Luiz Razia
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| Luiz Razia Filho | |
| Nationality |  Brazilian |
| Date of Birth | April 4, 1989 |
| Place of Birth | Barreiras (Brazil) |
| 2008 Euroseries 3000 | |
| Debut season | 2007 |
| Current team | ELK Motorsport |
| Car No. | 6 |
| Previous series | |
| 2005 2005-06 2006 2007-08 2007 |
Brazilian Formula Renault 2.0 South American Formula 3 F3000 International Masters Euroseries 3000 World Series by Renault |
| Championship titles | |
| 2006 | South American Formula 3 |
Luiz Razia Filho (born April 4, 1989 in Barreiras) is a Brazilian racing driver.
Razia began his single seater career in 2005 in the South American Formula 3 championship. Driving for Dragão Motorsport, Razia finished sixth in the championship taking six podium finishes, including two race wins. During the season he also took part in the Brazilian Formula Renault 2.0 series, finishing the year tenth in the standings.
For 2006, Razia remained in South American Formula 3, taking eleven podium places and seven race wins to win the title ahead of Mario Moraes and Diego Nunes. He also contested three races in the F3000 International Masters series for Charouz Racing, winning all three of them to finish eighth in the championship. Towards the end of the year, Razia tested a GP2 car at Jerez for the Racing Engineering team and also became a rookie driver for A1 Team Brazil in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season.
The following year, Razia moved to Europe to race in the Euroseries 3000 championship. He began the season with Fisichella Motorsport, but made a mid-season change to ELK Motorsport following the departure of Alx Danielsson. During the season, he took four podium places to finish third in the Euroseries standings and fourth in the Italian championship, which ran as part of the main series. Razia also contested four races in the World Series by Renault when he replaced Ricardo Risatti at GD Racing.
In 2008, he will remain in Euroseries 3000 with ELK Motorsport, partnering Frenchman Nicolas Prost, the son of four-time Formula One World Champion Alain Prost.
[edit] Career results
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | South American Formula 3 championship | Dragão Motorsport | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 52 | 6th |
| Brazilian Formula Renault 2.0 | Dragão Motorsport | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 10th | |
| 2006 | South American Formula 3 championship | Dragão Motorsport | 16 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 99 | 1st |
| F3000 International Masters | Charouz Racing | 3 | 3 | 0 | - | 3 | 30 | 8th | |
| 2007 | Euroseries 3000 | Fisichella Motorsport, ELK Motorsport | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 57 | 3rd |
| Italian Formula 3000 | Fisichella Motorsport, ELK Motorsport | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 26 | 4th | |
| World Series by Renault | GD Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 2008 | Euroseries 3000 | ELK Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3rd* |
| Italian Formula 3000 | ELK Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3rd* |
* Season in progress
