Ricardo Rosset

Ricardo Rosset

Nation:	Brazil
Formula 1 world championship
First start:	1996 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	1998 Grand Prix of Luxembourg
Constructors
1996 Arrows 1998 Tyrrell
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 27 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Ricardo Rosset (born July 27, 1968 in São Paulo ) is a former Brazilian automobile racing driver . He drove in Formula 1 from 1996 to 1998 .

Career

Rosset began his motorsport career at the age of 21 in karting in Brazil. In 1991 he switched to the Brazilian Formula Ford 1600 . He finished the season in fifth place after three wins. In 1992 he went to Europe and competed in the Formula Opel Euroseries . In 1993 and 1994 he competed in British Formula 3 . In 1995 he drove in Formula 3000 and finished the season with second place.

Rosset then began his Formula 1 career in the 1996 Formula 1 World Championship . In 1996 he drove for Arrows alongside Jos Verstappen and in 1998 for Tyrrell alongside Toranosuke Takagi . His first Formula 1 race was the Australian Grand Prix .

1997 Rosset was registered for Lola . After he could n't qualify for the race at the 1997 Australian Grand Prix just like his teammate Vincenzo Sospiri , Lola had to end the season prematurely after the first race due to a lack of sponsorship money.

Rosset was able to qualify for a total of 27 Formula 1 races. His best results were eighth in Hungary in 1996 and in Canada in 1998 . Due to the points system at that time, he could not achieve any championship points. With the exit from Formula 1 Rosset ended his motorsport career.

statistics

Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1996	Footwork Hart	Footwork FA17	Hard 3.0 V8	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	18th
1997	Mastercard Lola F1 Team	Lola T97 / 30	Ford Zetec-R 3.0 V8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Tyrrell	Tyrrell 026	Ford Zetec-R / 97 3.0 V10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	20th
total				27	-	-	-	-	-	-

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th
1996
	9	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	11	8th	9	DNF	14th	13
1997
	DNQ
1998
	DNF	DNF	14th	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	8th	DNF	DNF	12	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	12	DNF	DNQ

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Ricardo Rosset  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Ricardo Rosset at Motorsport Magazine
• Ricardo Rosset at the Driver Database