Kiko Porto

{{Short description|Brazilian racing driver (born 2003)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox Champ Car driver

| name = Kiko Porto

| image = Kiko Porto, 2021.jpg

| caption = Porto in 2021

| nationality = {{flagicon|BRA}} Brazilian

| birth_name = Francisco Porto

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|08|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

| module1 =

{{Infobox racing driver|embed=yes

| current series = Indy NXT

| first year = 2023

| current team = HMD Motorsports

| car number = 39

| starts = 4

| championships = 0

| wins = 0

| podiums = 0

| poles = 0

| fastest laps = 0

| best finish = 25th

| year = 2023

| prev series = Indy Pro 2000 Championship
U.S. F2000 National Championship
Formula 4 US
Fórmula Academy Sudamericana
NACAM Formula 4 Championship

| prev series years = 2022
202021

2019
2018
2017–18

}}}}

Francisco "Kiko" Porto ({{IPA|pt|fɾɐ̃ˈsis.ku ˈki.ku ˈpoʁ.tu}}; born 28 August 2003) is a Brazilian racing driver who competes full-time in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America, driving for ANSA Motorsports. He previously competed in the USF Pro 2000 Championship for DEForce Racing.{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Ida |date=2021-12-02 |title=USF2000 champion Kiko Porto stays with DEForce for IP2000 graduation |url=https://formulascout.com/usf2000-champion-kiko-porto-stays-with-deforce-for-ip2000-graduation/87114 |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=Formula Scout |language=en-US}} He is the champion of the 2021 U.S. F2000 National Championship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usf2000.com/teams-drivers/current-drivers/kiko-porto|title=Kiko Porto #12 DEForce Racing|date=18 August 2020|access-date=18 July 2021|archive-date=16 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116053949/https://www.usf2000.com/teams-drivers/current-drivers/kiko-porto|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.usf2000.com/news/road-to-indy-news-and-notes|title=ROAD TO INDY NEWS AND NOTES|date=7 January 2021}}

Racing record

=Career summary=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"

! Season

! Series

! Team

! Races

! Wins

! Poles

! F/Laps

! Podiums

! Points

! Position

2017-18

|align=left| NACAM Formula 4 Championship

|align=left| Scuderia Martiga EG

|6

|0

|0

|1

|2

|50

|9th

rowspan=2| 2018

|align=left| Formula Academy Sudamericana

|align=left| N/A

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 25

| 15th

align=left| Formula 4 United States Championship

|align=left| DEForce Racing

|8

|0

|0

|0

|0

|5

|22nd

2019

|align=left| Formula 4 United States Championship

|align=left| DEForce Racing{{Cite news|url=https://www.f4uschampionship.com/articles/2010950-brazilian-kiko-porto-chases-2019-f4-u-s-title-with-deforce-racing|title=Brazilian Kiko Porto Chases 2019 F4 U.S. Title with DEForce Racing|newspaper=F4 U.S. Championships |date=7 January 2019}}

| 17

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 8

| 220

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2nd

2020

|align=left| U.S. F2000 National Championship

|align=left| DEForce Racing{{Cite web|url=https://www.motorsports.media/mmedia4/2019/12/16/kiko-porto-announces-that-in-2020-it-will-run-at-usf2000-united-states/|title=Kiko Porto announces that in 2020 it will run at USF2000, United States|date=16 December 2019|access-date=18 July 2021|archive-date=18 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718062706/https://www.motorsports.media/mmedia4/2019/12/16/kiko-porto-announces-that-in-2020-it-will-run-at-usf2000-united-states/|url-status=dead}}

| 12

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 4

| 198

| 10th

2021

|align=left| U.S. F2000 National Championship

|align=left| DEForce Racing{{Cite web|url=https://formulascout.com/kiko-porto-to-continue-with-deforce-racing-in-usf2000-in-2021/73526|title=Kiko Porto to continue with DEForce Racing in USF2000 in 2021|date=30 December 2020}}

| 18

| 4

| 6

| 2

| 10

| 413

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 1st

rowspan="2" | 2022

|align=left| Indy Pro 2000 Championship

|align=left| DEForce Racing

|18

|1

|0

|0

|3

|290

|7th

align=left| Stock Car Brasil

|align=left| Scuderia CJ

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC†

rowspan="3" |2023

|align=left| USF Pro 2000 Championship

|align=left| DEForce Racing

|18

|2

|2

|1

|8

|326

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2nd

align=left| Indy NXT

|align=left| Cape Motorsports

|3

|0

|0

|0

|0

|54

|25th

align=left| NASCAR Brasil Sprint Race - Pro

|align=left| Sprint Race

|3

|1

|0

|0

|1

|34

|15th

rowspan="2" |2024

|align=left| Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America - Pro

|align=left| ANSA Motorsports

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

align=left| Indy NXT

|align=left| HMD Motorsports

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|18

|26th

2025

|align=left| IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge - GSX

|align=left| RAFA Racing Team

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

* Season still in progress.

=Complete Formula 4 United States Championship results=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! DC

! Points

2018

!nowrap| DEForce Racing

| VIR
1

| VIR
2

| VIR
3

| ROA
1

| ROA
2

| ROA
3

| MDO
1

| MDO
2

| MDO
3

| style="background:#DFFFDF"| PIT
1

{{small|10}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF"| PIT
2

{{small|15}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF"| PIT
3

{{small|10}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF"| NJMP
1

{{small|10}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF"| NJMP
2

{{small|10}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF"| NJMP
3

{{small|22}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF"| COTA
1

{{small|13}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF"| COTA
2

{{small|10}}

! 22nd

! 5

2019

!nowrap| DEForce Racing

| style="background:#DFDFDF"| ATL
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF"| ATL
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F"| ATL
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF"| PIT
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF"| PIT
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF"| PIT
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F"| VIR
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF"| VIR
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF"| VIR
{{small|11}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF"| MOH
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF"| MOH
{{small|9}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF"| MOH
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SEB
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SEB
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SEB
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| COA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| COA
{{small|5}}

!style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

!style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 220

=American open–wheel racing results=

==U.S. F2000 National Championship==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

!17

!18

! Rank

! Points

2020

!nowrap| DEForce Racing

| style="background:#;" | ROA
1

{{small

}

| style="background:#;" | ROA
2

{{small|}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;" | MOH
1

{{small|8}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MOH
2

{{small|18}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MOH
3

{{small|11}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | LOR
{{small|14}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" | IMS
1

{{small|3*}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | IMS
2

{{small|4}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" | IMS
3

{{small|3}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;" | MOH
1

{{small|7}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;" | MOH
2

{{small|8}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MOH
3

{{small|11}}

| style="background:#;" | NJM
1

{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" | NJM
2

{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" | NJM
3

{{small|}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;" | STP
1

{{small|1}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" | STP
2

{{small|2}}

|

!style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 10th

! style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 198

|-

| 2021

!nowrap| DEForce Racing

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| ALA
1

{{small|10}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"|ALA
2

{{small|4}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"|STP
1

{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| STP
2

{{small|2}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| IMS
1

{{small|7}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| IMS
2

{{small|3}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"|IMS
3

{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LOR
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ROA
1

{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ROA
2

{{small|5}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MOH
1

{{small|2}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MOH
2

{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOH
3

{{small|5}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NJM
1

{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NJM
3

{{small|2}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| NJM
4

{{small|8}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MOH
4

{{small|3}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MOH
5

{{small|3}}

!style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 1st

! style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 413

|}

==USF Pro 2000 / Indy Pro 2000 Championship==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! Rank

! Points

2022

!nowrap| DEForce Racing

| style="background:#CFEAFF;" | STP
1

{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|STP
2

{{small|4}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;" |ALA
1

{{small|8}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;" |ALA
2

{{small|7}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;" |IMS
1

{{small|6}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |IMS
2

{{small|4}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;" |IMS
3

{{small|8}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;" |IRP
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" |ROA
1

{{small|14}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" |ROA
2

{{small|12}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |MOH
1

{{small|4}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" |MOH
2

{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;" |TOR
1

{{small|9}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;" |TOR
2

{{small|6}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" |GMP
{{small|11}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;" |POR
1

{{small|15}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" |POR
2

{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" |POR
3

{{small|2}}

! style="background:#CFEAFF;"|7th

! style="background:#CFEAFF;"|290

2023

!nowrap| DEForce Racing

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" |STP
1

{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" |STP
2

{{small|2}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;" |SEB
1

{{small|19}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" | SEB
2

{{small|3}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;" | IMS
1

{{small|7*}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" |IMS
2

{{small|11}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;" |IRP
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |ROA
1

{{small|5}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" |ROA
2

{{small|2}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;" |MOH
1

{{small|19}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" | MOH
2

{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |TOR
1

{{small|5}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;" |TOR
2

{{small|7}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" |COTA
1

{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" | COTA
1

{{small|2}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" |POR
1

{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |POR
2

{{small|5}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;" |POR
3

{{small|17}}

! style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2nd

! style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 326

== Indy NXT ==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! Rank

! Points

2023

!nowrap| Cape Motorsports

| style="background:;"| STP
{{small

}

| style="background:#;"| BAR
{{small|}}

| style="background:;"| IMS
{{small|}}

| style="background:#;"| DET
{{small|}}

| style="background:#;"| DET
{{small|}}

| style="background:#;"| RDA
{{small|}}

| style="background:#;"| MDO
{{small|}}

| style="background:#;"| IOW
{{small|}}

| style="background:#;"| NSH
{{small|}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| IMS
{{small|9}}

| style="background:#;"| GMP
{{small|}}

| style="background:#;"| POR
{{small|}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LAG
{{small|17}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LAG
{{small|11}}

! style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25th

! style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 54

|-

| 2024

!nowrap| HMD Motorsports

| STP

| BAR

| IMS

| IMS

| DET

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RDA
{{small|12}}

| LGA

| LGA

| MDO

| IOW

| GMP

| POR

| MIL

| NSH

! style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 26th

! style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 18

|}

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