Press Release

Tesla Fan Championship - Season 7

07.05.2022 - The 7th edition of the “Tesla Fan Championship” has just ended.

The championship victory went to Nádia Portocarrero, who has won 6 titles in 7 championships! Unlike the previous edition, this time the victory was fiercely contested.
Vasco Guerra and Mauricio Cruz put up a lot of fight until the end! Vasco, who finished 2nd in the championship was ahead of the championship until the last race but Nadia got a brilliant 2nd place in this last race which was enough to win the championship! A very good performance by Mauricio as well, as he finished in 3rd place.
The first 3 were separated by just 7 points!

Nádia Portocarrero won the championship (2 victories and 8 podiums), Vasco Guerra 2nd (4 victories and 6 podiums), Mauricio Cruz ], who will drive a Tesla in F1 for the next season, in 3rd (4 wins and 7 podiums). Behind was Matvey Sobolev, who will also drive a Tesla in F1 for the next season, in 4th place (4 podiums). Manuel Vicente, a little weaker than the previous season, finished in 5th place (4 podium). Felipe Campolargo in 6th place. Jamie Thom in 7th place. Visvaldis Cels[U] in 8th place followed by [U]Daniel da Silva Dias in 9th and the surprising Noé Nogueira closing the top 10.

With her 6th title, Nádia Portocarrero further solidifies her position as the most successful driver at Tesla-FC, she leads with 3094 points, 25 wins, 57 podiums, 64 top 5, 67 top 10, 28 poles, 25 fastest laps.

In the under-23s, the title was not disputed as Felipe Campolargo completely dominated with 10 poles and 10 victories.

It is the 2nd title for Felipe, but behind the sub-23 legend Tomas Gois Rocha with 3 titles. The 2nd place went to the surprising Noe Nogueira who finished 7 races on the podium. Yolanda Carrapatelo finished in 3rd place, which gave Noe a lot of struggle until the end, with 6 podiums as well. Soon behind came Huguinho Silva with 4 podiums. In 5th place came Ricardo Trincão V with 2 podiums. Just ahead of Cupertino Jarbas, the best newcomer!. In 8th place was Alex Clark and in 9th place Kilanji Aeon closed the top 9.

In the record table, Felipe Campolargo now has the most points scored (2730), most wins (26), most podiums (45), most top 5 (56) and most fastest laps (34). Tomas Gois Rocha is still the driver with the most top 10 (59) and most titles (3).

With Felipe Campolargo leaving the under-23s next year, who will succeed? Noe, Yolanda? Another surprising pilot? In the main class maybe someone will be able to surprise Nádia Portocarrero next season?

For the next season Tesla will have a surprise for the under-23s and it will be announced soon :)

The league standings and statistics can be found here.