Felipe Drugovich Bio
Felipe Drugovich Roncato (born 23 May 2000) is a Brazilian racing driver competing in Formula E for Andretti. He is the 2018 Euroformula Open champion and the 2022 FIA Formula 2 champion, and he previously served as the reserve driver for Aston Martin in Formula One from 2022 to 2025. After years in single-seater racing across Europe, Drugovich has built a reputation as a patient, tire-savvy racer capable of dominant championship-winning form.
Drugovich reached the top of the junior single-seater ladder with a record-breaking Euroformula Open campaign and a near-flawless Formula 2 title run. His versatility has carried him from karting in Brazil to Formula One practice sessions, endurance racing at Le Mans, and the all-electric world of Formula E.
Early Life and Background
Felipe Drugovich Roncato was born on 23 May 2000 in Maringá, a city in the state of Paraná in southern Brazil. The region has produced several notable racing talents, and Maringá offered Drugovich an early entry into the Brazilian karting scene.
Drugovich grew up in a family with deep motorsport roots. His maternal uncles, Sérgio Drugovich and Oswaldo Drugovich Jr., are also racing drivers, giving him an immediate connection to the paddock and an early understanding of what it takes to compete at a high level. He also holds dual Brazilian and Italian citizenship and has Austrian, Italian, and Slavic ancestry.
As a youngster, Drugovich competed in numerous karting championships across Brazil and Europe, collecting major championship victories that drew the attention of junior single-seater teams. Those results opened the door to a move into car racing in 2016.
Path to NASCAR
Drugovich does not compete in NASCAR and has not been publicly linked to a stock car career path. His professional trajectory has run through international open-wheel and endurance racing, including Formula 2, Formula One testing duties, European Le Mans Series events, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and Formula E.
Felipe Drugovich Career
Early Career (2016–2018)
Drugovich made his single-seater debut in 2016 with Neuhauser Racing in ADAC Formula 4, scoring a podium at Zandvoort and finishing twelfth overall with 79.5 points. The following season he switched to Van Amersfoort Racing, added an Italian F4 program, and claimed seven wins to finish third in the standings, just nine points shy of champion Jüri Vips.
In 2017 he also debuted in the MRF Challenge, taking his maiden single-seater victory in only his second race, and he returned the following year to win the title with ten wins from sixteen races. His standout junior season came in Euroformula Open, where he joined RP Motorsport full-time in 2018 and dominated the championship with a record fourteen wins, securing the title at Monza with two rounds to spare.
Euroformula Open Breakthrough (2018)
Drugovich first sampled Euroformula Open as a guest driver in 2017, taking pole and winning the second race of the final round with RP Motorsport. The cameo previewed what would become a defining championship campaign the following year.
In 2018, Drugovich reunited with RP Motorsport and produced one of the most complete seasons in the series’ history. He finished on the podium in every race, won a record fourteen of them, and clinched the title at Monza with two rounds still to run. Motorsport.com later ranked him 18th in its top-20 junior single-seater drivers of 2018.
FIA Formula 2 Breakthrough (2020–2022)
Drugovich entered Formula 2 with MP Motorsport in 2020 and announced himself immediately, leading every lap of the Spielberg sprint race to take his maiden series victory. He showed flashes of pace all season, including a dominant Barcelona sprint win and a commanding Bahrain feature race victory by fourteen seconds, finishing his rookie year ninth overall with three wins, one pole, and four podiums.
After a winless 2021 campaign with UNI-Virtuosi Racing, where he took four podiums and ended eighth in the standings, Drugovich re-signed with MP Motorsport for 2022. He responded with the most complete season of his career. Highlights included a Jeddah feature race win, a historic Barcelona double victory that made him the first driver to win both races in a Formula 2 weekend, a Monaco feature race win, and a Zandvoort feature race win that pushed his title lead to 69 points. He clinched the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship at Monza with rounds to spare and finished the year with 265 points, 101 ahead of runner-up Théo Pourchaire, recording five wins, four poles, and eleven podiums.
Andretti Era (2025–Present)
Following a single cameo appearance with Mahindra Racing at the 2025 Berlin ePrix, where he scored his first Formula E points with a seventh-place finish, Drugovich was signed by Andretti to compete in the 2025–26 Formula E season alongside 2022–23 champion Jake Dennis. He carries car number 28 and is classified as an FIA Platinum driver.
His Andretti tenure has been mixed but encouraging. Drugovich recovered to fifth from the back of the São Paulo grid before a full-course yellow penalty dropped him to twelfth. He then qualified second in Miami, fought for a podium in the rain, and was on course for a strong result before a braking error into turn 13 sent him into the back of António Félix da Costa’s Jaguar, costing him a new front wing and a ten-second penalty. Subsequent races in Jeddah and Madrid delivered finishes in the twelfth-to-fifteenth range as he continues to learn the new machinery.
Driving Style and Strengths
Drugovich is known for calm race management and excellent tire conservation, traits that powered his record-breaking Euroformula Open campaign and his methodical Formula 2 title run. He pairs that patience with sharp overtaking instincts and strong work on alternate strategies, particularly in longer feature races. His technical feedback and consistency make him a strong partner for engineers, an attribute that helped him build effective relationships with crews across MP Motorsport, UNI-Virtuosi Racing, and now Andretti.
Notable Races and Milestones
Signature results include his dominant Bahrain Formula 2 feature race win in 2020, the historic Barcelona double victory in 2022, the title-clinching Monza weekend in 2022, his 15th-place Hypercar finish on debut at the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans with Whelen Cadillac Racing, and a runner-up finish for Brazil at the 2023 Race of Nations Cup in Piteå alongside Thierry Neuville.
Felipe Drugovich Career Wins
Drugovich’s career is anchored by three major championship titles and a deep list of single-seater victories across multiple series. His most celebrated wins came in Euroformula Open in 2018 and in the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2022, both delivered through record-breaking seasons with RP Motorsport and MP Motorsport respectively.
Formula 2 Highlights
Drugovich collected five Formula 2 feature and sprint race wins during his 2022 title campaign, highlighted by his Jeddah feature race victory, the historic Barcelona double, and the Monaco and Zandvoort feature wins that sealed the championship. He added three earlier wins with MP Motorsport in 2020, including his debut victory at Spielberg and a dominant win at Barcelona.
Other Wins and Performances
In Euroformula Open, Drugovich captured a record fourteen wins in 2018 to claim the title. He also won the MRF Challenge in 2017–18 with ten victories from sixteen races and took seven wins across the 2017 Italian F4 season. In endurance racing, he has raced the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Whelen Cadillac Racing and contested the 2025 24 Hours of Daytona.
Felipe Drugovich Family
Family Background and Racing Lineage
Drugovich comes from a family with a strong racing heritage. His maternal uncles, Sérgio Drugovich and Oswaldo Drugovich Jr., are both racing drivers, which gave Felipe an early introduction to the sport and the discipline required to climb through the junior ranks. He also holds dual Brazilian and Italian citizenship and has Austrian, Italian, and Slavic ancestry.
Personal Life
Born and raised in Maringá, Paraná, Drugovich carries dual Brazilian and Italian citizenship. He maintains close ties to his family and to Brazil, even as his racing career has been based primarily in Europe and, more recently, in the international Formula E paddock.
2025 Season Performance
Drugovich’s 2025 was a transitional year. He began the season continuing his Aston Martin reserve driver duties in Formula One, taking part in first practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix and stepping in for the injured Fernando Alonso during first practice at the Hungarian Grand Prix. He also contributed to testing Pirelli’s 2026 prototype tyres following the British Grand Prix, before departing Aston Martin after the Las Vegas Grand Prix following his Formula E signing.
Outside Formula One, Drugovich returned to endurance racing with Whelen Cadillac Racing. He took part in the 2025 24 Hours of Daytona and returned to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, though his Le Mans effort ended early due to an engine issue. He also made his Formula E race debut with Mahindra Racing at the Berlin ePrix, where a drive-through penalty ruined race one but a bold late-race charge in race two delivered his first Formula E points in seventh.
Drugovich then joined Andretti for the 2025–26 Formula E campaign, opening the season at São Paulo before continuing in Miami, Jeddah, and Madrid. While results have been modest, his qualifying speed, including a front-row start in Miami, has signaled clear potential as he adapts to the team and the all-electric formula.