
Amir Nasr Racing was a
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
ian auto racing team based in
Brasilia. The team was created in 1980 by Amir Nasr under Brasilia Racing name.
Amir Nasr Racing competed in
Formula 3 Sudamericana
Formula 3 Sudamericana was a South American Formula Three championship. It was inaugurated in 1987 and primarily held races in Brazil and Argentina, with a small number of events held in other countries across the continent. Its most notable gr ...
and
Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil
Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil was a Formula Renault 2.0 racing series based in Brazil. It ran from 2002 to 2006, and was operated by former Formula One driver Pedro Diniz. Several drivers who have raced in Formula One also previously raced in this s ...
all with race winning success that helped with the progression of many Brazilian drivers in junior formulas, such as
Hélio Castroneves
Hélio Castroneves (; born Hélio Alves de Castro Neves; 10 May 1975) is a Brazilian auto racing driver. He has won the Indianapolis 500 a record-equalling four times: in 2001, 2002, 2009, and 2021. He won the 2021 24 Hours of Daytona with W ...
,
Vítor Meira
Vítor Meira (born March 27, 1977) is a Brazilian auto racing driver. He formerly competed in the IndyCar Series and has twice finished second in the Indianapolis 500.
IndyCar Series
2002
After participating in an open test for Panther Racing ...
,
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 Junio ...
,
Luciano Burti
Luciano Pucci Burti (born 5 March 1975) is a Brazilian racing driver who briefly raced in Formula One. He is now a commentator for TV Globo.
Early career
Burti's early career saw him graduate through the usual channels and he found himself in ...
,
Bruno Junqueira
Bruno Junqueira (born November 4, 1976) is a Brazilian race car driver who most recently competed in the IRL IndyCar Series. He is a former Formula 3000 champion and three-time runner-up in the Champ Car World Series.
Racing career
Early ca ...
,
Cristiano da Matta
Cristiano Monteiro da Matta (born 19 September 1973) is a Brazilian former professional racing driver. He won the CART Championship in 2002, and drove in Formula One with the Toyota team from 2003 to 2004.
Career biography
Origins and early ca ...
,
Mário Haberfeld
Mário Haberfeld (born January 25, 1976 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian auto racing driver.
After winning the British Formula 3 Championship in 1998, he drove in Formula 3000 from 1999 until 2002. He posted some decent results, but struggled his fi ...
,
Max Wilson
Max Wilson (born August 22, 1972 in Hamburg, West Germany) is a racing driver of Brazilian parentage.
Racing career
Junior formulae
Wilson started his motor racing career in 1985 in go-karts. He moved into single-seaters in 1993, when he was o ...
,
Átila Abreu
Átila Roberto de Abreu (born 10 May 1987 in Sorocaba) is a Brazilian racing driver.
Career
Formula BMW
Despite beginning his karting career in 1996, 2003 saw his debut in the Formula BMW ADAC championship with Team Rosberg. Abreu finished ...
and
Sérgio Jimenez
Sérgio Jimenez (born May 15, 1984, in Piedade, São Paulo State) is a Brazilian racecar driver.
Career
He started his career in 1994 with karting and in 2002 participated in the Formula Renault Brazilian Championship, which he won. In 2006 h ...
.
Stock Car
The teams' first
Stock Car Brasil
Stock Car Pro Series, formerly known as Stock Car Brasil, is a touring car auto racing series based in Brazil organized by Vicar. It is considered the major Brazilian and South American motorsports series. Starting in 1979 with Chevrolet as the ...
appearance was in 2004 in a partnership with
Brazilian racing driver
Helio Castroneves
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* Helio AU-24 Stallion
* Helio (wireless carrier), a defunct American wireless communications provider (2005–2010); originally a joint venture between SK Telecom and EarthLink, purchased by Virgin Mobile USA in 2008
* He ...
as NasrCastroneves. From 2007 until 2008 the team was renamed to Red Bull Racing after
Red Bull
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started a partnership with the team.
Personal life
Amir Nasr is of
Lebanese
Lebanese may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Lebanese Republic
* Lebanese people
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ancestry, his father having emigrated to Brazil in the 1960s. Nasr is uncle and manager of
Brazilian racing driver
Felipe Nasr
Luiz Felipe de Oliveira Nasr (born 21 August 1992) is a Brazilian racing driver. He is the 2018 IMSA Sportscar champion and won the 2019 12 Hours of Sebring.
After a year as the official test driver for Williams in 2014, he joined Sauber a ...
.
Em Lua-de-mel e rindo à toa
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References
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Stock Car Brasil teams
1985 establishments in Brazil
2010 disestablishments in Brazil