Team: Nationality: Podiums: Points: V-Prix's entered: World Championships: Highest race finish: Highest grid position: Date of Birth: Place of Birth:
Franklin Brazilian 30 759 73 1 1 (x12) 1 (x11) 18/09/1991 Sao Paulo, Brazil
2017 Wins opening race of the season and shows brilliant speed with a sole pole position. However once again can't match the performance of the pace setting cars. Enjoys a strong second half of the season to finish 4th in the driver standings.
2016 The 2016 Franklin doesn't match the speed of the pace setting DS or Meteor cars thus creating a disappointing season for the Brazilian. Fails to win a race, however takes four podiums and multiple point finishes. Finishes the year off in 7th overall.
2015 Despite a record setting eight victory's and nine pole positions, Ruiz fails to defend his championship from teammate Wagner. Experiences dreadful reliability to start the season with just one point scored in the first five races. Second half of the season is dominant but can only manage second place overall.
2014 Ruiz wins his maiden world championship after a season long battle with teammate Hoskins, while also showing immense speed and consistency. Manages to finish on the podium in every race he finished as well as taking four victory's including his home race in Brazil.
2013 Makes his debut with the back marker Ingram at the Chinese V-Prix. The Brazilian impresses by scoring in every race and creating a phenomenon called "Ruiz feva". Is called up to replace world champion Nathaniel Powers at Franklin for the final race of the year, continuing his scoring streak. Ends the year off with 22nd overall with 12 points.
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2017 DRIVER STANDINGS
01 Nathaniel Powers 02 Klaas van Snelheid 03 Adrien Simon 04 Enrique Ruiz 05 Tumo Kinnumen 06 Allar Kangur 07 Finn Schynder 08 Arden Hutchinson 09 Karl Beckenbauer 10 Oleksandr Zozulya 11 Puccio Giodano 12 Hugh Dwyer 13 Lewis Ellington 14 Will Hoskins 15 Judson Sikes 16 Jochem van Snelheid 17 Elroy Wagner 18 Kiara Thunder 19 Felix Beyer 20 Aleksy Nowosinski 21 James Harding 22 Aron Einarsson 23 Stuart Harrison 24 Douglas Bacon 25 Johan Halvosen 26 Olen Inman 27 Viktor Ostberg 28 Carson Davenport 29 Jean Mattson 30 Nikolai Milkovich 31 Diego Campos