Lucas Di Grassi
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| Lucas Di Grassi | |
| Nationality |  Brazilian |
| Date of Birth | August 11, 1984 |
| Place of Birth | São Paulo (Brazil) |
| 2008 GP2 Series | |
| Debut season | 2006 |
| Current team | ART Grand Prix |
| Car No. | 2 |
| Former teams | Durango |
| Starts | 38 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 2nd in 2007 |
| Previous series | |
| 2003, 2005 2004 2003 2001-2002 |
F3 Euroseries British F3 Championship Formula Three Sudamericana Formula Renault |
Lucas Tucci Di Grassi (b. 11 August 1984) is a racing driver from São Paulo, Brazil, whose career has revolved around karting and single seater formula racing. In 2007, he is contesting the GP2 championship with reigning champion team ART Grand Prix. He is also one of five racers on the Renault Driver Development (RDD) programme.[1]
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[edit] Early formula career
Di Grassi's career in karting peaked in 2000, with a 5th place in the Formula A World Championship.
[edit] Formula Three
He began his formula racing career in Brazilian Formula Renault in 2002, finished as championship runner-up, and then graduated to Formula Three the following year.
In 2003, he drove a Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda for Avallone Motorsport in Formula Three Sudamericana. He finished as the championship runner-up, with one win and eleven other podium finishes. This came despite missing the last six races after suffering a major crash at the Curitiba round.[1]
He also travelled to Europe to make four race starts in the F3 Euroseries with Prema Powerteam, achieving a best finish of fourth place.[2] The following year, he made a permanent move to Europe and took a drive with Hitech Racing in the British F3 Championship. His season peaked with two wins, and he was classified in eighth place overall.[3]
Another of that year's highlights was a podium finish on his début (with Hitech Racing) at the Macau Grand Prix.
In 2005, Di Grassi took another step up in a full-time return to the Euroseries with Manor Motorsport. Against the dominant ASM pairing of Lewis Hamilton and Adrian Sutil he could only manage one win but ended the year third in the championship.[1]
At the end of the season, Di Grassi returned to Macau, this time with Manor, and won the event from third on the grid,[4] although runaway F3 Euroseries champions Hamilton missed the race.[1]
[edit] GP2
2006 brought Di Grassi to the next stage in his career: promotion to the GP2 Grand Prix support series with Team Durango. It was a modest debut season, however, with only 8 points and 17th place in the championship standings.[5]
For 2007 he joined reigning champions ART Grand Prix. He scored points consistently throughout the season, failing to score only once in the first 13 races. Despite not winning a race in that time, it put him in contention for the championship along with iSport's Timo Glock.[1]
He scored his first win of the year in the 14th round of the championship at Istanbul, and took the lead of the championship,[6] but Glock moved back ahead of him when he won the sprint race at the same event.[7]
[edit] Racing record
| Season | Series | Team Name | Races | Poles | Wins | Points | Final Placing |
| 2002 | Brazilian Formula Renault | 1 | 2 | 2nd | |||
| 2003 | Formula 3 Sul-Americana | Avallone Motorsport | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2nd | |
| 2003 | Formula 3 Euroseries | Prema Powerteam | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21st | |
| 2004 | British Formula 3 | HiTech Racing | 24 | 2 | 2 | 130 | 8th |
| 2005 | Formula 3 Euroseries | Manor Motorsport | 20 | 2 | 1 | 68 | 3rd |
| 2006 | GP2 | Durango | 21 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17th |
| 2007 | GP2 | ART Grand Prix | 21 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 2nd |
[edit] GP2 Series Record
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos. | Points |
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| 2006 | Durango | VAL FEA 17 |
VAL SPR 16 |
SAN FEA Ret |
SAN SPR Ret |
EUR FEA 18 |
EUR SPR 13 |
ESP FEA 12 |
ESP SPR 9 |
MCO FEA 11 |
GBR FEA Ret |
GBR SPR DNS |
FRA FEA 7 |
FRA SPR 6 |
GER FEA DNS |
GER SPR Ret |
HUN FEA 14 |
HUN SPR Ret |
TUR FEA 5 |
TUR SPR 9 |
ITA FEA 10 |
ITA SPR 14 |
17th | 8 |
| 2007 | ART | BRN FEA 5 |
BRN SPR Ret |
ESP FEA 3 |
ESP SPR 3 |
MON FEA 5 |
FRA FEA 2 |
FRA SPR 4 |
GBR FEA 4 |
GBR SPR 4 |
GER FEA 2 |
GER SPR 6 |
HUN FEA 4 |
HUN SPR 4 |
TUR FEA 1 |
TUR SPR 11 |
ITA FEA 13 |
ITA SPR 4 |
BEL FEA 3 |
BEL SPR 3 |
VAL FEA Ret |
VAL FEA 13 |
2nd | 77 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Meet the rookies: Lucas di Grassi. F1Fanatic.co.uk (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
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- ^ GP2 Turkey Feature: di Grassi takes title lead. MaximumMotorsport.co.uk (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-28.
- ^ GP2 Turkey Sprint: Glock back on top. MaximumMotorsport.co.uk (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-28.
[edit] External links
- Lucas Di Grassi career statistics at Driver Database
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| Preceded by Alexandre Prémat |
Macau GP winner 2005 |
Succeeded by Mike Conway |
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