Fábio Carbone (born September 4, 1980) is a Brazilian

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driver.

Racing career

Carbone began his career in

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ing at the age of nine and won the Brazilian national championship at 15 years of age, in 1995. In 1999, he moved into Formula Chevrolet and finishing the Brazilian championship in vice, behind Felipe Massa. He finished the championship in third in the next year. In 2001, he moved to

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to compete in the Italian and Formula Renault Championship. He won three races and finished the series in third at once. In the same year, he participated in five races of the European Formula Renault Championship and took a

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saw his activity and selected him to a driver of Renault Development Program.

Formula Three

In 2002, he competed in the British Formula 3 Championship and finished in sixth. In this year, he won the Masters F3 race. In 2003, he moved to Formula 3 Euro Series of just establishment and finished in fifth. He won the race 2 of the Pau Grand Prix. And he took pole position in the

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F3 race and runner-up in the race. In 2004, once more, he moved to another Formula Three championship, the Japanese Championship in this time. And he returned to Euroseries in 2005 before re-returned to Japanese Championship in 2006.

Japan

Though he ran as practice driver for the A1 Team Brazil in the 2005–06 season, he went on to take an active part in Japan and competed in the Formula Nippon and

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in 2007. He also participated in 1000km Suzuka in 2006 and finished in second.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

Carbone competed in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in

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, driving for the Ultimate Signature team, with team-mates Claudio Cantelli and Esteban Guerrieri. He won two consecutive races in 2008.

Return to Brazil

Carbone resumed his sports career in 2011. He raced in the Brasileiro de Marcas as well as some races in

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and Porsche GT3 Cup Brasil.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Complete Super GT results

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carbone, Fabio 1980 births Living people Brazilian racing drivers Stock Car Brasil drivers Formula Nippon drivers Italian Formula Renault 2.0 drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers Formula 3 Euro Series drivers Japanese Formula 3 Championship drivers Super GT drivers World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers Nismo drivers Nakajima Racing drivers EuroInternational drivers Signature Team drivers Dandelion Racing drivers Hitech Grand Prix drivers Fortec Motorsport drivers Racing drivers from São Paulo