Felipe Guimarães

Who is Felipe Guimarães?

Felipe "Lopes" Guimarães is a Brazilian racing driver.

After a childhood in karting, Guimarães transitioned to the extremely competitive Formula Three Sudamericana series at the age of 16 and finished 4th in points with two victories. 2008 took him to Europe where he competed in Euroseries 3000 where he finished 9th in points. He then competed in 11 rounds of the 2008-09 A1 Grand Prix season for A1 Team Brazil where his best finish was second place in the feature race at Kyalami. He signed on with Bryan Herta Autosport to make his Firestone Indy Lights debut at Watkins Glen International in July 2009. He finished on the podium in 3rd place in his first Indy Lights start. He made two more Indy Lights starts and finished in second at Infineon Raceway.