Team: HMD Motorsport
City/Location: Pao Paolo, Brazil
DOB: 24/10/2007
FIA Formula 4 race winner Ricardo Baptista – or Cadi as he is known in the motorsport world – is part of the TJ Speed with HMD Motorsport team for this season’s championship.
Baptista (18) from Sao Paolo, is a former Brazilian karting champion even though he was a late starter to karting at 15 years old, inspired by watching his father’s race GT.
In 2025, he enjoyed a promising season in Brazilian Formula 4 with one win and numerous placings that gave him 11th overall. He also made one-off appearances in Spanish F4 and the country’s Formula Winter Series – also F4 - earlier this year.
