Luís Sá Silva

Luís Sá Silva
Born	(1990-08-23) August 23, 1990 Benguela, Angola
Occupation	Racing driver
Years active	2007–2016

Luís Jorge Sá Silva (born 23 August 1990 in Benguela) is a retired motorsport competitor from Angola. He raced using a Macanese license because the Angolan motorsport authority (FADM) lacks FIA recognition to grant the Grade A competition license he required.

Asian Formula Renault

Between 2007 and 2009, Sá Silva took part in the Asian Formula Renault Challenge. In the 2009 season, he achieved six victories and secured four pole positions, ultimately finishing as the runner-up in the championship standings.

Formula Pilota China

Following his participation in European Formula Three competitions in 2010, Sá Silva returned to Asia for the 2011 Formula Pilota China championship. During that season, he won two races and earned three podium finishes, concluding the year in second place behind champion Mathéo Tuscher by a margin of sixty-five points.

Formula 3

Sá Silva resumed racing in European Formula Three events throughout 2012, competing in series such as the Formula 3 Euro Series, the Macau Grand Prix, and selected rounds of the British Formula 3 Championship. Piloting a Dallara chassis powered by a Mercedes-Benz engine prepared by Prema Powerteam, he accumulated fourteen points in the Euro Series, with his highest placement being seventh at the Nürburgring circuit.

At the 2012 Masters of Formula 3, Sá Silva qualified eighteenth and finished in the same position, trailing winner Daniel Juncadella by four laps. In the 2012 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three, he started twenty-seventh on the grid and ended twenty-third after a last-lap collision; having completed over 90% of the race distance, he was classified accordingly.

As a guest entrant in British Formula 3 races at Norisring and Spa-Francorchamps, Sá Silva was not eligible to earn championship points. His top finish was fifteenth at Norisring, which would not have yielded points even if eligibility had applied.

GP3 Series (2013/2014)

Sá Silva competed with Carlin in the GP3 Series during both 2013 and 2014 seasons. His 2013 campaign concluded with a 23rd place overall standing, with three twelfth-place finishes as his best outcomes. The following year, he improved to nineteenth position, scoring points in two events.

Career summary

  |'align=left   Auto GP     |'align=left   Zele Racing     |'2     |'0   |'0   |'0   |'1   |'21   |'16th

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2007	Asian Formula Renault Challenge	Champ Motorsports	12	0	0	0	1	64	14th
2008	Asian Formula Renault Challenge		13	0	0	0	3	193	4th
2009	Asian Formula Renault Challenge	Asia Racing Team	12	6	2	4	7	287	2nd
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Krenek Motorsport	14	0	0	0	0	44	21st
2010	ATS Formel 3 Cup	China Sonangol (Motopark Academy)	5	0	0	0	0	0	19th
	Austria Formula 3 Cup	Sonangol Motopark (Motopark Academy)	4	1	2	3	2	35	9th
2011	Formula Pilota China	Asia Racing Team	12	2	0	0	3	124	2nd
2012	Formula 3 Euro Series	Angola Racing Team (Prema Powerteam)	21	0	0	0	0	14	14th
	British Formula 3 International Series		5	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Macau Grand Prix (Formula Three)		2	0	0	0	0	N/A	23rd
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	18th
2013	GP3 Series	Carlin	16	0	0	0	0	0	23rd
rowspan=2  2014   |'align=left  GP3 Series     |'align=left  Carlin     |'18     |'0     |'0     |'0     |'0     |'6     |'19th
2015	'align=left Auto GP	'align=left Zele Racing	'4	'1	'0	'0	'2	'53	'style="background:#FFDF9F;" 3rd
2016	'align=left Auto GP Formula Open	'align=left Zele Racing	'2	'0	'0	'1	'1	'29	'6th

† As Sá Silva participated as a guest driver, he was not eligible to accumulate points.

Full Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Results

(key) (Entries in bold denote pole position) (Entries in italics signify fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	D.C.	Points
2009	Krenek Motorsport	ZAN 1 17th	ZAN 2 Retired	HOC 1 18th	HOC 2 14th	ALA 1 Retired	ALA 2 16th	OSC 1 Retired	OSC 2 18th	ASS 1 15th	ASS 2 Retired	MST 1 Retired	MST 2 Retired	NÜR 1 16th	NÜR 2 10th			21st	44

Complete GP3 Series Results

(key) (Entries in bold represent pole position) (Entries in italics denote fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	D.C.	Points
2013	Carlin	CAT FEA 13th	CAT SPR 12th	VAL FEA Retired	VAL SPR 22nd	SIL FEA 17th	SIL SPR 12th	NÜR FEA Retired	NÜR SPR 22nd	HUN FEA Retired	HUN SPR 22nd	SPA FEA 12th	SPA SPR 21†	MNZ < br > FEA < br > Ret	MNZ < br > SPR < br > 19th	YMC < br > FEA < br > 18th	YMC < br > SPR < br > 17th			23rd	0
2014	Carlin	CAT < br > FEA < br > 16th	CAT < br > SPR < br > 10th	RBR < br > FEA < br > 8th	RBR < br > SPR < br > 22nd	SIL < br > FEA < br > 18th	SIL < br > SPR < br > 9th	HOC < br > FEA < br > 17th	HOC < br > SPR < br > 10th	HUN < br > FEA < br > 17th	HUN < br > SPR < br > 18th	style = " background: #CFCFFF; " | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps  SPA SPR  Template:Small 23†	style = " Background: # CFCFFF; " Autodromo Nazionale Monza MNZ FEA Template:Small 14th	style = " Background: # DFFFDF; " Autodromo Nazionale Monza MNZ SPR Template:Small 7th	style = " Background: # CFCFFF; " Sochi Autodrom SOC FEA Template:Small 17th	style = " Background: # CFCFFF; " Sochi Autodrom SOC SPR Template:Small 15th	style = " Background: # EFCFFF; " Yas Marina Circuit YMC FEA Template:Small Retired	style = " Background: # CFCFFF; " Yas Marina Circuit YMC SPR Template:Small 17th	19th	6

^† Classified despite not finishing, having completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Full Auto GP Results

(key) (Events shown in bold denote pole position) (Events in italics represent fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final Standing	Points
2014	Zele Racing	MAR 1	MAR 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	EST 1 7	EST 2 2	16th	21
2015	Zele Racing	HUN 1 6	HUN 2 4	SIL 1 3	SIL 2 1													3rd‡	53‡
2016	Zele Racing	ADR 1 5†	ADR 2 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	ASS 1	ASS 2	BRN 1	BRN 2	IMO 1	IMO 2							6th	29

^‡ Ranking at the time the season was discontinued.