Bruno Junqueira

Bruno Junqueira
Bruno Junqueira at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May 2009.
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	November 4, 1976 Belo Horizonte
IRL IndyCar Series career
Debut season	2001
Current team	FAZZT Race Team
Car no.	33
Former teams	Dale Coyne Racing Chip Ganassi Racing Newman/Haas Racing
Starts	23
Wins	0
Poles	1
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	20th in 2008
CART/Champ Car World Series
Years active	2001–2007
Teams	Chip Ganassi Racing Newman/Haas Racing Dale Coyne Racing
Starts	101
Wins	8
Poles	9
Best finish	2nd in 2002, 2003, 2004
Previous series
1998–2000 1995–1997	International Formula 3000 Formula Three Sudamericana
Championship titles
2000 1997	International Formula 3000 Formula Three Sudamericana

At the 2005 Indy 500

2007 Champ Car

Junqueira in 2007.

Bruno Junqueira (born November 4, 1976 in Belo Horizonte) is a Brazilian race car driver that most recently competed in the IRL IndyCar Series. He is a former Formula 3000 champion and three-time runner-up in the Champ Car World Series.

Racing career

Early career

Junqueira started racing karts in Brazil and dominated Formula Three Sudamericana before moving to Formula 3000. He tested for the Williams Formula One team for many years, and came close to landing a race drive in 2000, losing out to Jenson Button. He rebounded from this setback, winning that year's International Formula 3000 Championship.

Champ Car

In 2001 Junqueira joined the CART Championship Car series driving for Chip Ganassi Racing where he had immediate success, capturing a win in his 14th race and finished second in points with two wins the following year. In 2003 Ganassi left to the rival Indy Racing League and Junqueira joined Newman/Haas Racing, the top team remaining in what was now the Champ Car World Series. He captured series runner up honors in both 2003 and 2004, capturing two wins in each of those seasons. He also drove in the Indianapolis 500 four times for both Ganassi and Newman/Haas in one-off appearances. In 2002, he qualified for the pole position, and he twice finished 5th in the race.

In 2005, Junqueira was injured in an accident in the Indianapolis 500, while lapping A.J. Foyt IV. Due to his injuries, he missed the remainder of the 2005 Champ Car season. Junqueira was the Champ Car points leader at the time, having won the second race of the year in Monterrey, Mexico. Veteran Oriol Servia took his place and finished runner-up in the standings.

In 2006 he returned to the cockpit at Newman/Haas but for the first time in his career he did not win a race and only finished fifth in the championship while his teammate Sébastien Bourdais won his third straight title. He was replaced in the second Newman/Haas car in 2007 by rookie Graham Rahal and Junqueira signed to drive for Dale Coyne Racing as teammate to the inexperienced Katherine Legge. Junquiera finished seventh in the championship including three consecutive podium finishes late in the season.

IndyCar Series

Prior to the 2008 Indycar Series Season, Champ Car unified with the rival Indy Racing League. Junqueira drove the #18 car for the Coyne team's first season in the new series, alongside Brazilian rookie countryman Mario Moraes. His Indianapolis 500 was ruined by a mirror falling off, causing him to lose three laps during repairs. His season was not a great success, as he finished 20th overall with only two top ten finishes, both on road courses.

He was out of a drive for 2009. He made a deal with Conquest Racing for the Indianapolis 500 and qualified the car on Bump Day, but was asked to withdraw for the team's regular driver Alex Tagliani, who had failed to qualify his car due to a technical failure.

In 2011, driving for A.J. Foyt, he qualified his car for the 500 in nineteenth position, only to once again have to give up his chance to drive in the actual race. Foyt sold the unsponsored car's entry to Andretti Autosport, whose driver Ryan Hunter-Reay had been the final car bumped from the field.^[1] In 2012, he entered in for an injured Josef Newgarden at the first Grand Prix of Baltimore.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Final Placing
1997	Formula Three Sudamericana	PropCar Racing	?	?	7	?	1st
1998	Intl. Formula 3000	Draco Racing	12	0	0	3	14th
1999	Intl. Formula 3000	Den Blå Avis	10	1	1	20	5
		Petrobras Junior Team
	Formula One	Williams-Supertec	Test driver
2000	Intl. Formula 3000	Petrobras Junior Team	10	2	4	48	1st
2001	CART World Series	Ganassi	20	1	1	68	16th
	Indy Racing League		1	0	0	30	37th
2002	CART World Series	Ganassi	19	4	2	164	2nd
	Indy Racing League		1	1	0	1	51st
2003	CART World Series	Newman/Haas	18	2	2	199	2nd
2004	Champ Car World Series	Newman/Haas	14	1	2	341	2nd
	IndyCar Series		1	0	0	30	28th
2005	Champ Car World Series	Newman/Haas	2	0	1	59	19th
	IndyCar Series		1	0	0	10	36th
2006	Champ Car World Series	Newman/Haas	14	1	0	219	5th
2006–07	A1 Grand Prix	Brazil	6	0	0	9*	18th*
2007	Champ Car World Series	Dale Coyne	14	0	0	233	7th
2007–08	A1 Grand Prix	Brazil	4	0	0	44*	11th*
2008	IndyCar Series	Dale Coyne	17	0	0	256	20th
2010	IndyCar Series	FAZZT Race Team	1	0	0	13	39th

* Includes points scored by other Team Brazil drivers.

Complete International 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	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
1998	Draco Engineering	OSC Ret	IMO 16	CAT 16	SIL 9	MON Ret	PAU Ret	A1R 6	HOC 5	HUN Ret	SPA Ret	PER 18	NÜR Ret	18th	3
1999	Den Blå Avis Petrobras Junior Team	IMO Ret	MON 6	CAT 4	MAG Ret	SIL 2	A1R DNQ	HOC 1	HUN 15	SPA Ret	NÜR 16			5th	20
2000	Petrobras Junior Team	IMO 2	SIL 5	CAT 1	NÜR 1	MON 1	MAG 13	A1R 7	HOC Ret	HUN 1	SPA 9			1st	48

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

CART/Champ Car Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Rank	Points
2001	Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola B01/00	Toyota RV8F	MTY Ret	LBH 9	TXS NH	NZR 7	MOT Ret	MIL 4	DET Ret	POR Ret	CLE Ret	TOR 13	MIS 9	CHI 17	MDO 13	ROA 1	VAN 12	LAU 11	ROC Ret	HOU Ret	LS 7	SRF Ret	FON 4	16th	68
2002	Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola B02/00	Toyota RV8F	MTY 11	LBH 17	MOT 1	MIL 10	LS 4	POR 2	CHI 2	TOR 14	CLE 13	VAN 9	MDO 4	ROA 3	MTL 13	DEN 1	ROC 5	MIA 5	SRF 14	FON 9	MXC 3			2nd	164
2003	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE	STP 3	MTY 5	LBH 3	BRH 2	LAU 4	MIL 17	LS 2	POR 4	CLE 3	TOR 3	VAN 2	ROA 1	MDO 13	MTL 13	DEN 1	MIA 9	MXC 7	SRF 15	FON NH			2nd	199
2004	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE	LBH 2	MTY 2	MIL 6	POR 2	CLE 2	TOR 18	VAN 4	ROA 15	DEN 3	MTL 1	LS 2	LSV 2	SRF 1	MXC 2								2nd	341^^
2005	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE	LBH 3	MTY 1	MIL Inj	POR Inj	CLE Inj	TOR Inj	EDM Inj	SJO Inj	DEN Inj	MTL Inj	LSV Inj	SRF Inj	MXC Inj									19th	59
2006	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE	LBH 15	HOU 10	MTY 10	MIL 15	POR 4	CLE 2	TOR 8	EDM 15	SJO 17	DEN 2	MTL 12	ROA 2	SRF 6	MXC 4								5th	219
2007	Dale Coyne Racing	Panoz DP01	Cosworth XFE	LSV 7	LBH 6	HOU 7	POR 13	CLE Ret	MTL Ret	TOR 5	EDM 7	SJO 7	ROA 9	ZOL 2	ASN 3	SRF 3	MXC 7								7th	233

^ New points system implemented in 2004.

IndyCar Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points
2001	Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	PHX	HMS	ATL	INDY 5	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2							37th	30
2002	Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	HMS	PHX	FON	NZR	INDY 31	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIS	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2					51st	1
2004	Newman/Haas Racing	G-Force	Honda	HMS	PHX	MOT	INDY 5	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	PPIR	NZR	CHI	FON	TX2				28th	30
2005	Newman/Haas Racing	Panoz	Honda	HMS	PHX	STP	MOT	INDY 30	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	PPIR	SNM	CHI	WGL	FON			36th	10
2008	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara	Honda	HMS 23	STP 24	MOT^1 DNP		KAN 15	INDY 20	MIL 18	TXS 15	IOW DNS	RIR 23	WGL 6	NSH 15	MDO 13	EDM 14	KTY 14	SNM 17	DET 7	CHI 20	SRF^2 15	20th	256
		Panoz DP01	Cosworth XFE				LBH^1 12
2009	Conquest Racing	Dallara	Honda	STP	LBH	KAN	INDY Rpl	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	TOR	EDM	KTY	MDO	SNM	CHI	MOT	HMS			NC	-
2010	FAZZT Race Team	Dallara	Honda	SAO	STP	ALA	LBH	KAN	INDY 32	TXS	IOW	WGL	TOR	EDM	MDO	SNM	CHI	KTY	MOT	HMS			39th	13
2011	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Dallara	Honda	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY Rpl	TXS1	TXS2	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	NHM	SNM	BAL	MOT	KTY	LVS		46th	4
2012	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Dallara DW12	Honda	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	DET	TXS	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	SNM	BAL 19	FON					35th	12

¹ Races run on same day.

² Non-points-paying, exhibition race.

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)	Top 10s (Non-podium)	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
9	7	26	1	0	0	4	0	0

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2001	G-Force	Oldsmobile	20	5	Chip Ganassi Racing
2002	G-Force	Chevrolet	1	31	Chip Ganassi Racing
2004	G-Force	Honda	4	5	Newman/Haas Racing
2005	Panoz	Honda	12	30	Newman/Haas Racing
2008	Dallara	Honda	15	20	Dale Coyne Racing
2009	Dallara	Honda	Replaced by A. Tagliani		Conquest Racing
2010	Dallara	Honda	25	32	FAZZT Race Team
2011	Dallara	Honda	Replaced by R. Hunter-Reay		A.J. Foyt Enterprises

Complete American Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2006	Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz	GT2	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8	P	SEB ovr:Ret cls:Ret	TEX	MID	LIM	UTA	POR	AME	MOS	PET	MON	NC	-
2011	Jaguar RSR	GT	Jaguar XKR GT2	Jaguar 5.0 L V8	D	SEB ovr:Ret cls:Ret	LNB ovr:12 cls:6	LIM ovr:Ret cls:Ret	MOS ovr:29 cls:15	MID ovr:21 cls:12	AME ovr:Ret cls:Ret	BAL ovr:DNS cls:DNS	MON ovr:Ret cls:Ret	PET ovr:Ret cls:Ret		26th	6
2012	RSR Racing	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	M	SEB ovr:51 cls:7	LNB ovr:30 cls:7	MON ovr:4 cls:2	LIM ovr:27 cls:5	MOS ovr:6 cls:1	MID ovr:10 cls:4	AME ovr:8 cls:4	BAL ovr:10 cls:2	VIR ovr:12 cls:4	PET ovr:8 cls:2	3rd	118
2013	RSR Racing	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	C	SEB ovr:12 cls:4	LNB ovr:5 cls:3	MON ovr:29 cls:7	LIM ovr:5 cls:1	MOS ovr:21 cls:5	AME ovr:3 cls:1	BAL ovr:Ret cls:Ret	COTA ovr:12 cls:6	VIR	PET ovr:Ret cls:Ret	7th	95

Complete A1 Grand Prix 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	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2006–07	Brazil	NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	BEI SPR	BEI FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	IDN SPR	IDN FEA	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	RSA SPR 17	RSA FEA 7	MEX SPR Ret	MEX FEA 13	SHA SPR	SHA FEA	GBR SPR 12	GBR SPR Ret	18th	9
2007–08		NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	ZHU SPR	ZHU FEA	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	RSA SPR Ret	RSA FEA 9	MEX SPR 10	MEX FEA 8	SHA SPR	SHA FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR			11th	44

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
2011	Bassani Racing	Peugeot 408	CTB	INT	RBP	VEL	CGD	RIO	INT	SAL	SCZ	LON	BSB 14	VEL 22										30th	2
2012	Bassani Racing	Peugeot 408	INT	CTB	VEL	RBP	LON	RIO	SAL 19	CAS	TAR	CTB	BSB	INT										34th	2
2014	Full Time Sports	Chevrolet Sonic	INT 1 Ret	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	GOI 1	GOI 2	GOI 1	CAS 1	CAS 2	CUR 1	CUR 2	VEL 1	VEL 2	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	TAR 1	TAR 2	SAL 1	SAL 2	CUR 1	NC†	0†

† Ineligible for championship points.

External links

• Official Website
• IndyCar Driver Page

References

1. INDYCAR: Junqueira Out, Hunter-Reay In At Indy by Robin Miller, May 23, 2011 for SpeedTV.com