Claudio Cantelli, Jr. (born May 20, 1989 in Guarapuava) is a professional

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from

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Career

Formula Renault 2.0

After an early career in

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, in which he became a national champion, Cantelli made his

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debut in 2006 in the Brazilian Formula Renault 2.0 series. Driving for Dragão Motorsport and Cesário F.Renault, he took two podium places and three fastest laps to finish ninth in the standings. During the same year, he also contested six races of the

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault Eurocup was a Formula Renault motor racing championship. Eurocup raced only on European circuits. It served as a support series to the Formula 3.5 V8, Formula Renault 3.5 Series as part of the World Series by Renault from 2005 to ...

championship with Graff Racing, scoring a single point to be classified in 29th position. At the end of the season, Cantelli took part in the four-race British Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series, held at

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and

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. Racing for the Position 1 team, he finished the championship in eleventh place.

International Formula Master

In 2007, Cantelli took part in the inaugural

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championship, which acted as a support series to the World Touring Car Championship. He scored a single point in the second race at Pau to end the season in 28th place.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

In March 2008, Cantelli joined the new Ultimate Signature team to contest the

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. He took part in the first five races of the season with the team, but was replaced by Esteban Guerrieri after the

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round. After missing the following event at

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, Cantelli returned to the series at the Hungaroring, replacing

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at Italian team

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. He finished in the points on one occasion, at the

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, to claim 28th place in the final standings.

Formula Three

After taking part in FR3.5 winter testing, Cantelli returned to

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in 2009 to compete in the South American Formula 3 Championship. Driving for Bassan Motorsport, he took three race victories and a further three podium places to finish as runner-up behind series champion

Leonardo Cordeiro Leonardo Santos Cordeiro (born 8 November 1989 in São José dos Campos) is a Brazilian racing driver. Career Karting Cordeiro made his karting debut in 2003, at the age of 13. In 2004 and 2005, Cordeiro became Champion of the Petrobrás Smile ...

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(

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

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cantelli, Claudio 1989 births Living people Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian racing drivers Formula 3 Sudamericana drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers Brazilian Formula Renault 2.0 drivers International Formula Master drivers World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers RC Motorsport drivers JD Motorsport drivers Graff Racing drivers Signature Team drivers Jenzer Motorsport drivers People from Guarapuava