Copa Fiat Brasil

Copa Fiat Brasil
Category One-make by Fiat
Country Brazil Brazil
Inaugural season 2010
Folded 2012
Drivers 30 (2012)
Teams 12 (2012)
Constructors Fiat
Tyre suppliers Pirelli
Last Drivers' champion Rio de Janeiro (state) Cacá Bueno
Last Teams' champion GT Competições
Official website www.racingfestival.com.br
Current season

Copa Fiat Brasil previously known as Trofeo Linea Brasil was a one-make racing series by Fiat based in Brazil which uses the Fiat Linea model. The category was founded in 2010 by Felipe Massa and his family and ended in 2012. The series was organized in collaboration with the Confederação Brasileira de Automobilismo (CBA), RM Racing Events and Carlinhos Romagnolli Promoções e Eventos.[1]

History

Large Brazilian drivers competed in the championship; Cacá Bueno, Christian Fittipaldi, Ricardo Maurício, Thiago Camilo, Allam Khodair, Clemente de Faria, Jr., Hoover Orsi, Giuliano Losacco and Marcos Gomes, mingling with drivers victorious in the regional championships. In 2012 the category was renamed to Copa Fiat Brasil.

Cars

Main article: Fiat Linea

The car was Fiat Linea prepared for competition. The FPT 1.4 16v turbo – 210cv is the final speed above 200km/h. The transmission has six forward speeds with sequential shift mechanism. Pirelli is the single tyre supplier for the championship.

Regulation

Drivers have a three free patrice session of 30-minute and 1-hour. On Saturday drivers have a qualifying session. The qualifying session decides the grid order for first race.

On second race, the grid is decided by the first result with top 8 being reversed, so the driver who finished 8th on first race will start from pole position and the winner will start from 8th place.[2]

Copa Fiat Brasil points system
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Race 1 20 14 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Race 2 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Champions

Season Series Name Champion Team
2010 Trofeo Linea Brasil Rio de Janeiro (state) Cacá Bueno GT Competições
2011 Trofeo Linea Brasil Rio de Janeiro (state) Cacá Bueno GT Competições
2012 Copa Fiat Brasil Rio de Janeiro (state) Cacá Bueno GT Competições

Drivers

Driver Best result Wins
Rio de Janeiro (state) Cacá Bueno 1st (2010, 2011, 2012) 13
Paraná (state) André Bragantini 2nd (2010, 2012) 6
Rio de Janeiro (state) Popó Bueno 2nd (2011) 2
São Paulo (state) Christian Fittipaldi 3rd (2012) 3
São Paulo (state) Giuliano Losacco 3rd (2011) 3
Paraná (state) Cesar Bonilha 4th (2012) 3
Paraná (state) Alceu Feldmann 3rd (2010) 0
São Paulo (state) Allam Khodair 4th (2011) 1

Circuits

The circuits for the 2011 season are:

Former circuits in the Trofeo Linea Brasil championship include:

References

External links

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