| 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 2022–2023 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.
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]
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]
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]
During 2023 pre-season, Martí returned to the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship with Pinnacle Van Amersfoort Racing.[13]
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]
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]
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.
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]
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]
| Season | Series | Team | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Spanish Championship — Junior | 10th | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | Tony Kart Racing Team | 32nd | ||
| CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | 19th | |||
| IAME International Final — X30 Junior | 31st | |||
| WSK Final Cup — OKJ | 12th | |||
| 2019 | IAME Winter Cup — X30 Junior | FA Racing Spain | 16th | |
| South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | Tony Kart Racing Team | 17th | ||
| WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | 11th | |||
| WSK Euro Series — OKJ | 24th | |||
| CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | 17th | |||
| CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | 4th | |||
| Spanish Championship — Junior | 1st | |||
| IAME International Final — X30 Senior | NC | |||
| WSK Open Cup — OK | Tony Kart Racing Team | 17th | ||
| WSK Final Cup — OK | 13th | |||
| 2020 | South Garda Winter Cup — OK | KR Motorsport Srl | 14th | |
| WSK Champions Cup — OK | 34th | |||
| WSK Euro Series — OK | 30th | |||
| WSK Super Master Series — OK | 25th | |||
| CIK-FIA European Championship — OK | 39th | |||
| CIK-FIA World Championship — OK | 7th | |||
| Sources:[25] [26] | ||||
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | nowrap | Tony Kart Racing Team | OKJ | SAR QH | SAR R | PFI QH | PFI R | AMP QH | AMP R | AUB QH | AUB R | 32nd | 4 | |
| 2019 | nowrap | Tony Kart Racing Team | OKJ | ANG QH | ANG R | GEN QH | GEN R | KRI QH | KRI R | LEM QH | LEM R | 17th | 16 | |
| 2020 | nowrap | KR Motorsport Srl | OK | ZUE QH | ZUE R | SAR QH | SAR R | WAC QH | WAC R | 39th | 0 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Formula 4 UAE Championship | Xcel Motorsport | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 135 | 7th | |
| F4 Spanish Championship | Campos Racing | 21 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 196 | 3rd | ||
| 2022 | Formula Regional Asian Championship | Pinnacle Motorsport | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 158 | 2nd | |
| FIA Formula 3 Championship | Campos Racing | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26th | ||
| Masters Endurance Legends - Prototype | Duqueine | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 20th | ||
| 2023 | Formula Regional Middle East Championship | Pinnacle VAR | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 7th | |
| FIA Formula 3 Championship | Campos Racing | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 105 | 5th | ||
| Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 5th | |||
| 2024 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | Campos Racing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 38* | 12th* |
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress.(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | nowrap | Campos Racing | BHR 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 | 26th | 2 | |
| 2023 | nowrap | Campos Racing | BHR 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 | 5th | 105 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress