Rodrigo Ribeiro (born January 25, 1979 in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...
) is a Brazilian
racing driver.
Career
Start
Ribeiro started his career in Fórmula Turismo, a popular touring race category, winning 3 races in his first year in 2000. He moved to the top category in 2001 named "Turismo N" where he was able to win four more races finishing in the top three positions. In the same year he moved from touring to formula cars entering in the Formula Ford championship winning 2 races. He raced two Formula Chevrolet races in this year achieving one second place and a retire.
Formula Three
Ribeiro competed in
Formula Three Sudamericana
Formula 3 Sudamericana was a South American Formula Three championship. It was inaugurated in 1987 and primarily held races in Brazil and Argentina, with a small number of events held in other countries across the continent. Its most notable g ...
from 2002 to 2003, winning the title at his second attempt.
In his first year in 2002, he stopped in the middle of the championship to make tests in European F3000. Raced 12 of 18 races with his own team. He was in second position in the F3 championship. After he left the championship Ribeiro dropped to fifth place.
In 2002, in his first test for European F3000 Draco team he was able to be the third one in Vallelunga circuit (Italy) when all the teams were testing new pilots.
In his second year Ribeiro raced for Cesario F3 team winning 12 of 14 races to be the champion. He left the F3 Sulamericana with the championship title and 4 races to finish. He moved to Italy to be ready for the International F3000 pre-season.
Formula 3000
Ribeiro stepped up to
Formula 3000
Formula 3000 (F3000) was a type of open wheel, single seater formula racing, occupying the tier immediately below Formula One and above Formula Three. It was so named because the cars were powered by 3.0 L engines.
Formula 3000 championships
...
for
2004, where he competed in four races, scoring one point in the process, before being dropped in favour of
Ernesto Viso
Ernesto José "E. J." Viso Lossada (born March 19, 1985) is a Venezuelan professional racing driver. He has raced in the 2005 and 2006 GP2 Series seasons, and has also driven the third car for Spyker MF1 Racing. In 2007 he competed in the GP2 S ...
. He has since returned to racing in his native Brazil.
Racing record
Complete International Formula 3000 results
(
key)
References
*Rodrigo Ribeiro career statistics a
driverdb.com retrieved 19 November 2006.
Living people
1979 births
Formula 3 Sudamericana drivers
Brazilian racing drivers
International Formula 3000 drivers
Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city)
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