Diego Nunes

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

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 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 leading Álvaro Parente and Romain Grosjean at the Turkish round of the 2009 GP2 Series season. 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. 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.

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.

Racing record

Career summary

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

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 DC Points 2008 DPR CATFEA CATSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MONFEA MONSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR VALFEA VALSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 22nd 3 2009 iSport International CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR VALFEA VALSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR ALGFEA ALGSPR 20th 8

Complete GP2 Asia Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Stock Car Brasil results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) 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 CTB VEL RIO RBP SAL INT CGD LON SCZ BSB CTB 15th 43 2011 RC3 Bassani Peugeot 408 CTB INT RBP VEL CGD RIO INT SAL SCZ LON BSB VEL 23rd 13 2012 Bardahl Hot Car Chevrolet Sonic INT CTB VEL RBP LON RIO SAL CAS TAR CTB BSB INT 20th 61 2013 RC3 Bassani Peugeot 408 INT CUR TAR SAL BRA CAS RBP CAS VEL CUR BRA INT 17th 71 2014 C2 Team Chevrolet Sonic INT1 SCZ1 SCZ2 BRA1 BRA2 GOI1 GOI2 INT1 CAS1 CAS2 CUR1 CUR2 VEL1 VEL2 SAL1 SAL2 CUR1 CUR2 TAR1 TAR2 BRA1 NC N/A