Christiano "Tuka" Chiaradia Alcoba Rocha (December 13, 1982 – November 17, 2019) was a Brazilian race car driver. He won numerous
karting
Kart racing or karting is a motorsport discipline using open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on full-size motor ...
championships in Brazil from 1996 to 2000. Then moved up to South American Formula 3 Lights. In 2002 he moved to Europe to compete in the
World Series by Nissan
The World Series Formula V8 3.5, formerly the World Series by Nissan from 1998 to 2004, the Formula Renault 3.5 Series from 2005 to 2015 and the Formula V8 3.5 in 2016 and 2017, was a motor racing series promoted by RPM Racing (1998–2004) and R ...
where he was
Ricardo Zonta
Ricardo Luiz Zonta (; born March 23, 1976) is a Brazilian professional racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 10 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross for RCM Motorsport.
Early career
Born in ...
's teammate. In
2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
he competed in
Superfund Euro 3000. In 2005 he was a test driver for
A1 Team Brazil
A1 Team Brazil was the Brazilian team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series.
Management
The seat holder for ''A1 Team Brazil'' is the former Formula One World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi. Since 2005, Brazilian footballer Ronaldo has ...
in the
A1 Grand Prix
A1 Grand Prix Operations Ltd. operated as A1 Grand Prix (A1GP) was a "single-make" open-wheel auto racing series that ran from 2005 until 2009. It was unique in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themse ...
Series and was named one of the team's race drivers for the
2006-2007 season. In 2008 Tuka was chosen to drive the
Flamengo
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo n ...
's car in
Formula Superleague.
Rocha died on November 17, 2019, three days after being involved in a small airplane crash near
Bahia, Brazil. On a private flight from
Jundiaí Airport to Maraú-Barra Grande Airport near
Maraú
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the aircraft crashed on landing. The
Cessna Citation II
The Cessna Citation II models are light corporate jets built by Cessna as part of the Citation family.
Stretched from the Citation I, the Model 550 was announced in September 1976, first flew on January 31, 1977, and was certified in March 1978 ...
burst into flames fatally injuring Tuka Rocha and two others.
Racing career
Superleague Formula record
Complete Stock Car Brasil results
References
External links
Rocha's personal website
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1982 births
2019 deaths
Brazilian racing drivers
A1 Team Brazil drivers
Auto GP drivers
Formula 3 Sudamericana drivers
Superleague Formula drivers
Stock Car Brasil drivers
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Brazil
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 2019
Racing drivers from São Paulo
Piquet GP drivers
Team Astromega drivers
Euronova Racing drivers
Durango (racing team) drivers
A1 Grand Prix drivers
Charouz Racing System drivers