Ricardo Maurício

Ricardo Maurício
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	January 7, 1979 São Paulo (Brazil)
Stock Car Brasil career
Debut season	2004
Current team	Eurofarma RC
Car no.	90
Former teams	Katálogo Racing Andreas Mattheis Motorsport L&M Racing WA Mattheis
Starts	75
Wins	9
Poles	?
Fastest laps	?
Best finish	1st in 2008
Previous series
2009–2010 2007–2009 2004 2003 1999–2002 1997–1998 1996	Brasil GT3 Championship TC 2000 World of Outlaws Spanish Formula Three International Formula 3000 British Formula 3 Formula Vauxhall
Championship titles
2012 2009 2008 2003 1995	Brasileiro de Marcas TC 2000 Copa Endurance Series Stock Car Brasil Spanish Formula Three Brazilian Formula Ford

Ricardo Maurício (born January 7, 1979 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian racing driver. He currently drives in the Stock Car Brasil series, which he won in 2008. Prior to this he raced in several European single-seater formulae, winning the Spanish Formula Three Championship and recording podium finishes in International Formula 3000.

Career

Formula Vauxhall/Opel

After some time spent kart racing, Maurício moved up to formula racing in Brazil and won the local Formula Ford championship in 1995. For 1996, he moved to Europe, where he competed in Formula Vauxhall, finishing fourth in the championship. At the end of the year he took part in the 1996 EFDA Nations Cup for Formula Opel cars, representing Brazil alongside compatriot Wagner Ebrahim and taking third place.

British Formula 3

For 1997, Maurício drove for the works TOM'S-Toyota team in the British Formula 3 Championship, finishing joint 11th place in the championship with Darren Manning and just behind Kevin McGarrity, the best-placed driver with a TOM'S chassis. At the end of the season he moved to the Alan Docking Racing team to compete in the Macau Grand Prix, but failed to finish the race.

He remained in the championship for 1998, driving an ADR-run Dallara chassis, and improved to seventh place overall, with two podium finishes, well ahead of team-mates Yudai Igarashi and Miku Santavirta. However, his performance was overshadowed by his compatriots Mario Haberfeld, Enrique Bernoldi and Luciano Burti, who dominated the championship between them, taking the top three positions in the drivers' standings.^[1] He switched to champion team Paul Stewart Racing for the Macau Grand Prix, and finished the race in second place behind Peter Dumbreck.

Formula 3000

Maurício moved up to International Formula 3000 for the 1999 season, driving for Super Nova alongside Jason Watt, but after a difficult start he was dropped after three races in favour of David Saelens. He moved to the Red Bull Junior Team-backed team run by Helmut Marko, replacing Markus Friesacher and partnering Bernoldi. Despite failing to qualify for three of the remaining races in a heavily-oversubscribed field of drivers, he scored his first point at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, placing him 22nd in the championship.

He stayed with the team alongside Bernoldi for 2000, making up for a seven-race run of retirements at the start of the season by securing his first podium finish in the category at the Hungaroring, improving his final championship position to 17th. He was, however, overshadowed somewhat by Bernoldi, who scored just one more point but lost the lead in two races due to mechanical problems.^[2]

Maurício began the 2001 season without a drive, despite initially being reconfirmed at the Red Bull Junior Team alongside Patrick Friesacher, who replaced the Formula One-bound Bernoldi.^[3] The seat was taken by Antonio García for the first four rounds of the championship, but Maurício resumed it thereafter, becoming a consistent points-scorer on his way to eighth in the championship, including two more podium finishes.^[4]

Maurício remained at the team for 2002, but it was a disappointing season for him as he dropped to ninth in the championship, and was consistently outperformed by Friesacher. The highlight of the year was a podium finish in front of his home fans at the Interlagos circuit, where he completed a Brazilian 1-2-3-4 finish with Rodrigo Sperafico, Haberfeld and Antônio Pizzonia. However, he was best remembered for his large crash at Monza, in which his car was launched into a series of aerial rolls after running into the back of Rob Nguyen.^[5]

Spanish Formula Three

Dropped by the Red Bull Junior Team and unable to find an F3000 drive, Maurício stepped back to the Spanish Formula Three Championship, where he drove for the Racing Engineering team, initially sponsored by Marlboro. He won the championship, winning six of the thirteen races, ahead of local drivers Daniel Martin, Borja García and Andy Soucek, and comfortably ahead of a succession of six team-mates. However, this series was less prestigious than the F3 championships in other countries, and was not enough to advance his formula racing career any further, despite topping a World Series by Renault test session during the winter off-season period.

Stock Car Brasil

Maurício driving his RC Competições-run Chevrolet Astra in the 2009 Stock Car Brasil season.

For 2004, Maurício returned to Brazil to take part in the Stock Car Brasil championship, a common location for Brazilian ex-single seater drivers. He took part in five races for the Katálogo Racing and Andreas Mattheis Motorsport teams, finishing 23rd in the championship driving a Chevrolet Astra, taking a podium finish and fastest lap in the process. The following year he committed to a full season in the series, driving a similar car run by the L&M Racing team. Another podium finish and fastest lap saw him improve to 16th in the championship.

Maurício returned to Katálogo for 2006, for whom he drove a Mitsubishi Lancer. He took his first pole position in the series and broke into the top ten in the drivers' standings for the first time. In 2007 he returned to Andreas Mattheis and the Chevrolet Astra in the form of the WA Mattheis team, a new outfit formed by the association of Mattheis and William Lube. He improved to ninth in the championship, taking his first win in the process.

For 2008, WA Mattheis switched cars to the Peugeot 307, which Maurício took to championship victory with five wins from the twelve races, narrowly beating the Astras of Marcos Gomes and Thiago Camilo in the process. It was Peugeot's first championship win in Stock Car Brasil history. In 2009, he moved to the RC Competições team, and once again raced an Astra. He was unable to successfully defend his championship, losing it to Cacá Bueno.

He remained with RC Competições for 2010, driving a Chevrolet Vectra. He won two races and finished third in the championship, behind team-mate Max Wilson and Bueno.

Brazilian GT3

Maurício first competed in the GT3 Brasil Championship in 2009, winning four races for WB Motorsport and finishing fourth in the championship. For 2010, he drove a Lamborghini Gallardo with Bruno Garfinkel for the Scuderia 111 team and finished tenth in the championship.

Other series

Since his move into stock car racing, Maurício has also made occasional appearances in the American World of Outlaws series and the Argentine TC 2000 championship, winning the TC 2000's endurance series cup in 2009.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Final Placing
1995	Brazilian Formula Ford	Techspeed	?	?	?	?	1st
1996	Formula Vauxhall	Peter Thompson Motorsport	?	?	?	?	4th
	EFDA Nations Cup	Team Brasil	1	?	0	N/A	3rd
1997	British Formula 3	TOM'S	13	0	0	26	11th
	Macau Grand Prix	Alan Docking Racing	1	?	0	N/A	NC
1998	British Formula 3	Alan Docking Racing	13	0	0	65	7th
	Macau Grand Prix	Paul Stewart Racing	1	?	0	N/A	2nd
1999	International Formula 3000	Super Nova Racing	3	0	0	0	22nd
		Red Bull Junior Team	7	0	0	1
2000	International Formula 3000	Red Bull Junior Team	10	0	0	4	17th
2001	International Formula 3000	Red Bull Junior Team	8	0	0	14	8th
2002	International Formula 3000	Red Bull Junior Team	12	0	0	9	11th
2003	Spanish Formula Three	Racing Engineering	13	4	6	192	1st
2004	Stock Car Brasil	Katálogo Racing	4	0	0	20	23rd
		A.Mattheis Motorsport	1	0	0	0
	World of Outlaws	Lippincott Racing	2	0	0	85	276th
2005	Stock Car Brasil	L&M Racing	12	0	0	47	16th
2006	Stock Car Brasil	Katálogo Racing	12	1	0	216	10th
2007	Stock Car Brasil	A.Mattheis Motorsport	12	0	1	221	9th
	TC 2000	Toyota Team Argentina	1	0	0	0	NC
2008	Stock Car Brasil	WA Mattheis	12	5	5	287	1st
	TC 2000	Toyota Team Argentina	1	0	0	0	NC
2009	Stock Car Brasil	Eurofarma RC	12	1	0	264	3rd
	TC 2000	Toyota Team Argentina	3	0	1	0†	NC†
	TC 2000 Copa Endurance Series	Toyota Team Argentina	3	0	1	45	1st
	GT3 Brasil Championship	WB Motorsport	13	0	3	166	4th
2010	Stock Car Brasil	Eurofarma RC	12	1	2	251	3rd
	GT Brasil GT3 class	Scuderia 111	16	1	0	118	10th
	Trofeo Linea Brasil	Sinal/Greco	11	0	0	29	13th
2011	Stock Car Brasil	Eurofarma RC	12	1	0	258	2nd
	TC 2000	Toyota Team Argentina	1	0	0	0	NC
	Top Race V6	Mitsubishi Racing	2	0	0	6	34th
	GT Brasil GT3 class	Scuderia 111	18	0	0	119	12th
	Brasileiro de Marcas	Officer ProGP	4	0	0	94	11th
2012	Stock Car Brasil	Eurofarma RC	12	0	0	189	2nd
	Brasileiro de Marcas	Full Time Sports	16	1	0	232	1st

† - ineligible for points.

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
1999	Super Nova Racing	IMO 15	MON Ret	CAT Ret										22nd	1
	Red Bull Junior Team				MAG DNQ	SIL DNQ	A1R 15	HOC DNQ	HUN 9	SPA 6	NUR Ret
2000	Red Bull Junior Team	IMO Ret	SIL Ret	CAT Ret	NUR Ret	MON Ret	MAG Ret	A1R Ret	HOC 14	HUN 3	SPA 7			17th	4
2001	Red Bull Junior Team	INT	IMO	CAT	A1R	MON 6	NUR 5	MAG Ret	SIL 7	HOC 17	HUN 2	SPA 3	MNZ 6	8th	14
2002	Red Bull Junior Team	INT 3	IMO Ret	CAT 4	A1R 15	MON 7	NUR 9	SIL Ret	MAG 10	HOC Ret	HUN 11	SPA 5	MNZ Ret	11th	9

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
2004	Katalogo Racing	Chevrolet Astra	CTB 3	INT 13	TAR Ret	LON 15	RIO	INT	CTB	LON	RIO	BSB	CGD											23rd	20
	Medley-A.Mattheis													INT 25
2005	L&M Racing	Chevrolet Astra	INT 19	CTB 6	RIO 20	INT 4	CTB Ret	LON Ret	BSB Ret	SCZ 3	TAR 22	ARG Ret	RIO 26	INT 9										16th	47
2006	Katalogo Racing	Mitsubishi Lancer	INT 10	CTB Ret	CGD 8	INT 11	LON 6	CTB Ret	SCZ 6	BSB 5	TAR Ret	ARG Ret	RIO 13	INT 10										10th	216
2007	Medley-A.Mattheis	Chevrolet Astra	INT 1	CTB Ret	CGD 6	INT 6	LON 3	SCZ 5	CTB 2	BSB Ret	ARG Ret	TAR 16	RIO Ret	INT Ret										9th	221
2008	WA Mattheis	Peugeot 307	INT 4	BSB 1	CTB 1	SCZ 6	CGD 1	INT 4	RIO 20	LON 4	CTB 1	BSB 1	TAR 3	INT 15										1st	287
2009	Eurofarma RC	Chevrolet Vectra	INT 2	CTB 7	BSB 14	SCZ Ret	INT 6	SAL Ret	RIO 3	CGD 7	CTB 1	BSB 17	TAR Ret	INT 2										3rd	264
2010	Eurofarma RC	Chevrolet Vectra	INT 20	CTB 2	VEL 1	RIO 19	RBP 2	SAL 10	INT 1	CGD 3	LON 6	SCZ 3	BSB Ret	CTB 20										3rd	251
2011	Eurofarma RC	Chevrolet Vectra	CTB Ret	INT 3	RBP 5	VEL 3	CGD 6	RIO 8	INT 8	SAL 16	SCZ 4	LON 2	BSB 5	VEL 23										2nd	258
2012	Eurofarma RC	Chevrolet Sonic	INT 3	CTB 4	VEL 2	RBP 17	LON 5	RIO 3	SAL 4	CAS 19	TAR 4	CTB Ret	BSB 2	INT 2										2nd	189
2013	Eurofarma RC	Chevrolet Sonic	INT 3	CUR 2	TAR 3	SAL 1	BRA 5	CAS 6	RBP 9	CAS 26	VEL 2	CUR 4	BRA 3	INT 2										1st	218
2014	Eurofarma RC	Chevrolet Sonic	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. Holder, Jim (1998). "Formula 3 Review: Super Mario Pick of the Crop". Autocourse 1998-99. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 250–251. ISBN 1-874557-43-8.
2. Arron, Simon (2000). "Formula 3000 Review: Bruno Shades it over Ten Rounds". Autocourse 2000-2001. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 266–269. ISBN 1-874557-79-9.
3. "The Formula 3000 grid is forming". grandprix.com. Inside F1. 2002-01-24. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
4. Arron, Simon (2001). "F3000 Review: Wilson Walks Tall". Autocourse 2001-2002. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 258–261. ISBN 1-903135-06-0.
5. Arron, Simon (2002). "F3000 Review: Bourdais' Pot-Luck Title". Autocourse 2002-2003. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 242–245. ISBN 1-903135-10-9.

External links

• Ricardo Maurício career details at driverdb.com
• Stock Car Brasil-based profile at forix.autosport.com