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 fifth in the championship with a pair of third 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 ninth in points with a best finish of fifth (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 MOH
8
ROA
8
VAN LAG 20th16
2002 SEB
6
LRP
15
LAG
6
POR
7
TOR
17
CLE
6
VAN
17
MOH
5
ROA
1
MTL
4
6th87
2003 STP
1
MTY
2
MIL
1
LAG
4
POR
1
CLE
1
TOR
9
VAN
1
MOH
1
MTL
2
1st188
Source: [2]

Indy Lights

YearTeam123456789101112RankPointsRef
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 [3]

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
Source: [4]

References

  1. Leonardo Maia career summary at DriverDB.com
  2. "Leonardo Maia – Barber Pro stats". Champ Car Stats. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  3. "Leonardo Maia – 2004 Infiniti / Indy Pro Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  4. "Leonardo Maia – Atlantic stats". Champ Car Stats. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Barber Dodge Pro Series Champion
2003
Succeeded by
Series folded