Antônio Pizzonia

Antônio Reginaldo Pizzonia Júnior (born 11 September 1980) is a Brazilian professional racing driver who has raced in Formula One and the Champ Car World Series. Born in Manaus, he started his car racing career in the Formula Vauxhall Junior series in 1997 and then progressed through various junior formulae, winning the Formula Vauxhall Junior Winter Festival in 1997, the Formula Vauxhall Junior and Formula Renault Winter Festival in 1998, the Formula Renault 2.0 UK in 1999, and the British Formula 3 Championship in 2000. However, following a string of poor results, he was dropped late in the season and replaced by Minardi's Justin Wilson. Pizzonia driving for Jaguar during the 2003 British Grand Prix. In 2004, Pizzonia returned to Williams as test driver. Before the German Grand Prix, it was announced that Pizzonia would take over from Marc Gené, who had been filling in for the injured Ralf Schumacher. At the German Grand Prix, he finished seventh to take his first two career points; he repeated the feat at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

In Belgium, Pizzonia briefly led an F1 race for the first time, but failed to finish the race due to a gearbox problem, whilst running in third place. He claimed a further two points in Italy (during which he achieved the fastest ever recorded top speed in a F1 race at the time, 369.9 km/h, until Juan Pablo Montoya eclipsed this record the following year), but with the announcement of Ralf Schumacher's return for the Chinese Grand Prix, Pizzonia's racing was over for the year.

Prior to the 2005 season, Pizzonia was in a virtual shoot-out with German Nick Heidfeld for the second race seat at Williams alongside Webber. Despite Pizzonia's experience with the team and financial support from Petrobras, Heidfeld was given the seat.

Pizzonia was still employed at Williams as a test driver, and when Heidfeld complained of headaches after being concussed in a crash during the Friday Practice Session at Monza, Pizzonia gained the chance to race. Having not entered an F1 race since the 2004 Italian Grand Prix, the Brazilian qualified sixteenth, coming through the field to emulate his 2004 race result — picking up seventh place and two points. He then raced in the Belgian Grand Prix. where he incurred a fine for taking out second placed Juan Pablo Montoya just a few laps from the end. Pizzonia also took the drive in the Brazilian Grand Prix, but his race was over before the first corner after taking out his own teammate Mark Webber resulting from a collision with David Coulthard.

Despite some speculation that GP2 champion Nico Rosberg would be given an opportunity in the last two races of the season, Pizzonia completed the season for Williams. He retired from the Japanese Grand Prix early after spinning off, and retired from (but was classified as a finisher in) the Chinese Grand Prix after a puncture. Having been replaced by Nico Rosberg for 2006 and failing to find a seat elsewhere, Pizzonia's Formula One career was over.

Post-Formula One

In 2006, Pizzonia drove for Paul Gentilozzi's Rocketsports team in the Champ Car World Series' Long Beach Grand Prix and returned to the team towards the end of the season for races where Tõnis Kasemets did not have sponsorship to race.

In 2007, Pizzonia was racing for Fisichella Motor Sport in the GP2 series. In May, he was dropped in favour of Adam Carroll after only scoring one point in five races. After that, he returned to Brazil and entered into competition in Stock Car Brasil, a Brazilian national championship, from July. He has competed in the series every year since then, and has also raced in Superleague Formula (SC Corinthians) at 2008, 2009 and 2011, and the FIA GT1 World Championship.

In 2012, Pizzonia made a one-off guest appearance in the Auto GP World Series when the championship visited the Brazilian Curitiba circuit. Driving for the Ombra Racing team, he won both races, immediately slotting himself into ninth position in the championship.

In 2014 and 2015, Pizzonia competed in the Auto GP series, with Zele Racing.

Pizzonia driving for HS Engineering during the Red Bull Ring round. Pizzonia returned to open-wheel racing in 2023, in the BOSS GP series, with HS Engineering in a Gibson-engined Dallara T12, winning both races overall at the season-opener at Paul Ricard. He has subsequently won every race in his class. He won the Open class title at TT Circuit Assen.

Personal life Antônio Reginaldo Pizzonia Júnior is the son of Antônio Reginaldo Pizzonia, who was initially a businessman in Manaus before supporting his son's international career. He had a relationship with the athlete Maurren Maggi between 2003 and 2006. They had one daughter, Sophia, born on 20 December 2004. He is currently married to the blogger and digital influencer Bárbara Balbeque, with whom he has two children, including Antônio Pizzonia Neto (born in 2012), who is currently competing in high-level karting championships in Europe and USA.

Racing record Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F.Laps Podiums Points Position 1996 Formula Vauxhall Junior Winter Series ? 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 1997 Formula Vauxhall Junior John Village Automotive 16 4 ? ? 4 142 2nd Formula Vauxhall Junior Winter Series Lewis Motorsport 1 1 0 0 1 0 1st 1998 Formula Vauxhall Junior Lewis Motorsport 16 8 ? ? 8 186 1st Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series Manor Motorsport 4 4 ? 3 4 120 1st 1999 Eurocup Formula Renault Manor Motorsport 9 4 ? ? ? 196 2nd Formula Renault 2.0 UK 13 11 12 ? 11 402 1st 2000 British Formula Three Championship Manor Motorsport 14 5 3 5 11 200 1st Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC FIA European Formula 3 Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 20th Formula One Mild Seven Benetton Playlife Test Driver 2001 International Formula 3000 Petrobras Junior Team 12 1 1 2 2 22 6th 2002 International Formula 3000 Petrobras Junior Team 12 0 0 0 1 17 8th Formula One BMW WilliamsF1 Team Test Driver 2003 Formula One HSBC Jaguar Racing 12 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2004 Formula One BMW WilliamsF1 Team 4 0 0 0 0 6 15th 2005 Formula One BMW WilliamsF1 Team 5 0 0 0 0 2 22nd 2006 Champ Car World Series Rocketsports Racing 4 0 0 0 0 43 18th 2007 GP2 Series FMS International 5 0 0 0 0 1 27th Stock Car Brasil RS Competições 8 0 0 0 0 1 40th 2008 Superleague Formula SC Corinthians 10 0 0 1 1 264 9th Stock Car Brasil Cimed Racing 10 0 0 0 0 6 31st Champ Car World Series Rocketsports Racing 1 0 0 1 0 0 NC 2009 Stock Car Brasil Amir Nasr Racing 6 0 0 0 1 51 15th Superleague Formula SC Corinthians 12 0 3 3 3 264 8th 2010 Stock Car Brasil Hot Car Competições 11 0 0 1 1 31 23rd GT Brasil CRT Brasil 14 0 0 1 2 90 16th 2011 Stock Car Brasil Amir Nasr Racing 2 0 0 1 0 6 26th Brasileiro de Marcas 2 0 0 0 0 17 28th GT Brasil CRT Brasil 2 0 0 1 0 7 23rd Superleague Formula Team Brazil 4 0 0 1 2 102 8th 2012 Stock Car Brasil Comprafácil Nascar JF 12 0 0 0 0 83 15th Campeonato Brasileiro de GT Mottin Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC American Le Mans Series - LMP2 Conquest Endurance 1 0 0 0 1 0 NC Auto GP World Series Ombra Racing 4 2 0 0 2 45 9th 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Delta-ADR 2 1 1 0 1 25 15th Rolex Sports Car Series - DP Michael Shank Racing 5 0 0 0 0 102 22nd 2014 Stock Car Brasil Prati-Donaduzzi 20 2 0 1 2 158.5 9th Auto GP World Series Zele Racing 2 0 0 1 1 25 14th Brasileiro de Marcas Amir Nasr Racing 1 0 0 1 0 0 NC 2015 Stock Car Brasil Prati-Donaduzzi 21 0 0 0 0 95 18th Auto GP World Series Zele Racing 4 2 1 2 4 79 1st 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Manor Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 10 27th Brasileiro de Marcas C2 Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Porsche Endurance Series - Cup ? 1 0 0 0 0 40 37th 2017 Stock Car Brasil Prati-Donaduzzi 22 0 0 0 1 124 13th 2018 Stock Car Brasil Prati-Donaduzzi 22 0 0 1 0 44 21st 2021 Porsche Endurance Series ? 1 1 0 0 1 116 7th 2023 BOSS GP - Open Class HS Engineering 14 14 7 14 14 352 1st2024 BOSS GP - Open Class HS Engineering1085992571st

Complete British Formula Three Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points 2000 Manor Motorsport Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda Championship THR CRO OUL DON DON SIL BRH DON DON CRO SIL SNE SPA SIL 1st 200

Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula One results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 WDC Points Jaguar Racing F1 Team Jaguar R4 Cosworth V10 AUS13† MAL BRA SMR ESP AUT MON CAN10† EUR FRA GBR GER HUN ITA USA JPN 21st 0 BMW WilliamsF1 Team Williams FW26 BMW P84 3.0 V10 AUS MAL BHR SMR ESP MON EUR CAN USA FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA CHN JPN BRA 15th 6 BMW WilliamsF1 Team Williams FW27 BMW P84/5 3.0 V10 AUS MAL BHR SMR ESP MON EUR CAN USA FRA GBR GER HUN TUR ITA BEL15† BRA JPN CHN13† 22nd 2

Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

American open wheel Racing (key)

Complete Champ Car results Yr Team No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref 2006 Rocketsports 8 LBH HOU MTY MIL POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN 18th 43 18 MTL ROA SRF MXC

IndyCar Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points Ref 2008 Rocketsports 9 Panoz DP01 Cosworth HMS STP MOT1 LBH1 KAN IND MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO EDM KTY SNM DET CHI SRF2 45th 0 ¹ Run on same day ² Non-points-paying, exhibition race

Complete GP2 Series results (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 DC Points 2007 Petrol Ofisi FMS International BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA FRAFEA FRASPR GBRFEA GBRSPR EURFEA EURSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR TURFEA TURSPR ITAFEA ITASPR BELFEA BELSPR VALFEA VALSPR 27th 1

Complete Superleague Formula results

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

Super Final Results Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship. Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 62009 SC CorinthiansAlan Docking Racing MAG ZOL DON EST MNZ JAR2011Brazil ASS ZOL

Brazilian competitions

Stock Car Brasil Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Rank Pts. 2007 RS Competições Volkswagen Bora INT CTB CGD INT LON SCZ CTB BSB ARG TAR RIO INT 40th 1 2008 K-Med Racing Peugeot 307 SAO BSB CTB SCZ CGD SAO RIO LON CTB BSB TAR SAO 31st 8 2009 Amir Nasr Racing Peugeot 307 SAO CTB BSB SCZ SAO SAL RIO CGD CTB BSB TAR SAO 15th 51 2010 Bardahl Hot Car Chevrolet Vectra SAO CTB VEL RIO RBP SAL SAO CGD LON SCS BSB CTB 23rd 31 2011 Amir Nasr Racing Peugeot 408 CTB SAO RBP VEL CGD RIO 26th 6 Scuderia 111 SAO SAL SCS LON BSB VEL 2012 JF Racing Peugeot 408 INT CTB VEL RBP LON RIO SAL CGD TAR CUR BRA INT 15th 81 2014 Prati-Mico's Racing Peugeot 408 INT1 SCZ1 SCZ2 BRA1 BRA2 GOI1 GOI2 GOI1 CAS1 CAS2 CUR1 CUR2 VEL1 VEL2 SCZ1 SCZ2 TAR1 TAR2 SAL1 SAL2 CUR1 9th 158.5 2015 Prati-Mico's Racing Peugeot 408 GOI1 RBP1 RBP2 VEL1 VEL2 CUR1 CUR2 SCZ1 SCZ2 CUR1 CUR2 GOI1 CAS1 CAS2 MOU1 MOU2 CUR1 CUR2 TAR1 TAR2 INT1 18th 97 2016 Voxx Racing Peugeot 408 CUR1 VEL1 VEL2 GOI1 GOI2 SCZ1 SCZ2 TAR1 TAR2 CAS1 CAS2 INT1 LON1 LON2 CUR1 CUR2 GOI1 GOI2 CDC1 CDC2 INT1 NC† 0† 2017 Prati-Donaduzzi Chevrolet Cruze GOI1 GOI2 VEL1 VEL2 SCZ1 SCZ2 CAS1 CAS2 CUR1 CRI1 CRI2 VCA1 VCA2 LON1 LON2 ARG1 ARG2 TAR1 TAR2 GOI1 GOI2 INT1 16th 126 2018 Prati-Donaduzzi Chevrolet Cruze INT1 CUR1 CUR2 VEL1 VEL2 LON1 LON2 SCZ1 SCZ2 GOI1 MOU1 MOU2 CAS1 CAS2 VCA1 VCA2 TAR1 TAR2 GOI1 GOI2 INT1 21st 44 † Ineligible for championship points.

Complete Auto GP results (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 Pos Points 2012 Ombra Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 VAL1 VAL2 MAR1 MAR2 HUN1 HUN2 ALG1 ALG2 CUR1 CUR2 9th 45 Zele Racing SON1 SON2 2014 Zele Racing MAR1 MAR2 LEC1 LEC2 HUN1 HUN2 MNZ1 MNZ2 IMO1 IMO2 RBR1 RBR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 EST1 EST2 14th 25 2015 Zele Racing HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 1st‡ 79‡ ‡ Position when season was cancelled.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Complete BOSS GP Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) Year Entrant Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points 2023 HS Engineering Dallara T12 Open HOC1 HOC2 LEC1 LEC2 RBR1 RBR2 MIS1 MIS2 ASS1 ASS2 MNZ1 MNZ2 MUG1 MUG2 1st 352