Eftihios "Tio" Ellinas | |
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![]() Tio Ellinas as a Formula Ford driver in 2010. | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Larnaca, Cyprus | 27 January 1992
Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain career | |
Debut season | 2017 |
Current team | Redline Racing |
Racing licence | ![]() |
Car number | 1 |
Former teams | JTR, Slidesports Engineering |
Starts | 34 |
Wins | 1 |
Poles | 2 |
Fastest laps | 4 |
Best finish | 1st in 2018 |
Previous series | |
2015 2014 2013–14 2012–13 2011 2010 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series GP2 Series MRF Challenge GP3 Series Formula Renault UK British Formula Ford Championship |
Championship titles | |
2018 2009 | Porsche Carrera Cup GB Grand Prix Shootout |
Awards | |
2010 | FF UK Rookie of the Year |
Eftihios "Tio" Ellinas (born 27 January 1992 in Larnaca, Cyprus) is a Cypriot race car driver. Ellinas began racing go-karts at the age of seven, and from 2003 - 2009 won 10 kart racing championships in Cyprus, in 2005 winning the ROK Cup International Final. He was the winner of Grand Prix Shootout in the UK in 2009 competing against 50 other top young drivers from all over the world.
In 2010, he competed in the MSA Dunlop Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain racing with the JTR Team. He won three races and finished fourth in the championship, the highest placing for a novice driver since Jenson Button in 1998, earning him "Rookie Of The Year" honors.
In 2011, Ellinas raced in the UK Formula Renault 2.0 championship for the Atech Reid GP Team, finishing third overall. He joined Marussia Manor Racing for the 2012 GP3 Series season.
In 2013, he tested for the Marussia F1 Team.[1]