Quick Facts
Biography
Sandy Nicholas Stuvik (born 11 April 1995), also referred to as Sandy Kraokaew Stuvik, is a Thai-Norwegian racing driver.
Career
Karting
Born in Phuket, Stuvik began karting in 2002 in the local karting championships. He progressed to the Rotax Max Junior category by 2008, continuing to compete in local karting championships.
Formula Renault
In 2010, Stuvik moved into open-wheel racing, competing in the Asian Formula Renault Challenge with the Asia Racing Team. He finished every race of the season on the podium, including four wins, and clinched the championship title. He also won the series' Winter Cup.
Stuvik moved to Europe in 2011, joining KEO Racing for Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. He finished 28th, without scoring a point. He also competed in two rounds of the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup.
For the next year Stuvik concentrated on the Northern European Cup. He had fourteen point-scoring finishes in twenty races on his way to fourteenth position in the series standings.
Euroformula Open
Stuvik graduated to the European F3 Open Championship, with RP Motorsport, in 2013. He finished every race of the season in the top five. He battled with Ed Jones for the title, but due to dropped points he finished as runner-up.
Stuvik remained in the series, now renamed as the Euroformula Open Championship, with RP Motorsport. He dominated the championship, winning ten out of fourteen races, and clinched the championship with a round to spare.
GP3 Series
In 2015, Stuvik will move up to GP3 with Status Grand Prix.
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Asian Formula Renault Challenge | Asia Racing Team | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 286 | 1st |
| Asian Formula Renault Winter Cup | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 1st | ||
| 2011 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | KEO Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th |
| Interwetten.com Racing Team | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | KEO Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 27th | |
| 2012 | Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | Interwetten.com Racing Team | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 14th |
| 2013 | European F3 Open | RP Motorsport | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 247 | 2nd |
| 2014 | Euroformula Open | RP Motorsport | 16 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 332 | 1st |
| Spanish Formula Three | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 118 | 1st | ||
| 2015 | GP3 Series | Status Grand Prix | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17th |
| 2016 | GP3 Series | Trident | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18th |
Complete GP3 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Status Grand Prix | CAT FEA 18 | CAT SPR 17 | RBR FEA 7 | RBR SPR Ret | SIL FEA 20 | SIL SPR 20 | HUN FEA 22 | HUN SPR 14 | SPA FEA Ret | SPA SPR 17 | MNZ FEA 11 | MNZ SPR 8 | SOC FEA 16 | SOC SPR 17 | BHR FEA 13 | BHR SPR Ret | YMC FEA 17 | YMC SPR 16 | 17th | 7 |
| 2016 | Trident | CAT FEA 18 | CAT SPR 15 | RBR FEA 10 | RBR SPR 8 | SIL FEA 7 | SIL SPR 10 | HUN FEA 18 | HUN SPR 18 | HOC FEA Ret | HOC SPR 12 | SPA FEA Ret | SPA SPR 17† | MNZ FEA 12 | MNZ SPR 15 | SEP FEA 10 | SEP SPR 20 | YMC FEA 15 | YMC SPR 18 | 18th | 9 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.