Leonardo Maia

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Leonardo Maia (born December 4, 1980) is a Brazilian former racing driver. [1]

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He began racing professionally in the Barber Dodge Pro Series in 2001 and he won the series championship in 2003. In 2004 he moved to the Infiniti Pro Series (now Indy Lights) for Brian Stewart Racing and finished 5th in the championship with a pair of 3rd-place finishes. The following year he made two Toyota Atlantic starts for Jensen MotorSport and he participated full-time in 2006 for Forsythe Championship Racing, finishing 9th in points with a best finish of 5th (twice). He retired from professional racing afterwards.

Motorsports career results

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

Barber Dodge Pro Series

Year123456789101112RankPoints
2001 SEB PIR LRP1 LRP2 DET CLE TOR CHI MDO
8
ROA
8
VAN LAG 20th16
2002 SEB
6
LRP
15
LAG
6
POR
7
TOR
17
CLE
6
VAN
17
MDO
5
ROA
1
MTL
4
6th87
2003 STP
1
MTY
2
MIL
1
LAG
4
POR
1
CLE
1
TOR
9
VAN
1
MDO
1
MTL
2
1st188

Indy Lights

YearTeam123456789101112RankPoints
2004 Brian Stewart Racing HMS PHX
3
INDY
6
KAN
Ret
NSH
Ret
MIL
Ret
MIS
7
KTY
3
PPIR
7
CHI
7
FON
4
TXS
12
5th292

Champ Car Atlantic

YearTeam123456789101112RankPoints
2005 Jensen Motorsport LBH MTY POR1 POR2 CLE1
11
CLE2
9
TOR EDM SJO DEN ROA MTL 16th39
2006 Forsythe LBH
9
HOU
9
MTY
10
POR
9
CLE1
7
CLE2
6
TOR
10
EDM
17
SJO
5
DEN
12
MTL
5
ROA
12
9th161

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References

  1. Leonardo Maia career summary at DriverDB.com
Sporting positions
Preceded by Barber Dodge Pro Series Champion
2003
Succeeded by
Series folded