Ricardo Rosset

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Ricardo Rosset (born 27 July 1968[1]) is a Brazilian racing driver. Runner-up in the 1995 International Formula 3000 Championship, he later participated in 33 Formula One Grands Prix, making his debut at the 1996 Australian Grand Prix. He scored no championship points. He eventually quit Formula One to focus on developing a sportswear business in Brazil.

Career

Formula Three

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Ricardo Rosset at Thruxton British F3, 1994
File:Ricardo Rosset Thruxton Grid.jpg
Ricardo Rosset on the grid, Thruxton British F3, 1994

After graduating from the Formula Opel Euroseries, Rosset competed in the British Formula 3 Championship in 1993 for Alan Docking Racing. He finished joint sixth in the standings, tied with Pedro de la Rosa, with his best finish being one second place at Silverstone. Rosset moved to the AJS team in 1994, and improved to fifth in the standings in a season dominated by Jan Magnussen. He won his first F3 race that year at Snetterton, albeit on an occasion where Magnussen retired.

Formula 3000

Rosset made his début in International Formula 3000 with the Super Nova Racing team in 1995. His teammate was the more experienced Vincenzo Sospiri, who won the drivers' championship that year. In 1995, Rosset came second to his teammate – winning two races, including his first ever F3000 race – and finished second in the championship.

Formula One

Footwork (1996)

Although he had an opportunity to join Minardi, Rosset was hired by Footwork in Template:Ifnumber as teammate to Jos Verstappen. He never matched the Dutch driver's pace (Verstappen was quicker in qualifying for all the races), although the team largely stopped development on the car when Tom Walkinshaw bought it. Rosset later stated that the cash-strapped team were unable to provide two identical cars, with a lack of spares, and they concentrated on the faster driver, Verstappen.[2]

Lola (1997)

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Rosset driving for Lola during the 1997 Australian Grand Prix meeting.

In Template:Ifnumber, Rosset's only option in Formula One was to join MasterCard Lola, where he was partnered with his former F3000 teammate Vincenzo Sospiri. However, the team pulled out of Formula One after one failure to qualify at the 1997 Australian Grand Prix due to an uncompetitive and underdeveloped car, the Lola T97/30, and a breakdown in sponsorship from MasterCard. Rosset was left without a drive for the rest of the season.[2]

Tyrrell (1998)

In 1998, Rosset was chosen by Craig Pollock to be Tyrrell's second driver alongside Toranosuke Takagi, to the fury of Ken Tyrrell, whose first choice was Verstappen,[3] although Rosset later stated Tyrrell's choice was Norberto Fontana.[2] Pollock had bought into the team with a view to establishing BAR, and saw Rosset's superior sponsorship finance as essential in balancing the team's budget. The decision led to Tyrrell leaving the team midway through the season.[4]

The 1998 season was another unsuccessful one for Rosset, and led to increasing criticism of his abilities. Failing to qualify at Monaco, he spun towards the end of the qualifying session, and embarrassingly beached his car on the kerb when he tried to spin the car round to the face in the right direction. When Murray Walker suggested that people were debating whether Rosset was F1 quality, co-commentator and ex-F1 driver Martin Brundle replied, "it's a fairly short debate, Murray". Rosset has countered the criticism against him, claiming that, for journalists, making a driver look stupid is more lucrative than discovering the truth. He blamed a worn clutch for the incident: "That's why it looks so bad... the clutch wasn't working."[2] Even Rosset's own mechanics were critical of him: after he damaged his car in a collision with Jacques Villeneuve at Monaco and received a warning from the stewards, his mechanics switched the first and last letters of his surname on his paddock scooter to form the word "tosser".[5] Rosset later said, "I never saw that. Maybe behind the scenes, the mechanics, they were saying that. I remember something like that... I don't doubt it."[2]

Despite an eighth-place finish at the next race in Canada, which was ultimately the team's best result of the season, Rosset was in danger of losing his seat to Danish driver Tom Kristensen. At a test at Magny-Cours, Rosset and Takagi posted almost equal times, with Kristensen around half a second slower, albeit with an older engine.[6] Rosset said in 2019 that Kristensen drove the same car as he did, with only a change of seat and minor adjustments.[2] Rosset went on to outqualify Takagi at the following race at the same circuit, the French Grand Prix.[7]

Rosset's problems included missing out on qualification for the Spanish Grand Prix by 0.06s, and an injury during practice for the German Grand Prix which prevented him from taking part in qualifying, while in Belgium he crashed into the carnage of the 14-car pile-up on the first lap after being unsighted by the heavy spray, and was unable to take the restart. A further failure to qualify at Tyrrell's final race in Japan, where he was hindered by a neck injury caused by a crash in practice, marked the end of his Formula One career.

Rosset later stated his belief that Tyrrell concentrated heavily on his Honda-backed teammate Takagi, and gave the Japanese driver an advantage in order to win favour from Honda. "They wanted him to look good... so I was somebody not very welcome," he said. "For sure, they weren't behind me."[2]

After Formula One

After leaving the team at the end of the season, Rosset quit racing entirely to concentrate on his sportswear business in Brazil. However, he made a return to racing in the 2008 Brazilian GT3 Championship, partnering Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles.[8] At the end of the season, the pair had won four times in their Ford GT and finished second in the overall standings.[9]

Encouraged by this performance, Rosset bought the Footwork FA17 chassis that he raced in 1996, and planned to enter it in a historic F1 series in 2009,[10] but ultimately did not. He later bought his 1998 Tyrrell 026 on eBay, and keeps both cars at his home. He has said of his Formula One career, "I was very grateful I had the chance... I did my best, the best I could do. I pushed as hard as I could... What people say, it doesn't bother me."[2]

Rosset went on to win the Porsche GT3 Cup Brasil in 2010, 2013, and 2015.[11]

Racing record

Complete British Formula Three Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
1993 Alan Docking Racing Ralt RT37 Mugen-Honda A SIL
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8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRH
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DON
DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRH
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SIL
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OUL
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DON
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		6th 18
Dallara F393 SIL
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DON
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SNE
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PEM
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SIL
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SIL
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		THR
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1994 Team AJS Dallara F394 Mugen-Honda A SIL
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DON
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRH
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRH
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SIL
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SIL
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRH
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		THR
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OUL
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DON
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SIL
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SNE
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PEM
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PEM
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SIL
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SIL
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		THR
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SIL
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		5th 132

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
1995 Super Nova Racing SIL
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CAT
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PAU
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PER
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		HOC
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SPA
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		EST
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MAG
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2nd 29
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Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Points
Template:Ifnumber Footwork Arrows Hart Footwork FA17 Hart V8 AUS
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ARG
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		EUR
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SMR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MON
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ESP
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CAN
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		FRA
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GBR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GER
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		HUN
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BEL
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		POR
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		JPN
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NC 0
Template:Ifnumber MasterCard Lola F1 Team Lola T97/30 Ford V8 AUS
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRA ARG SMR MON ESP CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA AUT LUX JPN EUR NC 0
Template:Ifnumber PIAA Tyrrell Ford Tyrrell 026 Ford V10 AUS
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ARG
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SMR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ESP
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MON
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CAN
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		FRA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GBR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		AUT
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GER
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		HUN
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BEL
DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LUX
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		JPN
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NC 0
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Complete Stock Car Brasil results

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Rank Points
2014 Vogel Motorsport Chevrolet Sonic INT
1
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SCZ
1 		SCZ
2 		BRA
1 		BRA
2 		GOI
1 		GOI
2 		GOI
1 		CAS
1 		CAS
2 		CUR
1 		CUR
2 		VEL
1 		VEL
2 		SCZ
1 		SCZ
2 		TAR
1 		TAR
2 		SAL
1 		SAL
2 		CUR
1 		NC† 0†
2015 Vogel Motorsport Chevrolet Sonic GOI
1
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RBP
1 		RBP
2 		VEL
1 		VEL
2 		CUR
1 		CUR
2 		SCZ
1 		SCZ
2 		CUR
1 		CUR
2 		GOI
1 		CAS
1 		CAS
2 		BRA
1 		BRA
2 		CUR
1 		CUR
2 		TAR
1 		TAR
2 		INT
1 		NC† 0†
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† Ineligible for championship points.

References

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