Filip-Ioan Ugran (born 12 September 2002) is a

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who last competed in the

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for Algarve Pro Racing. He previously competed in the

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for

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. He has raced in the

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, and is a race winner in the

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and

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championships.

Career

Karting

Ugran made his motorsport debut in karting in 2016, where he remained active until 2018. The Romanian took part in championships such as the

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and the CIK-FIA International Super Cup. He also raced in the 2016 edition of the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy, where he finished 38th.

Lower formulae

2019

In 2019, he made his debut in formula racing in the

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with BVM Racing. He was the only driver in the team to drive the entire season, making for a difficult debut year. Only with a tenth place in the season finale at the

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did he manage to score a point, putting him in 26th place in the standings. He also drove as a guest driver for BVM in a race weekend of the ADAC Formula 4 Championship at the

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, where he finished 14th in both races. At the end of the year, Ugran drove in the season finale of the F4 Spanish Championship at the

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with

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. He finished on the podium in all races, with two second places and one third place, but because he was a guest driver he was not awarded any championship points.

2020

In 2020 Ugran remained active in Italian F4, switching to

. His results improved significantly, and he scored his first win during the second round at the

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. He missed the third round at the

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but was back on the podium during the next round in

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. He collected one more podium during the next round at

. Ugran was on the podium a total of five times during the season, which lead to him finishing eighth in the standings with 133 points. The Romanian also drove for Jenzer in the Spanish F4 race weekend at Le Castellet, where he won two races and finished second in the third. With 55 points, he finished tenth in the standings despite competing in only that one single weekend.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2021

For the 2021 season, Ugran remained with

, but progressed to the

, where he partnered Calan Williams. At the first round in

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the Romanian found himself fighting for positions in the lower midfield, and issues with tyre management in

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as well as troubles with track limits at Spielberg left the Romanian bottom of the standings after the opening third of the season, with the best race result of 21st place. Ugran managed to achieve a then-best finish of 19th in race two in

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and

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, allowing the Romanian to move off the bottom of the table. At the penultimate round in

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Ugran qualified a season-best 21st, and finished 15th in race one, bettering his previous best finishing position by four places. In the second race Ugran managed to end up in 12th at the checkered flag, but was demoted to 24th after the race stewards found him guilty of a collision with

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. The Romanian did not score points in the final weekend at Sochi. Ugran finished 31st in the drivers' standings, the second lowest of all full-timers.

2022

Ugran drove for

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and

during 2021 post-season testing. However he was not selected for any team and left the series. Ugran returned to Formula 3 for the Silverstone round of the championship, replacing Alexander Smolyar, who could not race in the

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due to Visa issues. He finished his races 23rd and 18th, before handing his seat back to Smolyar for the Spielberg round. Ugran ended the year 36th in the standings.

Euroformula Open Championship

Ugran moved to the

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in 2022, signing for

. Ugran did manage one podium during the season, which he placed third in the

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round. However, after four rounds into the season, Van Amersfoort Racing left Euroformula Open with immediate effect, leaving Ugran without a seat. This left him to end ninth in the standings.

European Le Mans Series

Following being left without a drive after the

, he joined the

with Algarve Pro Racing alongside

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for the remaining two rounds of the campaign. Ugran ended both rounds in eighth and fifth place.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Complete CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy results

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Racing record

Racing career summary

^† As Ugran was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† As Ugran was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† As Ugran was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) ^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ugran, Filip 2002 births Living people Romanian racing drivers Italian F4 Championship drivers ADAC Formula 4 drivers Spanish F4 Championship drivers FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers People from Târgu Mureș BVM Racing drivers Jenzer Motorsport drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers MP Motorsport drivers Van Amersfoort Racing drivers European Le Mans Series drivers