Enrique Bernoldi

Enrique Bernoldi Bernoldi in 2007, as a Stock Car Brasil driver Nationality Brazilian Born Enrique Antônio Langue e Silvério de Bernoldi 19 October 1978 Curitiba, Brazil Previous series 2012 2012 2012 2011 2009–11 2009 2009 2008 2008 2007, 2009 2006 2003–04 2001–02 1999–2000 1997–98 1997–98 1997–98 1996 1995–96 1995–96 1995 Italian GT Championship SPEED Euroseries FIA World Endurance Championship GT Brasil FIA GT1 World Championship FIA GT Championship Superleague Formula IndyCar Series Champ Car World Series Stock Car Brasil TC 2000 World Series by Nissan Formula One Formula 3000 Masters of Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix British Formula 3 Championship Renault Spider Europe Formula Renault Eurocup Championnat de France Formule Renault Formula Alfa Boxer Championship titles 1996 Formula Renault Eurocup Formula One World Championship career Active years 2001–2002 Teams Arrows Entries 29 (28 starts) Championships 0 Wins 0 Podiums 0 Career points 0 Pole positions 0 Fastest laps 0 First entry 2001 Australian Grand Prix Last entry 2002 German Grand Prix

Enrique Antônio Langue e Silvério de Bernoldi (born 19 October 1978 in Curitiba) is a Brazilian professional racing driver who raced for the Arrows Formula One team in 2001 and 2002, and was the test driver for BAR Honda between 2004 and 2006. He entered IndyCar racing in 2008, and competed in the FIA GT World Championship between 2009 and 2011, in addition to entering multiple other competitions.

Racing career

Early career

Bernoldi started out in karting in 1986, and won many regional and national titles, before heading to Europe at age 16 to begin his car racing career. He entered the Formula Alfa Boxer series in Italy, where he finished fourth in his first race. Following a successful single entry in the Championnat de France Formule Renault, Bernoldi then entered the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and won on his debut, the final round of the series.^[1] The following year he took in nine victories and the title, before entering British Formula 3 with the Promatecme team in 1997. Bernoldi took his first victory at Spa en route to fifth in the championship, and also finished third at that year's Macau Grand Prix. He remained with Promatecme for 1998 to take six more victories, but was only able to finish runner-up to compatriot Mario Haberfeld.^[2]

In 1999, Bernoldi progressed to the International Formula 3000 championship with the Red Bull Junior Team. Although his debut season only resulted in two points, he was retained by the team for the following year.^[1] Due to the team's links with Sauber, he tested for the Formula 1 team in both seasons,^[3][4] in addition to also testing for the Prost GP team in 2000.^[5] Although touted before the start of the 2001 season to be joining either Prost,^[6] Minardi or Sauber,^[7] Bernoldi instead signed a contract with Arrows, a move that was seen as surprising by some.^[8]

Formula One

Bernoldi follows Arrows team-mate Heinz-Harald Frentzen at the 2002 French Grand Prix.

During 2001, Bernoldi performed respectably for the Arrows team, occasionally matching his more experienced teammate Jos Verstappen for pace. However, he gained notoriety for his efforts at the Monaco Grand Prix, where he held up the much faster David Coulthard for 35 laps; after a botched start, Coulthard had been fighting his way through the field, only to be stuck behind the Arrows, prompting irate responses from both Coulthard,^[9] and McLaren team principal Ron Dennis.^[10] Bernoldi was defended by his team boss Tom Walkinshaw, whom hit back at McLaren.^[11] He failed to score any points in 2001, with 10 retirements from 17 starts, his highest finish being an eighth at the German Grand Prix.^[12]

Despite Verstappen being the only Arrows driver to score points in 2001, Bernoldi was retained by Arrows for 2002, being partnered by Heinz-Harald Frentzen.^[13] At Sepang he notably overtook Michael Schumacher, having been passed by the German as he attempted to fight through the field after a first-lap incident with Juan Pablo Montoya,^[14] although his driving in that race was criticized by Allan McNish.^[15] Due to serious financial problems, Arrows were forced to withdraw three-quarters of the way into the 2002 season.^[16] He subsequently switched to the World Series by Nissan,^[17] after a potential drive for Jordan Grand Prix failed to materialize.^[18]

2003–2007

In his debut season in the World Series by Nissan, Bernoldi finished sixth in the championship, having won two races.^[19] He also participated in a "mega test", held by Alfa Romeo, with a prospect of driving for the team in the 2004 European Touring Car Championship season.^[20] Despite this test, he continued in the World Series in 2004, and finished third overall, with another pair of wins.^[21] In mid-2004 he was named a test driver for BAR, completing two tests at the Circuito de Jerez in Spain, in order to prevent the regular BAR drivers having to make several long-distance trips.^[22] He remained with the team after these sessions, also undertaking tests of BAR's "Concept Car" (a hybrid F1 car with a 2004 frontal setup mixed with a 2005 rear setup).^[23] He remained BAR's test driver for 2005, but began to look for pastures new in 2006, participating in less tests for the now-renamed Honda Racing F1 Team - although he did remain as official test driver.^[24] Although he impressed in Champ Car during a test for Rocketsports,^[25] his solitary race during 2006 came in Argentina's TC 2000 series.^[1] In 2007, Bernoldi competed in the Stock Car Brasil, competing in 11 of the 12 races and finishing 13th in the championship, with his best results being a pair of podium finishes.^[26]

IndyCar Series

Bernoldi practicing for the 2008 Indianapolis 500

For 2008 Bernoldi, signed a contract with Rocketsports for the 2008 Champ Car World Series.^[27] However, following the reunification of Champ Car and the Indy Racing League, Rocketsports withdrew, opting not to compete in the new, combined, series. It was later announced that Bernoldi would drive for Conquest Racing in the newly combined series' 2008 season.^[28] His best result was fourth, in the final Champ Car-sanctioned race at Long Beach.^[29] His best result in the reunified IndyCar Series was fifteenth at the 2008 Indianapolis 500.^[30] A collision with team-mate Jamie Camara at Watkins Glen lead him to publicly criticize the team, and speculation that he might leave them.^[31] A thumb injury ruled him out of the final two races of the season, his seat being filled by Alex Tagliani.^[32]

2009–present

For 2009, Bernoldi was the full-time driver of Flamengo in the Superleague open wheel series and also he ran a partial schedule in Stock Car Brasil. He also competed in the FIA GT Championship for Sangari Team Brazil, taking his first win at Paul Ricard.^[33]

In 2010, he raced in the new FIA GT1 World Championship for Vitaphone Racing,^[34] scoring the pole position and winning his home race at Interlagos.^[35]

For 2011, he continued to race in the series, campaigning a Nissan GT-R for the Sumo Power GT team.^[36] He also entered four races of the GT Brasil, driving for Ford GT Racing Team BMG.^[37]

In 2012, he drove for Vita4One Team Italy in the Italian GT Championship,^[38] followed by appearances for AF Waltrip in the FIA World Endurance Championship,^[39] before making his debut in the International GT Open, driving once more for AF Corse in a Ferrari 458 GT2.^[40] He also made his debut in the SPEED EuroSeries, driving for Team JD in a Tatuus CN,^[41] whilst entering the 500 Milhas de Kart do Beto Carreiro at the end of the year.^[42] In 2013, he entered the International Challenge of the Stars, run by Felipe Massa.^[43]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	Points	Final Placing
1995	Formula Alfa Boxer	?	?	?	?	?	4th
	Championnat de France Formule Renault	?	1	0	1	?	NC
	Formula Renault Europe	?	1	1	?	32	11th
1996	Renault Spider Europe	Team Ghinzani	?	0	1	38	12th
	Championnat de France Formule Renault	?	4	2	1	?	NC
	Formula Renault Europe	Tatuus JD Motorsport	10	6	?	218	1st
1997	Macau Grand Prix	Promatecme	1	0	0	N/A	3rd
	Masters of Formula 3	Promatecme	1	0	0	N/A	NC
	British F3 Championship	Promatecme	14	1	0	127	5th
1998	Macau Grand Prix	?	1	0	1	N/A	3rd
	Masters of Formula 3	Promatecme	1	1	1	N/A	2nd
	British F3 Championship	Promatecme	15	6	4	163	2nd
1999	Formula One	Sauber	Test Driver
	International Formula 3000	Red Bull Junior	8	0	0	2	18th
2000	Formula One	Sauber	Test Driver
	International Formula 3000	Red Bull Junior	10	0	1	5	16th
2001	Formula One	Arrows	17	0	0	0	21st
2002	Formula One	Arrows	11	0	0	0	22nd
2003	World Series by Nissan	GD Racing	18	2	2	112	6th
2004	World Series by Nissan	GD Racing	18	2	2	113	3rd
	Formula One	British American Racing	Test Driver
2005	Formula One	British American Racing	Test Driver
2006	Formula One	Honda F1	Test Driver
	TC 2000	Honda Petrobras Lubrax	1	0	0	0	NC
2007	Stock Car Brasil	Biosintética	11	0	0	58	13th
2008	Champ Car World Series	Conquest Racing	1	0	0	0	4th
	IndyCar Series	Conquest Racing	14	0	0	220	22nd
2009	Stock Car Brasil	RCM Motorsport	4	0	0	1	30th
	FIA GT Championship	Sangari Team Brazil	5	1	1	25	11th
	Superleague Formula	CR Flamengo	10	0	0	191	16th
2010	FIA GT1 World Championship	Vitaphone Racing Team	19	1	1	53	11th
2011	Itaipava GT3 Brasil	Ford GT Racing Team BMG	4	0	0	35	19th
	FIA GT1 World Championship	Sumo Power GT	20	0	0	64	12th
2012	FIA World Endurance Championship	AF Corse-Waltrip	1	0	1	0	N/A
	SPEED EuroSeries	Team JD	2	0	2	6	51st
	Italian GT Championship - GT3	Vita4One Team Italy	2	0	0	18	19th

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	DC	Points
1999	Red Bull Junior	IMO 9	MON 15	CAT Ret	MAG 12	SIL 20	A1R Ret	HOC 5	HUN 8	SPA DNQ	NÜR DNQ	18th	2
2000	Red Bull Junior	IMO Ret	SIL 4	CAT Ret	NÜR Ret	MON Ret	MAG 23	A1R 14	HOC 6	HUN 6	SPA 10	16th	5

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
2001	Orange Arrows Asiatech	Arrows A22	Asiatech V10	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	BRA Ret	SMR 10	ESP Ret	AUT Ret	MON 9	CAN Ret	EUR Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 14	GER 8	HUN Ret	BEL 12	ITA Ret	USA 13	JPN 14	21st	0
2002	Orange Arrows	Arrows A23	Cosworth V10	AUS DSQ	MAL Ret	BRA Ret	SMR Ret	ESP Ret	AUT Ret	MON 12	CAN Ret	EUR 10	GBR Ret	FRA DNQ	GER Ret	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	JPN	22nd	0

American open–wheel racing 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	Conquest Racing	HMS Ret	STP 5	MOT^1 DNP	LBH^1 4	KAN Ret	INDY 15	MIL 16	TXS Ret	IOW 17	RIR Ret	WGL Ret	NSH Ret	MDO Ret	EDM 16	KTY Ret	SNM 21	DET DNP	CHI DNP	SRF^2	22nd	220

¹ 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
1	1	15	0	0	0	2	0	0

Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2008	Dallara	Honda	29	15	Conquest

Superleague Formula

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Operator	1		2		3		4		5		6		Position	Points
2009	Flamengo	Delta Motorsport	MAG		ZOL		DON		EST		MOZ		JAR		16th	191
			6	8	7	18	18	14	13	3			11	12

Super Final Results

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6
2009	MAG DNQ	ZOL N/A	DON DNQ	EST DNQ	MOZ	JAR

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2010	Vitaphone Racing Team	Maserati	ABU QR Ret	ABU CR 6	SIL QR 9	SIL CR 15	BRN QR 7	BRN CR 6	PRI QR 5	PRI CR Ret	SPA QR 11	SPA CR 4	NÜR QR 7	NÜR CR 12	ALG QR 13	ALG CR Ret	NAV QR Ret	NAV CR 12	INT QR 4	INT CR 1	SAN QR 16	SAN CR 4	15th	53
2011	Sumo Power GT	Nissan	ABU QR 4	ABU CR Ret	ZOL QR 12	ZOL CR Ret	ALG QR 8	ALG CR 7	SAC QR 4	SAC CR 4	SIL QR 4	SIL CR 7	NAV QR Ret	NAV CR 12	PRI QR 10	PRI CR 7	ORD QR 5	ORD CR Ret	BEI QR 10	BEI CR 6	SAN QR 4	SAN CR 4	12th	64

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
2007	Action Power	Volkswagen Bora	INT DNQ	CTB 15	CGD 22	INT 25	LON Ret	SCZ 3	CTB Ret	BSB 3	ARG 4	TAR 30	RIO 14	INT 7										13th	58
2009	RCM Motorsport	Chevrolet Vectra	INT 15	CTB Ret	BSB Ret	SCZ DSQ	INT	SAL	RIO	CGD	CTB	BSB	TAR	INT										30th	1
2014	Axalta C2 Team	Chevrolet Sonic	INT 1 19	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†
2015	Axalta C2 Team	Chevrolet Sonic	GOI 1 20	RBP 1	RBP 2	VEL 1	VEL 2	CUR 1	CUR 2	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	CUR 1	CUR 2	GOI 1	CAS 1	CAS 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	CUR 1	CUR 2	TAR 1	TAR 2	INT 1	NC†	0†

† Ineligible for championship points.

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