Sandy Nicholas Stuvik ( th, แซนดี้ นิโคลัส สตูวิค; born 11 April 1995), also referred to as Sandy Kraokaew Stuvik, is a Thai
racing
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driver.
Career
Karting
Born in
Phuket
Phuket (; th, ภูเก็ต, , ms, Bukit or ''Tongkah''; Hokkien:普吉; ) is one of the southern provinces (''changwat'') of Thailand. It consists of the island of Phuket, the country's largest island, and another 32 smaller islands of ...
to a Norwegian father, Martin Stuvik, and a Thai mother. Stuvik began
karting
Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on fu ...
in 2002 in the local karting championships. He progressed to the Rotax Max Junior category by 2008, continuing to compete in local karting championships.
Formula Renault
In
2010
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, Stuvik moved into
open-wheel racing
Formula racing (known as open-wheel racing in North America) is any of several forms of open-wheeled single-seater motorsport. The origin of the term lies in the nomenclature that was adopted by the FIA for all of its post-World War II single ...
, competing in the
Asian Formula Renault Challenge
The Formula Renault AsiaCup (formerly known as the Asian Formula Renault Challenge and AFR Series) is a Formula Renault 2.0 championship held in Asia. The series debuted in 2002 and also held the ''China Formula Renault Challenge''.
The series is ...
with the
Asia Racing Team
Asia Racing Team (ART Motorsports) is a Chinese / Macanese motor racing team that was formed in 2003. Its main operational headquarters is located within the Zhuhai International Circuit complex, in Southern China, with a second workshop in C ...
. He finished every race of the season on the podium, including four wins, and clinched the championship title. He also won the series' Winter Cup.
Stuvik moved to Europe in
2011, joining KEO Racing for
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault Eurocup was a Formula Renault motor racing championship. Eurocup raced only on European circuits.
It served as a support series to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series as part of the World Series by Renault from 2005 to 2015. Renault Sp ...
. He finished 28th, without scoring a point. He also competed in two rounds of the
Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup
The Formula Renault Northern European Cup (formerly Formula Renault 2.0 NEC) was a Formula Renault 2.0 championship originally held in Northern Europe (Germany, Netherlands and Belgium), but has expanded over the years to the whole of Europe. The ...
.
For the next year Stuvik concentrated on the
Northern European Cup. He had fourteen point-scoring finishes in twenty races on his way to fourteenth position in the series standings.
Euroformula Open
Stuvik graduated to the
European F3 Open Championship
The Euroformula Open Championship (formerly the Spanish Formula Three Championship, European F3 Open Championship) is a junior formula racing series based in Spain. It was one of six national and international Formula Three championships in Europ ...
, with
RP Motorsport
RP Motorsport was an auto racing team based in Italy in Piacenza.
The Italian team won many times the EuroFormula Open Championship, becoming one of the most successful outfit in the series.
In February 2022 the team assets were sold to Irish ra ...
, in
2013
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. He finished every race of the season in the top five. He battled with
Ed Jones for the title, but due to dropped points he finished as runner-up.
Stuvik remained in the series, now renamed as the Euroformula Open Championship, with
RP Motorsport
RP Motorsport was an auto racing team based in Italy in Piacenza.
The Italian team won many times the EuroFormula Open Championship, becoming one of the most successful outfit in the series.
In February 2022 the team assets were sold to Irish ra ...
.
He dominated the championship, winning ten out of fourteen races, and clinched the championship with a round to spare.
GP3 Series
In
2015
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, Stuvik will move up to GP3 with
Status Grand Prix
Status Grand Prix is a former motorsport team registered in Canada.
Team history
Based in Silverstone the team was formed in 2005 to run the A1 Team Ireland franchise in the new A1 Grand Prix series. The team's founders were former Jordan Grand ...
.
Racing record
Career summary
Complete GP3 Series results
(
key
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Common meanings
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* Key (ma ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
Sandy Stuvik
Sandy Stuvik
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers
Formula Renault Eurocup drivers
Euroformula Open Championship drivers
Thai GP3 Series drivers
Sandy Stuvik
Formula 4 drivers
Asian Formula Renault Challenge drivers
Asia Racing Team drivers
RP Motorsport drivers
Status Grand Prix drivers
Trident Racing drivers
Euronova Racing drivers
Team Meritus drivers
Craft-Bamboo Racing drivers