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Átila Abreu

Átila Abreu

Brazilian racing driver

Átila Roberto de Abreu (born 10 May 1987 in Sorocaba) is a Brazilian racing driver.

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Abreu driving in the Pau Grand Prix in 2005

Career

Formula BMW

Despite beginning his karting career in 1996, 2003 saw his debut in the Formula BMW ADAC championship with Team Rosberg. Abreu finished ninth in the championship and second in the Rookie Cup with two podiums at Norisring and A1-Ring.[1] He switched teams, joining ADAC Mittelrhein e.V. for 2004 and finished the season as runner-up with two wins at Adria International Raceway[2] and Nürburgring.[3]

Formula Three

In 2005, Abreu stepped up to the Formula 3 Euro Series with Mücke Motorsport. He finished fifteenth in the standings after taking seven point-scoring finishes.[4]

Stock Car Brasil

After competitions in Europe he returned in Brazil for participating in local series, including Stock Car Brasil. In 2008, competed in Stock Car V8, JF Racing team and was elected the pilot surprise team, which finished in eighth place. In 2010, the pilot won the first race of his career in Stock Car.

Stadium Super Trucks

In 2017, Abreu made his Stadium Super Trucks debut at the Detroit Grand Prix, the first Brazilian to compete in the series.[5] He drove the No. 51 truck with sponsorship from Royal Dutch Shell and Monster Energy,[6] the former being his Stock Car Brasil team,[7] while Monster was a sponsor of his in 2013.[8] Abreu finished eleventh in the first race after being involved in an accident on lap five, though he was able to finish the second event in eighth.[9][10]

Racing record

Career summary

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* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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

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Complete Stock Car Brasil results

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References

  1. [1]
    "Endstand 2003" (PDF). adac-motorsport.de (in German). ADAC. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Rennen 1 DTM — Adria" (PDF). adac-motorsport.de (in German). ADAC. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  3. [3]
    "Rennen 2 F1 - Nürburgring" (PDF). adac-motorsport.de (in German). ADAC. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  4. [4]
    "Formula 3 Euro Series 2005". Driver Database. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  5. [5]
    "Sorocabano Átila Abreu irá correr na Supertrucks Series nos EUA". Jornal Cruzeiro do Sul (in Portuguese). 31 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  6. [6]
    Stadium Super Trucks (1 June 2017). "@SSuperTrucks: "Brazilian @AtilaAbreu51 makes his #stadiumsupertrucks debut this weekend at the @detroitgp"". Twitter. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  7. [7]
    "SHELL NA STOCK CAR". Shell Racing (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  8. [8]
    "Monster Energy patrocinará Átila Abreu na Stock". Universo Online (in Portuguese). 1 March 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  9. [9]
    "Round 11 – Detroit – 6/3/17". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  10. [10]
    "Round 12 – Detroit – 6/4/17". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
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