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Bruno Junqueira
Junqueira at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 2009
NationalityBrazil Brazilian
Born (1976-11-04) November 4, 1976 (age 48)
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
IRL IndyCar Series career
Debut season2001
Current teamFAZZT Race Team
Car number33
Former teamsDale Coyne Racing
Chip Ganassi Racing
Newman/Haas Racing
Starts23
Wins0
Poles1
Fastest laps0
Best finish20th in 2008
CART/Champ Car World Series
Years active2001–2007
TeamsChip Ganassi Racing
Newman/Haas Racing
Dale Coyne Racing
Starts101
Wins8
Poles9
Best finish2nd in 2002, 2003, 2004
Previous series
1998–2000
1995–1997		International Formula 3000
Formula Three Sudamericana
Championship titles
2000
1997		International Formula 3000
Formula Three Sudamericana
Junqueira at the 2005 Indy 500
Junqueira's 2007 Champ Car
Junqueira in 2007

Bruno Junqueira (born November 4, 1976) is a Brazilian race car driver who most recently competed in the IRL IndyCar Series. He is a former Formula 3000 champion and three-time runner-up in the Champ Car World Series.

Racing career

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Early career

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Junqueira started racing karts in Brazil and dominated Formula Three Sudamericana before moving to Formula 3000. He tested for the Williams Formula One team for many years, and came close to landing a race drive in 2000, losing out to Jenson Button. He rebounded from this setback, winning that year's International Formula 3000 Championship.

Champ Car

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In 2001 Junqueira joined the CART Championship Car series driving for Chip Ganassi Racing where he had immediate success, capturing a win in his 14th race and finished second in points with two wins the following year. In 2003 Ganassi left to the rival Indy Racing League and Junqueira joined Newman/Haas Racing, the top team remaining in what was now the Champ Car World Series. He captured series runner up honors in both 2003 and 2004, capturing two wins in each of those seasons. He also drove in the Indianapolis 500 four times for both Ganassi and Newman/Haas in one-off appearances. In 2002, he qualified for the pole position, and he twice finished 5th in the race.

In the 2005 Indianapolis 500 Junqueira crashed head-on into the turn two wall after he passed backmarker A. J. Foyt IV but Foyt inattentively did not see Junqueira's car under him and struck his right-rear corner. He suffered a concussion and a fractured vertebrae and missed the remainder of the 2005 Champ Car season. Junqueira was the Champ Car points leader at the time, having won the second race of the year in Monterrey, Mexico. Veteran Oriol Servia took his place and finished runner-up in the standings.

In 2006 he returned to the cockpit at Newman/Haas but for the first time in his career he did not win a race and only finished fifth in the championship while his teammate Sébastien Bourdais won his third straight title. He was replaced in the second Newman/Haas car in 2007 by rookie Graham Rahal and Junqueira signed to drive for Dale Coyne Racing as teammate to the inexperienced Katherine Legge. Junquiera finished seventh in the championship including three consecutive podium finishes late in the season.

IndyCar Series

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Prior to the 2008 Indycar Series Season, Champ Car unified with the rival Indy Racing League. Junqueira drove the #18 car for the Coyne team's first season in the new series, alongside Brazilian rookie countryman Mario Moraes. His Indianapolis 500 was ruined by a mirror falling off, causing him to lose three laps during repairs. His season was not a great success, as he finished 20th overall with only two top ten finishes, both on road courses.

He was out of a drive for 2009. He made a deal with Conquest Racing for the Indianapolis 500 and qualified the car on Bump Day, but was asked to withdraw for the team's regular driver Alex Tagliani, who had failed to qualify his car due to a technical failure.

In 2011, driving for A. J. Foyt, he qualified his car for the 500 in nineteenth position, only to once again have to give up his chance to drive in the actual race. Foyt sold the unsponsored car's entry to Andretti Autosport, whose driver Ryan Hunter-Reay had been the final car bumped from the field.[1] In 2012, he entered in for an injured Josef Newgarden at the first Grand Prix of Baltimore.

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Name Races Poles Wins Points Final Placing
1997 Formula Three Sudamericana PropCar Racing 12 4 7 171 1st
1998 Intl. Formula 3000 Draco Racing 12 0 0 3 14th
1999 Intl. Formula 3000 Den Blå Avis 10 1 1 20 5th
Petrobras Junior Team
Formula One Williams-Supertec Test driver
2000 Intl. Formula 3000 Petrobras Junior Team 10 2 4 48 1st
2001 CART World Series Ganassi 20 1 1 68 16th
Indy Racing League 1 0 0 30 37th
2002 CART World Series Ganassi 19 4 2 164 2nd
Indy Racing League 1 1 0 1 51st
2003 CART World Series Newman/Haas 18 2 2 199 2nd
2004 Champ Car World Series Newman/Haas 14 1 2 341 2nd
IndyCar Series 1 0 0 30 28th
2005 Champ Car World Series Newman/Haas 2 0 1 59 19th
IndyCar Series 1 0 0 10 36th
2006 Champ Car World Series Newman/Haas 14 1 0 219 5th
2006–07 A1 Grand Prix Brazil 6 0 0 9* 18th*
2007 Champ Car World Series Dale Coyne 14 0 0 233 7th
2007–08 A1 Grand Prix Brazil 4 0 0 44* 11th*
2008 IndyCar Series Dale Coyne 17 0 0 256 20th
2010 IndyCar Series FAZZT Race Team 1 0 0 13 39th
Fórmula Truck DF Motorsport 10 0 0 22 17th
2011 American Le Mans Series RSR Racing 1 0 0 6 26th
Stock Car Brasil Bassani 2 0 0 2 29th
2012 American Le Mans Series RSR Racing 10 0 1 118 3rd
Stock Car Brasil Bassani 1 0 0 2 34st
2013 American Le Mans Series RSR Racing 9 0 1 95 7st
2014 United SportsCar Championship RSR Racing 10 0 0 201 10th
Stock Car Brasil Full Time Sports 1 0 0 0 NC
2015 United SportsCar Championship RSR Racing 10 1 2 301 3rd
2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship BAR1 Motorsports 2 0 0 56 21st
2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship BAR1 Motorsports 1 0 0 32 18th
2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 3GT Racing 1 0 0 16 59th

* Includes points scored by other Team Brazil drivers.

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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(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
1998 Draco Engineering OSC
Ret 		IMO
16 		CAT
16 		SIL
9 		MON
Ret 		PAU
Ret 		A1R
6 		HOC
5 		HUN
Ret 		SPA
Ret 		PER
18 		NÜR
Ret 		18th 3
1999 Den Blå Avis
Petrobras Junior Team 		IMO
Ret 		MON
6 		CAT
4 		MAG
Ret 		SIL
2 		A1R
DNQ 		HOC
1 		HUN
15 		SPA
Ret 		NÜR
16 		5th 20
2000 Petrobras Junior Team IMO
2 		SIL
5 		CAT
1 		NÜR
1 		MON
1 		MAG
13 		A1R
7 		HOC
Ret 		HUN
1 		SPA
9 		1st 48

American open–wheel racing results

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(key)

CART/Champ Car Series

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Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Rank Points Ref
2001 Chip Ganassi Racing Lola B01/00 Toyota RV8E MTY
22 		LBH
9 		TXS
NH 		NZR
7 		MOT
24 		MIL
4 		DET
19 		POR
23 		CLE
23 		TOR
13 		MIS
9 		CHI
17 		MDO
13 		ROA
1 		VAN
12 		LAU
11 		ROC
25 		HOU
23 		LS
7 		SRF
21 		FON
4 		16th 68 [2]
2002 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Lola B02/00 Toyota MTY
11 		LBH
17 		MOT
1 		MIL
10 		LS
4 		POR
2 		CHI
2 		TOR
14 		CLE
13 		VAN
9 		MDO
4 		ROA
3 		MTL
13 		DEN
1 		ROC
5 		MIA
5 		SRF
14 		FON
9 		MXC
3 		2nd 164 [3]
2003 Newman/Haas Racing Lola B02/00 Ford XFE STP
3 		MTY
5 		LBH
3 		BRH
2 		LAU
4 		MIL
17 		LS
2 		POR
4 		CLE
3 		TOR
3 		VAN
2 		ROA
1 		MDO
13 		MTL
13 		DEN
1 		MIA
9 		MXC
7 		SRF
15 		FON
NH 		2nd 199 [4]
2004 Newman/Haas Racing Lola B02/00 Ford XFE LBH
2 		MTY
2 		MIL
6 		POR
2 		CLE
2 		TOR
18 		VAN
4 		ROA
15 		DEN
3 		MTL
1 		LS
2 		LSV
2 		SRF
1 		MXC
2 		2nd 341^ [5]
2005 Newman/Haas Racing Lola B02/00 Ford XFE LBH
3 		MTY
1 		MIL
 POR
 CLE
 TOR
 EDM
 SJO DEN
 MTL LSV SRF
 MXC
 19th 59 [6]
2006 Newman/Haas Racing Lola B02/00 Ford XFE LBH
15 		HOU
10 		MTY
10 		MIL
15 		POR
4 		CLE
2 		TOR
8 		EDM
15 		SJO
17 		DEN
2 		MTL
12 		ROA
2 		SRF
6 		MXC
4 		5th 219 [7]
2007 Dale Coyne Racing Panoz DP01 Cosworth XFE LSV
7 		LBH
6 		HOU
7 		POR
13 		CLE
16 		MTL
17 		TOR
5 		EDM
7 		SJO
7 		ROA
9 		ZOL
2 		ASN
3 		SRF
3 		MXC
7 		7th 233 [8]
^ New points system implemented in 2004.

IndyCar Series

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Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points Ref
2001 Chip Ganassi Racing G-Force 50 Oldsmobile PHX HMS ATL INDY
5 		TXS PPIR RIR KAN NSH KTY STL CHI TX2 37th 30 [9]
2002 33 Chevrolet HMS PHX FON NZR INDY
31 		TXS PPIR RIR KAN NSH MIS KTY STL CHI TX2 51st 1 [10]
2004 Newman/Haas Racing 36 Honda HMS PHX MOT INDY
5 		TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MIS KTY PPIR NZR CHI FON TX2 28th 30 [11]
2005 Panoz HMS PHX STP MOT INDY
30 		TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MIS KTY PPIR SNM CHI WGL FON 36th 10 [12]
2008 Dale Coyne Racing Dallara 18 HMS
23 		STP
24 		MOT1
DNP 		KAN
15 		INDY
20 		MIL
18 		TXS
15 		IOW
DNS 		RIR
23 		WGL
6 		NSH
15 		MDO
13 		EDM
14 		KTY
14 		SNM
17 		DET
7 		CHI
20 		SRF2
15 		20th 256 [13]
Panoz DP01 Cosworth XFE LBH1
12
2009 Conquest Racing Dallara 36 Honda STP LBH KAN INDY
Rpl 		MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL TOR EDM KTY MDO SNM CHI MOT HMS NC - [14]
2010 FAZZT Race Team 33 SAO STP ALA LBH KAN INDY
32 		TXS IOW WGL TOR EDM MDO SNM CHI KTY MOT HMS 39th 13 [15]
2011 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 41 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY
Rpl 		TXS1 TXS2 MIL IOW TOR EDM MDO NHM SNM BAL MOT KTY LVS 47th 4 [16]
2012 Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Dallara DW12 67 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS MIL IOW TOR EDM MDO SNM BAL
19 		FON 35th 12 [17]
1 Races 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
9 7 26 1 0 0 4 0 0

Indianapolis 500

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Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
2001 G-Force Oldsmobile 20 5 Chip Ganassi Racing
2002 G-Force Chevrolet 1 31 Chip Ganassi Racing
2004 G-Force Honda 4 5 Newman/Haas Racing
2005 Panoz Honda 12 30 Newman/Haas Racing
2008 Dallara Honda 15 20 Dale Coyne Racing
2009 Dallara Honda Replaced by A. Tagliani Conquest Racing
2010 Dallara Honda 25 32 FAZZT Race Team
2011 Dallara Honda Replaced by R. Hunter-Reay A. J. Foyt Enterprises

Complete American Le Mans Series results

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Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine Tyres 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
2006 Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz GT2 Panoz Esperante GT-LM Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8 P SEB
ovr:Ret
cls:Ret 		TEX MID LIM UTA POR AME MOS PET MON NC -
2011 Jaguar RSR GT Jaguar XKR GT2 Jaguar 5.0 L V8 D SEB
ovr:Ret
cls:Ret 		LNB
ovr:12
cls:6 		LIM
ovr:Ret
cls:Ret 		MOS
ovr:29
cls:15 		MID
ovr:21
cls:12 		AME
ovr:Ret
cls:Ret 		BAL
ovr:DNS
cls:DNS 		MON
ovr:Ret
cls:Ret 		PET
ovr:Ret
cls:Ret 		26th 6
2012 RSR Racing PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 M SEB
ovr:51
cls:7 		LNB
ovr:30
cls:7 		MON
ovr:4
cls:2 		LIM
ovr:27
cls:5 		MOS
ovr:6
cls:1 		MID
ovr:10
cls:4 		AME
ovr:8
cls:4 		BAL
ovr:10
cls:2 		VIR
ovr:12
cls:4 		PET
ovr:8
cls:2 		3rd 118
2013 RSR Racing PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 C SEB
ovr:12
cls:4 		LNB
ovr:5
cls:3 		MON
ovr:29
cls:7 		LIM
ovr:5
cls:1 		MOS
ovr:21
cls:5 		AME
ovr:3
cls:1 		BAL
ovr:Ret
cls:Ret 		COTA
ovr:12
cls:6 		VIR PET
ovr:Ret
cls:Ret 		7th 95

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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(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 DC Points
2006–07 Brazil NED
SPR
 NED
FEA
 CZE
SPR
 CZE
FEA
 BEI
SPR
 BEI
FEA
 MYS
SPR
 MYS
FEA
 IDN
SPR
 IDN
FEA
 NZL
SPR
 NZL
FEA
 AUS
SPR
 AUS
FEA
 RSA
SPR
17 		RSA
FEA
7 		MEX
SPR
Ret 		MEX
FEA
13 		SHA
SPR
 SHA
FEA
 GBR
SPR
12 		GBR
SPR
Ret 		18th 9
2007–08 NED
SPR
 NED
FEA
 CZE
SPR
 CZE
FEA
 MYS
SPR
 MYS
FEA
 ZHU
SPR
 ZHU
FEA
 NZL
SPR
 NZL
FEA
 AUS
SPR
 AUS
FEA
 RSA
SPR
Ret 		RSA
FEA
9 		MEX
SPR
10 		MEX
FEA
8 		SHA
SPR
 SHA
FEA
 GBR
SPR
 GBR
SPR
 11th 44

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

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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
2011 RC3 Bassani Peugeot 408 CTB
 INT
 RBP
 VEL
 CGD
 RIO
 INT
 SAL
 SCZ
 LON
 BSB
14 		VEL
22 		30th 2
2012 RC3 Bassani Peugeot 408 INT
 CTB
 VEL
 RBP
 LON
 RIO
 SAL
19 		CAS
 TAR
 CTB
 BSB
 INT
 34th 2
2014 Full Time Sports Chevrolet Sonic INT
1
Ret 		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†

† Ineligible for championship points.

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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Year Team Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
2014 RSR Racing PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY
9† 		SEB
2 		LGA
3 		KAN
6 		WGL
9 		IMS
2 		ELK
9† 		VIR
4 		AUS
11† 		ATL
9 		10th 201
2015 RSR Racing PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY
4 		SEB
6 		LGA
1 		BEL
5 		WGL
6 		MOS
4 		LIM
2 		ELK
1 		AUS
2 		ATL
6 		3rd 301
2016 BAR1 Motorsports PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY
 SEB
 LBH
 LGA
 BEL
 WGL
 MOS
 LIM
 ELK
5 		AUS
4 		ATL
 21st 56
2017 BAR1 Motorsports PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY
 SEB
 AUS
 BEL
2 		WGL
 MOS
 ELK
 ATL
 18th 32
2018 3GT Racing GTD Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 5.0 L V8 DAY
15 		SEB
 MOH
 BEL
 WGL
 MOS
 LIM
 ELK
 VIR
 LGA
 ATL
 59th 16

† Did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.

References

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  1. ^ INDYCAR: Junqueira Out, Hunter-Reay In At Indy Archived May 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine by Robin Miller, May 23, 2011 for SpeedTV.com
  2. ^ "Bruno Junqueira – 2001 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
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  4. ^ "Bruno Junqueira – 2003 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  5. ^ "Bruno Junqueira – 2004 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  6. ^ "Bruno Junqueira – 2005 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  7. ^ "Bruno Junqueira – 2006 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
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  9. ^ "Bruno Junqueira – 2001 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  10. ^ "Bruno Junqueira – 2002 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
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  13. ^ "Bruno Junqueira – 2008 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
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  15. ^ "Bruno Junqueira – 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Formula Three Sudamericana Champion
1997 		Succeeded by
Preceded by International Formula 3000 Champion
2000 		Succeeded by
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