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Teixeira began his [[formula racing]] career in 2001 by driving in the [[Formula BMW]] Junior Cup in Portugal. He finished in 20th position in the drivers' championship. |
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===Formula Three=== |
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Revision as of 14:57, 15 April 2013
Ricardo Teixeira | |
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Nationality | Angolan Portuguese |
Born | Lisbon (Portugal) | August 2, 1984
GP2 Series career | |
Debut season | 2009 |
Current team | Rapax |
Car number | 20 |
Former teams | Trident Racing |
Starts | 42 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 26th in 2009 |
Previous series | |
2010 2008–09 2002, 2005–08 2007 2001 | FIA Formula Two GP2 Asia Series British Formula Three ATS Formel 3 Cup FBMW Junior Cup Iberia |
Ricardo Teixeira (born August 2, 1984 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese-Angolan racing driver. He holds dual nationality and has raced under both nationalities at various points in his career. His career has been sponsored by the Angolan oil company, Sonangol.
Career
Formula BMW
Fail
Formula Three
Teixeira moved to the National Class of the British Formula Three Championship in 2002, but did not start a race that year. In 2003 he raced occasionally in the BRSCC's ARP Formula Three Championship, taking one win at club racing level.
He returned to the British Championship in 2005 after taking a couple of years out for study with the Carlin Motorsport team, finishing ninth in the National Class. The following season, he improved to seventh, despite switching teams to Performance Racing Europe part-way through the year. In 2007, he moved up to the Championship Class of the series with Performance Racing, scoring no points. For 2008, he moved to the Ultimate Motorsport team's Mygale chassis, again without scoring a point.
Teixeira also competed in two races of the German ATS Formel 3 Cup in 2007, and has driven in two Masters of Formula Three races, with a best finish of 24th.
GP2 Series
Teixeira was signed by the Trident Racing team to drive in the fifth and sixth rounds of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season. He replaced Frankie Provenzano, and was the seventh competitor to drive one of the team's two entries. He was the first Angolan driver to compete at this level of motorsport. Trident kept a hold of Teixeira for the 2009 GP2 Series. He became the first driver to not qualify for an event since Christian Bakkerud in 2007, as he did not lap within 107% of Romain Grosjean's pole position time, in Monaco.[1] He did not score any points and finished the championship in 26th position.
After two years away from the series, first in Formula Two and then as a test driver for the Lotus Formula One team, Teixeira returned to GP2 by signing with the Rapax team for the 2012 season, in which he partnered Tom Dillmann. After ten races, and with a best finish of 13th, he was replaced by Daniël de Jong after suffering from illness.[2] He returned to action for the next round at Silverstone, with De Jong taking Dillmann's seat instead.[3] Teixeira eventually finished 29th in the championship, having scored no points.
Formula Two
Teixeira moved to the FIA Formula Two Championship for 2010. He finished fifth in his third race in the series, at Marrakech, but suffered a spectacular aerial accident in the following race when he collided with Ivan Samarin under braking for a chicane. Teixeira was uninjured in the accident.[4] Over the course of the season he amassed 23 points to finish 16th in the drivers' championship: his best showing in any series since 2006.
Formula One
After driving for Team Lotus in pre-season testing for the 2011 season, Teixeira was confirmed as a test driver for the team in March 2011.[5]
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2001 | Formula BMW Junior Cup Iberia | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 28 | 20th | |
2002 | British Formula Three Scholarship Class | Essencial Motorsport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
2003 | ARP Formula 3 Championship | Rowan Racing | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 8th |
2005 | British Formula Three National Class | Carlin Motorsport | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 9th |
2006 | British Formula Three National Class | Carlin Motorsport | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 7th |
Performance Racing Europe | |||||||||
2007 | British Formula Three | Performance Racing Europe | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20th |
ATS Formel 3 Cup | Rennsport Rössler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23rd | |
Masters of Formula 3 | Performance Racing Europe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 24th | |
2008 | British Formula Three | Ultimate Motorsport | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21st |
Masters of Formula 3 | Ultimate Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | |
2008–09 | GP2 Asia Series | Trident Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38th |
2009 | GP2 Series | Trident Racing | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th |
2010 | Formula Two | MotorSport Vision | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 16th |
2011 | Formula One | Team Lotus | Test driver | ||||||
2012 | GP2 Series | Rapax | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th |
* Season in progress.
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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
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2009 | Trident Racing | ESP FEA Ret |
ESP SPR 20 |
MON FEA DNQ |
MON SPR DNQ |
TUR FEA 14 |
TUR SPR 18 |
GBR FEA Ret |
GBR SPR 18 |
GER FEA Ret |
GER SPR 15 |
HUN FEA Ret |
HUN SPR 19 |
VAL FEA Ret |
VAL SPR 14 |
BEL FEA Ret |
BEL SPR 14 |
ITA FEA 16 |
ITA SPR 14 |
POR FEA 15 |
POR SPR 21 |
26th | 0 | ||||
2012 | Rapax | MYS FEA 21 |
MYS SPR 24 |
BHR1 FEA 17 |
BHR1 SPR 13 |
BHR2 FEA 23 |
BHR2 SPR 20 |
ESP FEA Ret |
ESP SPR 23 |
MON FEA 20 |
MON SPR Ret |
VAL FEA |
VAL SPR |
GBR FEA 18 |
GBR SPR 15 |
GER FEA DSQ |
GER SPR 16 |
HUN FEA 19 |
HUN SPR 20 |
BEL FEA 18 |
BEL SPR 15 |
ITA FEA 20 |
ITA SPR 18 |
SGP FEA 17 |
SGP SPR 21 |
29th | 0 |
* Season in progress.
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008–09 | Trident Racing | CHN FEA |
CHN SPR |
DUB FEA |
DUB SPR |
BHR1 FEA |
BHR1 SPR |
QAT FEA |
QAT SPR |
MYS FEA 17 |
MYS SPR 19 |
BHR2 FEA 17 |
BHR2 SPR Ret |
38th | 0 |
Complete Formula Two results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Points |
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2010 | 19 | SIL 1 17 |
SIL 2 14 |
MAR 1 5 |
MAR 2 Ret |
MON 1 16 |
MON 2 13 |
ZOL 1 9 |
ZOL 2 Ret |
ALG 1 6 |
ALG 2 Ret |
BRH 1 16 |
BRH 2 16 |
BRN 1 9 |
BRN 2 Ret |
OSC 1 10 |
OSC 2 16 |
VAL 1 14 |
VAL 2 Ret |
16th | 23 |
References
- ^ Glendenning, Mark (2009-05-21). "Grosjean on pole again in Monaco". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
- ^ "De Jong to stand in for Teixeira in Valencia's GP2 races". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 2012-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
- ^ "Dillmann to miss Silverstone". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2012-07-05. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
- ^ English, Steven (2010-05-02). "Teixeira walks away from aerial crash". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ "2011 Test Driver Line-up". teamlotus.co.uk. Team Lotus. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2011.