Bruno Andrade (born February 6, 1991, in

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is a Brazilian racing driver.

Career

Karting

Andrade began his racing career in karting in 2004. He continued karting in junior categories in 2005 and 2006 In 2007, Andrade became champion

kart, Graduates in category B. In 2008, he was runner-up Grand Prix RBC, Graduate category A.

Formula Three Sudamericana

In 2009, Andrade competed in

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Lights finishing third and Formula São Paulo where he won the championship. Andrade moved up to the main championship in 2010 and won four of the first six races. In the last race, he was in third and his closest championship challenger,

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, the only one who could take the championship from him, was behind him. In a controversial turn of events, Cunha made contact with Andrade during the race and Cunha won the championship by four points, but Andrade was declared champion of the Formula Three Sudamericana in 2010, official result was decided in court on March 30, 2012, in

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. Cunha, was disqualified from the last race as a result of the collision with Andrade.

Indy Lights

Andrade made his

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debut at the

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race weekend driving for

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as teammate to former F3 Sudamericana teammate Duarte Ferreira.Lights: Andrade estreia pela equipe de Bryan Herta na etapa de Toronto
, ''Grande Prêmio'', July 5, 2011, Retrieved 2011-07-05 He competed in that race as well as the next three and had a best finish of sixth in the first race of the double-header in

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Racing record

Career summary

Indy Lights

References

External links

* 1991 births Living people Brazilian racing drivers Formula 3 Sudamericana drivers Indy Lights drivers Racing drivers from São Paulo {{Brazil-autoracing-bio-stub Bryan Herta Autosport drivers