Rodrigo Ribeiro (racing driver)

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Rodrigo Ribeiro (born January 25, 1979, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian racing driver.

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Career

Start

Ribeiro started his career in Fórmula Turismo, a popular touring race category, winning 3 races in his first year in 2000. He moved to the top category in 2001 named "Turismo N" where he was able to win four more races finishing in the top three positions. In the same year he moved from touring to formula cars entering in the Formula Ford championship winning 2 races. He raced two Formula Chevrolet races in this year achieving one second place and a retire.

Formula Three

Ribeiro competed in Formula Three Sudamericana from 2002 to 2003, winning the title at his second attempt.

In his first year in 2002, he stopped in the middle of the championship to make tests in European F3000. Raced 12 of 18 races with his own team. He was in second position in the F3 championship. After he left the championship Ribeiro dropped to fifth place.

In 2002, in his first test for European F3000 Draco team he was able to be the third one in Vallelunga circuit (Italy) when all the teams were testing new pilots.

In his second year Ribeiro raced for Cesario F3 team winning 12 of 14 races to be the champion. He left the F3 Sulamericana with the championship title and 4 races to finish. He moved to Italy to be ready for the International F3000 pre-season.

Formula 3000

Ribeiro stepped up to Formula 3000 for 2004, where he competed in four races, scoring one point in the process, before being dropped in favour of Ernesto Viso. He has since returned to racing in his native Brazil. [1]

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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YearEntrant12345678910DCPoints
2004 Durango Corse IMO
13		 CAT
8		 MON
Ret		 NUR
16		 MAG SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ 17th1

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References

  1. ↑ "The Formula 3000 drivers - Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. 2004-08-23. Retrieved 2006-08-01.


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