Mario Moraes

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Mario Moraes
Moraes at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May 2010.
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1988-12-20) December 20, 1988 (age 32) São Paulo
IRL IndyCar Series career
Debut season	2008
Current team	inactive
Former teams	KV Racing Technology (2009-2010) Dale Coyne Racing (2008)
Starts	43
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	14th in 2009
Previous series
2006-2007 2005-2006 2004	British F3 F3 Sudamericana FTR Pro Series FR1600

Mario Ermirio de Moraes Filho (born December 20, 1988 in São Paulo)^[1] is a Brazilian professional race car driver. Moraes started his career in minor youth motorsports. In 2003 Moraes competed in American Formula Renault with and won races against some competition such as Marco Andretti. In 2005 he drove for the Bassan Motorsport team in Formula Three Sudamericana and finished eighth. In 2006 he finished second in F3 Sudamericana, then moved to the British Formula Three National Class driving for Carlin Motorsport and earned several good finishes while not competing for series points. He finished in 14th place in the 2007 British Formula Three championship's Championship Class, again competing for Carlin.

In 2008, he drove in the IndyCar Series for Dale Coyne Racing. He finished 21st in points with a best finish of seventh at Watkins Glen International.

Moraes drove for KV Racing Technology in 2009, with a best finish as third at Chicagoland.

Motorsports career results[]

Moraes in 2008.

American open–wheel results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

IndyCar[]

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points
2008	Dale Coyne Racing	HMS 16	STP 16	MOT1 DNP	LBH1 20	KAN 17	INDY 18	MIL 23	TXS 18	IOW 19	RIR 17	WGL 7	NSH 10	MDO 24	EDM 20	KTY 17	SNM 10	DET 15	CHI 21	SRF2 24	21st	244
2009	KV Racing Technology	STP 21	LBH 19	KAN 11	INDY 33	MIL 9	TXS 10	IOW 17	RIR 16	WGL 14	TOR 11	EDM 23	KTY 18	MDO	SNM 4	CHI 3	MOT 5	HMS 7			14th	304
2010	KV Racing Technology	SAO 24	STP 21	ALA 13	LBH 6	KAN 7	INDY 31	TXS 21	IOW 25	WGL 5	TOR 14	EDM 7	MDO 12	SNM 11	CHI 17	KTY 18	MOT 24	HMS 27			15th	287

¹ Run on same day.

² Non-points race.

Indianapolis 500 results[]

References[]

External links[]

• Bio at KV Racing website
• World Speed Motorsports - Moraes first American racecar team