Diego_Nunes_(racing_driver)

Diego Nunes (racing driver)

Brazilian racing driver

This article is about the racecar driver. For the mixed martial arts fighter, see Diego Nunes (fighter).

Diego Nunes (born July 12, 1986) is a Brazilian racing driver currently competing in TCR South America with Cobra Racing.^[1] Having previously raced in Stock Car Brazil. Nunes is the 2022 Porsche Endurance Series champion.^[2]^[3]

This article needs to be updated. (July 2019)

Quick Facts Nationality, Born ...

Diego Nunes

Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1986-07-12) July 12, 1986 (age 37) Curitiba (Brazil)
TCR South America career
Debut season	2023
Current team	Cobra Racing
Car number	70
Wins	1
Podiums	1
Best finish	1st in
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
Championship titles
2022	Porsche Endurance Series

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.^[4] 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.^[5]

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.

TCR South America

Nunes transitioned to the TCR South America Touring Car Championship in 2023, competing for Cobra Racing in the Audi RS3.^[6]

Racing record

Career summary

More information Season, Series ...

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2002	Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil	RS-Prop Car	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2003	Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil	Bassani-Prop Car	12	0	0	0	0	26	18th
2004	Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil	Full Time Sports	11	0	1	1	1	76	9th
2005	Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil	Gramacho Racing	3	0	0	0	1	44	12th
2005	Formula 3 Sudamericana	Bassani Racing	18	3	1	1	4	72	4th
2006	Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil	Bassani Racing	1	1	1	1	1	32	16th
	Formula 3 Sudamericana	Bassani Racing	16	2	8	3	7	78	3rd
	Euroseries 3000	Minardi by GP Racing	2	0	0	0	0	6	15th
	F3000 Italian Championship	Minardi by GP Racing	2	0	0	0	0	6	15th
2007	Euroseries 3000	Minardi by GP Racing	16	4	1	1	10	77	2nd
2007	F3000 Italian Championship	Minardi by GP Racing	8	1	1	1	4	32	2nd
2008	GP2 Series	DPR	20	0	0	0	0	3	22nd
	GP2 Asia Series	DPR	8	0	0	0	0	2	19th
	GP2 Asia Series	Barwa International Campos Team	1	0	0	0	0	2	19th
2008–09	GP2 Asia Series	Piquet GP	11	2	0	1	2	24	8th
2009	GP2 Series	iSport International	20	0	0	1	1	8	20th
2009	Euroseries 3000	Team Lazarus	2	0	0	0	0	5	15th
2009–10	GP2 Asia Series	MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2010	Stock Car Brasil	RC3 Bassani Racing	12	1	0	0	1	43	15th
2011	Stock Car Brasil	Bassani Racing	9	0	0	0	0	13	23rd
2012	Stock Car Brasil	Hot Car Competições	12	0	0	0	0	61	20th
2012	Brasileiro de Marcas	Bassani Racing	16	0	0	2	4	192	4th
2013	Stock Car Brasil	RC3 Bassani	12	0	0	0	0	71	17th
2014	Stock Car Brasil	C2 Team	21	0	0	0	0	81	20th
2014	Brasileiro de Marcas	C2 Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2015	Stock Car Brasil	Vogel Motorsport	21	0	0	0	2	139	14th
2016	Stock Car Brasil	União Química Basssani	21	1	0	1	3	189	7th
	Porsche Endurance Series - Cup	N/A	1	0	0	0	0	20	42nd
	Porsche Endurance Series - Challenge	N/A	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2017	Stock Car Brasil	Full Time Bassani	21	0	0	0	0	114	15th
2017	Porsche Endurance Series - Challenge	N/A	1	0	1	1	0	21	16th
2018	Stock Car Brasil	Full Time Bassani	21	0	0	3	1	66	14th
2018	Porsche Endurance Series - 3.8	N/A	1	0	0	0	1	55	14th
2019	Stock Car Brasil	KTF Sports	21	0	0	0	1	175	11th
2020	Stock Car Brasil	Blau Motorsport	18	1	0	3	3	203	11th
	Porsche Endurance Series - Cup	N/A	1	0	0	0	0	56	19th
	GT Sprint Race Special Edition - Am	N/A	6	2	0	2	3	101	2nd
2021	Stock Car Pro Series	Blau Motorsport	23	0	0	1	1	226	10th
2021	Porsche Endurance Series - Cup	N/A	3	0	0	0	0	92	13th
2022	Stock Car Pro Series	Blau Motorsport	22	1	0	1	2	158	16th
2023	TCR South America Touring Car Championship	Cobra Racing Team	18	1	0	2	1	183	11th
	TCR World Tour	Cobra Racing Team	4	0	0	0	0	2	55th
	Stock Car Pro Series	Blau Motorsport
2024	TCR South America Touring Car Championship	Squadra Martino

Complete GP2 Series results

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

More information Year, Entrant ...

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	DPR	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)

More information Year, Entrant ...

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
2008	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			20th	2
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)

More information Year, Team ...

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	Bardahl Hot Car	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

References

[1]
"TCR: Cobra Racing terá Nunes de Audi e Baptista de Toyota". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-04-11.
[2]
"Nunes avalia "ano muito bom" com título ao lado de Hahn na Porsche Endurance em 2022 - Notícia de Porsche Cup". www.f1mania.net (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
[3]
Furlan, Matheus (2022-12-04). "Christian Hahn e Diego Nunes vencem 500 km da Porsche Cup C6 Bank Mastercard e o título do Endurance Challenge em Interlagos". Portal High Speed Brazil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-02-11.
[4]
"iSport sign van der Garde and Nunes". autosport.com. 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
[5]
English, Steven (2010-01-27). "Rossi switches to Meritus for GP2 Asia". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
[6]
"TCR: Cobra Racing terá Nunes de Audi e Baptista de Toyota". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2024-02-11.

Diego Nunes career summary at DriverDB.com Retrieved on May 6, 2008.

External links

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