Sten Pentus

Sten Pentus
Sten Pentus at the Brands Hatch round of the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series season.
Nationality	Estonian
Born	(1981-11-03) 3 November 1981 Tallinn, Estonia
Blancpain Sprint series career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Bhaitech
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	61
Starts	12
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	25th in 2014
Previous series
2012 2008–2011 2010 2008 2007 2007 2006 2006 2004 2002 2000–01 2000	Auto GP World Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series Toyota Racing Series Formula Renault UK Formula Renault BARC FRenault BARC W. Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula BMW ADAC Finnish Touring Cars Formula 4 Estonia Formula Baltic
Championship titles
2000–01 2000	Formula 4 Estonia Formula Baltic

Sten Pentus (born 3 November 1981 in Tallinn) is an Estonian racing driver.

He is a former Estonian Formula 4 Champion, and a previous winner of the Formula Baltic championship in a Reynard 903.

At the end of the 2008 season, Pentus tested for GP2 Series teams DPR and Racing Engineering with respectable results considering his previous racing experience. In November, he tested with Fortec Motorsport in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series test in Valencia and again impressed, comparing favourably with F3 graduates Edoardo Mortara and Jaime Alguersuari during the two days. Fortec would later sign Pentus for the 2009 season on January 30, 2009. He scored his first points in the series when he finished second in the feature race at the Circuit de Catalunya, having started nineteenth. This earned Pentus a bonus point for the most places gained in the race. He achieved that again in the feature race at Spa, qualifying 19th and finishing 11th. He went on to finish sixteenth in the overall standings and finished sixth in the rookie championship overall standings.

Pentus stayed with Fortec to compete in the 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series. Pentus took his first win in the series, winning the second race at the season-opening round of the season at Ciudad del Motor de Aragón and second win in Hungaroring. He finished the 2010 season in 4th place overall. Pentus joined EPIC Racing team for the 2011 season, and eventually finished the disappointing season 24th.

In 2014 Sten Pentus switched from single-seaters to GT racing, competing in the Blancpain Sprint series with the Bhaitech team in a McLaren MP4-12C GT3.

Racing record

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Points
2008	Comtec Racing	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	MON 1	SIL 1	SIL 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	BUG 1	BUG 2	EST 1	EST 2	CAT 1 14	CAT 2 17	31st	0
2009	Mofaz Racing	CAT 1 18	CAT 2 2	SPA 1 18	SPA 2 11	MON 1 11	HUN 1 18	HUN 2 15	SIL 1 14	SIL 2 7	BUG 1 14	BUG 2 13	ALG 1 9	ALG 2 14	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 12	ALC 1 Ret	ALC 2 10	16th	23
2010	Fortec Motorsport	ALC 1 Ret	ALC 2 1	SPA 1 2	SPA 2 13	MON 1 6	BRN 1 6	BRN 2 Ret	MAG 1 7	MAG 2 8	HUN 1 3	HUN 2 1	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 6	SIL 1 15	SIL 2 7	CAT 1 13	CAT 2 Ret	4th	78
2011	EPIC Racing	ALC 1 10	ALC 2 11	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 14	MNZ 1 16	MNZ 2 Ret	MON 1 12	NÜR 1 19	NÜR 2 10	HUN 1 14	HUN 2 Ret	SIL 1 6	SIL 2 10	LEC 1 22	LEC 2 Ret	CAT 1 14	CAT 2 13	24th	11

Complete Auto GP World Series results

(key)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Points
2012	Virtuosi UK	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	VAL 1 10	VAL 2 10	MAR 1	MAR 2									15th	14
	Zele Racing							HUN 1 9	HUN 2 4	ALG 1 14†	ALG 2 Ret	CUR 1	CUR 2	SON 1	SON 2

Personal

His sister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus is a politician.

External links

• Official website
• Sten Pentus career summary at DriverDB.com
• Official World Series by Renault webpage