Pepe Martí Explained

Pepe Martí
Nationality: Spanish
Full Name:Josep Maria Martí Sobrepera
Birth Date:13 June 2005
Birth Place:Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
Current Series:FIA Formula 2 Championship
First Year:2024
Current Team:Campos Racing
Car Number:21
Starts:12 (12 entries)
Wins:0
Podiums:2
Poles:0
Fastest Laps:1
Best Finish:TBD
Year:2024
Prev Series:FR Middle East Championship
Masters Endurance Legends
FIA Formula 3 Championship
FR Asian Championship
F4 Spanish Championship
Formula 4 UAE Championship
Prev Series Years:2023
2022
20222023
2022
2021
2021
Titles:FR Asian Rookie Cup
Title Years:2022

Josep María "Pepe" Martí Sobrepera (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /ˈpe.pe mərˈti/; born 13 June 2005) is a Spanish racing driver who is competing in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship with Campos Racing. He most recently competed in the FIA Formula 3 championship for Campos, finishing fifth in the standings with three wins. He is also a member of the Red Bull Junior Team.[1] [2]

He is a race winner in the UAE and Spanish Formula 4 championships, having placed third in the latter, as well as the 2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship runner-up and rookie cup champion.

Career

Karting

Martí started karting competitively in late 2016 at the age of eleven. In 2018 he was signed by Tony Kart, and the following year he won the Spanish Karting Championship in the Junior category, driving for Fernando Alonso's team.[3] [4] He then went on to finish 7th in the OK class of the CIK-FIA Karting World Championship in 2020, his last year of karting, with Kart Republic.[5]

Formula 4

Martí made his single-seater debut in January 2021, driving for Xcel Motorsport in the Formula 4 UAE Championship.[6] He won a single race at the Yas Marina Circuit and came 7th in the standings, 184 points behind champion Enzo Trulli.[7] For the main season, he competed in Spanish F4 with Campos Racing, as the Valencian team made its debut in the championship.[8] He won two races at MotorLand Aragón and held a season-long fight for runner-up spot with teammate Sebastian Øgaard, ultimately finishing 3rd behind eventual champion Dilano van 't Hoff and Øgaard.[9]

Formula Regional

2022

Martí started 2022 racing in the rebranded Formula Regional Asian Championship for Irish-Filipino team Pinnacle Motorsport, alongside Formula 4 rival Van 't Hoff.[10] [11] He got five podiums and 158 points from 15 races to claim second place in the overall standings, while also winning the rookie cup.[12]

2023

During 2023 pre-season, Martí returned to the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship with Pinnacle Van Amersfoort Racing.[13]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2022

After testing for the team in 2021 post-season, Martí made the step up to the FIA Formula 3 Championship in 2022 with Campos Racing.[14] [15] Martí had a disappointing season, but in Imola during the feature race, he made a strategy gamble to stay on the wets on a drying track, and led the race for a number of laps before pitting for slicks. He finished the race in 15th. He scored his first points finish in the final round at Monza in the Sprint Race, where he finished 9th. He ended the season 26th in the standings with 2 points, ahead of teammate Hunter Yeany but far from other teammate and fellow countryman David Vidales. At the end of the season, Martí took part in the post-season test, remaining with Campos.[16]

2023

Martí continued with Campos Racing for the 2023 Formula 3 season.[17] He would finish fifth in the Drivers' Championship, taking two sprint race wins in Bahrain and Monaco, as well as a feature race win in his home GP in Spain.

Martí also competed in the Macau Grand Prix with Campos.[18] He ended his debut Macau race in fifth position, the highest Campos driver.[19]

FIA Formula 2 Championship

Martí graduated to Formula 2 for his 2024 campaign, continuing his relationship with Campos Racing alongside fellow Red Bull junior Isack Hadjar.[20] He debuted in the category with a double podium in the Sakhir round.[21] Martí is the third driver in the category to debut with a double podium, behind Charles Leclerc and Liam Lawson . He also scored a second place in the Austrian sprint race.

Sportscar racing

Martí made his sportscar and prototype debut at the 2022 Historic Zandvoort Grand Prix competing in the Masters Endurance Legends, organised by Masters Historic Racing, in a Duqueine-run Norma M30. He won both races in his G2/P3 class and finished on the overall podium against higher class machinery in race 1.[22]

Formula One

In September 2022, Martí was announced to join two time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso's management team.[23]

In August 2023, Martí was announced to join the Red Bull Junior Team.[24]

Karting record

Karting career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamPosition
2018Spanish Championship — Junior10th
CIK-FIA European ChampionshipOKJTony Kart Racing Team32nd
CIK-FIA World ChampionshipOKJ19th
IAME International Final — X30 Junior31st
WSK Final CupOKJ12th
2019IAME Winter Cup — X30 JuniorFA Racing Spain16th
South Garda Winter Cup — OKJTony Kart Racing Team17th
WSK Super Master SeriesOKJ11th
WSK Euro SeriesOKJ24th
CIK-FIA European ChampionshipOKJ17th
CIK-FIA World ChampionshipOKJ4th
Spanish Championship — Junior1st
IAME International Final — X30 SeniorNC
WSK Open Cup — OKTony Kart Racing Team17th
WSK Final CupOK13th
2020South Garda Winter Cup — OKKR Motorsport Srl14th
WSK Champions CupOK34th
WSK Euro SeriesOK30th
WSK Super Master SeriesOK25th
CIK-FIA European ChampionshipOK39th
CIK-FIA World ChampionshipOK7th
Sources:[25] [26]

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

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

YearTeamClass12345678DCPoints
2018nowrapTony Kart Racing TeamOKJSAR
QH
SAR
R
PFI
QH
PFI
R
AMP
QH
AMP
R
AUB
QH
AUB
R
32nd4
2019nowrapTony Kart Racing TeamOKJANG
QH
ANG
R
GEN
QH
GEN
R
KRI
QH
KRI
R
LEM
QH
LEM
R
17th16
2020nowrapKR Motorsport SrlOKZUE
QH
ZUE
R
SAR
QH
SAR
R
WAC
QH
WAC
R
39th0

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2021Formula 4 UAE ChampionshipXcel Motorsport1911041357th
F4 Spanish ChampionshipCampos Racing2123491963rd
2022Formula Regional Asian ChampionshipPinnacle Motorsport1500251582nd
FIA Formula 3 ChampionshipCampos Racing180000226th
Masters Endurance Legends - PrototypeDuqueine222221520th
2023Formula Regional Middle East ChampionshipPinnacle VAR122002797th
FIA Formula 3 ChampionshipCampos Racing1832241055th
Macau Grand Prix10000N/A5th
2024FIA Formula 2 ChampionshipCampos Racing16001238*12th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

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

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

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

Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

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

* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718DCPoints
2022nowrapCampos RacingBHR
SPR

BHR
FEA

IMO
SPR

IMO
FEA

CAT
SPR

CAT
FEA

SIL
SPR

SIL
FEA

RBR
SPR

RBR
FEA

HUN
SPR

HUN
FEA

SPA
SPR

SPA
FEA

ZAN
SPR

ZAN
FEA

MNZ
SPR

MNZ
FEA

26th2
2023nowrapCampos RacingBHR
SPR

BHR
FEA

MEL
SPR

MEL
FEA

MON
SPR

MON
FEA

CAT
SPR

CAT
FEA

RBR
SPR

RBR
FEA

SIL
SPR

SIL
FEA

HUN
SPR

HUN
FEA

SPA
SPR

SPA
FEA

MNZ
SPR

MNZ
FEA

5th105

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

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

* Season still in progress

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Campos Racing promotes F4 star Pepe Marti to F3. Formula Scout. Wood. Ida. 2022-01-26. 2022-01-26.
  2. Web site: Pepe Martí debutará en FIA Formula 3 con Campos Racing. Mundo Deportivo. es. 26 January 2022. 26 January 2022.
  3. Web site: Conoce al nuevo piloto español que ha fichado por Tony Kart, la Ferrari del karting. FormulaRapida.net. es. González. Marc. 4 March 2018. 26 January 2022.
  4. Web site: Pepe Martí: "La regularidad nos dió el título en el CEK". vroomkart.es. es. 27 December 2019. 26 January 2022.
  5. Web site: Pepe Martí completa una gran actuación en el Mundial de Karting. RevistaSafetyCar.com. es. 11 November 2020. 26 January 2022.
  6. Web site: Wood. Elliot. 28 December 2020. Spanish karter Pepe Martí to step up to cars in F4 UAE. Formula Scout. 26 January 2022. en-GB.
  7. Web site: F4 Emiratos Árabes: primera victoria de Pepe Martí. SoyMotor.com. es. Blancafort. Raymond. 8 February 2021. 26 January 2022.
  8. Web site: 5 January 2021. Campos Racing announces Formula 4 Spain driver pool. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210105233606/https://www.camposracing.com/news-room/campos-racing-announces-formula-4-spain-driver-pool/. 5 January 2021. 5 January 2021. Campos Racing. en.
  9. Web site: Pepe Martí acaba tercero de la Fórmula 4 española 2021. SoyMotor.com. es. Blancafort. Raymond. 16 November 2021. 26 January 2022.
  10. Web site: Marti e Van't Hoff, le punte di Pinnacle. italiaracing.net. it. 13 January 2022. 26 January 2022.
  11. Web site: Pepe Martí prepara l'F3 als Emirats Àrabs. Esport3. ca. 17 January 2022. 26 January 2022.
  12. Web site: Leclerc ya es campeón de la Fórmula Regional Asiática y Martí consigue el subcampeonato. SoyMotor. es. Blancafort. Raymond. 19 February 2022. 20 February 2022.
  13. Web site: Wood. Ida. 5 January 2023. VAR and Pinnacle Motorsport reveal line-ups for FRMEC and F4 tie-up. 10 February 2023. Formula Scout. en-GB.
  14. Web site: Pepe Martí brilla en los test postemporada de la FIA F3 en Valencia. Marca. es. 3 November 2021. 26 January 2022.
  15. Web site: Pepe Martí debutará en Formula 3 con 16 años. Sport. es. 26 January 2022. 26 January 2022.
  16. Web site: Campos Racing to test new talents in FIA Formula 3 collective testing. 10 February 2023. Campos Racing. en.
  17. Web site: Campos finalises F3 line-up with Josep Maria Martí. 9 February 2023. 10 February 2023. FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. en.
  18. Web site: Campos Racing announces Martí, Goethe and Montoya for Macau F3 Grand Prix. 5 December 2023. Campos Racing. en.
  19. Web site: Top 5 for Pepe on his debut in Macau. 21 November 2023. 5 December 2023. en.pepemartiofficial.com. en.
  20. Web site: Isack Hadjar and Josep María Martí join Campos Racing for 2024 F2 season. 28 November 2023. 5 December 2023. FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. en.
  21. Web site: Saez de Asteasu. Gorka. Double podium for Pepe Martí in his F2 debut: second in Bahrain with another comeback. SoyMotor.com. March 3, 2024. March 4, 2024.
  22. News: Historic Grand Prix 2022. Masters Historic Racing.
  23. Web site: Wood. Ida. 21 September 2022. Alonso adds F3 racer Pepe Marti to his growing driver management firm. 10 February 2023. Formula Scout. en-GB.
  24. Web site: Pepe Martí Announced as Red Bull Junior Driver. 31 August 2023. 5 December 2023. dive-bomb.com. en.
  25. Web site: Josep María Martí Racing career profile Driver Database . 2022-05-20 . www.driverdb.com.
  26. Web site: kartcom . 2018-04-18 . Marti Sobrepera Josep Maria . 2022-05-20 . en-US.