Tarso Marques
![]() Marques in 2007, as a Stock Car Brasil driver | |
Born | Curitiba, Brazil | 19 January 1976
---|---|
Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Active years | 1996–1997, 2001 |
Teams | Minardi |
Entries | 26 (24 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1996 Brazilian Grand Prix |
Last entry | 2001 Belgian Grand Prix |
Tarso Anibal Santanna Marques (born 19 January 1976) is a Brazilian racing driver. He participated in 24 Formula One Grands Prix, all driving for the Minardi team, but scored no championship points in three separate seasons and never completed a full year in the sport.
Career
After five years of karting, Marques raced in Formula Chevrolet in his home country aged only 16, and he won the title at his first attempt. In 1993 he moved up to Formula Three Sudamericana and subsequently European Formula 3000, and became the youngest driver to win races at both levels. In 1996, he started racing for Minardi in Formula One, competing with various drivers for the seat over the following two years, including Giancarlo Fisichella, Jarno Trulli and Pedro Lamy. Minardi's financial situation demanded that drivers with strong sponsorship were generally favoured, and there were several driver changes in the team at that time.
In 1999, he moved stateside to drive in the American Champ Car ranks, and caught the eye of legendary team-owner Roger Penske. When two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Jr. was injured, Penske asked him to fill in. His best finish was 9th. In 2000, 2004, and 2005, he drove sporadically in that series for perennial minnows Dale Coyne Racing, with a best result of 11th.
Marques returned to Formula One in 2001 to race alongside future double World Champion Fernando Alonso in the Minardi team, newly purchased by Paul Stoddart. He finished the season ahead of the Spaniard but it was a difficult season for Marques, with the team's financial difficulties not always allowing equal equipment for both drivers. Marques brought no money to the team and was employed under the provision that another driver with more sponsorship money could replace him at any point in the season,[1] and that prospect was realised towards the end of the year, when Minardi replaced Marques with Alex Yoong with three races remaining. Marques welcomed the driver change as the extra finance would enable the team to progress, adding, "Yoong brought the sponsor for the team already two or three races ago so he should be in the car."[2] His two ninth-place finishes remained Minardi's best results of the season, but he was nearly always outpaced by Alonso. Marques would however remain at Minardi for 2002 as the test and reserve driver.[3] Despite this, he did not replace Yoong later in the season when the Malaysian was dropped, with the seat instead going to Anthony Davidson, and Justin Wilson also being offered the drive ahead of Marques.[4]
Since his last Champ Car outing in 2005, Marques has returned to South America to drive in the TC2000 and Stock Car Brasil touring car championships.
Racing record
Complete International Formula 3000 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1994 | Vortex Motorsport | SIL 13 |
PAU Ret |
CAT DNS |
PER 12 |
HOC 10 |
SPA 8 |
EST 12 |
MAG 4 |
15th | 3 |
1995 | DAMS | SIL 12 |
CAT 3 |
PAU Ret |
PER Ret |
HOC Ret |
SPA 5 |
EST 1 |
MAG Ret |
5th | 15 |
Complete Formula One results
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | WDC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996 | Minardi Team | Minardi M195B | Ford V8 | AUS | BRA Ret |
ARG Ret |
EUR | SMR | MON | ESP | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | JPN | NC | 0 | |
1997 | Minardi Team | Minardi M197 | Hart V8 | AUS | BRA | ARG | SMR | MON | ESP | CAN | FRA Ret |
GBR 10 |
GER Ret |
HUN 12 |
BEL Ret |
ITA 14 |
AUT EX |
LUX Ret |
JPN Ret |
EUR 15 |
NC | 0 |
2001 | European Minardi F1 | Minardi PS01 | European V10 | AUS Ret |
MAL 14 |
BRA 9 |
SMR Ret |
ESP 16 |
AUT Ret |
MON Ret |
CAN 9 |
EUR Ret |
FRA 15 |
GBR DNQ |
GER Ret |
22nd | 0 | |||||
Minardi PS01B | HUN Ret |
BEL 13 |
ITA | USA | JPN |
American open-wheel racing
(key)
CART/Champ Car
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | Team Penske | Penske PC-27 | Mercedes-Benz IC108E V8t | MIA | MOT 14 |
LBH Ret |
NAZ | RIO 9 |
GAT Ret |
MIL | POR 18 |
27th | 4 | ||||||||||||
Lola B99/00 | CLE Ret |
ROA | TOR | MIC | DET | MDO | CHI | VAN | LAG | HOU | SRF | FON | |||||||||||||
2000 | Dale Coyne Racing | Swift 011.c | Ford XF V8t | MIA | LBH WDN |
RIO | MOT 16 |
NAZ 12 |
MIL Ret |
DET 10 |
POR 15 |
CLE Ret |
TOR Ret |
MIC 12 |
CHI Ret |
MDO Ret |
ROA Ret |
VAN Ret |
LS 18 |
GAT 15 |
HOU Ret |
SRF 13 |
FON 7 |
25th | 11 |
2004 | Dale Coyne Racing | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8t | LBH 18 |
MTY 18 |
MIL | POR | CLE | TOR | VAN | ROA | DEN | MTL | LS | LVS | SRF | MXC 18 |
22nd | 9^ | ||||||
2005 | Dale Coyne Racing | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8t | LBH | MTY | MIL | POR | CLE 11 |
TOR | EDM | SJO | DEN | MTL | LVS | SRF | MXC | 24th | 10 |
^ New points system implemented in 2004.
References
- ^ "Marques knows he could go, says Stoddart". Atlas F1. 2 August 2001. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Marques hoping to stay in Formula One". Atlas F1. 22 August 2001. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ NewsOnF1.com. "News On F1 - Formula 1 News - 20 - 27 August 2001". www.newsonf1.com. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | Wilson in line for Minardi drive". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Brazilian people of Spanish descent
- Brazilian racing drivers
- Brazilian Formula One drivers
- Brazilian IndyCar Series drivers
- Minardi Formula One drivers
- Brazilian Champ Car drivers
- FIA GT Championship drivers
- Formula 3 Sudamericana drivers
- Stock Car Brasil drivers
- TC 2000 Championship drivers
- International Formula 3000 drivers
- Brazilian expatriates in Italy
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Sportspeople from Curitiba