Daniel Martins

Daniel Martins (born 12 May, 1986 in Porto, Portugal) is a Portuguese racing driver known for his career in the F1RWRS and its successor the ARWS, where he currently drives for Peak Aeroracing Engineering. As well as being the only Portuguese driver to have raced in the championship to date, Martins is one of the championship's most experienced drivers with the ninth-highest number of race entries for a driver. He has scored five career podiums, his best result being second place at the high-attrition 2012 Australian Grand Prix.

Martins also holds some of the highest stats for not having won a race. He has contested the third-highest number of races without a victory, the fourth highest number of podiums with making it to the top step, and the fourth highest number of points without a win. In addition, Martins jointly holds the record for most seventh place finishes in the championship with Frank Zimmer and Sammy Jones, with seven in total.

During his time in the series Martins has spent three seasons at both his first team ArrowTech and also at Sunshine Daihatsu. He was hired by Sunshine to replace Shinobu Katayama who had left the team over its poor performances. Initially just a temporary appointment, Martins was eventually handed the drive on a full-time basis, and remained with the Sunshine team until it folded at the end of the 2017 season.

With Aeroracing under new ownership in 2018, Martins was drafted in at the third race of the year after initially being left on the sidelines after Sunshine's demise. Hired as a safe pair of hands as the Peak Motorsport Group struggled to get their newly-purchased team competitive, Martins replaced the outgoing Renaldo Jiménez.

Racing record

Career summary

Year	Series	Team	Position
2012	F1RWRS	ArrowTech ART	22nd
2013	F1RWRS	ArrowTech ART	16th
2014	F1RWRS	ArrowTech ART	20th
2015	F1RWRS	Sunshine Daihatsu	16th
2016	F1RWRS	Sunshine Daihatsu	20th
2017	F1RWRS	Sunshine Daihatsu	35th
2018	ARWS	Peak Aeroracing Engineering	16th

Complete F1RWRS/ARWS results

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

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2012	ArrowTech ART	ArrowTech AT-02	Lamborghini V10	BAV DNPQ	SAX 14	GER 12	LUX Ret	BEL DNPQ	NED 17	GBR DNPQ	KEN DNPQ	ENG 17	TAS DNPQ	SUR 20	NSW 23	AUS 2	CHN Ret	USA Ret	500 11			22nd	10
2013	ArrowTech ART	ArrowTech AT-03	Ford HB IV	TAS 8	AUS Ret	MEX 3	USA 7	MON Ret	FRA 3	GBR 9	GER 9	NED Ret	BEL Ret	POR Ret	MED 6	MAC Ret	CHN 7	JPN 12	BRA DNQ			16th	9
2014	ArrowTech ART	ArrowTech AT-04	Peugeot A7	TAS 10	AUS 13	BRA 6	MEX Ret	USA 10	MON Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER 10	BEL 10	ITA 10	MED Ret	NED 5	MAC Ret	CHN 11	JPN 6			20th	4
2015	Sunshine Daihatsu	Sunshine SD-01	Daihatsu Zeetec-R1	TAS	AUS 10	MED Ret	MON	MEX DNQ	USA DNPQ	CAN 8	GBR 8	GER Ret	BEL Ret	AUT 7	ITA 7	NED 4	CHN 3	JPN 14	BRA 14			16th	7
2016	Sunshine Daihatsu	Sunshine SD-02	Daihatsu Zeetec-R1/16	AUS 7	NSW 13	GBR DNPQ	ITA DNPQ	AUT Ret	CAN Ret	USS 7	USN DNPQ	GER Ret	NED Ret	MON 4	BEL Ret	MEX 6	ARG 6	CHN DNPQ	JPN Ret			20th	4
2017	Sunshine Daihatsu	Sunshine SD-03	Daihatsu Zeetec-R1/17	AUS DNPQ	NSW DNPQ	GBR DNPQ	ITA DNPQ	AUT Ret	CAN DNPQ	USS Ret	USN DNPQ	GER Ret	NED DNPQ	BEL Ret	MON Ret	MOR Ret	ARG DNQ	JPN Ret	CHN 11			35th	0
2018	Peak Aeroracing Engineering	Aeroracing PAE Mk.1	Audi AF1-5	AUS	NSW	ITA 11	MAR DNPQ	CAL DNPQ	USA DNPQ	CAN DNPQ	GBR DNPQ	AUT DNPQ	GER DNPQ	SCA Ret	BEL 7	MON Ret	RSA Ret	BRA 3	ARG 8	JPN DNPQ	CHN Ret	16th	5
2019	Peak Aeroracing Engineering	Aeroracing PAE Mk.2	Audi AF1-5B	AUS DNQ	NSW DNPQ	ITA DNPQ	ITA DNPQ	MAR DNPQ	CAN DNPQ	USA DNPQ	GBR DNPQ	AUT DNPQ	GER DNPQ	SCA Ret	BEL DNPQ	MON DNPQ	RSA DNPQ	BRA DNQ	ARG DNPQ	JPN DNPQ	CHN DNPQ	35th	0

* Season still in progress.