caption birth_place nationality starts year birth_date titles wins poles article_title name
sten pentus at the 2014 portimao blancpain sprint series tallinn -lrb- estonia -rrb- estonian 12 2014 03 november 1981 formula 4 estonia formula baltic 0 0 sten pentus
 sten pentus
sten pentus

sten pentus -lrb- born november 3 , 1981 in tallinn -rrb- 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 .
