Rodrigo Sperafico
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Rodrigo Sperafico (born 23 July 1979) is a Brazilian professional racing driver. He currently drives in the Stock Car Brasil series. He belongs to the Sperafico family of racing drivers, which includes twin brother Ricardo (with whom his career has been closely linked), along with cousins Alexandre and the late Rafael.
Career
Formula Ford
Sperafico raced in the British Formula Ford Championship in 1997. Driving a Mygale chassis, he finished ninth in the final championship standings, behind Ricardo who finished second and then took third place in the annual Formula Ford Festival.
Formula Three
The brothers took the unusual step of returning to South America for 1998 by competing in the Formula Three Sudamericana series. On this occasion, Rodrigo fared the better, finishing seventh to Ricardo's ninth. The following year, the pair both raced Dallara chassis for the Amir Nasr Racing team and proved closely matched: Rodrigo and Ricardo improved to third and fourth overall, behind champion Hoover Orsi and runner-up Jaime Melo.
Formula 3000
The Speraficos returned to Europe in 2000 to race in the Italian Formula 3000 series. Rodrigo signed for the Draco Junior Team alongside compatriot Leonardo Nienkötter, and finished fourth in the championship with one pole position and three podium finishes to his name. He finished behind Gabriele Lancieri, Warren Hughes and Ricardo, who was the drivers' champion.
For the following year, the brothers switched to the more prestigious International Formula 3000 championship; Rodrigo signed for Coloni alongside the experienced Fabrizio Gollin, whilst Ricardo partnered Antônio Pizzonia at the Super Nova Racing-run Petrobras Junior Team. Whilst Ricardo finished an impressive fifth in the championship, including a win at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, Rodrigo's season was less successful: although he finished every race he started, he did not score any points, although he lost a potential podium finish at his home race after being penalised for overtaking under yellow flags.[1] He was replaced by Marc Goossens after nine of the calendar's twelve races after his sponsorship deal ran out.[2]
Sperafico tested for several teams in the off-season period, including Arden and Astromega.[2][3] However, he eventually signed for the Durango team for the 2002 season, along with Alex Müller (who was later replaced by Derek Hill).[4] He again competed alongside Ricardo, who kept his seat in the Petrobras team, and also on the occasion his cousin Alexandre, who moved up to International F3000 for a part-season with the Coloni-run Minardi junior team.[5] Rodrigo began the championship strongly, winning the first race of the season at his home track of Interlagos, but was fortunate to take the victory as hitherto dominant leader Tomáš Enge suffered a mechanical problem.[6] He then finished a close second to eventual title winner Sébastien Bourdais at the next race in Imola to take the championship lead.[7] Thereafter his campaign faltered through inconsistency, and he took only one further podium finish.[8] He eventually finished sixth in the championship, two points and one position behind Ricardo.
World Series by Nissan
Sperafico also competed in eight races of the 2002 World Series by Nissan season for the Meycom team, finishing 18th in the championship with 12 points. He failed to retain a drive in F3000 for 2003 and took the year out, before returning to the World Series with the Vergani Racing team for four races of the 2004 season, in which he did not score any points.
Stock Car Brasil
During 2004, Sperafico moved back to Brazil to drive in the Stock Car Brasil championship, his single-seater career having effectively ended. Driving a part-season, he finished 25th in the championship. The following year he drove a Chevrolet Astra for the WB Motorsport team, improving to 13th in the standings and taking a podium finish on the way. For 2006 he drove an Astra for JF Racing, and climbed to ninth place overall with three podiums.
For 2007, Sperafico again switched teams to Action Power, who also provided him with a different car, the Volkswagen Bora. He was joined in the series for the first time by Ricardo, who had also moved back to Brazil by this point in his own career. In his strongest season to date, which included three pole positions and two victories, Rodrigo finished runner-up to champion Cacá Bueno. The championship was marred, however, by the death of his cousin Rafael in a Stock Car Light race which supported the final Stock Car Brasil event of the season.[9]
Sperafico moved to a Mitsubishi Lancer run by the Avallone Motorsport in 2008 called Terra Racing team for 2008, but faded to 14th in the championship. He drove a Peugeot 307 for part of the 2009 season, and also competed in the Copa Vicar. He reverted to a Bassani-run Chevrolet Astra for the 2010 season, but could only manage 24th position in the championship after leaving the team after two races, and then missing the next three races before returning to action with the Mico's Racing team.
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team Name | Races | Poles | Wins | Points | Final Placing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | British Formula Ford | ? | ? | ? | ? | 52 | 9th |
| 1998 | Formula Three Sudamericana | ? | ? | ? | 0 | 79 | 7th |
| 1999 | Formula Three Sudamericana | Amir Nasr Racing | 18 | 4 | 2 | 172 | 3rd |
| 2000 | Italian Formula 3000 | Draco Junior Team | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4th |
| 2001 | International Formula 3000 | Coloni F3000 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2002 | International Formula 3000 | Durango Formula | 12 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6th |
| World Series by Nissan | Repsol Meycom | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18th | |
| 2004 | Stock Car Brasil | Katalogo Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 25th |
| World Series by Nissan | Vergani Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 2005 | Stock Car Brasil | WB Motorsport | 12 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 13th |
| 2006 | Stock Car Brasil | Neosoro JF Racing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 223 | 9th |
| 2007 | Stock Car Brasil | Biosintética Action Power | 12 | 3 | 2 | 265 | 2nd |
| 2008 | Stock Car Brasil | Terra Racing | 11 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 14th |
| 2009 | Stock Car Brasil | RZ Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 26th |
| Copa Vicar | Carlos Alves Competições | 2 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 12th | |
| 2010 | Stock Car Brasil | RC3 Bassani Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24th |
| Mico's Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Complete Italian 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Draco Junior Team | VLL 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MUG 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IMO 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MNZ 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
VLL 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DON 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PER 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIS 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
4th | 22 |
Complete International Formula 3000 results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Coloni F3000 | INT 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IMO 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAT 22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
A1R 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MON 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NÜR 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MAG 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SIL 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HOC 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HUN | SPA | MNZ | NC | 0 |
| 2002 | Durango Formula | INT 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IMO 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAT 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
A1R 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MON RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NÜR 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SIL 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MAG 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HOC 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HUN RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MNZ 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
6th | 20 |
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 |
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| 2004 | Katálogo Racing | Chevrolet Astra | CTB | INT | TAR | LON | RIO | INT 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CTB 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LON 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RIO 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BSB 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CGD RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INT 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
25th | 15 | |||||||||
| 2005 | WB Motorsport | Chevrolet Astra | INT 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CTB 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RIO 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INT RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CTB RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LON 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BSB 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SCZ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TAR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ARG 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RIO RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INT 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
13th | 57 | |||||||||
| 2006 | JF Racing | Chevrolet Astra | INT 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CTB 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CGD 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INT 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LON 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CTB 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SCZ 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BSB 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TAR 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ARG 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RIO 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INT 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
9th | 223 | |||||||||
| 2007 | Biosintetica Racing | Volkswagen Bora | INT 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CTB 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CGD 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INT 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LON 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SCZ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CTB 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BSB 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ARG 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TAR 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RIO 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INT 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2nd | 265 | |||||||||
| 2008 | Terra-Avallone | Mitsubishi Lancer | INT 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BSB 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CTB 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SCZ 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CGD 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INT 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RIO 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LON 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CTB DSQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BSB 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TAR 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INT 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14th | 45 | |||||||||
| 2009 | Panasonic Racing | Peugeot 307 | INT | CTB | BSB 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SCZ 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INT | SAL 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RIO | CDG | CTB | BSB | TAR | INT | 26th | 8 | |||||||||
| 2010 | RC3 Bassani | Peugeot 307 | INT 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CTB RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
VE | RIO | RBP | 24th | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mico's Racing | SAL 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INT 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CGD 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LON RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SCZ DSQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BSB 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CTB EXScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 2011 | JF Racing | Peugeot 408 | CTB 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INT 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RBP 22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
VEL RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CGD RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RIO 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INT 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SAL 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SCZ 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LON 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BSB 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
VEL 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
21st | 19 | |||||||||
| 2012 | Prati-Donaduzzi | Peugeot 408 | INT 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CTB 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
VEL 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RBP 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LON 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RIO RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SAL 22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAS 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TAR 29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CTB 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BSB 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INT 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
17th | 65 | |||||||||
| 2013 | Prati-Donaduzzi | Peugeot 408 | INT RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CUR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TAR 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SAL 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRA 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAS 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RBP 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAS 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
VEL 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CUR 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRA DSQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INT 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
23rd | 57 | |||||||||
| 2014 | Vogel Motorsport | Chevrolet Sonic | INT 1 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SCZ 1 |
SCZ 2 |
BRA 1 |
BRA 2 |
GOI 1 |
GOI 2 |
INT 1 |
CAS 1 |
CAS 2 |
CUR 1 |
CUR 2 |
VEL 1 |
VEL 2 |
SAL 1 |
SAL 2 |
CUR 1 |
CUR 2 |
TAR 1 |
TAR 2 |
BRA 1 |
NC† | 0† |
† Ineligible for championship points.
References
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External links
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- Brazilian racing drivers
- Formula Ford drivers
- Formula 3 Sudamericana drivers
- Auto GP drivers
- International Formula 3000 drivers
- Stock Car Brasil drivers
- Sportspeople from Toledo, Paraná
- Racing drivers from Paraná (state)
- Sperafico family
- Draco Racing drivers
- Scuderia Coloni drivers
- Durango (racing team) drivers
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- Brazilian NASCAR drivers
- TCR South America Touring Car Championship drivers
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