54 Facts About Caio Collet

Caio Jotta Collet was born on 3 April 2002 and is a Brazilian racing driver who is currently competing in Indy NXT, driving for HMD Motorsports.

Caio Collet currently serves as the reserve and simulator driver for the Nissan Formula E Team, making his Formula E debut with Nissan at the 2024 Portland ePrix.

Caio Collet is a former member of the Alpine Academy and the Winfield Racing School.

Caio Collet began his career in karting at the age of seven, claiming multiple titles in his native Brazil, before moving to Europe where his performances led him to being signed to the Birel ART team in 2016 and eventually Nicolas Todt's All Road Management scheme.

Caio Collet impressed as he finished his first race in 3rd position behind Leon Kohler and David Schumacher, Caio Collet only competed in the third and fourth rounds of the season however in those seven races he finished on the podium in every race bar one.

Caio Collet finished the first four races on the podium including taking his first of seven wins that season at the Pau Grand Prix.

Multiple wins followed, and Caio Collet sat 54.5 points in the lead of the standings following Magny Cours.

Caio Collet had the opportunity to win the championship a round early at Jerez, In the first race Caio Collet took pole and slowly built is advantage over Adam Eteki who qualified second.

Caio Collet collected 303.5 points that season along with 11 podiums and 3 pole positions, he finished with 66.5 more than closest championship rival Ugo de Wilde.

Caio Collet finished on the podium for the first time in round three at Monaco where he finished third.

Caio Collet would go on to finish the season with five podiums, the best of which was second place at Spa-Francorchamps.

Caio Collet finished fifth in the standings with 207 points which was 113 points behind champion and teammate Oscar Piastri.

Caio Collet would remain with R-ace GP for the 2020 season.

Caio Collet's season started out in strong fashion, with three podiums in the first three races, which included his first Eurocup victory at the Imola Circuit.

In round eight at Imola Caio Collet bounced back and won race one, but was taken out from second place on the first lap by David Vidales, losing more ground to the French ART driver.

Caio Collet competed in the 2020 Toyota Racing Series for MTEC Motorsport.

At the first race he almost had the perfect race with pole, fastest lap and the race win however he performed a practice start on the formation lap meaning his win was inherited to Kiwi Liam Lawson as Caio Collet got a five-second penalty meaning he finished seventh.

Caio Collet eventually won a race at the next round at Teretonga Park, which was his first and only victory and podium that campaign.

In October 2020, Caio Collet joined the post-season test at Catalunya partaking with MP Motorsport on the second day and achieving a P10 finish in the afternoon session.

Later that month, Caio Collet joined reigning team champions Prema Racing for the first day of the second post-season test at Jerez.

Caio Collet had a disappointing weekend in Budapest, he failed to score following a poor 26th in qualifying.

Caio Collet ended his rookie F3 campaign in ninth place with 93 points and two podiums, was second-highest of all rookies, and was just four places behind teammate Martins.

Caio Collet was retained by MP Motorsport for the 2022 season, partnering Alexander Smolyar and Kush Maini, stating he aimed to "lead the team" in his sophomore season.

Caio Collet barely missed reverse pole in Bahrain, but managed to make his way to seventh place.

Moments later, Caio Collet's race came to an abrupt end after being tagged by Isack Hadjar.

Caio Collet finished seventh in the feature race, where he started.

However, in the feature race, after a tight battle with Zane Maloney, Caio Collet took himself out of the race by tagging Jonny Edgar, causing a multi-car collision.

Caio Collet duly stormed off following that, securing his maiden F3 victory by eight seconds.

Caio Collet eventually fell to third, and was demoted to sixth place with the penalty applied.

Caio Collet later dispatched Correa to take the lead, and his second win.

In Monza, Caio Collet started second in the sprint race, and managed to finish third after passing Jonny Edgar on the penultimate lap.

Caio Collet ended the year eighth in the standings collecting 88 points, whilst amassing two wins and five podiums.

Caio Collet started his season in Bahrain positively, with a third place during the sprint race.

Caio Collet's woes continued on Sunday, while running in eighth place, he was hit from behind by Dino Beganovic.

Caio Collet again suffered a puncture and concluded luckless weekend in 16th.

Caio Collet returned to the points in ninth during the Monaco sprint race.

Caio Collet returned to the podium in third during the sprint race, having fought past Pepe Marti and defending a charge from Zak O'Sullivan.

In Silverstone, Caio Collet charged from 17th to fourth during a damp race, narrowly missing a third straight podium to Christian Mansell.

Caio Collet amazingly recovered to ninth, only for the points to be receded due to a penalty overtaking a car off-track.

In Spa-Francorchamps, Caio Collet shot from fourth to second in the sprint race, before sweeping past Taylor Barnard for the lead at the end of the opening lap and proceeding to win the race.

Caio Collet had a forgetful sprint race, being the cause of a multi-lap incident in which he managed to keep going, but he finished down in 19th.

Caio Collet ended the year ninth in the standings with 73 points, taking a win and three other podiums.

In October 2023, Caio Collet took part in the Indy NXT's Chris Griffis Memorial Test at Indianapolis, driving for HMD Motorsports.

In Mid-Ohio, Caio Collet stormed to his maiden pole, and brought home his first win in the series following a controlling drive.

In 2019, Caio Collet was signed by the Renault Sport Academy.

Caio Collet had his first taste of a Formula One car in the 2012 Lotus E20, during a demo run at Ibirapuera Park.

Caio Collet was included in the academy's line-up when it was rebranded to the Alpine Academy in 2021.

At the start of 2023, Caio Collet was dropped from the academy.

In January 2024, Caio Collet was named as the reserve and simulator driver for the Nissan Formula E Team.

Caio Collet made his debut in Formula E machinery by partaking in the rookie free practice session at the 2024 Misano ePrix for Nissan.

Caio Collet opted not to remain in the Nissan reserve driver role for 2025, stating that he preferred to solely focus on his main Indy NXT campaign.

Caio Collet made his race debut at the 2024 Portland ePrix, deputising for the unwell Oliver Rowland.

Caio Collet finished the races in a respectable 18th and 16th, in which during the latter race Collet even finished ahead of his more experienced teammate Sacha Fenestraz.

Caio Collet was born in Sao Paulo and labelled late three-time Formula One champion Ayrton Senna as his racing hero.