Baptista is part of a racing family, being the nephew of Ricardo Baptista and the son of Adalberto Baptista, both racing drivers. He is also the cousin of Cadi and Bruno Baptista, who also race.
Baptista began his single-seater career with a one-off appearance in the Formula 4 Sudamericana in 2014. In 2015, he raced for Prop Car Racing in Formula 3 Brasil, achieving a win at Velopark and five other podium finishes to end the year fourth in points. Simultaneously, he competed in Brasileiro de Marcas for Toyota Bassani, taking a win at Goiânia and finishing 11th in the points standings.
In 2017, Baptista joined Flying Lizard Motorsports in the GTS class of the Pirelli World Challenge, winning both races at Lime Rock, as well as races at Utah and Circuit of the Americas, finishing fourth in points. That same year, he secured the title in Porsche GT3 Cup Brasil with seven wins and three further podiums.
The following year, 2018, saw Baptista race for Bentley-affiliated K-PAX Racing in both the Pirelli World Challenge and the SprintX GT Championship Series. He took a win at VIR and both races at Watkins Glen in the Pirelli World Challenge, finishing fourth overall. In SprintX, he also won at VIR, again finishing fourth in the season standings. He also participated in the California 8 Hours for the same team.
In 2019, continuing with K-PAX Racing, Baptista raced alongside Maxime Soulet in the Blancpain GT World Challenge America, achieving wins at Circuit of the Americas and VIR, and securing third in the overall standings. He also raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for JMW Motorsport in the LMGTE Am class, originally finishing third, but being promoted to second after the race-winning Keating Motorsports Ford was disqualified. He also competed at the 24 Hours of Spa and the Kyalami 9 Hours for Team M-Sport Team Bentley.
In the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans, Baptista was part of the JMW Motorsport team that initially finished third in the LMGTE Am class, only to be promoted to second place following the disqualification of the race-winning Keating Motorsports Ford.
In 2020, Baptista raced in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for Bentley K-PAX Racing, alongside his commitments in GT World Challenge America. He switched to TCR competition in 2021, racing in TCR South America for Cobra Racing Team and the Pure ETCR Championship for Romeo Ferraris - M1RA. He also competed in the Stock Car Pro Series for Crown Racing in 2022 and KTF Sports in 2023. In 2024, Baptista returned to TCR competition, racing for Squadra Martino in both TCR South America and TCR Brazil, scoring a win at Cascavel, and also raced part-time in the Pro-Am class of the GT4 America Series for Flying Lizard Motorsports.
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