Santiago Urrutia is consolidated as Latin American motorsports promise "As a summer sky like thunder drum" fly the verses of the well known song 'When Play Uruguay'. Although soccer is a song, it may be brought to racing and submit to considered 'heir' of the legacy he left truncated the remembered Gonzalo "Gonchi" Rodriguez: we refer to Santiago Urrutia, currently one of the stars of the European F3 Open. By Daniel Panelo (@d_panelo) Santiago was born in Colonia, Uruguay one August 30, 1996. Discover his passion for the speed at three years thanks to a motorcycle bought by his grandfather. In the 2000 season begins in motorcycling in the National Championship Motorcycle Land Speed and Motocross. With only five years for the first time up to a karting. 's the youngest driver in the history of Uruguayan karting competition . That same year, back in 2000, is awarded by the Uruguayan Federation of Karting (FUK) as the "Pilot revelation" of this season. Karting has it in their favorites to 14 years, in that time manages to be the youngest driver ever to win the Uruguayan karting career , winning the regional championship Karting (year 2004), Regional champion in the Cadet category Eating (year 2005), the Apertura and Clausura championship Metropolitano Prokart in Argentina (2007), the Argentine championship in the category Pre Karting Junior as well as Metropolitan Open Championship PorKart in category Mini Junior (year 2008), the Uruguayan championship Karting Champion in Category Master and Federation in Category Master (all in 2010). With all costs awards, decides to try his luck in Europe and with 15 years in Formula Abarth debuts at Monza debut double victory . We are in 2011 and the aim of showing in Europe is more started. The 2012 season does all the European Championship and Italian Formula Abarth, obtaining the title of European Champion Rookie with 11 podiums, including three wins, three fastest laps and one pole position . That year, sports journalism in his country as granting honors in motorsports Charrua Prize and Special Prize with silver Charrua Best foreign athlete. That year he was invited to be part of the Ferrari Driver Academy . By decision of Ferrari, joins the RP Motorsport team compete all season 2013 in the European F3 Open. Everything this year is permanently observed by an engineer of the Ferrari Driver Academy. 12 races contested category and garnered two wins (Portugal and Silverstone), two second places (repeating in Portugal and Silverstone) and two others (Jerez and Spa-Francorchamps). Also achieved a pole (Silverstone) and two fastest laps (Paul Ricard and Silverstone). A four appointments to the end, the promising young Uruguayan is in fourth place in the standings with 147 points . From CarandDriverTheF1.com we give all our encouragement to the new pilot Latino faces the automotive world to achieve great feats. http://www.caranddriverthef1.com/formula1/articulos/2013/09/15/80559-ferrari-pone-la-mirada-en-un-joven-piloto-uruguayo
