Bruno Andrade (racing driver)

Bruno Andrade
Bruno Andrade
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	February 6, 1991 (age 31); São Paulo (Brazil)
Previous series
2011; 2010; 2009–10; 2009	Firestone Indy Lights; Formula 3 Brazil Open; Fórmula Three Sudamericana;
Championship titles
2009; 2010	Formula São Paulo; Fórmula Three Sudamericana

Bruno Andrade (born February 6, 1991 in São Paulo is a Brazilian racing driver.

Career[]

Karting[]

Andrade began his racing career in karting in 2004. He continued karting in junior categories in 2005 and 2006

In 2007 Andrade became champion São Paulo kart, Graduates in category B. In 2008, he was runner-up Grand Prix RBC, Graduate category A.

Formula Three Sudamericana[]

In 2009, Andrade competed in Formula Three Sudamericana Lights finishing third and Formula São Paulo where he won the championship.

Andrade moved up to the main championship in 2010 and won four of the first six races. In the last race, he was in third and his closest championship challenger, Yann Cunha, the only one who could take the championship from him, was behind him. In a controversial turn of events, Cunha made contact with Andrade during the race and Cunha won the championship by four points, but Andrade was declared champion of the Formula Three Sudamericana in 2010, official result was decided in court on March 30, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro. Cunha, was disqualified from the last race as a result of the collision with Andrade.^[1]

Indy Lights[]

Andrade made his Firestone Indy Lights debut at the Honda Indy Toronto race weekend driving for Bryan Herta Autosport as teammate to former F3 Sudamericana teammate Duarte Ferreira.^[2] He competed in that race as well as the next three and had a best finish of sixth in the first race of the double-header in Edmonton.

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums	F/Laps	Points	Final Placing
2009	Formula São Paulo	MX Sports	8	6	6	7	7	118	1st
2009	Formula 3 Sudamericana Light Class	MX Sports	18	2	3	14	2	110	3rd
2010	Formula 3 Brazil Open	Razia Sports	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2010	Formula 3 Sudamericana	Cesário Fórmula	24	6	5	16	7	361	1st
2011	Indy Lights	Bryan Herta Autosport	5	0	0	0	0	112	17th

References[]

^ "Bruno Andrade é confirmado campeão de 2010" [Bruno Andrade is confirmed 2010 champion]. f3sudam.com.br (in Portuguese). Formula Three Sudamericana. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
^ Lights: Andrade estreia pela equipe de Bryan Herta na etapa de Toronto Archived July 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese), Grande Prêmio, July 5, 2011, Retrieved 2011-07-05

External links[]

Bruno Andrade career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Leonardo Cordeiro	Formula Three Sudamericana Champion 2010	Succeeded by Fabiano Machado

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[1] "Bruno Andrade é confirmado campeão de 2010" [Bruno Andrade is confirmed 2010 champion]. f3sudam.com.br (in Portuguese). Formula Three Sudamericana. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.

[2] Lights: Andrade estreia pela equipe de Bryan Herta na etapa de Toronto Archived July 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese), Grande Prêmio, July 5, 2011, Retrieved 2011-07-05

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