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Roberto Moreno
Moreno in 1997
Born (1959-02-11) 11 February 1959 (age 65)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityBrazil Brazilian
Active years1982, 1987, 19891992, 1995
TeamsLotus, AGS, Coloni, EuroBrun, Benetton, Jordan, Minardi, Andrea Moda and Forti
Entries77 (41 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums1
Career points15
Pole positions0
Fastest laps1
First entry1982 Dutch Grand Prix
Last entry1995 Australian Grand Prix
Roberto Moreno
CART & Champ Car World Series
Years active1985–1986, 1996–2001, 2003, 2007
TeamsGalles Racing
Payton/Coyne Racing
Bettenhausen Motorsports
Newman/Haas Racing
Project Indy
PacWest Racing
Patrick Racing
Herdez Competition
Pacific Coast Motorsports
Starts120
Wins2
Poles2
Best finish3rd in 2000
Previous series
1980
1981–1982
1981–1982
1982
1983
1984
1984–1985
1986
1985–1988
1992
1993
1999, 2006–2007
2005, 2007
British Formula Ford 1600
British Formula 3 Championship
European F.Three Championship
Formula Pacific New Zealand International Series
Formula Mondial North America
European Formula Two Championship
Japanese Formula Two
CART
International Formula 3000
Italian Superturismo Championship
French Supertouring Championship
IRL IndyCar Series
Rolex Sports Car Series
Championship titles
1980
1980
1982
1982
1988
British Formula Ford 1600 champion
Formula Ford Festival winner
Macau Grand Prix winner
Formula Pacific New Zealand
International Formula 3000 champion

Roberto Pupo Moreno (born 11 February 1959[1]), usually known as Roberto Moreno and also as Pupo Moreno, is a Brazilian former racing driver. He participated in 75 Formula One Grands Prix, achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 15 championship points. He raced in CART in 1986, and was Formula 3000 champion (in 1988) before joining Formula One full-time in 1989. He returned to CART in 1996 where he enjoyed an Indian summer in 2000 and 2001, and managed to extend his career in the series until 2008. He also raced in endurance events and GT's in Brazil, but now works as a driver coach and consultant, and although this takes up a lot of his time, he is not officially retired yet, as he appears in historic events. Away from the sport, he enjoys building light aeroplanes.[2]

Moreno was known as the "Super Sub" late in his career as he was used to replace injured drivers several times.

Career

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Early career

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After winning the 1976 Brazilian 125cc Karting championship, Moreno set his sights on getting to Europe. He arrived in England in 1979, to race in his first season in Formula Ford. He did some races with Marc Smith racing who was the works Royale driver for that year. Marc had a two car transporter to take his and Roberto's car. Roberto was the driver and the mechanic for his Royale car. Ralt owner/designer Ron Tauranac lent Moreno an old shed to work out of as his home base. He had a couple of good results, and these convinced Ralph Firman Sr, to sign him as a works Van Diemen driver for the 1980 season. Whilst driving for Firman, he would win the Townsend Thoresen British Formula Ford title, winning eight races in the process. Meanwhile, in Europe, he drove the same car to three more victories, earning himself second place in the EFDA Townsend Thoresen Euroseries Formula Ford 1600 Championship. His also finished 4th in the RAC British series and 6th the P&O Ferries series. He then rounded out the season by winning the Formula Ford Festival. Moreno would return to race at the Formula Ford Festival in the same car at the 50th anniversary of the Festival in 2021.[3][4]

Moreno's success alerted the attention of no lesser person than Colin Chapman, the successful owner and founder of Formula One's Team Lotus. Roberto only returned to Europe in 1981, because Chapman had given him a F1 testing contract with enough money to continue racing. With these funds, he raced Formula Three, but money was tight. Despite that, paired with Barron Racing, he managed to win two races, however he was more successful across the Atlantic the following season, racing in the CASC North American Formula Atlantic Championship, defeating Al Unser Jr. in a supporting race at the 1982 United States Grand Prix West in Long Beach. Later in 1982, he made another big impression by winning the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières. Prior to that victory, Moreno had found some money to do half a season in the British Formula 3 Championship with Ivens Lumar Racing, winning three races in the process, before he was given the opportunity to drive at the 1982 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort for Lotus, though he ultimately failed to qualify.[4][5][6]

Australian Grand Prix (1981–1984)

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In this period, Moreno (who like his friend Nelson Piquet was managed by Australian Greg "Pee Wee" Siddle) was a popular triple winner of the Australian Grand Prix in 1981, 1983 and 1984, before it became a Formula One World Championship race from 1985. These wins came in the days when the Grand Prix was a Formula Mondial race held at Melbourne's 1.6 km (1.0 mi) Calder Park Raceway. He often defeated current or past World Drivers' Champions to win the AGP, including Piquet, Alan Jones, Niki Lauda and Keke Rosberg, as well as other F1 drivers such as Jacques Laffite, Andrea de Cesaris and François Hesnault. In the only Australian Grand Prix he competed in but did not win during the period (1982), he finished third behind future four time World Champion Alain Prost, and Ligier F1 driver Laffite. In all of his pre-F1 Australian Grand Prix drives, Moreno drove a Formula Pacific or Formula Mondial Ralt RT4 powered by a 1.6 litre Ford 4cyl engine.[7]

F1 substitute (1982 and 1987)

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Moreno at the 1982 Dutch Grand Prix.

Moreno was winning races in Formula Atlantic, Formula Mondial and Formula Three, when he received a call-up from Colin Chapman to stand in for Nigel Mansell at Lotus at the 1982 Dutch Grand Prix after Mansell broke his wrist in the previous Grand Prix in Canada. Prior to this, Theodore Racing's Jan Lammers broke a thumb during the Detroit Grand Prix and team owner Teddy Yip wanted Moreno to take over the seat, however Chapman refused to release him. Then during the race in Montréal, Mansell injured his wrist, allowing for Moreno to stand in. This soon turned into a nightmare, as the Lotus 91 was a beast to handle, Moreno had barely driven the car, as regular drivers, Mansell and Elio de Angelis did most of the testing, with Moreno being restricted to the older Lotus 87B and Lotus 88 models. Moreno failed to come to grips with the Lotus 91, with his best qualifying lap over two seconds away from making the grid. At the end of 1982, Lotus released him from his duties as test driver and it took his reputation a while to recover from this poor showing.[8][9][10]

He was to get another chance, but that Dutch race handicapped him for a number of years. At the end of the 1987 season he was called up to replace Pascal Fabre for the AGS team at the Japanese Grand Prix. Five years after the Lotus fiasco, Moreno was set to make his debut, except he was the slowest of all and once again did not qualify. However, Williams driver Nigel Mansell injured himself during practice and the team subsequently withdrew his entry, thus letting Moreno in for his debut Grand Prix. In the following race, the Australian Grand Prix, he drove the ungainly JH22 between the walls of the Adelaide Street Circuit to finish a fine 7th, while others hit the walls and broke their cars. Following post-race scrutineering, Ayrton Senna's Lotus-Honda was disqualified from 2nd for oversized brake ducts and Moreno was promoted to 6th place, scoring his, and the team's, first-ever point in Formula One.[8][9][10]

In between years

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Moreno went back to North America with Siddle. A sponsor had been found for a whole season of Formula Atlantic, but the support race at Long Beach GP was changed to a Super Vee, then he lost his sponsor. Despite the set-back, his new team, Theodore Racing went off and won the first race at Willow Springs. With the prize money, he did two more races, before the team stopped racing. Luckily for Moreno, the team owner, Teddy Yip help finance a move to another team. He won four races, while championship rival, Michael Andretti won three. Moreno missed out on the title as every time he won, Andretti would finish second.[7]

For 1984, Roberto decided to return to Europe to race F3. Whilst pre-season testing with West Surrey Racing, he got an invitation from Tauranac to join the works Ralt Formula Two team. Moreno finished runner-up to Mike Thackwell, the pair dominated the final European Formula Two Championship, in their Ralt-Hondas. He tasted victory at the Hockenheim and Donington Park races. Tauranac wanted Moreno to stay for the inaugural International Formula 3000 season (1985), but Moreno had been testing the Toleman at the end of 1984, with Senna's car. He look set to get a drive with the team, only to be told that they did not have any tyres, and the deal fell through. A move to Indycars was next for Roberto with Rick Galles's Galles Racing, as he had seen Moreno impress frequently. The deal was for Roberto to drive in the road race. He was invited to do a full campaign in 1986, however they had problems with the car and did not have any good results. When he was unable to find a full-time Indycar drive, he decided to try to get into F3000 driving with Ralt. During that season, he won Gran Premio del Mediterraneo, together with some consistent finishing saw him finished 3rd overall, before receiving the call to join up with AGS.[7][9][10]

Moreno almost joined the Brabham Formula One team in 1984. On the suggestion of his friend, Brabham lead driver and defending World Champion Nelson Piquet, Brabham team owner Bernie Ecclestone almost signed the young Brazilian to drive the team's #2 car. However, this opportunity for Moreno came to nothing when Brabham's Italian based sponsor Parmalat insisted on having an Italian driver as Piquet's teammate. This led to the unique situation where Ecclestone signed brothers Teo and Corrado Fabi to share the drive in the car. Teo was the main driver, but as he was already contracted to race in the United States based CART/PPG World Series for Forsythe Racing, Corrado, who had driven for Osella in 1983, substituted for him in 3 races where the respective F1 and CART schedules clashed.

His performance at AGS did not get him a seat in F1. He went to Bromley Motorsport in F3000. The team, owned by Ron Salt, had Gary Anderson as its Technical Director, with whom Roberto had worked with at Galles. With help from Reynard Motorsport, they began the season with virtually no money. Revenge was sweet, when Moreno took a sponsorless Reynard-Cosworth 88D to the title by winning three early-season races, at Pau, Silverstone and Monza in a row. A fourth win came in the Birmingham Superprix.[7][9]

F1 substitute (1989–1995)

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Not even winning the FIA International Formula 3000 Championship in 1988 in an unsponsored Reynard 88D made the impression needed for a big team to recruit him. Instead, he signed a testing contract with Ferrari, who helped him land a racing drive with the ambitious Coloni outfit. The car was never competitive and Moreno only made the grid four times out of 16 attempts.[9][10][11]

Moreno driving for Benetton at the 1991 United States Grand Prix.

Initially, 1990 seemed to be even less promising, with Moreno signing for the nosediving EuroBrun outfit, qualifying for just 2 out of the first 14 races of the season. However, shortly after being informed the team would not be competing in the last two rounds of the season, he was contacted by Benetton to drive their second car, with Alessandro Nannini having almost lost a hand in a helicopter crash following the Spanish Grand Prix. After qualifying 8th, he then shadowed his teammate, Piquet, coming home an excellent 2nd on his Benetton debut in the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, although this result was helped by most other top cars dropping out, with Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna famously colliding at the first corner while their teammates Nigel Mansell (Ferrari) and Gerhard Berger (McLaren) would both retire. After then again qualifying 8th in the Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide before going on to finish 7th (Piquet again won), Moreno got a full contract with Benetton for 1991 season.[9][10][11]

However, the Benetton B191, on Pirelli tyres, was not as competitive as anticipated, and Moreno's best results were 4th place at the Monaco Grand Prix and the Belgian Grand Prix. In the latter race, Moreno made the fastest lap, but this was overshadowed by F1 debutant Michael Schumacher (driving for the Jordan team); this would be Moreno's last race for Benetton before he was controversially paid off and dropped in favour of Schumacher. Schumacher had qualified 7th, and was up to 5th after the start when his clutch failed. The Benetton management, led by Tom Walkinshaw and team manager Flavio Briatore, were after a driver to rebuild the team around, convinced that neither the aging Piquet or Moreno were that driver. Briatore and Walkinshaw engaged in some high-level dealing behind the scenes and managed to steal Schumacher from Jordan and Moreno was promptly fired. There are rumours to this day that Moreno was purposely driving within himself for the whole season in order to not show Piquet up (Piquet later admitted on Brazilian television in 2012 that after his qualifying accident at Imola in 1987 in which he lost around 80% of his depth perception, he only stayed in Formula One "for the money"). As it was, Moreno was offered the vacant Jordan drive for the 1991 Italian Grand Prix, where he qualified a very respectable 9th (ahead of teammate Andrea de Cesaris). Unfortunately he spun off on the second lap and retired. He would race the next race in Portugal, and then replaced Gianni Morbidelli in the Minardi, at the last race of the year in Adelaide, but Formula One seemed to have passed him by.[9][10][11]

Moreno spent his last season of Formula One with the Forti team.

For the 1992 season, he found himself back with the minnows, signing for Andrea Moda. The outfit had risen from the ashes of Scuderia Coloni, and after two non-starting races with Alex Caffi and Enrico Bertaggia, decided to start over with Moreno and Perry McCarthy (who would later claim fame as the original Stig on the BBC motoring show Top Gear). Moreno and McCarthy faced an uphill struggle, with the uncompetitive team scrambling to even get to most races. Moreno would only qualify the under-tested, under-funded car once, for the Monaco Grand Prix,[12] before the team collapsed following team owner Andrea Sassetti's arrest at the Belgian Grand Prix.[10][11]

After the Andrea Moda disaster, he spent the next two seasons racing Italian and French Touring Cars, and also attempted to qualify for the 1994 Indianapolis 500. 1995 saw Moreno making a brief Formula One comeback, with the ambitious Forti team. Moreno's Brazilian heritage helped him land the drive. Sadly, their car was comparatively slow, and Moreno's best result was 14th in the Belgian Grand Prix. He would exit Formula One crashing into the pitlane wall at the Australian Grand Prix.[11]

IndyCar

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1996 would see Moreno resume his Champ Car career, as he raced a Payton-Coyne Racing Lola-Ford, finishing 3rd at Michigan. At the beginning of 1997, he quit Payton-Coyne for its lack of commitment. He drove for three teams during the 1997 season, earning the nickname "Supersub", with his best result of 5th at Detroit in a Newman-Haas Swift-Ford. Here, he replaced an injured Christian Fittipaldi. He outqualified the team leader, Michael Andretti on several occasions, but still could not pick up a competitive drive for 1998, instead accepting a testing role with Penske.[11]

1998 was more barren, with just three drives. The following season again saw him take two different cars (Newman/Haas and PacWest), with two 4th places his best. In 1999 he also made his first Indy Racing League start at Phoenix International Raceway finishing 6th and returned to the Indianapolis 500 after a 13 year absence finishing 20th for Truscelli Team Racing. Only in 2000, having subbed for Patrick Racing in the previous season, Roberto was granted a full-time seat in one of their Reynard Motorsport-Fords, and he led the series for much of the distance, before hitting a low patch, and losing out to Gil de Ferran, eventually ranking 3rd overall.[11]

Moreno won his first Champ Car race at Cleveland, and in a scene scarcely seen in motor racing, the emotional Moreno wept openly. It had been his first race victory since his Formula 3000 victory twelve years earlier. He won again for Patrick Racing at Vancouver the following year, but was less consistent and dropped to 13th in the standings.

In 2003 he drove for Herdez Competition, taking his Lola-Cosworth to 2nd at Miami, and announced his retirement from motorsport at the end of the year.[citation needed]

Moreno in 2007.

In April 2006, after just one outing in a Brazilian Stock Car at Jacarepaguá, Moreno substituted for Ed Carpenter at Vision Racing, in the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

In August of the same year, Moreno became the first driver to test the new Panoz-built Champ Car. According to former series champion Paul Tracy, "[Moreno's] a guy who's not going to go out there and make mistakes and go off the road. They need to put miles on the car and run it fairly quickly, and he's the perfect guy for the job."[13]

After running thousands of miles of testing in the Panoz DP01, Moreno got a chance to race it at the 2007 Grand Prix of Houston, substituting for the injured Alex Figge at Pacific Coast Motorsports.[14]

Practicing for the 2007 Indianapolis 500

Roberto drove as a replacement for an injured Stéphan Grégoire at the 2007 Indianapolis 500 for Chastain Motorsports. He crashed the car early in the race and finished in last place.

Helmet

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Moreno's helmet has traditionally been yellow, with blue, red, and white wings adorning the visor, sides, and chin area. Written on the lower portion of the helmet is the name "Moreno." Later versions of his helmet have included blue cylindrical designs along with the wings. His helmets are designed by Sid Mosca.

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
1980 British Formula Ford Championship Van Diemen 14 8 8 8 12 220 1st
P&O Ferries Formula Ford 1600 Championship 10 1 ? ? ? 26 6th
Euroseries Formula Ford 1600 9 3 3 1 4 104 2nd
RAC Formula Ford 1600 Championship 6 1 ? ? ? 47 4th
Formula Ford Festival 1 1 0 1 1 N/A 1st
1981 Marlboro British Formula Three Barron Racing 12 2 0 1 4 10 11th
European Formula Three 1 1 1 0 1 9 10th
1982 Marlboro British Formula Three Ivens Lumar Racing 9 3 0 1 5 42 6th
New Zealand Formula Pacific Goold Motorsport 8 6 2 5 7 N/A 1st
North American Formula Atlantic 3 1 2 2 2 61 9th
Macau Grand Prix 1 1 ? 0 1 N/A 1st
European Formula Three Ivens Lumar Racing 1 0 0 0 0 3 16th
1983 Formula Mondial North America Theodore Racing 8 4 4 3 5 151 2nd
IMSA GTU Championship All American Racers 4 0 0 1 1 14 41st
IMSA Camel GTO Championship 1 0 0 0 1 12 43rd
European Endurance Championship Charles Ivey Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1984 European Formula Two Ralt Racing 11 2 3 2 7 44 2nd
Japanese Formula Two 1 0 1 0 1 12 12th
24 Hours of Le Mans Skoal Bandit Porsche Team 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
1985 CART PPG Indy Car World Series Galles Racing 5 0 0 0 0 10 29th
Japanese Formula Two Advan Sports Nova 5 0 0 0 1 21 11th
International Formula 3000 Barron Racing 4 0 0 0 0 3 14th
1986 CART PPG Indy Car World Series Galles Racing 16 0 0 0 0 30 16th
International Formula 3000 Bromley Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 31st
1987 International Formula 3000 Ralt Racing 11 1 4 3 5 30 3rd
Formula One Team El Charro AGS 2 0 0 0 0 1 19th
World Touring Car Championship Schnitzer Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1988 International Formula 3000 Bromley Motorsport 11 4 3 1 4 43 1st
1989 Formula One Coloni SpA 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1990 Formula One EuroBrun Racing 2 0 0 0 0 6 10th
Benetton Formula 2 0 0 0 1
1991 Formula One Camel Benetton Formula 11 0 0 1 0 8 10th
Team 7UP Jordan 2 0 0 0 0
Minardi Team 1 0 0 0 0
1992 Italian Superturismo Championship Repetto Motors 6 0 0 0 0 41 11th
Formula One Andrea Moda Formula 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1993 French Supertouring Championship Team Usine Alfa Romeo 10 0 0 0 2 94 7th
1995 Formula One Parmalat Forti Ford 16 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1996 PPG Indy Car World Series Payton/Coyne Racing 15 0 0 0 1 25 21st
1997 CART PPG World Series Newman/Haas Racing 6 0 0 0 0 16 19th
Bettenhausen Racing 2 0 0 0 0
Payton/Coyne Racing 1 0 0 0 0
1998 CART PPG World Series Project CART 2 0 0 0 0 0 31st
Newman/Haas Racing 1 0 0 0 0
1999 CART PPG World Series PacWest Racing 8 0 0 0 0 58 14th
Newman/Haas Racing 5 0 0 1 1
Indy Racing League Truscelli Team Racing 2 0 0 0 0 38 29th
2000 CART PPG World Series Patrick Racing 20 1 1 0 6 147 3rd
2001 CART PPG World Series Patrick Racing 20 1 1 1 3 76 13th
2003 CART PPG World Series Herdez Competition 17 0 0 1 1 67 13th
2005 Rolex Sports Car Series Spirit of Daytona Racing 6 0 0 0 0 80 39th
Stock Car Brasil Katalogo Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2006 Rolex Sports Car Series Brumos Racing 2 0 0 0 0 28 86th
IndyCar Series Vision Racing 1 0 0 0 0 12 30th
2007 GT3 Brasil Championship CRT 6 0 1 2 0 17 11th
Champ Car World Series Pacific Coast Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 9 22nd
IndyCar Series Chastain Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 10 36th
Rolex Sports Car Series Brumos Porsche 1 0 0 0 0 28 58th
2008 Trofeo Maserati Brasil 3 0 0 0 0 6 30th
GT3 Brasil Championship Tigueis 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
IndyCar Series Minardi Team USA/HVM Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 46th
Champ Car World Series Minardi Team USA 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Rolex Sports Car Series Krohn Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2012 Eurocup Mégane Trophy Oregon Team 2 0 0 0 0 4 20th
2014 Copa Caçula de Pneus de Marcas e Pilotos Maguila Motorsport 18 1 1 0 5 193 4th
2022 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco - Series E Lola 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1984 United Kingdom Skoal Bandit Racing Team United Kingdom Guy Edwards
United Kingdom Rupert Keegan
Porsche 962 C1 72 DNF
(accident)

Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2005 United States Spirit of Daytona Racing United States Doug Goad
France Stéphane Grégoire
United States Bob Ward
Crawford-Pontiac DP03 DP 194 DNF
(cooling system)
2007 United States Brumos Racing United States J. C. France
United States Hurley Haywood
Portugal João Barbosa
United States David Donohue
Riley-Porsche Mk XI DP 662 4th

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1987 Germany BMW Schnitzer Australia Allan Grice
Austria Willi Siller
BMW M3 Div.2 178 DNF
(piston)

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Pts
1984 Ralt Racing Ltd. Ralt Honda SIL
2
HOC
1
THR
Ret
VAL
2
MUG
Ret
PAU
3
HOC
Ret
MIS
NC
PER
2
DON
1
BRH
3
2nd 44

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Pts
1985 Barron Racing SIL
6
THR
Ret
EST
5
NÜR VAL
9
PAU SPA DIJ PER ÖST ZAN DON 15th 3
1986 Bromley Motorsport SIL VAL PAU SPA IMO MUG PER ÖST BIR
10
BUG JAR NC 0
1987 Ralt Racing Ltd. SIL
3
VAL
11
SPA
3
PAU
10
DON
4
PER
1
BRH
3
BIR
2
IMO
5
BUG
9
JAR
Ret
3rd 30
1988 Bromley Motorsport JER
Ret
VAL
4
PAU
1
SIL
1
MNZ
1
PER
Ret
BRH
Ret
BIR
1
BUG
5
ZOL
5
DIJ
Ret
1st 43

Complete Formula One results

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(key) (races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Points
1982 John Player Lotus Lotus 91 Cosworth V8 RSA BRA USW SMR BEL MON DET CAN NED
DNQ
GBR FRA GER AUT SUI ITA CPL NC 0
1987 Team AGS AGS JH22 Cosworth V8 BRA SMR BEL MON DET FRA GBR GER HUN AUT ITA POR ESP MEX JPN
Ret
AUS
6
19th 1
1989 Coloni SpA Coloni FC188B Cosworth V8 BRA
DNQ
SMR
DNQ
MON
Ret
MEX
DNQ
USA
DNQ
NC 0
Coloni C3 CAN
Ret
FRA
DNQ
GBR
Ret
GER
DNPQ
HUN
DNPQ
BEL
DNPQ
ITA
DNPQ
POR
Ret
ESP
DNPQ
JPN
DNPQ
AUS
DNPQ
1990 EuroBrun Racing EuroBrun ER189 Judd V8 USA
13
BRA
DNPQ
SMR
Ret
MON
DNQ
CAN
DNQ
10th 6
EuroBrun ER189B MEX
EX
FRA
DNPQ
GBR
DNPQ
GER
DNPQ
HUN
DNPQ
BEL
DNPQ
ITA
DNPQ
POR
DNPQ
ESP
DNPQ
Benetton Formula Benetton B190 Ford V8 JPN
2
AUS
7
1991 Camel Benetton Ford Benetton B190B Ford V8 USA
Ret
BRA
7
10th 8
Benetton B191 SMR
13
MON
4
CAN
Ret
MEX
5
FRA
Ret
GBR
Ret
GER
8
HUN
8
BEL
4
Team 7UP Jordan Jordan 191 ITA
Ret
POR
10
ESP JPN
Minardi Team Minardi M191 Ferrari V12 AUS
16
1992 Andrea Moda Formula Andrea Moda S921 Judd V10 RSA MEX BRA
DNPQ
ESP
DNPQ
SMR
DNPQ
MON
Ret
CAN
DNPQ
FRA
DNA
GBR
DNPQ
GER
DNPQ
HUN
DNQ
BEL
DNQ
ITA
DNP
POR JPN AUS NC 0
1995 Parmalat Forti Ford Forti FG01 Ford V8 BRA
Ret
ARG
NC
SMR
NC
ESP
Ret
MON
Ret
CAN
Ret
FRA
16
GBR
Ret
GER
Ret
HUN
Ret
BEL
14
ITA
DNS
POR
17
EUR
Ret
PAC
16
JPN
Ret
AUS
Ret
NC 0

Complete American Open-Wheel racing results

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(key)

CART/Champ Car World Series

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Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Rank Points Ref
1985 Galles Racing March 85C Cosworth DFX V8t LBH INDY MIL POR MEA
28
CLE MIS1 ROA
16
POC MDO
25
SAN MIS2 LS
16
PHX MIA
5
28th 10 [15]
1986 Galles Racing Lola T86/00 Cosworth DFX V8t PHX1
20
LBH
6
INDY
19
MIL
13
POR
18
MEA
18
CLE
25
TOR
18
MIS1
6
POC
10
MDO
16
SAN MIS2
6
ROA
16
LS
20
PHX2
10
MIA
17
16th 30 [16]
1994 Arizona Motorsport Lola T94/00 Ford XB V8t SRF PHX LBH INDY
DNQ
MIL DET POR CLE TOR MIS MDO NHM VAN ROA NZR LS NC 0 [17]
1996 Payton/Coyne Racing Lola T96/00 Ford XB V8t MIA
27
RIO
9
SRF
12
LBH
8
NZR
24
500
3
MIL
25
DET
23
POR
19
CLE
14
TOR
23
MIS
23
MDO
23
ROA
22
VAN
27
LS
12
21st 25 [18]
1997 Payton/Coyne Racing Lola T97/00 Ford XD V8t MIA
24
SRF 19th 16 [19]
Newman/Haas Racing Swift 007.i LBH
24
NZR
14
RIO
18
GAT
25
MIL
10
DET
5
POR CLE TOR MIS MDO ROA
Bettenhausen Racing Reynard 97i Mercedes-Benz IC108D V8t VAN
15
LS
10
FON
1998 Project CART Reynard 97i Mercedes-Benz IC108D V8t MIA
15
MOT
26
LBH NZR RIO GAT 31st 0 [20]
Newman/Haas Racing Swift 009.c Ford XD V8t MIL
24
DET POR CLE TOR MIS MDO ROA VAN LAG HOU SRF FON
1999 PacWest Racing Reynard 99i Mercedes-Benz IC108E V8t MIA MOT LBH NZR RIO
11
STL
4
MIL
12
POR
7
CLE
8
ROA
19
TOR
4
MIS
19
14th 58 [21]
Newman/Haas Racing Swift 010.c Ford XD V8t DET
14
MDO
16
CHI
9
VAN
15
LS
2
HOU SRF FON
2000 Patrick Racing Reynard 2Ki Ford XF V8t MIA
2
LBH
9
RIO
6
MOT
3
NZR
14
MIL
5
DET
17
POR
2
CLE
1*
TOR
13
MIS
23
CHI
6
MDO
11
ROA
4
VAN
10
LS
25
STL
3
HOU
11
SRF
19
FON
2
3rd 147 [22]
2001 Patrick Racing Reynard 01i Toyota RV8F V8t MTY
27
LBH
11
TXS
NH
NZR
12
MOT
10
MIL
15
DET
3
POR
2
CLE
8
TOR
11
MIS
12
CHI
20
MDO
6
ROA
11
VAN
1
LAU
23
ROC
13
HOU
22
LS
22
SRF
22*
FON
19
13th 76 [23]
2003 Herdez Competition Lola B02/00 Ford XFE V8t STP
5
MTY
6
LBH
17
BRH
7
LAU
10
MIL
19
LS
15
POR
9
CLE
18
TOR
6
VAN
17
ROA
7
MDO
19
MTL
7
DEN
16
MIA
2
MXC SRF
16
13th 67 [24]
2007 Pacific Coast Motorsports Panoz DP01 Cosworth XFE V8t LVG LBH HOU
12
POR CLE MTT TOR EDM SJO ROA ZOL ASN SRF MXC 22nd 9 [25]

IRL IndyCar Series

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Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points Ref
1999 Truscelli Team Racing G-Force GF01C 33 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 WDW PHX
6
CLT
C
INDY
20
TXS PPIR ATL DOV PPI2 LVS TX2 29th 38 [26]
2006 Vision Racing Dallara IR-05 20 Honda HI6R V8 HMS STP
18
MOT INDY WGL TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MIS KTY SNM CHI 30th 12 [27]
2007 Chastain Motorsports Panoz GF09C 7 Honda HI7R V8 HMS STP MOT KAN INDY
33
MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO MIS KTY SNM DET CHI 36th 10 [28]
2008 Minardi Team USA
HVM Racing
Panoz DP01 14 Cosworth XFE V8t HMS STP MOT1
DNP
LBH1
17
KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO EDM KTY SNM DET CHI SRF2 46th 0 [29]
1 Run on same day.
2 Non-points race.

Indianapolis 500

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Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
1986 Lola T86/00 Cosworth DFX V8t 32 19 Galles Racing
1994 Lola T94/00 Ford XB V8t DNQ Arizona Motorsport
1999 G-Force GF01C Oldsmobile Aurora V8 23 20 Truscelli Racing
2007 Panoz GF09C Honda HI7R V8 31 33 Chastain Motorsports

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