Diego Nunes
| Diego Nunes | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Brazilian |
| Born |
July 12, 1986 Curitiba (Brazil) |
| Previous series | |
| 2008–09 2008–2009–10 2006–07, 2009 2005–06 2002–06 |
GP2 Series GP2 Asia Series Euro/Italian Formula 3000 Formula Three Sudamericana Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil |
- This page is about the racecar driver. For the mixed martial arts fighter, see Diego Nunes (fighter).
Diego Nunes (born July 12, 1986 in Curitiba) is a Brazilian racing driver.
Career
Formula Renault
Nunes began his car racing career by driving full-time in the Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil championship in 2003 and 2004, having competed in selected events in 2002. With a best result of ninth in the drivers' championship in 2004, Nunes moved on to concentrate on different motorsport series from 2005, but still returned to Brazilian FRenault for the occasional race in that year and the next.
Formula Three
Nunes switched to Formula Three Sudamericana for 2005, finishing fourth in the championship at his first attempt. In 2006 he took pole position for half of the races but was only able to win one, restricting him to third in the championship.
Formula 3000
In 2006, Nunes competed in two races of the Euroseries 3000. For 2007, he moved to Europe full-time to drive a full season in the series. Employed by the former Formula One team, Minardi, he finished as runner-up in the championship.
GP2 Series
Nunes was recruited by Adrián Campos to drive for his team in the inaugural GP2 Asia Series season in 2008, but switched to David Price Racing after the first round of the championship. This was because Price had fired his driver Andy Soucek, who had himself signed for the rival FMS International team for the GP2 Series proper that year. Nunes scored two points and finished nineteenth in the championship.
Nunes continued with DPR for the 2008 GP2 Series season, where he was partnered by Michael Herck and Giacomo Ricci on his way to 22nd in the championship. For the 2009 championship, he switched to frontrunners iSport International alongside rookie Giedo van der Garde.[1] He finished the championship in 20th place.
For the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season, Nunes partnered Luca Filippi at Team Meritus for the first round in Abu Dhabi, but was replaced by Alexander Rossi for the second Abu Dhabi round.[2]
Stock Car Brasil
With his single-seater career petering out, Nunes returned to Brazil for 2010 to compete in the Stock Car Brasil championship, driving for the Bassani team once more. In his first year, driving a Peugeot 307 alongside first Rodrigo Sperafico and then Willian Starostik, he scored 43 points to finish 15th in the championship, capping his season with a win in the final race at Curitiba. He remained with the team for 2011 as the Peugeot teams upgraded to the 408 model, and was partnered by Denis Navarro, but was dropped in favour of Bruno Junqueira after scoring only 13 points in nine races.
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team Name | Races | Poles | Wins | Points | Final Placing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil | Bassani Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2003 | Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil | Pop Car Racing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 18th |
| 2004 | Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil | Full Time Sports | 10 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 9th |
| 2005 | Formula Three Sudamericana | Bassani Racing | 18 | 1 | 3 | 72 | 4th |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil | Gramacho Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 12th | |
| 2006 | Formula Three Sudamericana | Bassani Racing | 16 | 8 | 1 | 78 | 3rd |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 16th | ||
| Euroseries 3000 | Minardi Team | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15th | |
| 2007 | Euroseries 3000 | Team Minardi by GP Racing | 16 | 1 | 4 | 77 | 2nd |
| 2008 | GP2 Series | David Price Racing | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22nd |
| GP2 Asia Series | Campos Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19th | |
| David Price Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 2008–09 | GP2 Asia Series | Piquet GP | 11 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 8th |
| 2009 | GP2 Series | iSport International | 20 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20th |
| 2009–10 | GP2 Asia Series | MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th |
| 2010 | Copa Caixa Stock Car | RC3 Bassani Racing | 12 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 15th |
| 2011 | Copa Caixa Stock Car | Bassani Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23rd |
Complete GP2 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 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | David Price Racing | ESP FEA 15 |
ESP SPR 16 |
TUR FEA 13 |
TUR SPR 10 |
MON FEA 15 |
MON SPR 9 |
FRA FEA 11 |
FRA SPR Ret |
GBR FEA 17 |
GBR SPR Ret |
GER FEA Ret |
GER SPR Ret |
HUN FEA 12 |
HUN SPR 15 |
EUR FEA 10 |
EUR SPR 4 |
BEL FEA 12 |
BEL SPR Ret |
ITA FEA Ret |
ITA SPR 16 |
22nd | 3 |
| 2009 | iSport International | ESP FEA 11 |
ESP SPR 8 |
MON FEA Ret |
MON SPR 14 |
TUR FEA 11 |
TUR SPR 11 |
GBR FEA 11 |
GBR SPR Ret |
GER FEA Ret |
GER SPR 11 |
HUN FEA Ret |
HUN SPR 15 |
VAL FEA 11 |
VAL SPR 5 |
BEL FEA 9 |
BEL SPR 3 |
ITA FEA 10 |
ITA SPR Ret |
POR FEA 12 |
POR SPR 5 |
20th | 8 |
Complete GP2 Asia 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Campos Grand Prix | DUB1 FEA 12 |
DUB1 SPR DNS |
20th | 2 | ||||||||||
| David Price Racing | IDN FEA Ret |
IDN SPR 10 |
MYS FEA 10 |
MYS SPR 13 |
BHR FEA 7 |
BHR SPR Ret |
DUB2 FEA 17 |
DUB2 SPR 12 |
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| 2008–09 | Piquet GP | CHN FEA 12 |
CHN SPR Ret |
DUB FEA Ret |
DUB SPR C |
BHR1 FEA 13 |
BHR1 SPR 22 |
QAT FEA 11 |
QAT SPR 12 |
MYS FEA 1 |
MYS SPR 4 |
BHR2 FEA 1 |
BHR2 SPR 6 |
8th | 24 |
| 2009–10 | MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com | ABU1 FEA Ret |
ABU1 SPR 13 |
ABU2 FEA |
ABU2 SPR |
BHR1 FEA |
BHR1 SPR |
BHR2 FEA |
BHR2 SPR |
28th | 0 |
Complete Stock Car Brasil results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | RC3 Bassani | Peugeot 307 | INT 12 |
CTB 18 |
VEL 5 |
RIO 21 |
RBP Ret |
SAL Ret |
INT 17 |
CGD Ret |
LON Ret |
SCZ 14 |
BSB Ret |
CTB 1 |
15th | 43 | |||||||||
| 2011 | Bassani Racing | Peugeot 408 | CTB 18 |
INT 18 |
RBP 18 |
VEL 9 |
CGD 23 |
RIO 10 |
INT Ret |
SAL Ret |
SCZ Ret |
LON |
BSB |
VEL |
23rd | 13 | |||||||||
| 2012 | Hot Car Competições | Chevrolet Sonic | INT 22 |
CTB 15 |
VEL 10 |
RBP 9 |
LON 16 |
RIO Ret |
SAL DSQ |
CAS 11 |
TAR 19 |
CTB 15 |
BSB 12 |
INT Ret |
20th | 61 | |||||||||
| 2013 | RC3 Bassani | Peugeot 408 | INT 16 |
CUR Ret |
TAR Ret |
SAL 20 |
BRA 22 |
CAS 4 |
RBP 15 |
CAS 11 |
VEL 7 |
CUR 11 |
BRA 13 |
INT Ret |
17th | 71 | |||||||||
| 2014 | C2 Team | Chevrolet Sonic | INT 1 |
SCZ 1 |
SCZ 2 |
BRA 1 |
BRA 2 |
GOI 1 |
GOI 2 |
INT 1 |
CAS 1 |
CAS 2 |
CUR 1 |
CUR 2 |
VEL 1 |
VEL 2 |
SAL 1 |
SAL 2 |
CUR 1 |
CUR 2 |
TAR 1 |
TAR 2 |
BRA 1 |
NC | N/A |
References
- ↑ "iSport sign van der Garde and Nunes". autosport.com. 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ↑ English, Steven (2010-01-27). "Rossi switches to Meritus for GP2 Asia". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- Diego Nunes career summary at DriverDB.com Retrieved on May 6, 2008.