Luis Schiavo

Luis Schiavo (born July 3, 1981, in Caracas, Venezuela) is a former racing driver. Schiavo won the 2001 Pro Mazda title and also participated in USF2000, Atlantic Championship among other series.

Racing career

Schiavo made his formula racing debut in the Skip Barber Southern Series in 1999 after a ten-year karting career.^[1] The Venezuelan finished his first race, at Sebring International Raceway, in fourth place (behind Craig Duerson, Rafael Sperafico and Bud Risser).^[2] Racing a partial schedule in the 1999-2000 season Schiavo ended 35th in the season standings.^[3]

In 2001 Schiavo debuted in the Star Mazda series. He qualified eighth at Sears Point Raceway finishing the race in tenth place.^[4] For 2002 Schiavo competed a partial Star Mazda season in combination with a full season in USF2000. In Star Mazda, Schiavo scored his first podium, at Road Atlanta.^[5] An eighth place was his best result in USF2000.^[6]

The following year, 2003, Schiavo made a title assault in Star Mazda. The Venezuelan won four races in the final season for the 'old' aluminium tube chassis Star Mazda car. Schiavo finished in the top five in eight out of nine races securing the titel. Failing to step up to the Atlantic Championship Schiavo returned to Star Mazda in 2004, now in the new carbon fiber monocoque chassis. The talented driver won the season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and secured a fifth place in the series standings. For 2005 Schiavo ran a partial Star Mazda schedule. He ran the first four races of the season not scoring any significant results. Schiavo also tested a Lola B02/00 Champ Car prepared by Dale Coyne Racing. At Putnam Park Raceway Schiavo beat the team's previous best time at the track.^[7]

Brooks Associates Racing announced Schiavo as one of their drivers for the 2006 Atlantic Championship season.^[8] However, after three races the deal ended and Schiavo was left without a race seat. Schiavo had just scored his season best result of eleventh place at the Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey. After not racing in 2007 EuroInternational signed the driver for most of the 2008 Atlantic Championship season. Schiavo scored his best result at the season finale. In a seventeen car strong field Schiavo ended in seventh place.^[9]

However, as Champ Car had ceased its operation after the merger with IndyCar, Schiavo was left without a focus. The Venezuelan returned to his home country and was the promoter for the Rotax Max Challenge Venezuela.^[10] In 2011 he won the Rotax Max Challenge Venezuela in the DD2 Senior class.^[11] After moving to Miami in 2012, Schiavo was a regular competitor in the Florida Winter Tour. He won Winter Tour championships in the Rotax DD2 Masters and Rotax Masters classes.

Personal

Schiavo first attended the University of St. Thomas (Texas) earning a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 2002. In 2006 Schiavo earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary. In 2014 Schiavo was living in Miami with his wife and one daughter.^[12]

Complete motorsports results

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

Star Mazda Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2001	Racers Edge Motorsports	TEX	SEB	SON 10	POR 37	MOS 10	LS1 38	ATL 4	LS2 41					???	???
2002	Racers Edge Motorsports	SEB	SON	PPI	MDO	ROA 7	WAS 20	MOS	LAG 29	ATL 2				20th	111
2003	Racers Edge Motorsports	SEB 14	NAZ 4	LS1 1	ATL1 3	SON 1	MOS 1	ROA 2	LS2 4	ATL2 1				1st	349
2004	Racers Edge Motorsports	SEB 10	MDO 7	LRP 24	SON 7	POR 22	MOS 16	ROA 5	ATL 2	PIR 12	LAG 1			5th	273
2005	Team HASA Racing	SEB 4	ATL1 6	MDO 46	MON 40	PPR	SON1	SON2	POR	RAM	MOS	ATL2	LAG	33rd	66

USF2000 National Championship

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Points
2002	Roquin Motorsports	SEB1 8	SEB2 10	MOS1 18	MOS2 12	IRP 17	MIL1 10	MIL2 13	MDO 13	ROA1	ROA2	VIR1	VIR2	15th	62

Atlantic Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2006	Brooks Associates Racing	LBH 15	HOU 26	MTY 11	POR	CLE1	CLE2	TOR	EDM	SJO	DEN	MTL	ROA	28th	16
2008	EuroInternational	LBH 18	LS 18	MTT DNS	EDM1 16	EDM2 14	ROA1 10	ROA2 12	TRR 16	NJ	UTA	ATL 7		20th	60

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