Lucas Medina Explained

Lucas Medina
Nationality: Colombian
Birth Date:4 August 2003
Birth Place:Bogotá, Colombia
Current Series:Formula Regional European Championship
First Year:2023
Current Team:Saintéloc Racing
Car Number:33
Starts:12 (12 entries)
Wins:0
Podiums:0
Poles:0
Fastest Laps:0
Best Finish:35th
Year:2023
Prev Series:NACAM Formula 4 Championship
Karting
Prev Series Years:20212022
2011–18

Lucas Medina Cristancho (born 4 August 2003) is a Colombian racing driver who most recently competed in the Formula Regional European Championship for Saintéloc Racing.[1] In 2019, he was recognized by the FIA as the best junior driver in the Americas.[2]

Career

Karting

Medina began his karting career in 2011 in the DPK category, winning 2 championships, 2012 and 2013. In 2012, he debuted in the Rotax Max Winter Cup championship where he scored a victory and a third place. In 2017, Medina placed 4th in the American South, this one in the Rotax Max challenge. In 2018, his last year in Karting, he was crowned Pan American Champion in Rok Cup Colombia in the Shifter Rok category, leaving a good participation in the Rok's final.[3]

Formula 4

In 2021, Medina joined the NACAM Formula 4 Championship, with the Ram Racing team,[4] where despite the fact that the season did not count points, he would score 2 victories and 7 podiums in the season, achieving a symbolic second place, behind American racer Kory Enders. In 2022, Medina would be confirmed to contest the last round of the NACAM Formula 4 Championship, which was the support race for the 2022 Mexico City Grand Prix, in which he would achieve a pole position, but he could not consummate it in a victory or in a podium.[5]

Formula Regional European Championship

At the end of 2022, Medina tested with Monolite Racing at the Red Bull Ring and Barcelona-Catalunya, achieving a time of 1:28:299 and 1:43:956s in these respective circuits.[6] [7] Months later, he would be confirmed by the French team Saintéloc Racing to compete in the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship.

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2017Camper CrossN/A??????2nd
2018MonomarcaMega Service car74556?1st
Camper Cross11111?1st
Legends Stock Challenge43444?1st
6 Hours of Bogotá - Caterham Prototypes11111?1st
2018-19NACAM Formula 4 Championship200000NC
2019TC 2000Mega Service car72123?3rd
2020TC 2000N/A???????
2021TC 2000N/A???????
NACAM Formula 4 ChampionshipRam Racing1021270NC
NACAM Formula 4 - México City Grand Prix10101N/A2nd
2022Italian Prototype ChampionshipBad Wolves40010013th
NACAM Formula 4 ChampionshipRam Racing201101017th
2023Formula Regional European ChampionshipSaintéloc Racing120000035th
2024Ligier European Series - JS P4Team Virage

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lucas Medina, con el equipo francés Saintéloc Racing para la FRECA. 23 April 2023. REVISTA AUTOSMAS. es.
  2. Web site: Lucas Medina, el piloto colombiano que quiere llegar a la Fórmula Uno. 6 May 2023. Bonnet. Jacobo Olivares. 17 November 2021. Caracol Sports. es.
  3. News: Lucas Medina, joven piloto colombiano hizo test de la F4 Mexicana. colombiamotorfans.com.
  4. News: El piloto Lucas Medina confirma temporada en el FIA Nacam F4. fedeautos.co.
  5. Web site: Pedraza y Medina estarán en la final del Campeonato Nacam F4 en México. 14 December 2022. Motor Colombia. es.
  6. Web site: Haverkort on top in post-season FREC testing at Red Bull Ring. 11 November 2022. Wood. Ida. 9 November 2022. Formula Scout.
  7. Web site: European teams conclude 2022 winter testing with week at Barcelona. 17 December 2022. Wood. Ida. 17 December 2022. Formula Scout.