16 Facts About Santiago Urrutia

Santiago Urrutia Lausarot was born on 30 August 1996 and is a Uruguayan racing driver.

Santiago Urrutia formerly competed in Indy Lights, and was the 2015 Pro Mazda series champion.

At age 14, Santiago Urrutia moved to Italy in 2011 and competed at the WSK Euro Series KF3.

Santiago Urrutia won Formula Abarth Rookie of the year in 2012, and participated in the Ferrari Diving Academy.

Santiago Urrutia took part in the Pro Mazda Championship in 2015 as a driver for Team Pelfrey.

Santiago Urrutia clinched the championship at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, sixteen years and one day after the death of fellow Uruguayan Gonzalo Rodriguez in a practice accident at the same venue.

Santiago Urrutia was in the hunt for the series title until the final pair of races of the season, where he ultimately lost the championship to Ed Jones by two points after Jones' teammate let him by to win the title.

Santiago Urrutia scored two wins and six second place finishes, finishing runner-up in the standings to Kyle Kaiser.

Santiago Urrutia did run a full Indy Lights season with Belardi in 2018.

In 2019, Santiago Urrutia raced in the European TCR series for Team WRT, finishing third in the standings and earning Rookie of the Year.

Santiago Urrutia was due to return to the Indy Lights with HMD Motorsport in 2020, but the season was cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

Santiago Urrutia had a number of podiums and won the last race of the season.

Santiago Urrutia won two races and had three other podium finishes, ending the championship in 5th place.

Santiago Urrutia did some races in the South American TCR championship.

Santiago Urrutia retired from the first of two races at the initial round in Portugal, but won the second race.

Santiago Urrutia won two more races that season, on home soil in Uruguay and at the Bathurst International, to finish eighth in the standings.