Leonardo Cordeiro

Leonardo Cordeiro
Nationality Brazilian
Born November 8, 1989 (1989-11-08) (age 22)
São José (Brazil)
2012 GP3 Series
Debut season 2010
Current team MW Arden
Car no. 22
Starts 0
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Previous series
2007–09 Formula Three Sudamericana
Championship titles
2009 Formula Three Sudamericana

Leonardo Santos Cordeiro (born November 8, 1989 in São José dos Campos) is a Brazilian racing driver.

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Career

Karting

Cordeiro made his karting debut in 2003, at the age of 13. In 2004 and 2005, Cordeiro became Champion of the Petrobrás Smile Cup. In 2006 and 2007, he was runner-up in the Brazilian championship.[1]

Formula Three

Cordeiro began his single seater career in 2007 in the Formula Three Sudamericana championship. Driving for Lecor Sports, Cordeiro finished seventeenth in the championship, taking one podium finish at Interlagos.[2]

Cordeiro remained in the series for 2008 but switched to Cesario Fórmula. He improved to fifth in the standings with one win at Piriápolis.[3]

For 2009, Cordeiro remained in the championship with Cesario Fórmula. He won ten of the eighteen races he competed, and became champion by 40 points ahead of compatriot Claudio Cantelli.[4]

GP3 Series

2010 will see Cordeiro move to the GP3 Series, competing for MW Arden, the team that is backed by Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber. He will join Michael Christensen and Miquel Monrás at the team.[5]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2007 Formula Three Sudamericana Lecor Sports 13 0 0 0 1 11 17th
2008 Formula Three Sudamericana Cesario Fórmula 18 1 5 5 8 74 4th
2009 Formula Three Sudamericana Cesario Fórmula 18 10 12 15 15 134 1st

Complete GP3 Series results

(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 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2010 MW Arden ESP
FEA
18		 ESP
SPR
12		 TUR
FEA
18		 TUR
SPR
24		 VAL
FEA
Ret		 VAL
SPR
21		 GBR
FEA
Ret		 GBR
SPR
Ret		 GER
FEA
Ret		 GER
SPR
Ret		 HUN
FEA
22		 HUN
SPR
13		 BEL
FEA
14		 BEL
SPR
Ret		 ITA
FEA
Ret		 ITA
SPR
8		 27th 1
2011 Carlin TUR
FEA
Ret		 TUR
SPR
22		 ESP
FEA
23		 ESP
SPR
15		 VAL
FEA
10		 VAL
SPR
17		 GBR
FEA
17		 GBR
SPR
23		 GER
FEA
17		 GER
SPR
19		 HUN
FEA
20		 HUN
SPR
15		 BEL
FEA
21		 BEL
SPR
18		 ITA
FEA
13		 ITA
SPR
Ret		 30th 0

* Season in Progress

References

  1. ^ "Profile". leonardocordeiro.com. Leonardo Cordeiro. http://www.leonardocordeiro.com/en/piloto.html. Retrieved 2010-03-02. 
  2. ^ "2007 South American Formula 3 Championship". speedsport-magazine.com. http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level3/southamerican-formula-3/2007/results.html. Retrieved 2010-03-02. 
  3. ^ "2008 South American Formula 3 Championship". speedsport-magazine.com. http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level3/southamerican-formula-3/2008/results.html. Retrieved 2010-03-02. 
  4. ^ "2009 South American Formula 3 Championship". speedsport-magazine.com. http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level3/southamerican-formula-3/2009/results.html. Retrieved 2010-03-02. 
  5. ^ "Cordeiro races for MW Arden in GP3". GP3 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 2010-03-02. http://www.gp3series.com/news/2010-pre-season/Cordeiro-races-for-MW-Arden/. Retrieved 2010-03-02. 

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Nelson Merlo		 Formula Three Sudamericana Champion
2009		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Teams and drivers competing in the 2011 GP3 Series season