João Paulo de Oliveira

João Paulo de Oliveira
João Paulo de Oliveira
	de Oliveira at the 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Japan.
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	13 July 1981 (age 40); São Paulo, Brazil
Super GT career
Debut season	2006
Current team	Kondō Racing
Car number	7
Former teams	Hasemi Motorsport; Team Impul; D'station Racing AMR
Starts	131
Wins	12
Poles	6
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	1st in 2020
Previous series
2011; 2009; 2006–08, 2010–12; 2004–05; 2003; 2003; 2001–03; 1999–2001	IndyCar Series; WTCC; Formula Nippon; All-Japan Formula Three; Austria Formula 3 Cup; British Formula 3; German Formula Three; Formula Three Sudamericana
Championship titles
2020; 2010; 2005; 2003; 1999	Super GT; Formula Nippon; All-Japan Formula Three; German Formula Three; F3 Sudamericana Class B

João Paulo Lima de Oliveira (born 13 July 1981) is a Brazilian professional racing driver currently competing in the Japanese Super GT series. He won the Super GT GT300 class championship in 2020 and the Formula Nippon championship in 2010.

He is regarded as one of the most successful racing drivers to race in Japan in the last decade. JP, as he is known, has won in every category he competed in. After becoming German F3 champion in 2003 in convincing form winning 13 out of 16 races, he arrived in Japan in 2004 and took the Japanese F3 title in 2005 with another impressive 7 wins. From there, JP joined Nissan as their official factory driver for the next 13 years in Super GT and also Super Formula. Constantly winning and battling for titles in both Japan’s top categories, he is known for his speed and very in-depth ability for car development.

Racing career[]

De Oliveira during practice for the first Motegi round of the 2010 Formula Nippon season, where he won from pole position with fastest lap.

Born in São Paulo, de Oliveira competed kart racing for only one year in 1997, then he moved to Formula Ford and Formula Chevrolet Brazilian national championships in 1998.

After 1999, he competed in several Formula Three championships, and won the 1999 South American Formula Three (Class B), 2003 German Formula Three, and 2005 Japanese Formula Three championships.

In 2006, De Oliveira debuted in the Super GT with a Hasemi Nissan Z GT500. He also entered the last round of the Formula Nippon with 5Zigen.

The Brazilian continued as a Nissan Super GT driver with Kondo (2007-2010, 2017) and Impul (2011-2016). He claimed nine wins and 19 podiums, finishing runner-up in the 2015 season and fourth in 2012.

He also drove in Formula Nippon for Kondo in 2007 and 2008. After skipping 2009, he returned in 2010 with Impul, which also used Toyota engines. He won ten races and earned 23 podiums, winning one title in 2010 and finishing runner-up in 2014. He retired from formula racing after the 2016 season.

He made his World Touring Car Championship debut at the 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Japan for SUNRED Engineering.

Paulo de Oliveira drove as a wildcard entry in the finale round of the 2019 World Touring Car Cup at Sepang International Circuit in a Honda Civic Type R TCR run by KCMG.^[1] He qualified 13th with a time of 2:14.746. In race one, de Oliveira's experience of the track allowed him to fire his way through the field and eventually into 5th overall, eventually setting the fastest lap while even assisting championship contender Esteban Guerrieri.^[2] He dropped to 18th in race two which was followed by a retirement in race 3 on lap 10, from 25th on the grid. His fifth place is the best position a wildcard driver had finished in 2019.

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1999	Formula Three Sudamericana		18	?	?	?	?	26	12th
1999	Formula Three Sudamericana Light		18	9	10	?	14	244	1st
2000	Formula Three Sudamericana	Cesario F3	18	5	7	7	11	228	2nd
2001	German Formula 3 Championship	Swiss Racing Team	20	1	3	1	4	116	7th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	13th
	Korea Super Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	18th
	FIA European Formula Three Cup		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	Formula Three Sudamericana	Cesario Formula	1	0	0	1	0	0†	NC†
2002	German Formula 3 Championship	JB Motorsport	14	0	0	2	0	16	12th
	German Formula 3 Championship	Team Kolles Racing	14	0	0	2	0	16	12th
	Masters of Formula 3	JB Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	16th
2003	German Formula 3 Championship	JB Motorsport	16	13	12	15	15	329	1st
	Austria Formula 3 Cup		?	?	?	?	?	23	9th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
	British Formula 3 Championship	Alan Docking Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2004	Japanese Formula 3 Championship	Dome Project	19	6	8	10	11	211	2nd
2005	Japanese Formula 3 Championship	TOM'S	20	7	8	8	16	300	1st
2005	Macau Grand Prix	TOM'S	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2006	Super GT	Hasemi Motorsport	9	0	0	0	0	32	15th
2006	Formula Nippon	5Zigen	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2007	Super GT	Kondō Racing	9	1	0	0	1	34	10th
2007	Formula Nippon	Kondō Racing	9	0	0	0	1	18	8th
2008	Super GT	Kondō Racing	9	1	0	0	1	34	14th
2008	Formula Nippon	Kondō Racing	11	1	1	0	3	33	6th
2009	Super GT	Kondō Racing	9	1	0	0	2	48	8th
2009	World Touring Car Championship	SUNRED	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2010	Super GT	Kondō Racing	7	1	0	0	1	32	10th
2010	Formula Nippon	Team Impul	8	2	2	2	5	47.5	1st
2011	Super GT	Team Impul	8	1	0	0	3	49	5th
	Formula Nippon	Team Impul	7	1	2	2	2	28	3rd
	IndyCar Series	Conquest Racing	1	0	0	0	0	10	44th
2012	Super GT	Team Impul	8	1	1	1	1	45	4th
2012	Formula Nippon	Team Impul	8	1	2	3	3	34.5	5th
2013	Super GT	Team Impul	8	1	1	0	1	46	9th
2013	Super Formula	Team Impul	8	0	0	0	1	19	5th
2014	Super GT	Team Impul	8	1	1	1	4	60	6th
2014	Super Formula	Team Impul	9	3	2	6	5	39.5	2nd
2015	Super GT	Team Impul	8	0	1	0	4	74	2nd
2015	Super Formula	Team Impul	8	1	0	2	3	34	4th
2016	Super GT	Team Impul	8	1	2	0	1	43	8th
2016	Super Formula	Team Impul	9	1	0	0	1	15.5	7th
2017	Super GT	Kondō Racing	8	0	1	1	0	12	16th
2018	Super GT	Kondō Racing	8	0	0	0	0	23	14th
	Super Formula	Vantelin Team TOM'S	1	0	0	0	0	0	23rd
	Stock Car Brasil	Eurofarma RC	1	1	1	1	1	0	NC†
2019	Super GT - GT300	D'station Racing AMR	8	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Nissan	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	World Touring Car Cup	KCMG	3	0	0	1	0	0	NC†
2020	Super GT - GT300	Kondō Racing	7	2	0	0	3	71	1st
2021	Super GT - GT300	Kondō Racing	8	1	0	0	3	55	2nd

^† As de Oliveira was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. As de Oliveira was a wildcard entry in the WTCR, he was not eligible for points.

Complete Super Formula results[]

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
2006	Team 5Zigen	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	SUZ	AUT	FUJ	SUG	MOT	SUZ 8			NC	0
2007	Kondō Racing	FUJ Ret	SUZ 14	MOT 8	OKA 4	SUZ 7	FUJ 6	SUG Ret	MOT 8	SUZ 3			8th	18
2008	Kondō Racing	FUJ Ret	SUZ Ret	MOT 9	OKA 11	SUZ 4	SUZ 5	MOT 3	MOT 3	FUJ 1	FUJ 8	SUG 6	6th	33
2010	Team Impul	SUZ 2	MOT 1	FUJ 3	MOT 6	SUG 11	AUT 2	SUZ 4	SUZ 1				1st	47.5
2011	Team Impul	SUZ 6	AUT 4	FUJ 4	MOT 1	SUZ C	SUG DSQ	MOT 9	MOT 3				3rd	28
2012	Team Impul	SUZ 3	MOT 2	AUT Ret	FUJ 6	MOT 1	SUG 6	SUZ 4	SUZ Ret				5th	34.5
2013	Lenovo Team Impul	SUZ 6	AUT 4	FUJ 6	MOT 4	SUG Ret	SUZ 3	SUZ 17					5th	19
2014	Lenovo Team Impul	SUZ 7	FUJ 1	FUJ 2	FUJ 14	MOT 1	AUT 3	SUG Ret	SUZ 1	SUZ 4			2nd	39.5
2015	Lenovo Team Impul	SUZ 4	OKA 5	FUJ 1	MOT 3	AUT 5	SUG 7	SUZ Ret	SUZ 3				4th	34
2016	ITOCHU ENEX Team Impul	SUZ 10	OKA 19	FUJ 1	MOT Ret	OKA 8	OKA 5	SUG Ret	SUZ 8	SUZ 4			7th	15.5
2018	Vantelin Team TOM'S	SUZ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	MOT 18	OKA	SUZ					23rd	0

Complete Super GT results[]

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2006	Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan Z	GT500	SUZ 9	OKA 4	FUJ 12	SEP 7	SUG 13	SUZ 8	MOT 11	AUT 8	FUJ 8	15th	32
2007	Kondō Racing	Nissan Z	GT500	SUZ Ret	OKA 15	FUJ Ret	SEP 1	SUG 10	SUZ 10	MOT 5	AUT Ret	FUJ 5	10th	34
2008	Kondō Racing	Nissan GT-R	GT500	SUZ 5	OKA 8	FUJ 11	SEP 1	SUG 8	SUZ 7	MOT 14	AUT 16	FUJ 15	14th	34
2009	Kondō Racing	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 1	SUZ 8	FUJ 4	SEP 5	SUG 13	SUZ 11	FUJ 13	AUT 3	MOT 11	8th	48
2010	Kondō Racing	Nissan GT-R	GT500	SUZ 1	OKA 12	FUJ 8	SEP 9	SUG 5	SUZ Ret	FUJ C	MOT 10		10th	32
2011	Impul	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 1	FUJ 14	SEP 15	SUG 13	SUZ 3	FUJ 2	AUT 10	MOT 9		5th	49
2012	Impul	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 10	FUJ 5	SEP 5	SUG Ret	SUZ 4	FUJ 1	AUT 10	MOT 10		4th	45
2013	Calsonic Team Impul	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 6	FUJ 5	SEP 1	SUG Ret	SUZ 4	FUJ 6	AUT Ret	MOT 13		9th	46
2014	Calsonic Team Impul	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 3	FUJ 1	AUT 3	SUG 9	FUJ 8	SUZ 10	BUR 3	MOT 13		6th	60
2015	Calsonic Team Impul	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 7	FUJ 2	CHA 4	FUJ 3	SUZ 3	SUG 11	AUT 2	MOT 4		2nd	74
2016	Calsonic Team Impul	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 5	FUJ 11	SUG Ret	FUJ 1	SUZ Ret	CHA 4	MOT 7	MOT 8		8th	43
2017	Kondō Racing	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 10	FUJ 12	AUT 9	SUG Ret	FUJ 13	SUZ 5	CHA Ret	MOT 12		16th	12
2018	Kondō Racing	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 6	FUJ 13	SUZ 9	CHA Ret	FUJ 6	SUG 6	AUT 7	MOT 10		14th	23
2019	D'station Racing AMR	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	GT300	OKA Ret	FUJ 27	SUZ Ret	CHA 19	FUJ 11	AUT 18	SUG 24	MOT 17		NC	0
2020	Kondo Racing	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	GT300	FUJ 4	FUJ 5	SUZ 9	MOT 20	FUJ 1	SUZ 16	MOT 1	FUJ 2		1st	71
2021	Kondo Racing	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	GT300	OKA 1	FUJ 7	SUZ 26	MOT 8	SUG 3	AUT 11	MOT 3	FUJ 5		2nd	55

Complete World Touring Car Championship results[]

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2009	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	BRA 1	BRA 2	MEX 1	MEX 2	MAR 1	MAR 2	FRA 1	FRA 2	ESP 1	ESP 2	CZE 1	CZE 2	POR 1	POR 2	GBR 1	GBR 2	GER 1	GER 2	ITA 1	ITA 2	JPN 1 23	JPN 2 19	MAC 1	MAC 2	NC	0

American open–wheel racing results[]

(key)

IndyCar Series[]

Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points
2011	Conquest Racing	Dallara	34	Honda	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	TXS	TXS	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	NHM	SNM	BAL	MOT 26	KTY	LVS	44th	10

Complete World Touring Car Cup results[]

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2019	KCMG	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	MAR 1	MAR 2	MAR 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	SVK 1	SVK 2	SVK 3	NED 1	NED 2	NED 3	GER 1	GER 2	GER 3	POR 1	POR 2	POR 3	CHN 1	CHN 2	CHN 3	JPN 1	JPN 2	JPN 3	MAC 1	MAC 2	MAC 3	MAL 1 5	MAL 2 18	MAL 3 Ret	NC‡	0‡

^‡ As de Oliveira was a Wildcard entry, he was ineligible to score points.

References[]

^ "João Paulo de Oliveira joins Sepang finale with KCMG". TouringCarTimes. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
^ "Norbert Michelisz wins in mixed conditions to close in on title". TouringCarTimes. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

External links[]

Sporting positions
Preceded by Gary Paffett	German Formula 3 Championship Champion 2003	Succeeded by Bastian Kolmsee
Preceded by Ronnie Quintarelli	Japanese Formula 3 Championship Champion 2005	Succeeded by Adrian Sutil
Preceded by Loïc Duval	Formula Nippon Champion 2010	Succeeded by André Lotterer
Preceded by Nirei Fukuzumi Shinichi Takagi	Super GT GT300 Champion 2020 With: Kiyoto Fujinami	Succeeded by Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi

[1] "João Paulo de Oliveira joins Sepang finale with KCMG". TouringCarTimes. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.

[2] "Norbert Michelisz wins in mixed conditions to close in on title". TouringCarTimes. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

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