Luiz Razia

Infobox racing driver
name = Luiz Tadeu Razia Filho


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nationality = flagicon|Brazil Brazilian
date of birth = Birth date and age|1989|04|4
place of birth = Barreiras (Brazil)
current series = Euroseries 3000
first year = 2007
current team = ELK Motorsport
car number = 6
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prev series = Brazilian Formula Renault 2.0
South American Formula 3
F3000 International Masters
Euroseries 3000
World Series by Renault
prev series years = 2005
2005-06
2006
2007-08
2007
titles = South American Formula 3
title years = 2006

Luiz Tadeu Razia Filho (born April 4, 1989 in Barreiras) is a Brazilian racing driver.

Career

Early career

Razia began his single seater career in 2005 in the South American Formula 3 championship. Driving for Dragão Motorsport, Razia finished sixth in the championship taking six podium finishes, including two race wins. During the season he also took part in the Brazilian Formula Renault 2.0 series, finishing the year tenth in the standings.

For 2006, Razia remained in South American Formula 3, taking eleven podium places and seven race wins to win the title ahead of Mario Moraes and Diego Nunes. He also contested three races in the F3000 International Masters series for Charouz Racing, winning all three of them to finish eighth in the championship. He also became a rookie driver for A1 Team Brazil in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season.

Euroseries 3000

The following year, Razia moved to Europe to race in the Euroseries 3000 championship. He began the season with Fisichella Motor Sport, but made a mid-season change to ELK Motorsport following the departure of Alx Danielsson. During the season, he took four podium places to finish third in the Euroseries standings and fourth in the Italian championship, which ran as part of the main series. Razia also contested four races in the World Series by Renault when he replaced Ricardo Risatti at GD Racing. [cite news | url = http://www.crash.net/motorsport/renault/news/154082-0/razia_takes_risattis_place_at_gd.html | title = Razia takes Risatti's place at GD | publisher = crash.net | date = 2007-09-07 | accessdate = 2008-10-07]

In 2008, he will remain in Euroseries 3000 with ELK Motorsport, partnering Frenchman Nicolas Prost, the son of four-time Formula One World Champion Alain Prost. [cite news | url = http://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=17954&cat=33 | title = Luiz Razia extends contract with Elk Motorsport | publisher = italiaracing.net | date = 2008-02-10 | accessdate = 2008-10-01] In the Italian Formula 3000 standings he once again finished the season in fourth place, taking three podiums including his first race win at Misano.

GP2 Series

Towards the end of 2006, Razia tested a GP2 car at Jerez for the Racing Engineering team, and in September, 2008 he tested again for the team at the Paul Ricard circuit in Southern France. [cite news | url = http://www.crash.net/motorsport/gp2/news/169454-0/champion_team_to_test_trio_at_ricard.html | title = Champion team to test trio at Ricard | publisher = crash.net | date = 2008-09-24 | accessdate = 2008-10-01] It was confirmed on October 2, 2008 that Razia will race for Trust Team Arden in the 2008-09 GP2 Asia Series season. [cite news | url = http://gp2.gpupdate.net/en/news/2008/10/02/razia-joins-arden-villa-to-super-nova/ | title = Razia joins Arden, Villa to Super Nova | publisher = gp2.gpupdate.net | date = 2008-10-02 | accessdate = 2008-10-07]

Career results

* Season in progress

References

External links

* [http://www.luizrazia.com/ Luiz Razia official site:]
* [http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/2113/career/ Luiz Razia career details:]