Marcos Gomes

Marcos Gomes
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	July 26, 1984 Ribeirão Preto (Brazil)
Stock Car Brasil career
Debut season	2006
Current team	Medley Full Time
Car no.	29
Starts	80
Wins	4
Poles	5
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	2nd in 2008

Marcos Giffoni de Melo Gomes (born July 26, 1984 in Ribeirão Preto) is a Brazilian racing driver. He currently drives in the Stock Car Brasil, where he won the 2015 championship. Marcos is the son of four-time Stock Car champion Paulo Gomes and brother of the also racing driver Pedro Gomes.

On July 5, 2009 he won the fifth round of the season at Interlagos by Action Power, winning their fourth win in the category. At dawn on July 6, soon after the victory at Interlagos, the truck of Action Power team had an accident on the Highway Régis Bittencourt, destroying all the equipment including the car of Marcos Gomes.^[1] On occurred, the team officially announced that he was out of the season.^[2]

Marcos Gomes joins RCM Motorsport for the rest of season, but the team stay the Action Power name.^[3] In 2012 Gomes was suspended for six months after he failed a drug test.^[4]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums	F/Laps	Points	Final Placing
2002	Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil	Gramacho Racing	10	0	1	4	1	119	4th
2003	Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil	M4T Motorsport	10	0	0	2	0	62	10th
2004	Formula Renault 2.0 North America	?	?	?	2	?	?	205	2nd
2005	Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil	Piquet Sports	11	5	2	5	2	163	5th
2006	Stock Car Light	Nova/RR Competições	9	2	4	7	1	160	1st
	Stock Car Brasil	Sama-GomeSports	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2007	Stock Car Brasil	A.Mattheis Motorsport	12	0	1	4	0	240	4th
2008	Stock Car Brasil	A.Mattheis Motorsport	12	1	2	9	0	285	2nd
2009	Stock Car Brasil	Action Power	12	0	1	2	1	248	6th
2010	Stock Car Brasil	Blau Full Time	12	2	0	3	0	229	7th
	GT Brasil GT3 Class	Blau Full Time Blau Full Time Lamborghini	12	0	0	0	0	41	25th
2011	Stock Car Brasil	Medley Full Time	12	2	0	2	0	234	7th
	Trofeo Linea Brasil	Pater Racing	9	1	0	3	0	44	9th
	TC 2000	Ford-YPF	1	0	0	0	0	N/A†	NC†

† - ineligible for points.

Racing career

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
2006	Sama-GomeSports	Volkswagen Bora	INT	CTB	CGD	INT	LON	CTB	SCZ	BSB	TAR	ARG	RIO 27	INT										NC	0
2007	Medley-A.Mattheis	Chevrolet Astra	INT Ret	CTB Ret	CGD 3	INT 3	LON 31	SCZ 7	CTB 3	BSB 11	ARG 14	TAR 17	RIO 16	INT 1										4th	240
2008	Medley-A.Mattheis	Chevrolet Astra	INT 1	BSB 2	CTB 2	SCZ 20	CGD 2	INT 1	RIO 3	LON 6	CTB 2	BSB 2	TAR 2	INT Ret										2nd	285
2009	Action Power	Chevrolet Vectra	INT DSQ	CTB 9	BSB 5	SCZ DSQ	INT 1	SAL 2	RIO 5	LON Ret	CTB 4	BSB 15	TAR 4	INT 12										6th	248
2010	Blau Full Time	Peugeot 307	INT Ret	CTB 6	VEL 18	RIO 2	RBP 13	SAL 7	INT 2	CGD 2	LON 20	SCZ 22	BSB 15	CTB 4										7th	229
2011	Medley Full Time	Peugeot 408	CTB 14	INT Ret	RBP 6	VEL 5	CGD 3	RIO 4	INT 11	SAL Ret	SCZ 2	LON 9	BSB 6	VEL 8										7th	234
2012	Medley Full Time	Peugeot 408	INT 11	CTB 5	VEL Ret	RBP 5	LON 7	RIO 21	SAL	CAS	TAR	CTB	BSB	INT										21st	56
2013	Schin Racing Team	Peugeot 408	INT 13	CUR 21	TAR Ret	SAL 7	BRA DSQ	CAS 1	RBP 23	CAS 1	VEL 3	CUR 7	BRA Ret	INT Ret										10th	102
2014	Schin Racing Team	Peugeot 408	INT 1	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	SAL 1	SAL 2	TAR 1	TAR 2	RBP 1	RBP 2	CUR 1	NC	N/A

References

1. Stock Car: Tragédia com caminhão da Dolly-Action Power pode tirar equipe da disputa do campeonato
2. Após acidente, Action Power abandona temporada 2009
3. Marcos Gomes confirma presença em Salvador
4. Do "deslize" do doping à consagração: Marcos Gomes "tira piano das costas" globoesporte.globo.com 15. December 2015

External links

• Marcos Gomes career summary at DriverDB.com