Bruno Bonifacio (born 2 November 1994) is a Brazilian racing driver.

Career

Karting

Born in

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, Bonifacio entered karting in 2006, when he took the titles in the Junior Menor class of the Petrobras Cup and Brazilian Kart Cup. Bonifacio raced in karting until the end of 2010, when he became a champion in the São Paulo Cup.

Formula 3 Sudamericana

Bonifacio made his début in single-seaters in

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, taking part in the Light Class of the local

Formula 3 Sudamericana Fórmula 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 ...

championship for Cesário Fórmula Jr. He dominated the championship and clinched the title, winning 12 from 14 races.

Formula Abarth

Also in

, Bonifacio moved in Europe, joining the Formula Abarth series for

Prema Powerteam Prema Racing, previously known as Prema Powerteam, is an Italian motorsport team, owned and operated through the ''DC Racing Solutions'' parent company. Founded in 1983, the team is based in Grisignano di Zocco and currently operates out of Ita ...

. He finished fourteenth in the Italian Series standings with two point-scoring finishes, while in the European Series he finished fifteenth with four podiums. He contested a sophomore campaign with the same team in

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, improving to third in European Series and to fifth in Italian Series.

Formula Renault

Bonifacio remained with Prema, as they moved to the 2-litre Formula Renault machinery to compete in the final rounds of Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and Formula Renault 2.0 NEC at the end of 2012. For

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, Bonifacio had full-time campaigns in both Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, staying with Prema. He took a podium finish at Spa and another three point-scoring finishes, to end the season fifteenth. In the Alps series, he scored three wins and finished third, behind teammates

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and Luca Ghiotto. Bonifacio stayed for another season with Prema in

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. He improved to fifth position in the standings, achieving his first Eurocup win at Spa.

Racing record

Career summary

^† As Bonifacio was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) † As Bonifacio was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

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

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

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

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Complete European Le Mans Series results

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonifacio, Bruno 1994 births Living people Racing drivers from São Paulo Brazilian racing drivers Formula 3 Sudamericana drivers Formula Abarth drivers Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Formula Renault 2.0 Alps drivers World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers Prema Powerteam drivers Draco Racing drivers Murphy Prototypes drivers European Le Mans Series drivers