Ricardo Sperafico (born 23 July 1979) is a Brazilian professional racing driver.
Career edit
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 edit
Complete Italian Formula 3000 results edit
(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 edit
| 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 edit
(key)
| Yr | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Rank | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Dale Coyne Racing | 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 edit
| 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 | ||||
| Crystal Racing Team | Peugeot 307 | LON Ret | SCZ DSQ | BSB 20 | CTB 16 | |||||||||||
| 2011 | AMG Motorsport | Chevrolet Vectra | CTB | INT | RBP | VEL Ret | CGD | 25th | 9 | |||||||
| Amir Nasr Racing | Peugeot 408 | RIO 12 | INT 16 | |||||||||||||
| Scuderia 111 | 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 |
References edit
- ^ "Ricardo Sperafico – 2005 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
External links edit
- Ricardo Sperafico career summary at DriverDB.com