João Paulo de Oliveira

João Paulo de Oliveira 2009

de Oliveira in Formula Nippon 2010

João Paulo de Oliveira (born July 13, 1981 in São Paulo ) is a Brazilian racing car driver . He became German Formula 3 champion in 2003 and Japanese Formula 3 champion in 2005 . With interruptions he competed in the Super Formula (formerly Formula Nippon ) from 2006 to 2015 , in which he won the championship title in 2010.

Career

João Paulo de Oliveira began his motorsport career in 1997 in kart racing . In 1998 he entered the Brazilian Formula Ford Championship and also drove some races in the Brazilian Formula Chevrolet. In 1999 he switched to the South American Formula 3 championship . He was twelfth overall and won the B-Class championship title. In 2000 he won five races and was runner-up behind Vitor Meira .

In 2001 de Oliveira moved to Europe and entered the German Formula 3 championship . With a win he ended his first season in seventh place overall. In 2002 he stayed in German Formula 3. He did not win a race that season and finished twelfth in the championship at the end of the season. After the German and French Formula 3 championships were merged to form the Formula 3 Euro Series , de Oliveira stayed in the newly created German Formula 3 Cup . He won 13 of 16 races and dominated the championship. He also took part in some races in the British and Austrian Formula 3 championships.

In 2004 de Oliveira went to Japan for the Japanese Formula 3 Championship and started for the Dome Project . He won six races and was runner-up behind Ronnie Quintarelli . In 2005 he moved to TOM’S and won seven races. He secured the championship title from his teammate Kazuki Nakajima . In 2006 he moved to Yellow Hat Hasemi Motorsport in the Japanese Super GT and formed a driver duo with Naoki Yokomizo . The two finished the season in 15th place overall. He also took part in a Formula Nippon race for the 5ZIGEN team. In 2007 de Oliveira switched to Kondo Racing and finished eighth in Formula Nippon with a third place as the best result. He also competed for Kondo Racing together with Seiji Ara in the Super GT and finished tenth with one win. In 2008 he won his first race in Formula Nippon and finished sixth overall. In the Super GT he and Ara achieved 14th place with a win.

In 2009 he left Formula Nippon and initially only started together with Ara for Kondo Racing in the Super GT. The two finished eighth overall with one win. In addition, he made his debut in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) and started in two races of this series, in which he remained without points. In 2010 he returned to Formula Nippon for the Impul team . He won two races and the championship title ahead of André Lotterer . In the Super GT he stayed with Kondo Racing and got a new team-mate in Hironobu Yasuda . With one victory, the two took tenth place in the drivers' championship. In 2011 de Oliveira stayed with Team Impul in Formula Nippon. He won the Motegi race and finished the season in third place overall. He also won a Formula Nippon race that was not part of the championship. In the Super GT, de Oliveira also switched to Team Impul and formed a driver duo with Tsugio Matsuda . The two won a race and finished fifth overall. In addition, de Oliveira made his debut in 2011 for Conquest Racing in the IndyCar Series at the Japanese race in Motegi.

In 2012 de Oliveira competed again for the Impul team in Formula Nippon. Matsuda also became his teammate here. With one win and a total of three podium finishes, he finished the season in fifth place overall. Internally, he prevailed against Matsuda with 34.5 to 20 points. In addition, de Oliveira remained active for the Impul team in the Super GT. With a win he finished fourth overall with Matsuda. In 2013 de Oliveira started in the Super Formula - the new name of the former Formula Nippon - for the Impul team. He was again fifth overall. Internally, he held his own against de Oliveira with 19 to 18.5 points. In the Super GT, de Oliveira and Matsuda won a race for Impul and finished ninth in the overall standings.

In 2014 , de Oliveira won three Super Formula races for Impul. This made him the driver with the most wins. In the championship he was defeated by Kazuki Nakajima with 39.5 to 46 points and was second overall. Internally, he clearly prevailed against his new team-mate Narain Karthikeyan , who was 13th in the drivers' standings with five points. In the Super GT, he again formed a driver duo with Yasuda. They both won once and finished sixth in the overall classification. 2015 was Andrea Caldarelli de Oliveira's teammate at Impul in the Super Formula. With a win he finished the season in fourth place overall and thus clearly prevailed against Caldarelli, who was 14th. In addition, de Oliveira was again active in the Super GT together with Yasuda. The two achieved second place in the drivers' championship.

statistics

Career stations

1997: karting 1998: Brazilian Formula Ford 1998: Brazilian Formula Chevrolet 1999: South American Formula 3 (12th place) 2000: South American Formula 3 (2nd place) 2001: German Formula 3 (7th place) 2001: South American Formula 3 2002: German Formula 3 (12th place) 2003: German Formula 3 (champion) 2003: British Formula 3 (26th place) 2003: Austrian Formula 3 (9th place) 2004: Japanese Formula 3 (2nd place)

2005: Japanese Formula 3 (champions) 2006 : Formula Nippon 2006: Super GT (15th place) 2007 : Formula Nippon (8th place) 2007: Super GT (10th place) 2008 : Formula Nippon (6th place) 2008: Super GT (14th place) 2009: Super GT (8th place) 2009 : WTCC 2010 : Formula Nippon (champion) 2010: Super GT (10th place) 2011 : Formula Nippon (3rd place)

2011: Super GT (5th place) 2011 : IndyCar Series (44th place) 2012 : Formula Nippon (5th place) 2012: Super GT (4th place) 2013 : Super Formula (5th place) 2013: Super GT (9th place) 2014 : Super Formula (2nd place) 2014: Super GT (6th place) 2015 : Super Formula (4th place) 2015: Super GT (2nd place) 2016 : Super Formula

Individual results in the Nippon / Super Formula formula

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	Points	rank
2006	Team 5ZIGEN	Honda	FU1	SU1	MO1	SU2	AUT	FU2	SUG	MO2	SU3			0	-
											8th
2007	Carchs Kondo Racing	Toyota	FU1	SU1	MO1	OKA	SU2	FU2	SUG	MO2	SU3			18th	8th.
			DSQ	14th	8th	4th	7th	6th	DNF	8th	3
2008	Kondo Racing	Toyota	FU1	SU1	MO1	OKA	SU2		MO2		FU2		SUG	33	6th
			DNF	DNF	9	11	4th	5	3	3	1	8th	6th
2010	Team impulse	Toyota	SU1	MO1	FU1	MO2	SUG	AUT	SU2		FU2			47.5	1.
			2	1	3	6th	11	2	4th	1	10	DSQ
2011	Team impulse	Toyota	SU1	AUT	FU1	MO1	SU2	SUG	MO2		FU2			28	3.
			6th	4th	4th	1	C.	DNF	9	3	1
2012	Team impulse	Toyota	SU1	MO1	AUT	FU1	MO2	SUG	SU2		FU2			34.5	5.
			3	2	DNF	6th	1	6th	4th	DNF	2
2013	Lenovo team impulse	Toyota	SU1	AUT	FU1	MOT	INJ	SUG	SU2		FU2			19th	5.
			6th	4th	6th	4th	C.	DNF	3	17 *	6th
2014	Lenovo team impulse	Toyota	SU1	FUJ			MOT	AUT	SUG	SU2				39.5	2.
			7th	1	2	DNF	1	3	DNF	1	4th
2015	Lenovo team impulse	Toyota	SU1	OKA	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SU2					34	4th
			4th	5	1	3	5	7th	DNF	3

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} No points were awarded for the Fuji Sprint Cup.

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2011	Conquest Racing	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	TXS		Mil	IOW	GOAL	EDM	MDO	NHA	SNM	BAL	MOT	KTY	LSV	10	44.
																	26th

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Web links

Commons : João Paulo de Oliveira  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Career Stats João Paulo de Oliveira (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ “Formula Nippon champ to compete at Motegi”  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (indycar.com on September 12, 2011)