Ricardo Teixeira (racing driver)

Portuguese-Angolan racing driver (born 1984)

Ricardo Teixeira
NationalityAngola Angolan
Portugal Portuguese
via dual nationality
Born (1984-08-02) 2 August 1984 (age 39)
Lisbon, Portugal
Current teamRapax
GP2 Series
Years active2009, 2012-13
Car number20
Former teamsTrident Racing
Starts42
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish26th in 2009
Previous series
2010
2008–09
2002, 2005–08
2007
2001		FIA Formula Two
GP2 Asia Series
British Formula 3
ATS Formel 3 Cup
FBMW Junior Cup Iberia

Ricardo Teixeira (born 2 August 1984 in Lisbon, Portugal) is an Angolan-Portuguese racing driver. He holds dual nationality and has raced under both nationalities at various points in his career. He was the first Angolan driver to drive a Formula 1 car when he was announced as a test driver for Team Lotus for 2011. He has been sponsored throughout his career by the Angolan oil company Sonangol.

Career

Formula BMW

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.

Formula Three

Teixeira moved to the National Class of the British Formula 3 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 and three podiums finish 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 finishing twice in the podium. 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. 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.

After two years away from the series, one in FIA Formula Two Championship 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.[1] He returned to action for the next round at Silverstone, with De Jong taking Dillmann's seat instead.[2] Teixeira eventually finished 29th in the championship.

FIA Formula Two Championship

Teixeira at the Oschersleben round of the 2010 FIA Formula Two Championship.

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.[3] 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.[4]

GP2 again

In July 2013, Ricardo Teixeira returned to the GP2 series in Hungary with the Trident team.[5]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2001 Formula BMW Junior Cup Iberia 3 0 0 0 0 28 20th
2002 British Formula 3 Championship - Scholarship Essential Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2003 ARP Formula 3 Championship Rowan Racing 5 2 1 2 4 47 8th
2005 British Formula 3 International Series - National Carlin Motorsport 16 0 0 0 0 61 9th
2006 British Formula 3 International Series - National Carlin Motorsport 14 0 0 1 2 74 7th
Performance Racing Europe
2007 British Formula 3 International Series Performance Racing Europe 18 0 0 0 0 0 20th
ATS Formel 3 Cup Rennsport Rössler 1 0 0 0 0 2 23rd
Masters of Formula 3 Performance Racing Europe 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 24th
2008 British Formula 3 International Series 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/reserve driver
2012 GP2 Series Rapax 22 0 0 0 0 0 29th
2013 GP2 Series Trident Racing 4 0 0 0 0 0 34th
2014 Auto GP Series Super Nova International 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2017 FRD LMP3 Series Jackie Chan DC Racing Team 2 0 0 0 0 3 29th

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
2009 Trident Racing CAT
FEA
Ret 		CAT
SPR
20 		MON
FEA
DNQ 		MON
SPR
DNQ 		IST
FEA
14 		IST
SPR
18 		SIL
FEA
Ret 		SIL
SPR
18 		NÜR
FEA
Ret 		NÜR
SPR
15 		HUN
FEA
Ret 		HUN
SPR
19 		VAL
FEA
Ret 		VAL
SPR
14 		SPA
FEA
Ret 		SPA
SPR
14 		MNZ
FEA
16 		MNZ
SPR
14 		ALG
FEA
15 		ALG
SPR
21 		26th 0
2012 Rapax SEP
FEA
21 		SEP
SPR
24 		BHR1
FEA
17 		BHR1
SPR
13 		BHR2
FEA
23 		BHR2
SPR
20 		CAT
FEA
Ret 		CAT
SPR
23 		MON
FEA
20 		MON
SPR
Ret 		VAL
FEA 		VAL
SPR 		SIL
FEA
18 		SIL
SPR
15 		HOC
FEA
DSQ 		HOC
SPR
16 		HUN
FEA
19 		HUN
SPR
20 		SPA
FEA
18 		SPA
SPR
15 		MNZ
FEA
20 		MNZ
SPR
18 		MRN
FEA
17 		MRN
SPR
21 		29th 0
2013 Trident Racing SEP
FEA 		SEP
SPR 		BHR
FEA 		BHR
SPR 		CAT
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		MON
FEA 		MON
SPR 		SIL
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		NÜR
FEA 		NÜR
SPR 		HUN
FEA
19 		HUN
SPR
19 		SPA
FEA
21 		SPA
SPR
24 		MNZ
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		MRN
FEA 		MRN
SPR 		YMC
FEA 		YMC
SPR 		34th 0

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 SHI
FEA 		SHI
SPR 		DUB
FEA 		DUB
SPR 		BHR1
FEA 		BHR1
SPR 		LSL
FEA 		LSL
SPR 		SEP
FEA
17 		SEP
SPR
19 		BHR2
FEA
17 		BHR2
SPR
Ret 		38th 0

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

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

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2010 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

Complete Auto GP 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 Pos Points
2014 Super Nova International MAR
1 		MAR
2 		LEC
1
WD 		LEC
2
WD 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		EST
1 		EST
2 		NC 0

References

  1. ^ "De Jong to stand in for Teixeira in Valencia's GP2 races". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Dillmann to miss Silverstone". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  3. ^ English, Steven (2 May 2010). "Teixeira walks away from aerial crash". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  4. ^ "2011 Test Driver Line-up". teamlotus.co.uk. Team Lotus. 11 March 2011. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Teixeira to make Trident GP2 return". Racer. 24 July 2013.

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