Ricardo Teixeira (racing driver)

Ricardo Teixeiras in the Formula 2 racing car

Ricardo Teixeira in the Lotus T128

Ricardo Teixeira (born August 2, 1982 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese - Angolan racing car driver .

Career

Teixeira began his motorsport career in 1999 in karting , which he practiced until 2001. At the same time, he started in the Iberian Formula BMW in 2001 . From 2002 to 2004 Teixeira did not take part in any races. In 2005 Teixeira returned to motorsport and competed in the national class of the British Formula 3 championship . Starting for Carlin Motorsport , Teixeira finished ninth in the standings at the end of the season. In the following season, Teixeira remained in the national class of the British Formula 3 Championship and finished seventh in the final standings. In 2007 Teixeira moved to the international class of the British Formula 3 championship, but he didn't score points in any race. In addition, he started two races in the German Formula 3 and remained without points in this series. In 2008 Teixeira stayed in the British Formula 3 Championship and was 20th in the overall standings.

At the beginning of 2009, Teixeira took part in test drives for Trident Racing in the GP2 series and took last place on all three test days. Nevertheless, he was signed by Trident Racing for the last two race weekends of the GP2 Asia series season 2008/2009 and the GP2 series in 2009 . In the main series, Teixeira, whose best result was 14th place, didn't get any points. In 2010 the racing driver competed in Formula 2 . He finished the season in 16th place overall.

In 2011 Teixeira was a Formula 1 test driver for Team Lotus . In 2012 Teixeira returned to the GP2 series. He was given a cockpit at Rapax . He did not take part in an event for health reasons. While his team mate Tom Dillmann won a race, a 13th place was Teixeira's best result. At the end of the season he was in 29th place without any points. In 2013 Teixeira was initially without a cockpit. In July, he returned to Trident Racing for two events in the GP2 series. He was again without points and was 34th overall.

His last race so far was in 2017 in the FRD LMP3 Series .

nationality

Teixeira mostly competes with an Angolan racing license. In the GP2 Asia and GP2 series , however, he started with a Portuguese racing license.

statistics

Career stations

1999–2001: karting 2001: Iberian Formula BMW (20th place) 2005: British Formula 3 , national (9th place) 2006: British Formula 3, national (7th place) 2007: British Formula 3

2007: German Formula 3 2008: British Formula 3 (20th place) 2009 : GP2 Asia Series (38th place) 2009 : GP2 series (26th place) 2010 : Formula 2 (16th place)

2011 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2012 : GP2 series (29th place) 2013 : GP2 series (34th place)

Individual results in the GP2 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	Points	rank
2009	Trident Racing	ESP		MON		DOOR		GBR		GER		HUN		EUR		BEL		ITA		POR						0	26th
		DNF	20th	DNQ	DNQ	14th	18th	DNF	18th	DNF	15th	DNF	19th	DNF	14th	DNF	14th	16	14th	15th	21st
2012	Rapax	MAS		BRN		BRN		ESP		MON		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		0	29
		21st	24 *	17th	13	23	20th	DNF	23	20th	DNF	INJ	INJ	18th	15th	DSQ	16	19th	20th	18th	15th	20th	18th	17th	21st
2013	Trident Racing	MAS		BRN		ESP		MON		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		UAE				0	34.
														19th	19th	21st	24

Web links

Commons : Ricardo Teixeira  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Career Stats Ricardo Teixeira (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "GP2 test: Di Grassi top again" (Motorsport-total.com on March 23, 2009)
2. ↑ "Barcelona: Parente dominates the second day of testing" (Motorsport-total.com on March 24, 2009)
3. ↑ "Barcelona: Villa at the end with an absolute best time" (Motorsport-total.com on March 25, 2009)
4. ↑ “Formula 1 - Team Lotus confirms three test drivers” (Motorsport-Magazin.com on March 11, 2011)
5. ↑ “Tom Dillmann and Ricardo Teixeira to drive for Rapax in 2012” ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (rapaxteam.com on March 17, 2012) 
6. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "Rapax: Teixeira fails for Valencia". Motorsport-Total.com, June 20, 2012, accessed July 16, 2012 . 
7. ↑ Norman Fischer: "GP2-Aus: Frijns loses cockpit at Hilmer". Motorsport-Total.com, July 24, 2013, accessed July 24, 2013 .