The Brazilian thread

That's good, really good: http://auto-racing.s...na-test-on-top/

That's good, really good: http://auto-racing.s...na-test-on-top/

Hopefully he doesn't get "buried" in US series like some drivers who are considered to be talented. JPM seems to be the last driver who came from a US series to F1 and had success. And Bourdais is obviously the last driver who came from US to F1, and how many CCWS titles did he need to win before getting an F1 seat.

AFAIK, Nasr (alongside Foresti and Cunha) is aiming a WSR seat for next season.
His is competing at Grand-An theis weekend as a prize for winning the British F3 this year.

Anyway, a seat at a series like ALMS is something far from being buried. It's not what he's aiming, but this wouldn't be like some kind of dishonor.

Edited by highdownforce, 08 December 2011 - 17:07.

Nasr is probably the only brazilian driver in the ladder at the moment that I really rate, would be a shame to see him diverted into sportscars even before he's given any sort of chance. Seems bizarre that he'd consider this already after winning a F3 title, lack of money perhaps?

Nasr is probably the only brazilian driver in the ladder at the moment that I really rate, would be a shame to see him diverted into sportscars even before he's given any sort of chance. Seems bizarre that he'd consider this already after winning a F3 title, lack of money perhaps?

As highdownforce said, he's obviously trying to get into WSR. So, Grand-Am is just a one-off prize race.

This past weekend we had the 500 Miles Kart race at Kártodromo Beto Carreiro with the presence of many professional kart racers including Brazilian F1 drivers and drivers from other series as well.

After the 12h race, Team Fittipaldi kart #2, shared by Christian Fittipaldi, Vitor Meira, Jonathan Louis, Roger Rieger, Giorgio Ramos, Gabriel Dias and César Ramos took the victory by only 3 seconds after a long lead of Team Caras/Head&Shoulders (Rubens Barrichello, Tony Kanaan, Felipe Giaffone, Rafael Suzuki, Augusto Farfus Jr. and Carlos Barrichello).



Final Results:

position - kart number - team - gap
01 - 2 – Fittipaldi, 700 laps - 11:39:29.873 (speed average 69.34 km/h)
Christian Fittipaldi, Vitor Meira, Jonathan Louis, Roger Rieger, Giorgio Ramos, Gabriel Dias and César Ramos
02 - 72 – Caras/Head Shoulders, 3.395
Rubens Barrichello, Tony Kanaan, Felipe Giaffone, Rafael Suzuki, Augusto Farfus Jr. and Carlos Barrichello
03 - 4 – Quirino Racing, 1 lap
Júlio Campos, Gabriel Casagrande, Lucas Gohr, Felipe Tozzo, Gustavo Frigotto, Enrique Bernoldi and Ricardo Zonta
04 - 15 – Bomix/MZ Racing, 2 laps
André Rosário, Alexandre Rosário and Rafael Daniel
05 - 13 – Spirit Sports, 2 laps
Denis Navarro, João Pretto and Alexandre Ruiz Filho
06 - 60 – IMM/ VIAPOL/ NHJ, 4 laps
07 - 28 – CEL Motor Sport, 6 laps
08 - 35 – CKS/Bco Original/Empilog, 7 laps
09 - 77 – Hanier Especialidades, 8 laps
10 - 1 – Fittipaldi, 9 laps
11 - 6 – IMM/Viapol/NHJ, 9 laps
12 - 29 – Red Bull, 10 laps
13 - 7 – MG Tires/WR Motorsport, 10 laps
14 - 80 – Shell/Cowboy Asfalto, 10 laps
15 - 10 – Pachá/VKR, 11 laps
16 - 5 – MR Competições, 14 laps
17 - 14 – Quirino Racing, 16 laps
18 - 44 – MV Stop Aço Marba Totvs, 17 laps
19 - 62 – RR Racing Team, 20 laps
20 - 11 – Blu Racing, 24 laps
21 - 46 – Cisão Motors Sports, 26 laps
22 - 88 – Neutralizer Team 2, 27 laps
23 - 18 – Kart Barra Sul/MPK Prep, 28 laps
24 - 57 – JZ Racing Team, 29 laps
25 - 8 – Neutralizer Team, 29 laps
26 - 16 – VR Motorsport, 34 laps
27 - 21 – Nitro Race, 40 laps
28 - 51 – F5, 41 laps
29 - 17 – Bee/BKO/Jornalistas, 42 laps
30 - 55 – JZ Racing Team, 47 laps
31 - 26 – Arroz Realengo, 49 laps
32 - 33 – CKS/Empilog/Bco Original, 50 laps
33 - 73 – Locaweb, 55 laps
34 - 58 – Nitro 500, 58 laps
35 - 56 – JZ Racing Team, 59 laps
36 - 81 – Cunningham Kamikart, 64 laps
37 - 59 – Nitro 500, 78 laps
38 - 45 – Luis XV, 82 laps
39 - 22 – Beto Carrero, 107 laps
40 - 75 – Power 1, 110 laps
41 - 20 – Beto Carrero, 112 laps
42 - 19 – Massa/Shell VPower, 148 laps
43 - 71 – Caras/Head Shoulders, 163 laps
44 - 70 – Shell/Cowboys Asfalto, 173 laps
45 - 3 – Larimax Race Team, 177 laps
46 - 91 – Massa/Shell V-Power, 288 laps
47 - 66 – Nelson – Curitiba, 321 laps

Edited by highdownforce, 12 December 2011 - 18:35.

Hmm... I guess I'm a little late with a a definitive guide for Brazilian Motorsport in 2012, but I'll catch up!

As a tease, I can offer you todays gallery of the Stockcar Brasil pre season tests in Curitiba:

http://www.flickr.co...528740267/show/





This year we'll probably have the most bad ass Chevy Sonic in the world.

Copa Caixa Stock Car Brasil
2012 Season Guide

Race Schedule

March 25th - Autódromo José Carlos Pace
April 15th - Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba
May 6th - Velopark, Nova Santa Rita
May 20th - Ribeirão Preto Street Circuit
July 1st - Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna
July 15th - Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet (Rio de Janeiro)
August 5th - Autódromo José Carlos Pace {Corrida do Milhão, 1 hour race}
August 26th - Salvador Street Circuit
September 16th - Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura
September 30th - Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã
October 21st - Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba
November 11th - Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet (Brasília)

Race Format

40 minutes + 1 lap
No refueling
All races on free to air TV, about 12 AM GMT
Qualify on Saturdays

Points System

1st - 22 points
2nd - 20
3rd - 18
4th - 17
5th - 16
6th - 15
7th - 14
8th - 13
9th - 12
10th - 11
11th - 10
12th - 9
13th - 8
14th - 7
15th - 6
16th - 5
17th - 4
18th - 3
19th - 2
20th - 1

* Double points score on the last race of the calendar.

Teams and Drivers


Red Bull Racing A.Mattheis Chevrolet Sonic
0 - Cacá Bueno
29 - Daniel Serra


Ser Glass/Neoquímica Vogel Motorsport Chevrolet Sonic
5 - Denis Navarro
18 - Allam Khodair


Officer ProGP Chevrolet Sonic
6 - Vitor Meira
23 - Duda Pamplona


Línea Sucralose Gramacho RZ Competições Chevrolet Sonic
10 - Ricardo Zonta
74 - Popó Bueno


Mobil Super Pioneer AMG Racing Chevrolet Sonic
11 - Nonô Figueiredo
51 - Átila Abreu


Hot Car Competições Chevrolet Sonic
16 - Diego Nunes
37 - Eduardo Leite


Ipiranga/Credipar RCM Motorsport Chevrolet Sonic
21 - Thiago Camilo
63 - Lico Kaesemodel


BMC Racing Full Time Chevrolet Sonic
25 - Tuka Rocha
28 - Galid Osman


Eurofarma RC Chevrolet Sonic
65 - Max Wilson
90 - Ricardo Maurício


Comprafácil JF Racing Peugeot 408
1 - Antônio Pizzonia
88 - Pedro Boesel


Carlos Alves Competições Peugeot 408
4 - Júlio Campos
22 - Rodrigo Navarro


Shell Racing A.Mattheis Peugeot 408
7 - Alceu Feldmann
77 - Valdeno Brito


Itaipava Racing Team Boettger Peugeot 408
14 - Luciano Burti
35 - David Muffato


Prati-Donaduzzi Mico's Racing Peugeot 408
19 - Rodrigo Sperafico
20 - Ricardo Sperafico


Medley Full Time Peugeot 408
80 - Marcos Gomes
99 - Xandinho Negrão

[?]
Bassani Racing Peugeot 408
9 - Giuliano Losacco
33 - Felipe Maluhy

Official web site: http://stockcar.globo.com/



Pictures: Bruno Vicaria®

Edited by highdownforce, 12 April 2012 - 15:57.

Top Series - Campeonato Brasileiro de Endurance
2012 Season Guide

Race Schedule

April 28th - Anhembi (coupled with São Paulo 300)
June 10th - Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba
July 22nd - Autódromo José Carlos Pace
August 12th - Velopark, Nova Santa Rita
September 30th - Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna
November 4th - Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã

Race Format

500km or 3 hour races.
Rolling starts.

Classes

TOP Series 1 "The Furious"



Top 1 GT
FIA GT2 and FIA GT3 (petrol 100 liters).

TOP 1 GT Premium
Cars from Top 1 GT with a qualify time greater than 103%.

Top 1 PR (Prototypes)
Sport Prototypes - forced induction - max 2000cm³ - 650kg - 100l
Sport Prototypes - naturally aspired - max 3500cm³ - 650kg - 100l
Sport Prototypes - naturally aspired - 3500cm³ to 4000cm³ - 850kg - 100l
Sport Prototypes - naturally aspired - more than 4000cm³ - 950kg - 100l

* Non-Brazilian prototypes will have 50kg added to their minimum weight.
* All prototypes must have an open top. Coupe-like prototypes are disallowed

TOP 1 PR Premium
Cars from Top 1 PR with a qualify time greater than 103%.

TOP Series 2 "The Fast"



Top 2 GT
FIA GT4(petrol 100 liters).

TOP 2 GT Premium
Cars from Top 2 GT with a qualify time greater than 103%.

Top 2 PR
Sport Prototypes - naturally aspired - max 2000cm³ - 600kg - 80l

* Non-Brazilian prototypes will have 50kg added to their minimum weight.
* All prototypes must have an open top. Coupe-like prototypes are disallowed.

TOP 2 PR Premium
Cars from Top 2 PR with a qualify time greater than 103%.

TOP 3

Invited GT cars from other series.

Points System

Each driver will score points for the General Championship and for his\her Class Championship.

Race Finish:
1st - 25 points
2nd - 20
3rd - 17
4th - 15
5th - 13
6th - 11
7th - 9
8th - 7
9th - 5
10th - 3
11th - 2
12th - 1

Race Distance:
100% of the race distance - 25 points
75% to 99% - 20
50% to 74% - 15
25% to 49% - 10
Less than 25% - 5

Pole Position:
Per Class\Group - 3 points

Teams and Drivers

TOP 1

Top 1 GT

## - Xandy Negrão & Xandinho Negrão – Lamborghini LP600
## - Paulo Bonifácio & Sérgio Jimenez – Mercedes SLS AMG
## - Chico Longo & Daniel Serra – Ferrari 458
## - Cleber Faria & Duda Rosa – Mercedes SLS AMG
## - Vanuê Faria & Renan Guerra – Mercedes SLS AMG
## - Pedro Queirolo & Rodrigo Barbosa – Corvette Z06R
## - Fernando Croce & Daniel Croce & Fernando Gomes Croce – Corvette Z06R
## - Ronaldo Castropil & Henrique Assunção – Lamborghini LP600
## - Bruno Garfinkel & Rafael Daniel – Lamborghini LP600
## - Marcel Visconde & Max Wilson – Porsche
## - Marcelo Hahn & Allam Khodair – Lamborghini LP600+

Top 1 PR

## - Dimas Pimenta & Dimas III/ Rodrigo Pimenta – Dimep Prototype
## - Hipolito Martinez & Sérgio Pistilli – Spyder Prototype
## - Tulio Teixeira & TBA – Spyder Prototype
## - Eduardo Amorim & A. Marcondes & Gindra Grauscher – MRX Prototype


TOP 2

Top 2 GT

## - Cristiano Federico & Caio Lara – TBA
## - Valter Rosste & Fábio Grecco – Maserari Gran Turismo
## - Sérgio Laganá & Alan Hellmeister & Eduardo Oliveira – Ferrari Challenge
## - Marçal Mello & Willian Freire – Ginetta G50
## - Carlos Burza & Cristina Rosito – Ginetta G50
## - Henry Visconde & Ricardo Landi & Geciel Andrade – BMW M3
## - Marcello Sant´Anna & Christian Pons – Ferrari Challenge
## - Oswaldo Frederico & Rodrigo Frederico – Ferrari Challenge
## - Carlos Esteves & Roberto Martinez & Valdevino Brito – Maserati Trofeo
## - Valter Pinheiro & Leonardo Burti – Lotus Evora

Top 2 PR

## - Nelson Cintra & José Ribeiro – MRX Prototype
## - Alexandre Finardi & Nelson Silva Jr. – MRX Prototype
## - H. Halle & Fábio Steibruch – Spyder Prototype
## - José Cardoso & TBA – Spyder Prototype
## - Raijjan Mascarello & Fernando Fortes – Spyder Prototype
## - Robson Luis & Jaime Elon – Spyder Prototype
## - João Marcelo & Beto Cavaleiro & Eduardo Leite – TBA
## - Luis Abade & Humberto Santos & Alexandre Tapazisis – Spyder Prototype

Official web site: http://www.topseries.com.br/top-series

Edited by highdownforce, 20 April 2012 - 20:09.

Copa Petrobras de Marcas
2012 Season Guide

Race Schedule

April 22nd - Autódromo José Carlos Pace
June 10th - Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet (Brasília)
June 24th - Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet (Rio de Janeiro)
July 22nd - Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba
September 23rd - Velopark, Nova Santa Rita
October 28th - Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã
November 18th - Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna
December 2nd - Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba

Race Format

Double rounds, with two 45 minutes races (Saturdays and Sundays)
Car can be shared by two drivers (one for which race)
Best two positioned cars from which Manufactures scores points for the Manufacturer championship

Sunday race 1: 15h (GMT)
Sunday race 2: 17:20h (GMT)

Manufactures

Chevrolet - Cruze
Honda - Civic
Ford - Focus
Toyota - Corolla
Mitsubishi - Lancer

Points System

1st - 25 points
2nd - 20
3rd - 16
4th - 14
5th - 12
6th - 10
7th - 9
8th - 8
9th - 7
10th - 6
11th - 5
12th - 4
13th - 3
14th - 2
15th - 1


* Double points score on the last race of the calendar.

Teams and Drivers

Carlos Alves Competições Chevrolet Cruze
#21 - Thiago Camilo
#28 - Galid Osman

J.Star Racing Chevrolet Cruze
#8 - Marcelo Tomasoni
#81 - Ricardo Sargo

Auto Racing Honda Civic
#6 - Cristiano Almeida (Juliano Moro for some races)
#13 - André Bragantini

Full Time Honda Civic
#7 - Alceu Feldmann
#90 - Ricardo Maurício

Bassan Motorsport Ford Focus
#17 - Fernando Galera
## - TBA

Amir Nasr Ford Focus
#3 - Vitor Meira
#30 - Serafim Jr.

Bassani Racing Toyota Corolla
#5 - Denis Navarro
#70 - Diego Nunes

RZ Motorsport Toyota Corolla
#1 - Thiago Marques
#10 - Ricardo Zonta

Officer ProGP Mitsubishi Lancer
#33 - Felipe Maluhy
#72 - Fabio Fogaça

Serra Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer
#12 - Carlos Padovan
#80 - Marcos Gomes




Official web site: http://brasileirodemarcas.com.br/

Edited by highdownforce, 20 April 2012 - 19:54.

Thank you Highdownforce!!

Thank you Highdownforce!!

You're welcomed!
Official announcements were too late this year, and we still don't have a schedule for the SRO GT3-GT4 series.

I'm very curious about how Top Series (Auto+ and Band) and GT Brasil (SRO-LA and SporTV) will get along during this season.
I'm particularly interested on how GT3 will develop without its former promoters and with an official BMW Team. However I most say that on the TopSeries front the sight of MetalMoro's prototypes is very much welcomed. I've always imagined how these cars would develop with proper sponsorship (I hope the can get it this time). Anyway, I'm still waiting the release of the technical regs for the endurance series just to see what sort of things will be allowed on the prototype classes.

F3 Sudam is another series that I hope see improved this year with rumored four races in Argentina and with local teams.

As Always as soon as I've got something interesting, I'll bring it to here.

This weekend will have the first round of Stock Car Brasil in Interlagos, Sunday 12:30 GMT, just between your post F1 race discussions on this forum and the Indycar race.

You're welcomed!
Official announcements were too late this year, and we still don't have a schedule for the SRO GT3-GT4 series.

I'm very curious about how Top Series (Auto+ and Band) and GT Brasil (SRO-LA and SporTV) will get along during this season.
I'm particularly interested on how GT3 will develop without its former promoters and with an official BMW Team. However I most say that on the TopSeries front the sight of MetalMoro's prototypes is very much welcomed. I've always imagined how these cars would develop with proper sponsorship (I hope the can get it this time). Anyway, I'm still waiting the release of the technical regs for the endurance series just to see what sort of things will be allowed on the prototype classes.

F3 Sudam is another series that I hope see improved this year with rumored four races in Argentina and with local teams.

As Always as soon as I've got something interesting, I'll bring it to here.

Is there any news about F3 Sudam in Brazil? Its website still sucks and there's zero talking in Argentina about the supposed Argentine teams and drivers being backed up by Top Race. Last year they said there will be up to 10 Argentine drivers for 2012. Gabriel Furlán's team was supposed to return. But so far, if there's been some advance, they are working on it pretty silently. When is the championship beginning?

Is there any news about F3 Sudam in Brazil? Its website still sucks and there's zero talking in Argentina about the supposed Argentine teams and drivers being backed up by Top Race. Last year they said there will be up to 10 Argentine drivers for 2012. Gabriel Furlán's team was supposed to return. But so far, if there's been some advance, they are working on it pretty silently. When is the championship beginning?

I was going to ask this on the STC 2000 thread.. lately I've heard nothing of it.
AFAIK, not even a calendar yet. F3 used to couple with the Copa Petrobras de Marcas, so I believe we'll going to see them at some of those events.

Or maybe they'll join GT3 that still unheard too. Things are very secretive/slow this season.

Copa Caixa Stock Car Brasil - Interlagos - Round 1



Race Result
pos - driver - team
1 - Caca Bueno – Red Bull
2 - Thiago Camilo – RCM
3 - Ricardo Mauricio – Eurofarma
4 - Allam Khodair – Vogel
5 - Atila Abreu – AMG
6 - Daniel Serra – Red Bull
7 - Nono Figueiredo – AMG
8 - Julio Campos – Carlos Alves
9 - Valdeno Brito – Shell Racing
10 - Lico Kaesemodel – RCM
11 - Marcos Gomes – Medley
12 - Felipe Maluhy – Bassani Racing
13 - David Muffato – Itaipava
14 - Luciano Burti – Itaipava
15 - Denis Navarro- Vogel
16 - Rodrigo Sperafico – Mico´s
17 - Galid Osman – BMC
18 - Giuliano Losacco – Bassani Racing
19 - Pedro Boesel – JF Racing
20 - Xandinho Negrão – Medley
21 - Eduardo Leite – Hot Car
22 - Diego Nunes – Hot Car
23 - Tuka Rocha – BMC
24 - Max Wilson – Eurofarma
25 - Alceu Feldmann – Shell Racing
26 - Ricardo Zonta – RZ
27 - Vitor Meira – Officer ProGP
28 - Ricardo Sperafico – Mico´s
29 - Duda Pamplona – Officer ProGP – DNF
30 - Antonio Pizzonia – JF Racing – DNF
31 - Rodrigo Navarro – Carlos Alves – DNF
32 - Popo Bueno – RZ – DNF

Drivers Score
pos - driver - team - points
1 - Caca Bueno – Red Bull – 22 points
2 - Thiago Camilo – RCM – 20
3 - Ricardo Mauricio – Eurofarma – 18
4 - Allam Khodair – Vogel – 17
5 - Atila Abreu – AMG – 16
6 - Daniel Serra – Red Bull – 15
7 - Nono Figueiredo – AMG – 14
8 - Julio Campos – Carlos Alves – 13
9 - Valdeno Brito – Shell Racing – 12
10 - Lico Kaesemodel – RCM – 11
11 - Marcos Gomes – Medley – 10
12 - Felipe Maluhy – Bassani Racing – 9
13 - David Muffato – Itaipava – 8
14 - Luciano Burti – Itaipava – 7
15 - Denis Navarro- Vogel – 6
16 - Rodrigo Sperafico – Mico´s – 5
17 - Galid Osman – BMC – 4
18 - Giuliano Losacco – Bassani Racing – 3
19 - Pedro Boesel – JF Racing – 2
20 - Xandinho Negrão – Medley – 1 point

Teams Score
pos - team - points
1 - Red Bull – 37 points
2 - RCM – 31
3 - AMG – 30
4 - Vogel – 23
5 - Eurofarma – 18
6 - Itaipava Racing- 15
7 - Carlos Alves – 13
8 - Shell Racing – 12
9 - Bassani Racing – 12
10 - Medley – 11
11 - Mico´s – 5
12 - BMC – 4
13 - JF Racing – 2
14 - Hot Car – 0
15 - Officer Pro GP – 0
16 - RZ Motorsport – 0

Edited by highdownforce, 25 March 2012 - 19:52.

I was going to ask this on the STC 2000 thread.. lately I've heard nothing of it.
AFAIK, not even a calendar yet. F3 used to couple with the Copa Petrobras de Marcas, so I believe we'll going to see them at some of those events.

Or maybe they'll join GT3 that still unheard too. Things are very secretive/slow this season.

The past weekend it was the first round of the 2012 Top Race championships and it was announced that 8 F3 Dallaras will be arriving soon to Argentina and that they will be run by GF Racing (4 times F3 Sudam champion Gabriel Furlán's team) and Schick Racing in this year's F3 Sudam. Both are Top Race teams right now (GF has works support from Mitsubishi) and are being supported by this series into F3 Sudam. Both Top Race and F3 will share several rounds.

Thanks ezequiel!

Tow questions:

- Do you know which rounds will be shared?
- Are those chassis new F3 spec? Brazilian teams use old spec F3.

Interesting bits:

GF may be working together with Officer Pro and Serra Motorsport in the Copa Petrobras de Marcas, both teams will be running Mitsubishi Lancers this season, and at their PR it was disclosed that their cars was based on the Top Race cars.

• • •

Unrelated, but here a two videos from GT3 and GT4 BMW Team Brasil:

Edited by highdownforce, 28 March 2012 - 15:12.

Is Pedro Boesel related to Raul Boesel?

Thanks ezequiel!

Tow questions:

- Do you know which rounds will be shared?
- Are those chassis new F3 spec? Brazilian teams use old spec F3.

Interesting bits:

GF may be working together with Officer Pro and Serra Motorsport in the Copa Petrobras de Marcas, both teams will be running Mitsubishi Lancers this season, and at their PR it was disclosed that their cars was based on the Top Race cars.

I'm afraid nothing was said about the rounds or the type of chassis.

Is Pedro Boesel related to Raul Boesel?

Pedro is Raul's nephew. [ old pic ]
Pedro's brother, Lu Boesel races on Copa Montana.

I'm afraid nothing was said about the rounds or the type of chassis.

No problem, thanks anyway!

Edited by highdownforce, 28 March 2012 - 20:17.

Pedro is Raul's nephew. [ old pic ]
Pedro's brother, Lu Boesel races on Copa Montana.

Thanks! It's nice to see members of the Serra and Boesel families competing against each other on track once again, although hopefully it won't get quite as bad as this.

GT Brasil - Campeonato Brasileiro de Gran Turismo
2012 Season Guide

Race Schedule

April 22nd - Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul
May 27th - Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba
June 24th - Autódromo Internacional José Carlos Pace
July 22nd - Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet (Rio de Janeiro)
September 2nd - Salvador Street Circuit
October 14th - Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura
October 28th - Autódromo Internacional de Guaporé
November 18th - Autódromo Internacional de Cascavél
December 16th - Autódromo Internacional José Carlos Pace

Classes

GT3
Homologated FIA GT3 cars.

GT4
Homologated FIA GT4, cars from Trofeo Maserati, Porsche 996 GT3 and Ferrari F430 Challenge.

GT Premium
Lamborguini LP520, Ferrari F430, Porsche 997 GT3 and Dodge Viper 2007-2009.

Race Format

Two 50 minutes races, one on Saturday and the other on Sunday.
All cars must have two drivers, and drivers must be exchanged on a mandatory pitstop during the race.

Saturday races: 19:10h (GMT)
Sunday races: 18:30h (GMT)

Points System

1st - 20 points
2nd - 17
3rd - 15
4th - 13
5th - 11
6th - 10
7th - 9
8th - 8
9th - 7
10th - 6
11th - 5
12th - 4
13th - 3
14th - 2
15th - 1

* Cars from GT Premium also scores points for the GT3 Championship.
** Each driver can discard his worst result at each half of the championship.

Teams and Drivers

GT3

BMW Team Brazil
#0 - Cláudio Dahruj & Cacá Bueno - BMW Z4 GT3
#1 - Constantino Júnior & Valdeno Brito - BMW Z4 GT3

CRT Crystal Team
#3 - Rafael Derani & Cláudio Ricci - Ferrari F458

A.Mattheis Motorsport {Not Confirmed yet}
#9 - Xandy Negrão & Xandinho Negrão - Lamborghini Gallardo LP600

Blau Motorsport
#16 - Marcelo Hahn & Allam Khodair - Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+

Mottin Racing
#18 - Fernando Poeta & W. Derani - Lamborghini Gallardo LP560

Ebrahim Motors
#20 - Fábio Ebrahim & Wagner Ebrahim - Audi R8 LMS

Mattheis AMG {Not Confirmed}
#22 - Paulo Bonifácio & Sérgio Jimenez - Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3

Itaipava Racing Team
#30 - Duda Rosa & Cléber Faria - Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3
#105 - Vanuê Faria & Renan Guerra - Lamborghini Gallardo LP560

Scuderia 111
#33 - Bruno Garfinkel & Rafa Daniel - Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+
#75 - Henrique Assunção & Ronaldo Kastropil - Lamborghini Gallardo LP560

GT Premium

Metasa
#4 - Felipe Roso & Vinicius Roso - Ferrari F430

Auto Racing
#10 - Cristiano de Almeida & Pierre Ventura - Lamborghini LP520

Mottin Racing
#15 - Felipe Tozzo & Raijan Mascarello - Ferrari F430

CKR
#46 - Carlos Kray & Andersom Toso - Lamborghini LP520

GT4

Dragão Lotus
#6 - Válter Pinheiro & Leonardo Burti - Lotus Evora GT4

BMW Team Brazil
#11 - Patrick Gonçalves & Matheus Stumpf - BMW M3 GT4
#12 - Willian Starostik & Leonardo Cordeiro - BMW M3 GT4

Team Greco Vivo
#21 - Valter Rossete & Fábio Greco - Maserati GranTurismo MC

M2 Competições
#57 - Sergio Laganá & Alan Hellmeister - Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4

Mottin Racing
#?? - TBA - Maserati Trofeo




Official Web Site: http://www.gt3.com.br/ http://www.portalgt.com.br/

Official Live Stream: http://74.81.92.123/aovivo/index.html

Official Live Timing: http://66.197.167.80/timing/live/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/portal_gt

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PortalGT

Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/portalgt

Edited by highdownforce, 24 April 2012 - 14:12.

That dude second from the right looks just like I feel when I get out of bed Monday morning

That's Valdeno Brito, two times GT3 champion with AH Competições Ford GT and also main contender for this season championship.



On the BMW Team picture, from left to right: Matheus Stumpf (GT4), Patrick Gonçalves (GT4), Claudio Dahruj (GT3), Cacá Bueno (GT3), Valdeno Brito (GT3) e Leonardo Cordeiro (GT4).


Brito also races on Stock Car with Shell Racing A.Mattheis, there's a picture of his car (#77) on the season guide above.

Edited by highdownforce, 29 March 2012 - 14:05.

I've found this picture this interesting picture comparing the Stock Car's chassis and the DTM [ link ]

The car car was always supposed to be low cost that's why you won't find carbon fiber in it.

Just adding, Stock Car races will have live coverage of Globo TV Network.

Edited by dutra, 07 April 2012 - 01:09.

Copa Caixa Stock Car Brasil - Curitiba - Round 2 - April 15th

Race Start

Race Result
pos - driver - team
1 - Valdeno Brito – Shell Racing
2 - Max Wilson – Eurofarma
3 - Atila Abreu – AMG
4 - Ricao Mauricio – Eurofarma
5 - Marcos Gomes – Medley
6 - Daniel Serra – Red BUll
7 - Luciano Burti – Itaipava Racing Team
8 - Vitor Meira – Officer ProGP
9 - Julio Campos – Carlos Alves
10 - Nono Figueiredo – AMG
11 - Antonio Pizzonia – JF Racing
12 - David Muffato – Itaipava Racing
13 - Lico Kaesemodel – RCM
14 - Ricao Sperafico – Mico´s
15 - Diego Nunes – Hot Car
16 - Tuka Rocha – BMC
17 - Giuliano Losacco – Bassani Racing
18 - Allam Khodair – Vogel
19 - Galid Osman – BMC
20 - Rodrigo Sperafico – Mico´s
21 - Pedro Boesel – JF Racing
22 - Eduao Leite – Hot Car
23 - Alceu Feldmann – Shell Racing
24 - Denis Navarro – Vogel
25 - Xainho Negrão – Medley
--
26 - Popo Bueno - RZ – DNF
27 - Thiago Camilo – RCM - DNF
28 - Ricao Zonta - RZ – DNF
29 - Rodrigo Navarro - Carlos Alves – DNF
30 - Caca Bueno – Red Bull - DNF
31 - Felipe Maluhy - Bassani Racing – DNF
32 - Duda Pamplona - Officer Pro – DNS

Drivers Championship
pos - driver - team - points
1 - Ricardo Mauricio – Eurofarma – 35 points
2 - Valdeno Brito – Shell Racing – 34
3 - Atila Abreu – AMG – 34
4 - Daniel Serra – Red Bull – 30
5 - Marcos Gomes – Medley – 26
6 - Nono Figueiredo – AMG – 25
7 - Julio Campos – Carlos Alves – 25
8 - Caca Bueno – Red Bull – 22
9 - Luciano Burti – Itaipava – 21
10 - Max Wilson – Eurofarma – 20
11 - Allam Khodair – Vogel – 20
12 - Thiago Camilo – RCM – 20
13 - Lico Kaesemodel – RCM – 19
14 - David Muffato – Itaipava – 17
15 - Vitor Meira – Officer ProGP – 13
16 - Antonio Pizzonia – JF Racing – 10
17 - Felipe Maluhy – Bassani Racing – 9
18 - Ricardo Sperafico – Mico´s – 7
19 - Giuliano Losacco – Bassani Racing – 7
20 - Diego Nunes – Hot Car – 6
21 - Denis Navarro- Vogel – 6
22 - Rodrigo Sperafico – Mico´s – 5
23 - Tuka Rocha – BMC – 5
24 - Galid Osman – BMC – 4
25 - Pedro Boesel – JF Racing – 2
26 - Xandinho Negrão – Medley – 1

Teams Championship
pos - team - points
1 - AMG – 59 points
2 - Eurofarma – 55
3 - Red Bull – 52
4 - RCM – 39
5 - Itaipava Racing – 38
6 - Shell Racing – 34
7 - Medley – 27
8 - Vogel – 26
9 - Carlos Alves – 25
10 - Bassani Racing – 16
11 - Officer ProGP – 13
12 - JF Racing – 12
13 - Mico´s – 12
14 - BMC – 9
15 - Hot Car – 6
16 - RZ Motorsport – 0

Edited by highdownforce, 17 April 2012 - 19:53.

Fórmula Future to be canceled!
MAssa's family backed Brazilian junior formula, based on the the Italian Formula Abarth is set to be canceled.
The series that had run together with Trofeo Linea (now to be called Copa Linea) on Fiat Brasil backed Racing Festival should announce on the next days its dismiss.
The series run with 12 cars last season and was a cheaper option for newcomers to jump from karts to formula cars.

Brazil now has as a formula national championship only F3 Sudam, but the South American series rumored to have more Argentinian involvement this season hasn't presented a race calendar yet(starts on May and ends on December), and there is no confirmation of teams and drivers attending it.


Source: http://bobodacorte.c...turo-2010-2012/

Edited by highdownforce, 19 April 2012 - 15:45.

Might that have anything with Massa's Ferrari (FIAT) future?

Maybe yes, maybe not...

The series were having problem to attract drivers and the whole festival format suffered some blows: Shell dropped its sponsorship deal and drivers from Copa Fiat were moving to the Brasileiro de Marcas (Copa Petrobras).

All of this for a series that gets TV coverage from the main tv channel.

This year Copa Fiat cars were upgraded but IMO the natural thing would be for them to join Copa Petrobras series.

Alex Barros's R1 1000 GP series will follow Copa Linea.


UPDATE: Series Promoter Carlinhos Romagnolli declared that the series was canceled for damage limitation, as there where considerable financial losses due the investment made and the lack of interested drivers in joining the series.

It's claimed by journalists covering Brazilian kart scene that Formula Futuro (contrary to the defunct Formula Renault Brasil) started its works in a moment which the kart scene was very weak, that meaning that there weren't many drivers with enough backing to make the step to formula cars.

Edited by highdownforce, 20 April 2012 - 19:27.

Weekend Schedule



This weekend will have in Brazil the season start of Copa Petrobras e Marcas (Touring Car) in Interlagos and GT Brasil at Santa Cruz do Sul.
GT will have official live stream for both Saturday and Sunday races (check tv times above) and both series will also be live at TV (Rede TV Brasil, for those looking for other streams).



By watching this provided stream you may catch the race for Elf Super Bike and Mercedes Grand Challenge both at Santa Cruz do Sul.

Edited by highdownforce, 20 April 2012 - 21:31.

GT Brasil - Santa Cruz do Sul - Round 1 - April 21st and 22nd

Race Results


RACE 1
pos - number - drivers - car - gap
1st - 0 – Cacá Bueno/Cláudio Dahruj - BMW Z4 GT3 - 27 laps in 45:16.334 (126.31 km/h)
2nd - 20 – Fábio Ebrahim/Wagner Ebrahim - Audi R8 LMS - 3.598s
3rd - 3 – Rafael Derani/Cláudio Ricci - Ferrari F458 - 10.485s
4th - 30 – Cléber Faria/Duda Rosa - Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 - 12.241s
5th - 16 – Marcelo Hahn/Allam Khodair - Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ - 32.345s
6th - 75 – Henrique Assunção/Ronaldo Kastropil - Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 - 1 lap
7th - 15 – Felipe Tozzo/Raijan Mascarello - Ferrari F430 - 1 lap
8th - 10 – Cristiano Almeida/Pierre Ventura - Lamborghini Gallardo LP520 - 1 lap
9th - 46 – Carlos Kray/Andersom Toso - Lamborghini Gallardo LP520 - 1 lap
10th - 18 – Fernando Poeta/Walter Derani - Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 - 2 laps
11th - 12 – Leonardo Cordeiro/William Starostik - BMW M3 GT4 - 2 laps
12th - 11 – Matheus Stumpf/Patrick Gonçalves - BMW M3 GT4 - 2 laps
13th - 21 – Fabio Greco/Valter Rossete - Maserati GranTurismo MC - 2 laps
14th - 6 – Valter Pinheiro/Leonardo Burti - Lotus Evora GT4 - 2 laps
15th - 57 – Sérgio Laganá/Alan Hellmeister - Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 - 2 laps
16th - 105 – Vanuê Faria/Renan Guerra - Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 - 3 laps
17th - 4 – Felipe Roso/Vinícius Roso - Ferrari F430 - 3 laps
18th - 17 – Renato Cattalini/Ramon Matias - Dodge Viper Competition Coupe - 6 laps


RACE 2
pos - number - drivers - car - gap
1sd - 30 – C.Faria/D.Rosa - Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 - 35 laps in 50:13.842 (147.57 km/h)
2nd - 20 – F.Ebrahim/W.Ebrahim - Audi R8 LMS - 2.005s
3rd - 0 – C.Bueno/C.Dahruj - BMW Z4 GT3 - 9.046s
4th - 16 – M.Hahn/A.Khodair - Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ - 10.729s
5th - 105 – V.Faria/R.Guerra - Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 - 30.111s
6th - 75 – H.Assunção/R.Kastropil - Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 - 1 lap
7th - 17 – R.Cattalini/R.Matias - Dodge Viper Competition Coupe - 1 lap
8th - 46 – C.Kray/A.Toso - Lamborghini Gallardo LP520 - 1 lap
9th - 4 – F.Roso/V.Roso - Ferrari F430 - 2 laps
10th - 10 – C.Almeida/P.Ventura - Lamborghini Gallardo LP520 - 2 laps
11th - 57 – S.Laganá/A.Hellmeister - Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 - 2 laps
12th - 21 – F.Greco/V.Rossete - Maserati GranTurismo MC - 3 laps
13th - 18 – F.Poeta/W.Derani - Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 - 3 laps
14th - 12 – L.Cordeiro/W.Starostik - BMW M3 GT4 - 5 laps
15th - 6 – V.Pinheiro/L.Burti - Lotus Evora GT4 - 14 laps
16th - 15 – F.Tozzo/R.Mascarello - Ferrari F430 - 34 laps

Drivers Championship

GT3

1st - Cacá Bueno/Cláudio Dahruj – 35 points
2nd - Fábio Ebrahim/Wagner Ebrahim – 34
3rd - Cléber Faria/Duda Rosa – 33
4th - Marcelo Hahn/Allam Khodair – 24
5th - Henrique Assunção/Ronaldo Kastropil – 20
6th - Vanuê Faria/Renan Guerra – 16
7th - Rafael Derani/Cláudio Ricci | Carlos Kray/Andersom Toso – 15
9th - Cristiano Almeida/Pierre Ventura – 14
10th - Ramon Matias/Renato Cattalini – 12
11th - Felipe Roso/Vinícius Roso – 11
12th - Fernando Poeta/Walter Derani – 10
13th - Felipe Tozzo/Raijan Mascarello – 9

GT4

1st - Leonardo Cordeiro/William Starostik – 35 points
2nd - Fábio Greco/Walter Rossete – 32
3rd - Sérgio Laganá/Allan Hellmeister – 31
4th - Matheus Stumpf/Patrick Gonçalves – 17
5th - Valter Pinheiro/Leonardo Burti – 13

GT Premium

1st - Carlos Kray/Andersom Toso – 32 points
2nd - Renato Cattalini/Ramon Matias – 31
3rd - Cristiano Almeida/Pierre Ventura – 30
4th - Felipe Roso/Vinícius Roso – 28
5th - Raijan Mascarello/Felipe Tozzo – 20

Official Videotape and Pictures

Race 1 gallery: http://www.flickr.co...57629495355376/

Race 1 VT:
Coming soon..

Race 2 VT:
1/6 http://www.youtube.c...A933812FEE86E24
2/6 http://www.youtube.c...A933812FEE86E24
3/6 http://www.youtube.c...A933812FEE86E24
4/6 http://www.youtube.c...A933812FEE86E24
5/6 http://www.youtube.c...A933812FEE86E24
6/6 http://www.youtube.c...A933812FEE86E24

Edited by highdownforce, 26 April 2012 - 15:44.

Copa Petrobras de Marcas - Interlagos - Round 1 - April 22nd

Race Results


RACE 1
pos - drivers - team - time
1 – Moro e Bragantini – JLM Racing – 32:06.201
2 – Denis Navarro – Bassani Racing – 32:07.146
3 – Ricardo Mauricio – Full Time Sports – 32:18.958
4 – Vitor Meira – Amir Nasr Racing – 32:22.065
5 – Marcos Gomes – Serra Motorsport – 32:26.002
6 – Diego Nunes – Bassani Racing – 32:32.216
7 – Alceu Feldmann – Full Time Sports – 32:35.408
8 – Thiago Camilo – CA Competições – 32:40.056
9 – Serafin Jr – Amir Nasr Racing – 32:45.866
10 – Galid Osman – CA Competições – 32:54.702
11 – Marconi Abreu – JLM Racing – 33:10.615
12 – Marcelo Tomasoni – J Star Racing – 33:33.882
13 – Fernando Galera – Bassan Motorsport – 33:34.759
14 – Carlos Padovan – Serra Motorsport – 33:48.379


RACE 2
pos - drivers - team - time
1 – Thiago Camilo – CA Competições – 33:43.562
2 – Diego Nunes – Bassani Racing – 33:47.576
3 – Vitor Meira – Amis Nasr Racing – 34:14.262
4 – Ricardo Mauricio – Full Time Sports – 34:15.249
5 – Serafin Jr – Amir Nasr Racing – 34:21.626
6 – Marconi Abreu – JLM Racing – 34:23.867
7 – Fabio Fogaça – Officer ProGP – 34:25.578
8 – Felipe Maluhy – Officer ProGP – 34:36.560
9 – Denis Navarro – Bassani Racing – 34:38.453
10 – Moro e Bragantini – JLM Racing – 34:43.566
11 – Fernando Galera – Bassan Motorsport – 35:29.385
12 – Carlos Padovan – Serra Motorsport – 35:47.393
13 – Galid Osman – CA Competições – 32:41.754

Race 1 Gallery: http://brasileirodem...ence-corrida-1/
Race 2 Gallery: http://brasileirodem...ence-corrida-2/

Edited by highdownforce, 24 April 2012 - 15:53.

As a warmup for São Paulo 300 this weekend I'll bring you some videos from the previews Brazilian races on CART/Indycar calendar.

Rio 400 - 1996 (full race)


Rio 400 - 1997 (8 min highlights)


Rio 400 - 1998 (full race)


Rio 200 - 1999 (full race)


Rio 200 - 2000 (full race)


São Paulo Indy 300 - 2010 (47 min highlights)


São Paulo Indy 300 - 2011 (full race)

F3 Sulamericana / F3 Brasil
2012 Season Guide

Race Schedule

July 22nd - Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba
September 23rd - Velopark, Nova Santa Rita
October 28th - Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã
November 18th - Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna
December 2nd - Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba

F3 Brasil will share the weekends with Copa Petrobrás de Marcas.

Race Format

TBA

Points System

TBA

Teams and Drivers

TBA



Official web site: TBA


• • •

Finally, some definitions about F3 Sudam.

The championship will be promoted and organized by Vicar (Carlos Col), same promoter of Copa Petrobras de Marcas and Copa Caixa Stock Car Brasil.
The series will share the weekends with Copa Petrobras de Marcas and there are discussions for Petrobras being its main sponsor.
For 2013, F3 Sudam will be divided in two different championships: F3 Sudam and F3 Brasil. F3 Brasil points score will be awarded for every race in Brazilian soil.

The talks with the Argentinian Top Race V6 teams haven't evolved and so no non-Brazilian team (or driver) will race on the 2012. Also, there are no talks with Argentinians teams for 2013. It's not defined if F3 Sudam will have rounds in Uruguay or Argentina for 2013.

Without Fiat Fórmula Futuro, Vicar plans to create a Brazilian driver academy coupled with F3 Brasil as an effort to attract young drivers to race in the Brazilian series before joining British F3. This program would lead to one driver being awarded sponsorship for entering British F3 with the support of Petrobas. Whoever, despite being interested on the subject, Petrobras hasn't agreed to this plans yet.

WTF is going on with Livio Oricchio????? Did FM steal his candy?

WTF is going on with Livio Oricchio????? Did FM steal his candy?

Why? Did he write something negative about Felipe in the Estadao?

What I found and read was his speculation on the Ferrari x Kimi rumor. Ok, he didn't mention Felipe not even by name, just stating that Ferrari is looking for a pilot for 2013 which is true as they did not take up on the option in Felipe's contract.

Do you think he should not have written about it? Looking at the story it's not different from what e.g. James Allen wrote on his blog just now...

double post deleted

Edited by turssi, 31 July 2012 - 02:36.

What I found and read was his speculation on the Ferrari x Kimi rumor. Ok, he didn't mention Felipe not even by name, just stating that Ferrari is looking for a pilot for 2013 which is true as they did not take up on the option in Felipe's contract.

Do you think he should not have written about it? Looking at the story it's not different from what e.g. James Allen wrote on his blog just now...

are you talking about this?
http://www.estadao.c...ri,908210,0.htm

I don't see anything wrong,

Yeah, that's the one I found. Don't know whether if it is the reason for saudoso's outburst or not.

What I found and read was his speculation on the Ferrari x Kimi rumor. Ok, he didn't mention Felipe not even by name, just stating that Ferrari is looking for a pilot for 2013 which is true as they did not take up on the option in Felipe's contract.

Do you think he should not have written about it? Looking at the story it's not different from what e.g. James Allen wrote on his blog just now...

Yesterday he was saying FM had overstayed his welcome from the sunday race.

In fact I used to follow him regularly until he started like this, I don't quite remember, last year? Or the year before?

Not that I think FM is doing that great, but sometimes it does seem someone took his candy. And this time it's two jabs sitting at the web site home page in following days.

There's a report in this week's Autosport concerning the opening of a new circuit called "Velo Citta", located in Mogi Guaçu, north of São Paulo. It is 2.1 miles long, consists of 13 corners and has already hosted a round of the Brazilian Porsche GT3 Cup (the cars averaged 78 mph around the circuit). The design features input from Gil de Ferran and Ingo Hoffmann, and includes a sequence reminiscent of Laguna Seca's Corkscrew.



The circuit is owned by Edoardo Souza Ramos, who is Brazil's Mitsubishi importer. Thus most non-racing activities at the circuit will focus on the testing of Mitsubishi products and driving experiences. There are currently three garages, which are being expanded to 20, but no permanent stands, although these may be constructed in the future.

there is a video here



some photos
http://suzan-2230.al...romo-velo-citta

Edited by SPBHM, 02 August 2012 - 14:25.

Ouch!

Porra, que pancada!

Looking at formula1.com I'm seeing that US GP will be at 17:00 (brazilian time). Does anyone knows if Globo will broadcast it instead of football? (i guess no, since next week will probably be the one when fluminense gets the title, but ...)

I can just say that during the last four years Globo has always broadcasted the race and qualifying live on their main channel. I mean if my memory serves me right that is!

Also it's a great opportunity to push football to their pay channels and having everyone curse F1 is it not? ;-)

Looking at formula1.com I'm seeing that US GP will be at 17:00 (brazilian time). Does anyone knows if Globo will broadcast it instead of football? (i guess no, since next week will probably be the one when fluminense gets the title, but ...)

If Fluminense doesn't win today, it's certain that Globo won't show the race live.
There was a discussion about showing the race on SporTV but it would have to be on tape delay.

You better send good vibrations for the Tricolor.