Bruno Andrade
NationalityBrazil Brazilian
Born (1991-02-06) February 6, 1991
São Paulo (Brazil)
Previous series
2011
2010
2009–10
2009		Firestone Indy Lights
Formula 3 Brazil Open
Fórmula Three Sudamericana
Formula São Paulo
Championship titles
2009
2010		Formula São Paulo
Fórmula Three Sudamericana

Bruno Andrade (born February 6, 1991 in São Paulo is a Brazilian racing driver.

Career

Karting

Andrade began his racing career in karting in 2004. He continued karting in junior categories in 2005 and 2006

In 2007, Andrade became champion São Paulo kart, Graduates in category B. In 2008, he was runner-up Grand Prix RBC, Graduate category A.

Formula Three Sudamericana

In 2009, Andrade competed in Formula Three Sudamericana Lights finishing third and Formula São Paulo where he won the championship.

Andrade moved up to the main championship in 2010 and won four of the first six races. In the last race, he was in third and his closest championship challenger, Yann Cunha, the only one who could take the championship from him, was behind him. In a controversial turn of events, Cunha made contact with Andrade during the race and Cunha won the championship by four points, but Andrade was declared champion of the Formula Three Sudamericana in 2010, official result was decided in court on March 30, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro. Cunha, was disqualified from the last race as a result of the collision with Andrade.[1]

Indy Lights

Andrade made his Firestone Indy Lights debut at the Honda Indy Toronto race weekend driving for Bryan Herta Autosport as teammate to former F3 Sudamericana teammate Duarte Ferreira.[2] He competed in that race as well as the next three and had a best finish of sixth in the first race of the double-header in Edmonton.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Name Races Poles Wins Podiums F/Laps Points Position
2009 Formula São Paulo MX Sports 8 6 6 7 7 118 1st
Formula 3 Sudamericana Light Class 18 2 3 14 2 110 3rd
2010 Formula 3 Brazil Open Razia Sports 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
Formula 3 Sudamericana Cesário Fórmula 24 6 5 16 7 361 1st
2011 Indy Lights Bryan Herta Autosport 5 0 0 0 0 112 17th

Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2011 Bryan Herta Autosport STP ALA LBH INDY MIL IOW TOR
11		 EDM
6		 EDM
15		 TRO
12		 NHM BAL
4		 KTY LVS 17th 112

References

  1. ↑ "Bruno Andrade é confirmado campeão de 2010" [Bruno Andrade is confirmed 2010 champion]. f3sudam.com.br (in Portuguese). Formula Three Sudamericana. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  2. ↑ Lights: Andrade estreia pela equipe de Bryan Herta na etapa de Toronto Archived July 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese), Grande Prêmio, July 5, 2011, Retrieved 2011-07-05


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