Daniel Martins

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Daniel Martins
Nationality Flag of Portugal svg.png Portuguese
Born 12 May, 1986
Porto, Portugal
Current Team Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Aeroracing
Car Number 19
Former Teams Flag of Canada svg.png ArrowTech
Flag of Japan svg.png Sunshine
Races 111 (82 starts)
Championships 0
Victories 0
Podiums 5
Points 39
Pole Positions 0
Fastest Laps 0
First Race 2012 Bavarian Grand Prix
First Victory N/A
Last Victory N/A
Last Race 2019 Chinese Grand Prix (Ongoing)
Best Finish 16th (2013, 2015, 2018)


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.