Ricardo Sperafico

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Ricardo Sperafico (born July 23, 1979 in Toledo, Paraná) is a Brazilian racing driver.

1 Career
2 Racing record
- 2.1 Complete Formula 3000 results
- 2.2 Complete Champ Car results

[edit] Career

He resides in a family of racers, twin brother of Rodrigo, and with two cousins, Alexandre and the late Rafael. He began his career in Europe and won the Italian Formula 3000 series in 2000, before moving to International F3000 competition the following season. In 2002 in F3000, Ricardo, Rodrigo and Alexandre all raced in the series with Ricardo finishing the best, 5th, driving for Petrobras Racing. He finished runner-up in 2003 before taking 2004 off.

In 2005 he competed for the rookie-of-the-year title in Champ Car, driving for Dale Coyne Racing. He had a difficult time coming to grips with the series, with no less than five different team-mates over the course of the year. His best finish was 8th in Denver. Alexandre also contested occasional Champ Car events from 2003 to 2005.

[edit] Racing record

[edit] Complete Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2001	Petrobras Junior	Lola B99/50	Zytek V8	A	BRA Ret	SMR 14	ESP 19	AUT Ret	MON 5	EUR 3	FRA 13	GBR 11	GER 3	HUN 7	BEL 1	ITA 3	5th	24
2002	Petrobras Junior	Lola B02/50	Zytek-Judd KV	A	BRA 7	SMR 14	ESP 9	AUT 8	MON 5	EUR 2	GBR 3	FRA 15	GER 6	HUN 5	BEL 3	ITA 4	5th	22
2003	Coloni	Lola B02/50	Zytek-Judd KV	A	SMR 3	ESP Ret	AUT 1	MON DSQ	EUR 14	FRA 3	GBR 4	GER 1	HUN Ret	ITA 3			2nd	43