Ricardo Sperafico

Ricardo Sperafico (born 23 July 1979) is a Brazilian professional racing driver.

Career Born in Toledo, Sperafico resides in a family of racers, twin brother of Rodrigo, and with two cousins, Alexandre and the late Rafael. He began his career in Europe in Formula Ford where he won the British Formula Ford Winter Series in 1996. In 1998 and 1999, he competed in South American Formula Three and won the Italian Formula 3000 series and the Bologna Motorshow F3000 Sprint in 2000, before moving to International F3000 competition the following season. In 2002, Ricardo, Rodrigo and Alexandre all raced in the series with Ricardo finishing the best, fifth, driving for Petrobras Junior Team. He finished runner-up in 2003 before taking 2004 off. In 2003 he also won the Race of Stars.

In 2005, Sperafico competed for the rookie-of-the-year title in Champ Car, driving for Dale Coyne Racing. He had a difficult time coming to grips with the series, with no less than five different team-mates over the course of the year. His best finish was 8th in Denver. Alexandre also contested occasional Champ Car events from 2003 to 2005.

Sperafico returned to Brazil and competed in the Stock Car Brasil from 2007 to 2013, with modest results. Since 2014, he has entered several editions of the Corrida de Duplas. He also drove part-time in 2018.

Racing record

Complete Italian Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points 2000 ADM Competizione VLL MUG IMO MNZ VLL DON PER MIS 1st 46

Complete International Formula 3000 results

Complete Champ Car results (key) Yr Team No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points Ref 2005 Dale Coyne Racing 11 LBH MTY MIL POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL LVG SRF MXC 17th 92

Complete Stock Car Brasil results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points 2007 Vivanz-WA Matheis Chevrolet Astra INT CTB CGD INT LON SCZ CTB BSB ARG TAR RIO INT 14th 56 2008 L&M Racing Peugeot 307 INT BSB CTB SCZ CGD INT RIO LON CTB BSB TAR INT 19th 32 2009 RZ Motorsport Peugeot 307 INT CTB BSB SCZ INT SAL RIO CGD CTB BSB TAR INT 11th 74 2010 Bardahl Hot Car Chevrolet Vectra INT CTB VE RIO RBP SAL INT CGD 36th 0 Crystal Racing Team Peugeot 307 LON SCZ BSB CTB 2011 AMG Motorsport Chevrolet Vectra CTB INT RBP VEL CGD 25th 9 Amir Nasr Racing Peugeot 408 RIO INT Scuderia 111 SAL SCZ LON BSB VEL 2012 Prati-Mico's Racing Peugeot 408 INT CTB VEL RBP LON RIO SAL CAS TAR CTB BSB INT 19th 64