FEA
24 | RBR
SPR
Ret | SIL
FEA
20 | SIL
SPR
14 | HUN
FEA
13 | HUN
SPR
23 | SPA
FEA
25 | SPA
SPR
13 | MNZ
FEA
18 | MNZ
SPR
26 | SOC
FEA
16 | SOC
SPR
24† | | | 27th | 0 |
| 2020 | ART Grand Prix | RBR1
FEA
Ret | RBR1
SPR
13 | RBR2
FEA
13 | RBR2
SPR
9 | HUN
FEA
5 | HUN
SPR
8 | SIL1
FEA
7 | SIL1
SPR
22 | SIL2
FEA
| SIL2
SPR
| CAT
FEA
| CAT
SPR
| SPA
FEA
| SPA
SPR
| MNZ
FEA
| MNZ
SPR
| MUG
FEA
| MUG
SPR
| 12th* | 25* |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
* Season still in progress.
