Leonardo Maia (born December 4, 1980) is a Brazilian former racing driver. [1]
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.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
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2001 | SEB | PIR | LRP1 | LRP2 | DET | CLE | TOR | CHI | MDO 8 | ROA 8 | VAN | LAG | 20th | 16 |
2002 | SEB 6 | LRP 15 | LAG 6 | POR 7 | TOR 17 | CLE 6 | VAN 17 | MDO 5 | ROA 1 | MTL 4 | 6th | 87 | ||
2003 | STP 1 | MTY 2 | MIL 1 | LAG 4 | POR 1 | CLE 1 | TOR 9 | VAN 1 | MDO 1 | MTL 2 | 1st | 188 |
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
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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 | 5th | 292 |
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
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2005 | Jensen Motorsport | LBH | MTY | POR1 | POR2 | CLE1 11 | CLE2 9 | TOR | EDM | SJO | DEN | ROA | MTL | 16th | 39 |
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 | 9th | 161 |
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