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BIOGRAPHY

Erik Mayrink is a Brazilian racing driver born in 1995. He started his career at the age of 6.

Between the years of 2002 and 2015 he disputed dozens of national and regional karting championships in the Cadet, Junior Minor, Junior, Graduated and Shifter KZ categories.
Erik has won the 500 Miles of Karting, held at the International Kart Track Granja Viana, in São Paulo.
 The competition it's the biggest Brazilian karting event and counted with more than 250 professional racing drivers.
 
In 2016 made his debut in touring car racing through the Regional São Paulo's Brands Championship, racing a Chevrolet Celta that had a GM 1.4 engine with 160hp, manual transmission and was front wheel driven, from the Arias Motorsports Team.
Erik disputed in what was, at the time, the biggest grid in Brazil, with around 40 cars per race, divided into 10 brands and 3 divisions.
Erik was the champion of the series with a total of 5 wins and 17 podiums out of 18 disputed races during the season. He also had 2 pole positions and 7 fastest laps.

During the season, Erik also tested with the teams
Phoenix Competições, Stumpf Preparações and Arias Motorsport, driving the cars Volkswagen Gol, Chevrolet Prisma e Ford Ka.
 
In 2017 Erik disputed Sprint Race Brazil. The one-manufacturer racing series is considered the base of touring car racing in Brazil, usually attracts karting drivers and drivers coming from regional motorsport championships.
Erik drove a prototype with tubular chassis that had a V6 3.6L engine with 270hp, sequential transmission with powershift. The car was formerly used at the Brazilian Super Clio Cup. The behavior of cars on the track resembles Formula models, due to the low center of gravity, the driver's central positon within, and the rear positioned engine. Erik drove for the PRO division, for professional drivers. 
During the season he had 1 win and 7 podiums and disputed the title of the championship until the last race in his debut season. Erik was also the vice-champion of the Rookie division.


In 2018 took part in the Brazilian Stock Car Light Series. The category was created to replace the Brazilian Touring Car Championship, as an entry-level for the highest racing series in Brazil's motorsport and was part of the biggest motorsport event in South America.
Erik drove a Stock Car with tubular chassis and a 350hp Chevrolet V8 5.7L engine, sequential gearshift and a standard fiber bodywork.
He raced his first season for TMG Light Team and his second season for KTF Sports.
In total he had 12 TOP3 for the Rookie division, he was the vice-champion of the division in 2019 and took the Constructors title to his team KTF Sports in the same year.

During the two seasons, Erik also did testings with the teams KTF Sports, TMG Racing, RZ Motorsport, L3 Motorsports and Mottin Racing, driving the cars Chevrolet Cruze, Peugeot 307 and Chevrolet Sonic from the Brazilian Stock Car.

 
In 2020 he began his international carreer, through the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe.
Erik drove a Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO from the Italian team Bonaldi Motorsport. The Gran Turismo car was developed by Lamborghini Squadra Corse together with Dallara Automobili. It had and hybrid chassis of carbon fiber and alluminium and a 5.2L V10 naturally aspirated engine that produced 620hp, the standard model for all GT3 competitions in the world. The car also counted with a X-Trac transmission, TCS and ABS. 
The championship was a one-manufacturer series, subsidized by Lamborghini. It was a support series to the GT World Challenge, former Blancpain GT Series and FIA GT. Consequently, it was part of some of the most important existing motorsport events. Erik drove for the PRO division, for professional drivers. 

In 2022
 came back to Brazil to dispute the Brazilian Endurance Championship.
Erik drove a Sigma P1 Prototype, prepared by FTR Motorsport and Scuderia Chiarelli teams.
The car had lines and proportions of LMP prototypes and had a steel chassis with a closed cockpit. The car had a Chevrolet LS3 V8 7.0L engine with a maximum power of 700hp, a sequential transmission, TCS, ABS and a drag reduction system that used movable front and rear wing flaps. It also weighted only 900kg.
The championship was the biggest national series with long distance racing, with 4h long races. It also counted with the fastest racing cars in Brazil, between prototypes and GT cars. Erik drove in the P1 division, the main one in the series.

Erik also tested the Audi RS3 LMS TCR with Cobra Racing Team, from the TCR South America Championship.


In 2024 made his debut in Copa Hyundai HB20. Erik drove a Hyundai HB20 R-Spec developed by H. Racing Garage together with Hyundai Brazil. The car had a 4 cillinder 1.6L engine producing 160hp, had a sequential 6-gears transmission and weighted 800kg. It also used radial road tires and was front wheel driven. The championship was a one-manufacturer series and had only one team preparing all the cars.

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