Diego Nunes

Diego Nunes (born July 12, 1986 in Curitiba) is a Brazilian racing driver.

Diego Nunes
Nationality Brazilian
Born (1986-07-12) July 12, 1986
Curitiba (Brazil)
Previous series
2008–09
2008–2009–10
2006–07, 2009
2005–06
2002–06		GP2 Series
GP2 Asia Series
Euro/Italian Formula 3000
Formula Three Sudamericana
Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil
This page is about the racecar driver. For the mixed martial arts fighter, see Diego Nunes (fighter).

Career

Formula Renault

Nunes began his car racing career by driving full-time in the Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil championship in 2003 and 2004, having competed in selected events in 2002. With a best result of ninth in the drivers' championship in 2004, Nunes moved on to concentrate on different motorsport series from 2005, but still returned to Brazilian FRenault for the occasional race in that year and the next.

Formula Three

Nunes switched to Formula Three Sudamericana for 2005, finishing fourth in the championship at his first attempt. In 2006 he took pole position for half of the races but was only able to win one, restricting him to third in the championship.

Formula 3000

In 2006, Nunes competed in two races of the Euroseries 3000. For 2007, he moved to Europe full-time to drive a full season in the series. Employed by the former Formula One team, Minardi, he finished as runner-up in the championship.

GP2 Series
Nunes driving for David Price Racing at the Valencia round of the 2008 GP2 Series season.
Nunes leading Álvaro Parente and Romain Grosjean at the Turkish round of the 2009 GP2 Series season.

Nunes was recruited by Adrián Campos to drive for his team in the inaugural GP2 Asia Series season in 2008, but switched to David Price Racing after the first round of the championship. This was because Price had fired his driver Andy Soucek, who had himself signed for the rival FMS International team for the GP2 Series proper that year. Nunes scored two points and finished nineteenth in the championship.

Nunes continued with DPR for the 2008 GP2 Series season, where he was partnered by Michael Herck and Giacomo Ricci on his way to 22nd in the championship. For the 2009 championship, he switched to frontrunners iSport International alongside rookie Giedo van der Garde.[1] He finished the championship in 20th place.

For the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season, Nunes partnered Luca Filippi at Team Meritus for the first round in Abu Dhabi, but was replaced by Alexander Rossi for the second Abu Dhabi round.[2]

Stock Car Brasil

With his single-seater career petering out, Nunes returned to Brazil for 2010 to compete in the Stock Car Brasil championship, driving for the Bassani team once more. In his first year, driving a Peugeot 307 alongside first Rodrigo Sperafico and then Willian Starostik, he scored 43 points to finish 15th in the championship, capping his season with a win in the final race at Curitiba. He remained with the team for 2011 as the Peugeot teams upgraded to the 408 model, and was partnered by Denis Navarro, but was dropped in favour of Bruno Junqueira after scoring only 13 points in nine races.

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Name Races Poles Wins Points Final Placing
2002 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil Bassani Racing 3 0 0 0 NC
2003 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil Pop Car Racing 12 0 0 26 18th
2004 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil Full Time Sports 10 1 0 76 9th
2005 Formula Three Sudamericana Bassani Racing 18 1 3 72 4th
Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil Gramacho Racing 3 0 0 44 12th
2006 Formula Three Sudamericana Bassani Racing 16 8 1 78 3rd
Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil 1 1 1 32 16th
Euroseries 3000 Minardi Team 2 0 0 6 15th
2007 Euroseries 3000 Team Minardi by GP Racing 16 1 4 77 2nd
2008 GP2 Series David Price Racing 20 0 0 3 22nd
GP2 Asia Series Campos Racing 1 0 0 0 19th
David Price Racing 8 0 0 2
2008–09 GP2 Asia Series Piquet GP 11 0 2 24 8th
2009 GP2 Series iSport International 20 0 0 8 20th
2009–10 GP2 Asia Series MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com 2 0 0 0 28th
2010 Copa Caixa Stock Car RC3 Bassani Racing 12 0 1 43 15th
2011 Copa Caixa Stock Car Bassani Racing 9 0 0 13 23rd

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 DC Points
2008 David Price Racing CAT
FEA
15		 CAT
SPR
16		 IST
FEA
13		 IST
SPR
10		 MON
FEA
15		 MON
SPR
9		 MAG
FEA
11		 MAG
SPR
Ret		 SIL
FEA
17		 SIL
SPR
Ret		 HOC
FEA
Ret		 HOC
SPR
Ret		 HUN
FEA
12		 HUN
SPR
15		 VAL
FEA
10		 VAL
SPR
4		 SPA
FEA
12		 SPA
SPR
Ret		 MNZ
FEA
Ret		 MNZ
SPR
16		 22nd 3
2009 iSport International CAT
FEA
11		 CAT
SPR
8		 MON
FEA
Ret		 MON
SPR
14		 IST
FEA
11		 IST
SPR
11		 SIL
FEA
11		 SIL
SPR
Ret		 NÜR
FEA
Ret		 NÜR
SPR
11		 HUN
FEA
Ret		 HUN
SPR
15		 VAL
FEA
11		 VAL
SPR
5		 SPA
FEA
9		 SPA
SPR
3		 MNZ
FEA
10		 MNZ
SPR
Ret		 ALG
FEA
12		 ALG
SPR
5		 20th 8

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 Campos Grand Prix DUB1
FEA
12		 DUB1
SPR
DNS		 20th 2
David Price Racing SEN
FEA
Ret		 SEN
SPR
10		 SEP
FEA
10		 SEP
SPR
13		 BHR
FEA
7		 BHR
SPR
Ret		 DUB2
FEA
17		 DUB2
SPR
12
2008–09 Piquet GP SHI
FEA
12		 SHI
SPR
Ret		 DUB
FEA
Ret		 DUB
SPR
C		 BHR1
FEA
13		 BHR1
SPR
22		 LSL
FEA
11		 LSL
SPR
12		 SEP
FEA
1		 SEP
SPR
4		 BHR2
FEA
1		 BHR2
SPR
6		 8th 24
2009–10 MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com YMC1
FEA
Ret		 YMC1
SPR
13		 YMC2
FEA		 YMC2
SPR		 BHR1
FEA		 BHR1
SPR		 BHR2
FEA		 BHR2
SPR		 28th 0

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pos Points
2010 RC3 Bassani Peugeot 307 INT
12		 CTB
18		 VEL
5		 RIO
21		 RBP
Ret		 SAL
Ret		 INT
17		 CGD
Ret		 LON
Ret		 SCZ
14		 BSB
Ret		 CTB
1		 15th 43
2011 RC3 Bassani Peugeot 408 CTB
18		 INT
18		 RBP
18		 VEL
9		 CGD
23		 RIO
10		 INT
Ret		 SAL
Ret		 SCZ
Ret		 LON BSB VEL 23rd 13
2012 Hot Car Competições Chevrolet Sonic INT
22		 CTB
15		 VEL
10		 RBP
9		 LON
16		 RIO
Ret		 SAL
DSQ		 CAS
11		 TAR
19		 CTB
15		 BSB
12		 INT
Ret		 20th 61
2013 RC3 Bassani Peugeot 408 INT
16		 CUR
Ret		 TAR
Ret		 SAL
20		 BRA
22		 CAS
4		 RBP
15		 CAS
11		 VEL
7		 CUR
11		 BRA
13		 INT
Ret		 17th 71
2014 C2 Team Chevrolet Sonic INT
1		 SCZ
1		 SCZ
2		 BRA
1		 BRA
2		 GOI
1		 GOI
2		 INT
1		 CAS
1		 CAS
2		 CUR
1		 CUR
2		 VEL
1		 VEL
2		 SAL
1		 SAL
2		 CUR
1		 CUR
2		 TAR
1		 TAR
2		 BRA
1		 NC N/A
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References
  1. "iSport sign van der Garde and Nunes". autosport.com. 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  2. English, Steven (2010-01-27). "Rossi switches to Meritus for GP2 Asia". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  • Diego Nunes career summary at DriverDB.com Retrieved on May 6, 2008.
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