Ana Beatriz Figueiredo

Ana Beatriz Caselato Gomes de Figueiredo, known as both Ana Beatriz and Bia Figueiredo (born March 18, 1985), is a racing driver from Brazil. Figueiredo has previously raced in the IndyCar Series and Stock Car Brasil, and was the first woman to win a race in the Indy Lights series.

Career

Early career Figueiredo started her career in karting at the age of eight.

At the age of twelve, racing coach Nailor Campos – who had previously worked with Tony Kanaan, Rubens Barrichello, Enrique Bernoldi and Andre Ribeiro – became her coach and chief mechanic. When Figueiredo's family could no longer fund her racing endeavors at the age of 15, Campos helped her attain sponsorship from the Medley pharmaceutical company, owned by former racer Xandy (Pollini) Negrão, father of racer Alexandre Sarnes Negrão. Prior to racing in the United States, she was referred to as "Bia" (a nickname for Beatriz), not Ana, causing some confusion in the media.

De Figueiredo placed fifth in the Freedom 100 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on 23 May 2008, the highest finishing position by a female driver in that race. On 12 July 2008, she led the most laps and won her first Indy Lights race at Nashville Superspeedway, becoming the first woman to win a race in Indy Lights.

De Figueiredo was awarded Rookie of the Year honors as well as the Tony Renna Rising Star Award.

2009 De Figueiredo returned to the No. 20 Sam Schmidt car for 2009. She was forced to miss the Milwaukee Mile race following a hard crash in the Freedom 100 the prior week. On 20 June 2009, De Figueiredo won her second Indy Lights race at Iowa Speedway. She skipped the final race of the season due to funding issues, finishing eighth in points despite missing the two races.

IndyCar 2010

De Figueiredo's official Portuguese language site revealed on 23 February 2010 that she would drive a third car for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in the São Paulo Indy 300 in March 2010. Further participation in the 2010 IndyCar Series season was confirmed and announced on May 12, 2010. De Figueiredo qualified for the 2010 Indianapolis 500 but was involved in an accident with Ryan Hunter-Reay and teammate Mike Conway on the final lap of the race.

2011 For the 2011 IndyCar Series season, De Figueiredo competed full-time for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in the No. 24 car. De Figueiredo broke her wrist in the opening laps of the first race at St. Petersburg, causing her to miss the next race and requiring her to compete with a brace for the large part of the season.

2012 On March 8, 2012, De Figueiredo tested for Andretti Autosport, driving James Hinchcliffe's car No. 27 during a session of the open test at Sebring, with an eye to her running that team's fourth car at April's IndyCar Series event in her home town of São Paulo. On April 5, it was announced that she would compete in the 2012 São Paulo and Indianapolis races for Andretti Autosport with assistance from Conquest Racing.

Stock Car Brasil In 2014, De Figueiredo began competing in Stock Car Brasil. Competing in around 120 races, she scored two top-five race finishes and a best championship result of 24th in 2018 before taking maternal leave. De Figueiredo returned to racing full-time in 2023 via the Copa Truck series.

In June 2020, De Figuereido's husband and father-in-law were charged with embezzling BR$9 million from the Lagos Rio Health Institute, around a sixth of which was alleged to have funded her career in Stock Car Brasil.

Motorsport results Career summary

Season Series Position Team Car 2003 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil 11th Cesário Fórmula Tatuus-Renault FR2000 2004 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil 5th Bassani Racing Tatuus-Renault FR2000 2005 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil 3rd Cesário Fórmula Tatuus-Renault FR2000 2006 Formula 3 Sudamericana 5th Cesário Fórmula Dallara-Berta F301 2008 Indy Lights 3rd Sam Schmidt Motorsports Dallara IP2 2009 Indy Lights 5th Sam Schmidt Motorsports Dallara IP2 2010 IndyCar Series 30th Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dallara IR-05 2011 IndyCar Series 21st Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dallara-Honda IR-05 2012 IndyCar Series 29th Andretti Autosport Dallara-Chevrolet DW12 2013 IndyCar Series 29th Dale Coyne Racing Dallara-Honda DW12 2014 Stock Car Brasil 32nd ProGP Chevrolet Sonic 2015 Stock Car Brasil 32nd Bassani Racing Peugeot 408 2016 Stock Car Brasil 26th Bassani Racing Peugeot 408 2017 Stock Car Brasil 29th Full Time Sports Chevrolet Cruze 2018 Stock Car Brasil 24th A.Mattheis Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze 2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD 16th Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 Stock Car Brasil 25th A.Mattheis Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD 51st Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 911 (991.2) GT3 R 2022 TCR South America Touring Car Championship 17th Cobra Racing TeamCrown Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 2023 Copa Truck 3rd ASG Motorsport Mercedes-Benz Actros 2024 Copa Truck 1st ASG Motorsport Mercedes-Benz Actros 2025 Copa Truck * ASG Motorsport Mercedes-Benz Actros

American open–wheel results (key)

Indy Lights

IndyCar Series

Indianapolis 500

Complete Stock Car Brasil results † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as she completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points 2019 Heinricher Racing w/ Meyer Shank Racing GTD Acura NSX GT3 Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY SEB MOH DET WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 16th 137 2021 Team Hardpoint EBM GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY SEB MOH DET WGL WGL LIM ELK LGA LBH VIR PET 51st 280Source:

Complete Copa Truck results