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| Antônio Pizzonia | |
|---|---|
 Pizzonia at the2004 Italian Grand Prix | |
| Nationality |  Brazilian |
| Born | Antônio Reginaldo Pizzonia Júnior (1980-09-11)11 September 1980 (age 45) |
| Auto GP career | |
| Debut season | 2012 |
| Current team | Zele Racing |
| Racing licence |  FIA Gold |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Active years | 2003–2005 |
| Teams | Jaguar,Williams |
| Entries | 20 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Careerpoints | 8 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 2003 Australian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2005 Chinese Grand Prix |
Antônio Reginaldo Pizzonia Júnior (born 11 September 1980) is a Brazilian professional racing driver who has raced inFormula One and theChamp Car World Series. Born inManaus, he started his car racing career in theFormula Vauxhall Junior series in 1997 and then progressed through various junior formulae, winning the Formula Vauxhall Junior Winter Festival in 1997, the Formula Vauxhall Junior and Formula Renault Winter Festival in 1998, theFormula Renault 2.0 UK in 1999, and theBritish Formula 3 Championship in 2000.[1]
For 2001 and 2002, he entered theFormula 3000, with his best championship finish being sixth in 2001. In 2003, he was signed by theJaguar Formula One team, but following poor results, was released during the season. In 2004, he replaced the injuredRalf Schumacher atWilliams in several events, securing his first Formula One points in the process.[1]
In 2005, he replacedNick Heidfeld at Williams, but was released from his contract at the end of the season. Since then, he has competed in multiple series, such as the Champ Car World Series, theSuperleague Formula,Stock Car Brasil, and theFIA GT1 World Championship.
From 1991 to 1996, Pizzonia competed in various karting series. In 1997, he moved toBritain and competed inFormula Vauxhall Junior; Pizzonia placed second, and won the Winter Festival. In 1998, in addition to taking the Championship in Formula Vauxhall Junior, he won theFormula Renault Winter Festival.
His 1999 season was even more successful, winning theFormula Renault 2.0 UK series and finishing second in theFormula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. In 2000, Pizzonia took five wins on his way to winning theBritish Formula 3 Championship. For 2001, Pizzonia switched to theFormula 3000 series, winning one race and finishing sixth in the championship.[2]
In2002, Pizzonia was hired as test driver forWilliams, but also continued in F3000, placing eighth. After impressive testing performances, he was signed by theJaguar team to partnerMark Webber for2003, replacing the axedPedro de la Rosa[3]. However, following a string of poor results, he was dropped late in the season and replaced byMinardi'sJustin Wilson.
In2004 he returned to Williams as test driver. Before theGerman Grand Prix, it was announced that Pizzonia would take over fromMarc Gené, who had been filling in for the injuredRalf Schumacher. At the German Grand Prix, he finished seventh to take his first two career points; he repeated the feat at theHungarian Grand Prix.
InBelgium, he briefly led an F1 race for the first time, but failed to finish the race due to a gearbox problem, whilst running in third place. He claimed a further two points inItaly (during which he achieved the fastest ever recorded top speed in a F1 race at the time, 369.9 km/h, until Juan Pablo Montoya eclipsed this record the following year), but with the announcement of Ralf Schumacher's return for theChinese Grand Prix, Pizzonia's racing was over for the year.
Prior to the2005 season, Pizzonia was in a virtual shoot-out withGermanNick Heidfeld for the second race seat at Williams alongside Webber. Despite Pizzonia's experience with the team and financial support fromPetrobras, Heidfeld was given the seat.
Pizzonia was still employed at Williams as a test driver, and when Heidfeld complained of headaches after beingconcussed in a crash during the Friday Practice Session atMonza, Pizzonia gained the chance to race. Having not entered an F1 race since the2004 Italian Grand Prix, the Brazilian qualified sixteenth, coming through the field to emulate his 2004 race result — picking up seventh place and two points. He then raced in theBelgian Grand Prix. where he incurred a fine for taking out second placedJuan Pablo Montoya just a few laps from the end. Pizzonia also took the drive in theBrazilian Grand Prix, but his race was over before the first corner after taking out his own teammateMark Webber resulting from a collision withDavid Coulthard.
Despite some speculation that GP2 championNico Rosberg would be given an opportunity in the last two races of the season, Pizzonia completed the season for Williams. He retired from theJapanese Grand Prix early after spinning off, and retired from (but was classified as a finisher in) theChinese Grand Prix after a puncture. Having been replaced byNico Rosberg for2006 and failing to find a seat elsewhere, Pizzonia's Formula One career was over.
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In 2006, Pizzonia drove forPaul Gentilozzi'sRocketsports team in theChamp Car World Series'Long Beach Grand Prix and returned to the team towards the end of the season for races whereTõnis Kasemets did not have sponsorship to race.
In 2007, Pizzonia was racing forFisichella Motor Sport in theGP2 series.[2] In May, he was dropped in favour ofAdam Carroll after only scoring one point in five races. After that, he returned to Brazil and entered into competition inStock Car Brasil, a Brazilian national championship, from July.[4] He has competed in the series every year since then, and has also raced inSuperleague Formula (SC Corinthians) and theFIA GT1 World Championship.
In 2012, Pizzonia made a one-off guest appearance in theAuto GP World Series when the championship visited the BrazilianCuritiba circuit. Driving for theOmbra Racing team, he won both races, immediately slotting himself into ninth position in the championship.
In 2014 and 2015, Pizzonia competed in the Auto GP series, withZele Racing.[1]
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Pizzonia returned to open-wheel racing in 2023, in theBOSS GP series, withHS Engineering in aGibson-enginedDallara T12, winning both races overall at the season-opener atPaul Ricard. He has subsequently won every race in his class. He won the Open class title atTT Circuit Assen.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Manor Motorsport | Dallara F399 | Mugen-Honda | Championship | THR 1 | CRO 1 | OUL 2 | DON 11 | DON 2 | SIL 2 | BRH 1 | DON 1 | DON 3 | CRO Ret | SIL 2 | SNE 1 | SPA 2 | SIL 9 | 1st | 200 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Petrobras Junior Team | INT 9 | IMO 4 | CAT 6 | A1R 4 | MON Ret | NÜR 6 | MAG 10 | SIL 3 | HOC 1 | HUN Ret | SPA 8 | MNZ Ret | 6th | 22 |
| 2002 | Petrobras Junior Team | INT 4 | IMO 4 | CAT 10 | A1R 7 | MON 4 | NÜR 3 | SIL 5 | MAG 4 | HOC Ret | HUN Ret | SPA Ret | MNZ DSQ | 8th | 18 |
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Jaguar Racing F1 Team | JaguarR4 | CosworthV10 | AUS 13† | MAL Ret | BRA Ret | SMR 14 | ESP Ret | AUT 9 | MON Ret | CAN 10† | EUR 10 | FRA 10 | GBR Ret | GER | HUN | ITA | USA | JPN | 21st | 0 | |||
| 2004 | BMWWilliamsF1 Team | WilliamsFW26 | BMW P84 3.0V10 | AUS | MAL | BHR | SMR | ESP | MON | EUR | CAN | USA | FRA | GBR | GER 7 | HUN 7 | BEL Ret | ITA 7 | CHN | JPN | BRA | 15th | 6 | |
| 2005 | BMWWilliamsF1 Team | WilliamsFW27 | BMW P84/5 3.0V10 | AUS | MAL | BHR | SMR | ESP | MON | EUR | CAN | USA | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | TUR | ITA 7 | BEL 15† | BRA Ret | JPN Ret | CHN 13† | 22nd | 2 |
† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
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| Yr | Team | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Rocketsports | 8 | LBH 10 | HOU | MTY | MIL | POR | CLE | TOR | EDM | SJO | DEN | 18th | 43 | [8] | ||||
| 18 | MTL 11 | ROA | SRF 10 | MXC 12 | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | No. | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Rank | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Rocketsports | 9 | Panoz DP01 | Cosworth | HMS | STP | MOT1 | LBH1 16 | KAN | IND | MIL | TXS | IOW | RIR | WGL | NSH | MDO | EDM | KTY | SNM | DET | CHI | SRF2 | 45th | 0 | [9] |
¹Run on same day
²Non-points-paying, exhibition race
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Petrol Ofisi FMS International | BHR FEA 16 | BHR SPR Ret | CAT FEA Ret | CAT SPR 8 | MON FEA 8 | FRA FEA | FRA SPR | GBR FEA | GBR SPR | EUR FEA | EUR SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | TUR FEA | TUR SPR | ITA FEA | ITA SPR | BEL FEA | BEL SPR | VAL FEA | VAL SPR | 27th | 1 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | SC Corinthians EuroInternational | DON 1 | DON 2 | NÜR 1 7 | NÜR 2 10 | ZOL 1 10 | ZOL 2 18 | EST 1 4 | EST 2 4 | VLL 1 6 | VLL 2 16 | JER 1 12 | JER 2 2 | 9th | 264 |
| 2009 | SC Corinthians Alan Docking Racing | MAG 1 4 | MAG 2 9 | ZOL 1 17 | ZOL 2 12 | DON 1 3 | DON 2 8 | EST 1 3 | EST 2 5 | MNZ 1 10 | MNZ 2 9 | JAR 1 14 | JAR 2 18 | 8th | 264 |
| 2011 | Brazil Alan Docking Racing | ASS 1 8 | ASS 2 3 | ZOL 1 9 | ZOL 2 12 | 8th | 102 | ||||||||
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | SC Corinthians Alan Docking Racing | MAG 3 | ZOL N/A | DON 4 | EST 5 | MNZ N/A | JAR DNQ |
| 2011 | Brazil Alan Docking Racing | ASS 2 | ZOL DNQ | ||||
† Ineligible for championship points.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Ombra Racing | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | MAR 1 | MAR 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | ALG 1 | ALG 2 | CUR 1 1 | CUR 2 1 | 9th | 45 | ||||
| Zele Racing | SON 1 Ret | SON 2 12† | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Zele Racing | MAR 1 | MAR 2 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | EST 1 4 | EST 2 3 | 14th | 25 |
| 2015 | Zele Racing | HUN 1 2 | HUN 2 1 | SIL 1 1 | SIL 2 3 | 1st‡ | 79‡ | ||||||||||||
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‡ Position when season was cancelled.
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Delta-ADR | LMP2 | Oreca 03 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 1 | SPA Ret | LMS | SÃO | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 15th | 26 | |
| 2016 | Manor | LMP2 | Oreca 05 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS | NÜR 5 | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 27th | 10 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| Year | Entrant | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | HS Engineering | Dallara T12 | Open | HOC 1 1 | HOC 2 1 | LEC 1 1 | LEC 2 1 | RBR 1 2 | RBR 2 1 | MIS 1 1 | MIS 2 1 | ASS 1 2 | ASS 2 1 | MNZ 1 1 | MNZ 2 1 | MUG 1 11 | MUG 2 1 | 1st | 352 |
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