João Paulo de Oliveira

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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

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

Individual evidence

  1. “Formula Nippon champ to compete at Motegi”  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: 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)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.indycar.com