Leonardo Cordeiro

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Leonardo Cordeiro
NationalityBrazil Brazilian
Born (1989-11-08) 8 November 1989 (age 32)
São José (Brazil)
GT Brasil career
Debut season2012
Current teamBMW Team Brasil
Car number12
Starts4
Wins1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Previous series
2010-11
2007–09		GP3 Series
Formula Three Sudamericana
Championship titles
2009Formula Three Sudamericana

Leonardo Santos Cordeiro (born 8 November 1989 in São José dos Campos) is a Brazilian racing driver.

Career[]

Karting[]

Cordeiro made his karting debut in 2003, at the age of 13. In 2004 and 2005, Cordeiro became Champion of the Petrobrás Smile Cup. In 2006 and 2007, he was runner-up in the Brazilian championship.[1]

Formula Three[]

Cordeiro began his single seater career in 2007 in the Formula Three Sudamericana championship. Driving for Lecor Sports, Cordeiro finished seventeenth in the championship, taking one podium finish at Interlagos.[2]

Cordeiro remained in the series for 2008 but switched to Cesario Fórmula. He improved to fifth in the standings with one win at .[3]

For 2009, Cordeiro remained in the championship with Cesario Fórmula. He won ten of the eighteen races he competed, and became champion by 40 points ahead of compatriot Claudio Cantelli.[4]

GP3 Series[]

2010 saw Cordeiro move to the GP3 Series, competing for MW Arden, the team that is backed by Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber. He joined Michael Christensen and Miquel Monrás at the team.[5]

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2007 Formula Three Sudamericana Lecor Sports 13 0 0 0 1 11 17th
2008 Formula Three Sudamericana Cesario Fórmula 18 1 5 5 8 74 4th
2009 Formula Three Sudamericana Cesario Fórmula 18 10 12 15 15 134 1st
2010 GP3 Series MW Arden 16 0 0 1 0 1 27th
2011 GP3 Series Carlin 16 0 0 0 0 0 30th
2012 GT Brasil GT4 Class BMW Team Brasil 4 1 0 0 2 46 3rd*

* Season still in progress.

Complete GP3 Series 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 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2010 MW Arden CAT
FEA
18 		CAT
SPR
12 		IST
FEA
18 		IST
SPR
24 		VAL
FEA
Ret 		VAL
SPR
21 		SIL
FEA
Ret 		SIL
SPR
Ret 		HOC
FEA
Ret 		HOC
SPR
Ret 		HUN
FEA
22 		HUN
SPR
13 		SPA
FEA
14 		SPA
SPR
Ret 		MNZ
FEA
Ret 		MNZ
SPR
8 		27th 0
2011 Carlin IST
FEA
Ret 		IST
SPR
22 		CAT
FEA
23 		CAT
SPR
15 		VAL
FEA
10 		VAL
SPR
17 		SIL
FEA
17 		SIL
SPR
23 		NÜR
FEA
17 		NÜR
SPR
19 		HUN
FEA
20 		HUN
SPR
15 		SPA
FEA
21 		SPA
SPR
18 		MNZ
FEA
13 		MNZ
SPR
Ret 		30th 0

* Season still in progress

References[]

  1. ^ "Profile". leonardocordeiro.com. Leonardo Cordeiro. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  2. ^ "2007 South American Formula 3 Championship". speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  3. ^ "2008 South American Formula 3 Championship". speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  4. ^ "2009 South American Formula 3 Championship". speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  5. ^ "Cordeiro races for MW Arden in GP3". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 2 March 2010. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2010.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Formula 3 Sudamericana Champion
2009 		Succeeded by

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