Diego Nunes (racing driver)

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Diego Nunes
NationalityBrazil Brazilian
Born (1986-07-12) July 12, 1986 (age 37)
Curitiba (Brazil)
TCR South America career
Debut season2023
Current teamCobra Racing
Car number70
Wins1
Podiums1
Best finish1st in
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
Championship titles
2022Porsche Endurance Series

Diego Nunes (born July 12, 1986) is a Brazilian racing driver currently competing in TCR South America with Cobra Racing.[1] Having previously raced in Stock Car Brazil. Nunes is the 2022 Porsche Endurance Series champion.[2][3]

Career[edit]

Formula Renault[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Nunes driving for David Price Racing at the Valencia round of the 2008 GP2 Series season.
Nunes leading Álvaro Parente and Romain Grosjean at the Turkish round of the 2009 GP2 Series season.

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.[4] 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.[5]

Stock Car Brasil[edit]

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.

TCR South America[edit]

Nunes transitioned to the TCR South America Touring Car Championship in 2023, competing for Cobra Racing in the Audi RS3.[6]

Racing record[edit]

Career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2002 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil RS-Prop Car 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2003 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil Bassani-Prop Car 12 0 0 0 0 26 18th
2004 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil Full Time Sports 11 0 1 1 1 76 9th
2005 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil Gramacho Racing 3 0 0 0 1 44 12th
Formula 3 Sudamericana Bassani Racing 18 3 1 1 4 72 4th
2006 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil Bassani Racing 1 1 1 1 1 32 16th
Formula 3 Sudamericana 16 2 8 3 7 78 3rd
Euroseries 3000 Minardi by GP Racing 2 0 0 0 0 6 15th
F3000 Italian Championship 2 0 0 0 0 6 15th
2007 Euroseries 3000 Minardi by GP Racing 16 4 1 1 10 77 2nd
F3000 Italian Championship 8 1 1 1 4 32 2nd
2008 GP2 Series DPR 20 0 0 0 0 3 22nd
GP2 Asia Series DPR 8 0 0 0 0 2 19th
Barwa International Campos Team 1 0 0 0 0
2008–09 GP2 Asia Series Piquet GP 11 2 0 1 2 24 8th
2009 GP2 Series iSport International 20 0 0 1 1 8 20th
Euroseries 3000 Team Lazarus 2 0 0 0 0 5 15th
2009–10 GP2 Asia Series MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2010 Stock Car Brasil RC3 Bassani Racing 12 1 0 0 1 43 15th
2011 Stock Car Brasil Bassani Racing 9 0 0 0 0 13 23rd
2012 Stock Car Brasil Hot Car Competições 12 0 0 0 0 61 20th
Brasileiro de Marcas Bassani Racing 16 0 0 2 4 192 4th
2013 Stock Car Brasil RC3 Bassani 12 0 0 0 0 71 17th
2014 Stock Car Brasil C2 Team 21 0 0 0 0 81 20th
Brasileiro de Marcas 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2015 Stock Car Brasil Vogel Motorsport 21 0 0 0 2 139 14th
2016 Stock Car Brasil União Química Basssani 21 1 0 1 3 189 7th
Porsche Endurance Series - Cup N/A 1 0 0 0 0 20 42nd
Porsche Endurance Series - Challenge N/A 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2017 Stock Car Brasil Full Time Bassani 21 0 0 0 0 114 15th
Porsche Endurance Series - Challenge N/A 1 0 1 1 0 21 16th
2018 Stock Car Brasil Full Time Bassani 21 0 0 3 1 66 14th
Porsche Endurance Series - 3.8 N/A 1 0 0 0 1 55 14th
2019 Stock Car Brasil KTF Sports 21 0 0 0 1 175 11th
2020 Stock Car Brasil Blau Motorsport 18 1 0 3 3 203 11th
Porsche Endurance Series - Cup N/A 1 0 0 0 0 56 19th
GT Sprint Race Special Edition - Am N/A 6 2 0 2 3 101 2nd
2021 Stock Car Pro Series Blau Motorsport 23 0 0 1 1 226 10th
Porsche Endurance Series - Cup N/A 3 0 0 0 0 92 13th
2022 Stock Car Pro Series Blau Motorsport 22 1 0 1 2 158 16th
2023 TCR South America Touring Car Championship Cobra Racing Team 18 1 0 2 1 183 11th
TCR World Tour 4 0 0 0 0 2 55th
Stock Car Pro Series Blau Motorsport

Complete GP2 Series results[edit]

(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 DPR CAT
FEA
15 		CAT
SPR
16 		IST
FEA
13 		IST
SPR
10 		MON
FEA
15 		MON
SPR
9 		MAG
FEA
11 		MAG
SPR
Ret 		SIL
FEA
17 		SIL
SPR
Ret 		HOC
FEA
Ret 		HOC
SPR
Ret 		HUN
FEA
12 		HUN
SPR
15 		VAL
FEA
10 		VAL
SPR
4 		SPA
FEA
12 		SPA
SPR
Ret 		MNZ
FEA
Ret 		MNZ
SPR
16 		22nd 3
2009 iSport International CAT
FEA
11 		CAT
SPR
8 		MON
FEA
Ret 		MON
SPR
14 		IST
FEA
11 		IST
SPR
11 		SIL
FEA
11 		SIL
SPR
Ret 		NÜR
FEA
Ret 		NÜR
SPR
11 		HUN
FEA
Ret 		HUN
SPR
15 		VAL
FEA
11 		VAL
SPR
5 		SPA
FEA
9 		SPA
SPR
3 		MNZ
FEA
10 		MNZ
SPR
Ret 		ALG
FEA
12 		ALG
SPR
5 		20th 8

Complete GP2 Asia Series results[edit]

(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 SEN
FEA
Ret 		SEN
SPR
10 		SEP
FEA
10 		SEP
SPR
13 		BHR
FEA
7 		BHR
SPR
Ret 		DUB2
FEA
17 		DUB2
SPR
12
2008–09 Piquet GP SHI
FEA
12 		SHI
SPR
Ret 		DUB
FEA
Ret 		DUB
SPR
C 		BHR1
FEA
13 		BHR1
SPR
22 		LSL
FEA
11 		LSL
SPR
12 		SEP
FEA
1 		SEP
SPR
4 		BHR2
FEA
1 		BHR2
SPR
6 		8th 24
2009–10 MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com YMC1
FEA
Ret 		YMC1
SPR
13 		YMC2
FEA 		YMC2
SPR 		BHR1
FEA 		BHR1
SPR 		BHR2
FEA 		BHR2
SPR 		28th 0

Complete Stock Car Brasil results[edit]

(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 RC3 Bassani 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 Bardahl Hot Car 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[edit]

  1. ^ "TCR: Cobra Racing terá Nunes de Audi e Baptista de Toyota". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  2. ^ "Nunes avalia "ano muito bom" com título ao lado de Hahn na Porsche Endurance em 2022 - Notícia de Porsche Cup". www.f1mania.net (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  3. ^ Furlan, Matheus (2022-12-04). "Christian Hahn e Diego Nunes vencem 500 km da Porsche Cup C6 Bank Mastercard e o título do Endurance Challenge em Interlagos". Portal High Speed Brazil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  4. ^ "iSport sign van der Garde and Nunes". autosport.com. 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  5. ^ English, Steven (2010-01-27). "Rossi switches to Meritus for GP2 Asia". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  6. ^ "TCR: Cobra Racing terá Nunes de Audi e Baptista de Toyota". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  • Diego Nunes career summary at DriverDB.com Retrieved on May 6, 2008.

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