Ricardo Sperafico

Last updated December 17, 2024

Ricardo Sperafico (born 23 July 1979) is a Brazilian professional racing driver.

Career

Born in Toledo, he resides in a family of racers, twin brother of Rodrigo, and with two cousins, Alexandre and the late Rafael. He began his career in Europe in Formula Ford. In 1998 and 1999 competed in South American Formula Three and won the Italian Formula 3000 series in 2000, before moving to International F3000 competition the following season. In 2002, Ricardo, Rodrigo and Alexandre all raced in the series with Ricardo finishing the best, 5th, driving for Petrobras Junior Team. He finished runner-up in 2003 before taking 2004 off.

In 2005 he competed for the rookie-of-the-year title in Champ Car, driving for Dale Coyne Racing. He had a difficult time coming to grips with the series, with no less than five different team-mates over the course of the year. His best finish was 8th in Denver. Alexandre also contested occasional Champ Car events from 2003 to 2005.

Sperafico returned to Brazil and competed in the Stock Car Brasil from 2007 to 2013, with modest results. Since 2014 he has entered several editions of the Corrida de Duplas. He also drove part-time in 2018.

Racing record

Complete Italian Formula 3000 results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Points
2000	ADM Competizione	VLL 19	MUG 1	IMO 4	MNZ Ret	VLL 1	DON 1	PER 4	MIS 1	1st	46

Complete International Formula 3000 results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2001	Petrobras Junior Team	INT Ret	IMO 14	CAT 19	A1R Ret	MON 5	NÜR 3	MAG 13	SIL 11	HOC 3	HUN 7	SPA 1	MNZ 3	5th	24
2002	Petrobras Junior Team	INT 7	IMO 14	CAT 9	A1R 8	MON 5	NÜR 2	SIL 3	MAG 15	HOC 6	HUN 5	SPA 3	MNZ 4	5th	22
2003	Coloni Motorsport	IMO 3	CAT Ret	A1R 1	MON DSQ	NÜR 14	MAG 3	SIL 4	HOC 1	HUN Ret	MNZ 3			2nd	43

Complete Champ Car results

(key)

Yr	Team	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points	Ref
2005	Dale Coyne Racing	11	LBH 19	MTY 17	MIL 14	POR 13	CLE 9	TOR 18	EDM 10	SJO 18	DEN 8	MTL 18	LVG 15	SRF 9	MXC 18	17th	92	^[1]

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Points
2007	Vivanz-WA Matheis	Chevrolet Astra	INT Ret	CTB Ret	CGD 30	INT 19	LON 17	SCZ 13	CTB 9	BSB 5	ARG Ret	TAR 5	RIO 2	INT DNQ	14th	56
2008	L&M Racing	Peugeot 307	INT 18	BSB 20	CTB 20	SCZ 25	CGD 20	INT 28	RIO 21	LON 21	CTB 17	BSB 5	TAR 21	INT 2	19th	32
2009	Panasonic Racing	Peugeot 307	INT 21	CTB Ret	BSB 9	SCZ DSQ	INT 8	SAL 3	RIO Ret	CGD 5	CTB 2	BSB 13	TAR 9	INT 22	11th	74
2010	Bardahl Hot Car	Chevrolet Vectra	INT	CTB	VE	RIO	RBP	SAL 17	INT Ret	CGD					36th	0
2010	Crystal Racing Team	Peugeot 307									LON Ret	SCZ DSQ	BSB 20	CTB 16	36th	0
2011	AMG Motorsport	Chevrolet Vectra	CTB	INT	RBP	VEL Ret	CGD								25th	9
	Amir Nasr Racing	Peugeot 408						RIO 12	INT 16
	Scuderia 111	Peugeot 408								SAL 20	SCZ 11	LON 19	BSB	VEL
2012	Prati-Donaduzzi	Peugeot 408	INT 28	CTB 14	VEL 18	RBP Ret	LON 15	RIO 17	SAL 8	CAS Ret	TAR 29	CTB 12	BSB 11	INT 17	19th	64

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References

↑ "Ricardo Sperafico – 2005 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

External links

Ricardo Sperafico career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Giorgio Vinella	Italian Formula 3000 champion 2000	Succeeded by Felipe Massa

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[1] "Ricardo Sperafico – 2005 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

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