Ricardo Teixeira (racing driver)

Ricardo Teixeira
Nationality Angola Angolan
Portugal Portuguese
Born (1984-08-02) 2 August 1984
Lisbon, Portugal
GP2 Series career
Debut season 2009
Current team Rapax
Car no. 20
Former teams Trident Racing
Starts 42
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 26th in 2009
Previous series
2010
2008–09
2002, 2005–08
2007
2001		 FIA Formula Two
GP2 Asia Series
British Formula 3
ATS Formel 3 Cup
FBMW Junior Cup Iberia

Ricardo Teixeira (born 2 August 1984 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese-Angolan racing driver. He holds dual nationality and has raced under both nationalities at various points in his career. He was the first Angolan driver to drive a Formula 1 car when he was announced as a test driver for Team Lotus for 2011. He has been sponsored throughout his career by the Angolan oil company Sonangol.

Career

Formula BMW

Teixeira began his formula racing career in 2001 by driving in the Formula BMW Junior Cup in Portugal. He finished in 20th position in the drivers' championship.

Formula Three

Teixeira moved to the National Class of the British Formula 3 Championship in 2002, but did not start a race that year. In 2003 he raced occasionally in the BRSCC's ARP Formula Three Championship, taking one win and three podiums finish at club racing level.

He returned to the British Championship in 2005 after taking a couple of years out for study with the Carlin Motorsport team, finishing ninth in the National Class. The following season, he improved to seventh, despite switching teams to Performance Racing Europe part-way through the year finishing twice in the podium. In 2007, he moved up to the Championship Class of the series with Performance Racing, scoring no points. For 2008, he moved to the Ultimate Motorsport team's Mygale chassis. Teixeira also competed in two races of the German ATS Formel 3 Cup in 2007, and has driven in two Masters of Formula Three races, with a best finish of 24th.

GP2 Series

Teixeira was signed by the Trident Racing team to drive in the fifth and sixth rounds of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season. He replaced Frankie Provenzano, and was the seventh competitor to drive one of the team's two entries. He was the first Angolan driver to compete at this level of motorsport. Trident kept a hold of Teixeira for the 2009 GP2 Series. He became the first driver to not qualify for an event since Christian Bakkerud in 2007, as he did not lap within 107% of Romain Grosjean's pole position time, in Monaco.[1] He did not score any points and finished the championship in 26th position.

After two years away from the series, first in Formula Two and then as a test driver for the Lotus Formula One team, Teixeira returned to GP2 by signing with the Rapax team for the 2012 season, in which he partnered Tom Dillmann. After ten races, and with a best finish of 13th, he was replaced by Daniël de Jong after suffering from illness.[2] He returned to action for the next round at Silverstone, with De Jong taking Dillmann's seat instead.[3] Teixeira eventually finished 29th in the championship, having scored no points.

Formula Two

Teixeira at the Oschersleben round of the 2010 FIA Formula Two Championship season.

Teixeira moved to the FIA Formula Two Championship for 2010. He finished fifth in his third race in the series, at Marrakech, but suffered a spectacular aerial accident in the following race when he collided with Ivan Samarin under braking for a chicane. Teixeira was uninjured in the accident.[4] Over the course of the season he amassed 23 points to finish 16th in the drivers' championship: his best showing in any series since 2006.

Formula One

After driving for Team Lotus in pre-season testing for the 2011 season, Teixeira was confirmed as a test driver for the team in March 2011.[5]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2001 Formula BMW Junior Cup Iberia 3 0 0 0 0 28 20th
2002 British Formula 3 Scholarship Class Essential Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2003 ARP Formula 3 Championship Rowan Racing 5 2 1 2 4 47 8th
2005 British Formula 3 National Class Carlin Motorsport 16 0 0 0 0 61 9th
2006 British Formula 3 National Class Carlin Motorsport 14 0 0 1 2 74 7th
Performance Racing Europe
2007 British Formula 3 Performance Racing Europe 18 0 0 0 0 0 20th
ATS Formel 3 Cup Rennsport Rössler 1 0 0 0 0 2 23rd
Masters of Formula 3 Performance Racing Europe 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 24th
2008 British Formula 3 Ultimate Motorsport 20 0 0 0 0 0 21st
Masters of Formula 3 Ultimate Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
2008–09 GP2 Asia Series Trident Racing 4 0 0 0 0 0 38th
2009 GP2 Series Trident Racing 18 0 0 0 0 0 26th
2010 Formula Two MotorSport Vision 18 0 0 0 0 23 16th
2011 Formula One Team Lotus Test and official reserve driver
2012 GP2 Series Rapax 22 0 0 0 0 0 29th
2013 GP2 Series Trident Racing 4 0 0 0 0 0 34th
2014 Auto GP World Series Super Nova International 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC

Complete GP2 Series 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 23 24 DC Points
2009 Trident Racing CAT
FEA
Ret		 CAT
SPR
20		 MON
FEA
DNQ		 MON
SPR
DNQ		 IST
FEA
14		 IST
SPR
18		 SIL
FEA
Ret		 SIL
SPR
18		 NÜR
FEA
Ret		 NÜR
SPR
15		 HUN
FEA
Ret		 HUN
SPR
19		 VAL
FEA
Ret		 VAL
SPR
14		 SPA
FEA
Ret		 SPA
SPR
14		 MNZ
FEA
16		 MNZ
SPR
14		 ALG
FEA
15		 ALG
SPR
21		 26th 0
2012 Rapax SEP
FEA
21		 SEP
SPR
24		 BHR1
FEA
17		 BHR1
SPR
13		 BHR2
FEA
23		 BHR2
SPR
20		 CAT
FEA
Ret		 CAT
SPR
23		 MON
FEA
20		 MON
SPR
Ret		 VAL
FEA		 VAL
SPR		 SIL
FEA
18		 SIL
SPR
15		 HOC
FEA
DSQ		 HOC
SPR
16		 HUN
FEA
19		 HUN
SPR
20		 SPA
FEA
18		 SPA
SPR
15		 MNZ
FEA
20		 MNZ
SPR
18		 MRN
FEA
17		 MRN
SPR
21		 29th 0
2013 Trident Racing SEP
FEA		 SEP
SPR		 BHR
FEA		 BHR
SPR		 CAT
FEA		 CAT
SPR		 MON
FEA		 MON
SPR		 SIL
FEA		 SIL
SPR		 NÜR
FEA		 NÜR
SPR		 HUN
FEA
19		 HUN
SPR
19		 SPA
FEA
21		 SPA
SPR
24		 MNZ
FEA		 MNZ
SPR		 MRN
FEA		 MRN
SPR		 YMC
FEA		 YMC
SPR		 34th 0

Complete GP2 Asia Series 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
2008–09 Trident Racing SHI
FEA		 SHI
SPR		 DUB
FEA		 DUB
SPR		 BHR1
FEA		 BHR1
SPR		 LSL
FEA		 LSL
SPR		 SEP
FEA
17		 SEP
SPR
19		 BHR2
FEA
17		 BHR2
SPR
Ret		 38th 0

Complete Formula Two results

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

Year No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2010 19 SIL
1
17		 SIL
2
14		 MAR
1
5		 MAR
2
Ret		 MON
1
16		 MON
2
13		 ZOL
1
9		 ZOL
2
Ret		 ALG
1
6		 ALG
2
Ret		 BRH
1
16		 BRH
2
16		 BRN
1
9		 BRN
2
Ret		 OSC
1
10		 OSC
2
16		 VAL
1
14		 VAL
2
Ret		 16th 23

Complete Auto GP 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 Pos Points
2014 Super Nova International MAR
1		 MAR
2		 LEC
1
WD		 LEC
2
WD		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 MNZ
1		 MNZ
2		 IMO
1		 IMO
2		 RBR
1		 RBR
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 EST
1		 EST
2		 NC 0

References

  1. ↑ Glendenning, Mark (21 May 2009). "Grosjean on pole again in Monaco". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
  2. ↑ "De Jong to stand in for Teixeira in Valencia's GP2 races". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Dillmann to miss Silverstone". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  4. ↑ English, Steven (2 May 2010). "Teixeira walks away from aerial crash". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  5. ↑ "2011 Test Driver Line-up". teamlotus.co.uk. Team Lotus. 11 March 2011. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
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