Formula One drivers from Brazil

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Formula One drivers from Brazil
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Drivers 32
Grands Prix803
Entries1963
Starts1845
Best season finish1st (8 times, 1972, 1974, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991)
Wins 101
Podiums 293
Pole positions 126
Fastest laps 88
Points3423 [lower-alpha 1]
First entry 1951 Italian Grand Prix
First win 1970 United States Grand Prix
Latest win 2009 Italian Grand Prix
Latest entry 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
2024 driversNone
Ayrton Senna in his 1988 McLaren Ayrton Senna 1988 Canada cropped.jpg
Ayrton Senna in his 1988 McLaren

There have been 32 Formula One drivers who have represented Brazil, including three world champions. Ayrton Senna, the three-time title winner, is regarded by many as the best driver in the history of Formula One. Nelson Piquet also won the title three times and Emerson Fittipaldi was a two-time winner. Rubens Barrichello, who used to hold the record for the most races contested with 322 starts, finished as the championship runner-up in two seasons. Following the retirement of Felipe Massa after the 2017 season, in 2018 there were no Brazilian drivers entered for the World Championship, the first time this had occurred since 1969.

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World champions and race winners

Piquet at Monza in 1983 Piquet a Monza 1983.JPG
Piquet at Monza in 1983

Brazil produced three world champions, all of whom won more than once. [3] Emerson Fittipaldi was the first Brazilian to secure the Drivers' Championship, winning in 1972 and 1974. [4] Nelson Piquet managed one better, winning the championship three times in the 1980s and became the first Brazilian triple world champion. [5] In 1991, 31-year-old Ayrton Senna won his third title, making him the youngest ever three-time world champion at that time. [6]

Six Brazilian drivers won at least one Grand Prix, with a combined total of 101 wins. [7] Ayrton Senna has won the most races with 41 victories, while Nelson Piquet won 23 out of 204 race starts. [5] Fittipaldi, Rubens Barrichello, and Felipe Massa have each claimed more than ten wins. [4] [8] [9] Carlos Pace scored his only victory at the 1975 Brazilian Grand Prix. [10] Emerson Fittipaldi was the first Brazilian to win a Formula One Grand Prix – the 1970 United States Grand Prix at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course.

No Brazilian driver has won a Grand Prix since Barrichello's last win at the 2009 Italian Grand Prix, the country's longest barren run since Fittipaldi's maiden victory.

Former drivers

Notable former drivers

Ayrton Senna in 1989 Ayrton Senna Imola 1989 Cropped.jpg
Ayrton Senna in 1989
Emerson Fittipaldi in a Lotus 72 in 1971 1971 Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus 72 (kl).JPG
Emerson Fittipaldi in a Lotus 72 in 1971

Ayrton Senna is often regarded as one of the best racing drivers of all time. In an Autosport survey, 217 Formula One drivers were asked to vote for their top 10 greatest drivers of all-time, and Senna was chosen as number one. He finished on the podium 80 times, nearly half of the races in which he competed, and won 41 events. [11] He was a master of the Monaco Grand Prix, winning it five times consecutively, a feat never achieved by any other driver on any circuit. [6]

Nelson Piquet in a Brabham BT50 in 1982 Nelson Piquet 1982 British GP.jpg
Nelson Piquet in a Brabham BT50 in 1982

Nelson Piquet won three titles in a career that spanned 14 seasons. He made his Formula One debut in 1978 as a privateer before securing a drive with Brabham. He spent the next seven seasons with the team, winning the Drivers' Championship in 1981 and 1983 before moving to Williams in 1986. [5] [12] Piquet had battles with teammate Nigel Mansell both on and off track. Piquet publicly called Mansell "an uneducated blockhead", with Mansell retorting that "Piquet is just a vile man". In their first year together Piquet was convinced that Williams were favouring the British driver and their distracting personal feud helped Alain Prost to the title. The following year Piquet got the upper hand and, though he had half as many wins as Mansell, his consistency saw him through to his third title. [13] Piquet moved to Lotus for two seasons before finishing his F1 career with Benetton with whom he achieved three victories. [5] After his retirement Piquet developed a successful satellite navigation company which helped him finance the careers of his sons, Nelson Piquet Jr. and Pedro Piquet. [13]

Emerson Fittipaldi spent ten years in Formula One and won the Drivers' Championship in 1972 and 1974. [4] The Autosport driver survey placed Fittipaldi in 12th place, one ahead of Piquet. [14] Fittipaldi joined Formula One in 1970 with Lotus and achieved one victory in his first two years. In his third year, he won five races and the Drivers' Championship (the youngest champion ever at the time), and came second to Jackie Stewart the next year. Fittipaldi joined the McLaren team in 1974 and won his second title, coming runner-up the following year. [4] Fittipaldi left McLaren to set up Fittipaldi Automotive alongside older brother Wilson, a team financed by Copersucar, the Brazilian state-run sugar marketing company. [15] They remained uncompetitive for several years with only two podiums in the next five years. [4] When Copersucar withdrew their sponsorship, Fittipaldi retired from driving to focus on managing the team. He did so for two years before it folded in 1982, and he returned to Brazil. Fittipaldi returned to racing in 1984 in the American CART series. He won the CART championship in 1989 and the Indianapolis 500 in both 1989 and 1993. [15] Fittipaldi retired from racing for the second and final time in 1996, after being injured in a first-lap wreck during a CART race at Michigan International Speedway.

Barrichello driving for Brawn GP at the 2009 Turkish Grand Prix Rubens Barrichello 2009 Turkey.jpg
Barrichello driving for Brawn GP at the 2009 Turkish Grand Prix

Rubens Barrichello drove in 322 Formula One races. At the time of his retirement, this was the record for the most races in a Formula One career. [16] He finished in the top four of the drivers' championship in five consecutive seasons with Ferrari between 2000 and 2004. During this time Barrichello, like Massa after him, found it difficult to be the second driver to Michael Schumacher. He left Ferrari to join Honda and endured three tough seasons before Brawn GP bought out the team and produced a 2009 car that helped him to finish third in the championship. At the beginning of his career Barrichello was mentored by Ayrton Senna, and the drivers became close friends. Senna's death, just a year after Barrichello's debut, deeply upset the young Brazilian who had been injured in a crash at the start of the same Grand Prix weekend. When Barrichello won his first race six years later he was overwhelmed by the emotion of being the first Brazilian driver, since Senna, to stand atop the podium. [8] As of 2023, he remains the last Brazilian to win a race.

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Massa driving for Ferrari at the 2013 Italian Grand Prix

Felipe Massa debuted in 2002 for Sauber and later drove for Ferrari from 2006 to 2013. In his first three seasons with the team he finished third, fourth, and then second in the drivers' championship. All eleven of his race victories happened during those three seasons. He has found himself as the number two driver in the team on several occasions, firstly to Michael Schumacher, Kimi Räikkönen and then Fernando Alonso, having to yield the lead and let the senior driver through for the victory. [9] Massa came very close to winning the 2008 season, eventually losing to Lewis Hamilton by just one point. He lost it on the last lap of the final race of the season when Hamilton managed to pass Timo Glock for fifth position and secure enough points to win the championship. The Ferrari team, unaware of Hamilton's late overtaking move, were celebrating in the belief that Massa had won the title. When the situation became clear the message was relayed to a very disappointed Massa. [17] For 2014, Massa moved to Williams. He announced that he would retire from Formula One at the end of the 2016 season. [18] However, the abrupt retirement of 2016 Formula One Champion Nico Rosberg from Mercedes precipitated the late move of Valtteri Bottas from Williams to Mercedes, leaving a late vacancy at Williams. Massa subsequently postponed his retirement, returning to Williams to partner rookie Lance Stroll for the 2017 season. [19] On 4 November 2017, Massa confirmed that he would be retiring from Formula One at the end of the 2017 season. [20]

Timeline

Former driversBorn in
Chico Landi [21] 19511953, 1956 São Paulo
Gino Bianco [22] 1952 Milan, Italy
Nano da Silva Ramos [23] 19551956 Paris, France
Fritz d'Orey [24] 1959 São Paulo
Emerson Fittipaldi [25] 19701980 São Paulo
Wilson Fittipaldi Jr. [26] 19721973, 1975 São Paulo
José Carlos Pace [27] 19721977 São Paulo
Luiz Pereira Bueno [28] 1973 São Paulo
Ingo Hoffmann [29] 19761977 São Paulo
Alex Dias Ribeiro [30] 19761977, 1979 Belo Horizonte
Nelson Piquet [31] 19781991 Rio de Janeiro
Chico Serra [32] 19811983 São Paulo
Raul Boesel [33] 19821983 Curitiba
Roberto Pupo Moreno [34] 1982, 1987, 19891992, 1995 Rio de Janeiro
Ayrton Senna [35] 19841994 São Paulo
Maurício Gugelmin [36] 19881992 Joinville
Christian Fittipaldi [37] 19921994 São Paulo
Rubens Barrichello [38] 19932011 São Paulo
Pedro Paulo Diniz [39] 19952000 São Paulo
Ricardo Rosset [40] 19961998 São Paulo
Tarso Marques [41] 19961997, 2001 Curitiba
Ricardo Zonta [29] 19992001, 20042005 Curitiba
Luciano Burti [42] 20002001 São Paulo
Enrique Bernoldi [43] 20012002 Curitiba
Felipe Massa [44] 2002, 20042017 São Paulo
Cristiano da Matta [45] 20032004 Belo Horizonte
Antônio Pizzonia [45] 20032005 Manaus
Nelsinho Piquet [46] 20082009 Heidelberg, Germany
Bruno Senna [47] 20102012 São Paulo
Lucas di Grassi [48] 2010 São Paulo
Felipe Nasr 20152016 Brasília
Pietro Fittipaldi 2020 Miami, United States
Source: [49]

Count of drivers from the same cities

Born outside Brazil

See also

Notes

  1. 2 points more than what's shown on StatsF1, [1] since Nano da Silva Ramos is incorrectly listed there as racing under French license while he was actually racing under Brazilian license. [2]

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