Grid of Race-2 2007 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas

The Desafio Internacional das Estrelas ("International Challenge of the Stars" in Portuguese) is an annual charity kart race organised by

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since 2005. The first edition was held on Kartódromo Toca da Coruja on

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. For 2006 at 2008 the challenge was moved to Kartódromo dos Ingleses on

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and since 2009 at Arena Sapiens Park, also at Florianópolis. Notably, top level Brazilian drivers have competed in the event, such as

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, Rubens Barrichello,

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, Hélio Castroneves,

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and

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Also Brazilian drivers on the national championship such as Stock Car Brasil and

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. In addition, Brazilian motorcycle racer

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has competed. International drivers such as Jean Alesi and

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joined the Brazilian contingent in 2006, Vitantonio Liuzzi competed in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2013, Michael Schumacher racing in 2007, 2008 and 2009, Luca Badoer joined in 2007 and 2008.

Jeff Gordon Jeffery Michael Gordon (born August 4, 1971) is an American former professional stock car racing driver, who is the Vice Chairman for Hendrick Motorsports. He raced full-time from 1993 to 2015, driving the No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick M ...

participated in 2008, Jaime Alguersuari in 2010, 2011 and 2013, Jules Bianchi in 2011 and 2013,

Adrian Sutil Adrian Sutil (; born 11 January 1983) is a German-Uruguayan racing driver who raced in Formula One for seven seasons: from 2007–2011, then 2013–2014. He drove for the Spyker F1 Team, Force India F1 Team and the Sauber F1 Team. He was also t ...

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and Gianni Morbidelli at 2011 participated in the competition.

Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso Díaz (; born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver currently competing for Alpine in Formula One. He won the series' World Drivers' Championship in and with Renault, and has also driven for McLaren, Ferrari, and Mi ...

, Sébastien Buemi and

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all took part in the competition in 2013.

Scoring system

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The score of each race is established as follows: Pole position for race 1 race wins 2 points, at the end of two races, to ensure that the driver the score for their finishing position, he must complete a minimum of 75% of the laps completed by the leader. In the event of a tie, is used as tiebreaker the result obtained in first race.

Results

Winners

References

External links

Desafio Internacional das Estrelas official website
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