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Roberto Pupo Moreno (born February 11, 1959 in Rio de Janeiro[1]), usualy known as Roberto Moreno and also as Pupo Moreno, is a racing driver from Brazil. The FIA Super Licence is a qualification allowing the Licence holder to take part in Formula One Grands Prix as a driver |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The 1982 Formula One season was the 33rd FIA Formula One World Championship season The 1987 Formula One season was the 38th FIA Formula One World Championship season The 1989 Formula One season was the 40th FIA Formula One World Championship season The 1992 Formula One season was the 43rd FIA Formula One World Championship season "F1 1995" redirects here For the video games based on the 1995 Formula One season see F1 95. 1950s Colin Chapman established Lotus Engineering Ltd in 1952 at Hornsey, UK. 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Moreno was known as the "Super Sub" late in his career as he was used to replace injured drivers several times.
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Moreno stood in for Nigel Mansell at Lotus at the 1982 Dutch Grand Prix after Mansell broke his wrist in the previous Grand Prix at Canada. Biography Mansell was born in Upton-upon-Severn, a small Town in the English county of Worcestershire. 1950s Colin Chapman established Lotus Engineering Ltd in 1952 at Hornsey, UK. Results from the 1982 Formula One Dutch Grand Prix held at Circuit Zandvoort on July 3, 1982 Classification Underprepared, Moreno failed to qualify. It took his reputation a while to recover from this poor showing, but in 1987 he was called up to replace Pascal Fabre for the AGS team at the 1987 Japanese Grand Prix. Pascal Fabre (born January 9, 1960 in Lyon) is a former Racing driver from France. Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives ("AGS" or Gonfaron Sports Cars) was a small French racecar constructor who competed in various racing categories Results from the 1987 Japanese Grand Prix held at Suzuka on November 1, 1987. In the following Australian Grand Prix, he took 6th place for his, and the team's, first ever point. Race The third Australian Grand Prix to be held at Adelaide and the final round of the 1987 Formula One Grand Prix season proved to be another eventful race
In this period, Moreno won the Australian Grand Prix three times (1981, 1983 and 1984) before it became a Formula One World Championship race. The Australian Grand Prix is a Formula One race that is part of the annual Formula One championship season The 1981 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula Pacific race held at Calder Park Raceway on November 8, 1981. The 1983 Australian Grand Prix was a race for Australian Formula 1 cars held at Calder Park Raceway on November 13, 1983. The 1984 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula Pacific race held at Calder Park Raceway on November 18, 1984.
Following his Formula 3000 Championship in 1988 (in which he drove a Reynard to the championship in the marque's first season in the formula), he signed a testing contract with Ferrari, who helped him land a racing drive with Coloni. Reynard Motorsport was at one time the world's largest racing car manufacturer Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing Enzo Coloni Racing Car Systems, commonly referred to simply as Coloni, is an Italian Motor racing team and former Formula One Racing car The car was never competitive, however, and Moreno only made the grid four times.
Initially, 1990 seemed to be even less promising, with Moreno signing for the nosediving EuroBrun outfit, qualifying for just 2 out of 14 races. EuroBrun was a Formula One constructor from Senago, Milan, Italy, with an Italio-Swiss ownership However, shortly after being informed the team would not be competing in the last two rounds of the season, he was contacted by Benetton to drive their second car, with Alessandro Nannini having lost a hand in a helicopter crash. Benetton Formula Ltd, commonly referred to simply as Benetton, was a Formula One constructor that participated from 1986 to 2001. Alessandro Nannini (born July 7, 1959) is a former Racing driver from Italy. Moreno finished an excellent 2nd on his Benetton debut in the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix, behind childhood friend and team-mate Nelson Piquet, although this result was helped by most other top cars dropping out, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna famously colliding at the first corner. The 1990 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 21 October 1990 at Suzuka. Nelson Piquet Souto Maior (born August 17, 1952) more commonly known as Nelson Piquet, is a Brazilian former racing driver who was Formula Alain Marie Pascal Prost, OBE (born 24 February 1955 is a French racing driver Ayrton Senna da Silva ( pronounced, March 21, 1960 &ndash May 1, 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver and triple
For 1991, Benetton signed Moreno full-time. However, the Benetton B191, on Pirelli tyres, was not as competitive as anticipated, and Moreno's best results were 4th place at the Monaco Grand Prix and the Belgian Grand Prix (a race in which he set the fastest lap). Pirelli & C SpA ( is a diverse Multinational company based in Milan, Italy. The 1991 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Monaco on May 12, 1991. The 1991 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on August 25, 1991. The latter would be his last race for the team before he was controversially paid off and dropped in favour of Michael Schumacher. Michael Schumacher (German pronunciation;) (born January 3, 1969, in Hürth-Hermülheim, Germany) is a former Formula There are rumours to this day that Moreno was purposely driving within himself for the whole season in order to not show Piquet up. As it was, Moreno was offered the vacant Jordan drive for the 1991 Italian Grand Prix and the following race in Portugal, and raced for Minardi in the final race of the season, but Formula One seemed to have passed him by. Early history Jordan's success in lower formulae inspired the creation of a Formula One programme for the 1991 season. The 1991 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Monza on September 8, 1991. Minardi was an Automobile racing team and constructor founded in 1979 by Giancarlo Minardi.
For the 1992 season, he found himself back with the minnows, signing for Andrea Moda. Andrea Moda is an Italian fashion company owned by wealthy flamboyant playboy shoe designer Andrea Sassetti. The outfit had risen from the ashes of Coloni, and after two non-starting races with Alex Caffi and Enrico Bertaggia, decided to start over with Moreno and Perry McCarthy. Enzo Coloni Racing Car Systems, commonly referred to simply as Coloni, is an Italian Motor racing team and former Formula One Racing car Alessandro "Alex" Caffi (born 18 March 1964) is a former Formula One driver from Italy. Enrico Bertaggia (born September 19, 1964 in Noale, Venice) is a former racing driver from Italy. Perry McCarthy (born March 3, 1961) is a British Racing driver. Moreno and McCarthy faced an uphill struggle, with the uncompetitive team scrambling to even get to most races. Moreno would only qualify the under-tested, under-funded car once, for the Monaco Grand Prix, before the team collapsed following team owner Andrea Sassetti's arrest at the Belgian Grand Prix. The 1992 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on May 31, 1992. Andrea Sassetti is a wealthy flamboyant playboy shoe designer owner of the Italian fashion company Andrea Moda. The 1992 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on August 30, 1992.
He spent the next two years racing Italian and French Touring Cars, and also attempted to qualify for the 1994 Indianapolis 500. Touring car racing is a general term for a number of distinct Auto racing competitions in heavily-modified street cars Results of the 1994 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Sunday May 29, 1994. 1995 saw a return to Formula One, with the ambitious Forti team. Forti Corse, commonly known as Forti, was an Italian motor racing team chiefly known for its brief and unsuccessful involvement in Formula One Moreno's Brazilian heritage helped him land the drive. Sadly, their car was laughably slow, and Moreno's best result was 14th in the Belgian Grand Prix. The 1995 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on August 27 1995 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa. He would exit Formula One crashing into the pitlane wall at the Australian Grand Prix. The 1995 Australian Grand Prix (officially known as the LX EDS Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One Motor race held on November 12 1995
1996 would see Moreno resume his Champ Car career, as he raced a Payton-Coyne Lola-Ford, finishing 3rd at Michigan. Champ Car, was the name for a class and specification of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades primarily for use in the Indianapolis Dale Coyne Racing is a Motorsports team in the IndyCar Series owned by former driver Dale Coyne. Lola Racing Cars (also Lola Cars International) is a Racing car Engineering company founded in 1961 by Eric Broadley and based in Huntingdon Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile (322-km moderate-banked D-shaped Superspeedway located off U For 1997 he drove for three teams, earning the epithet "Supersub", with his best result of 5th at Detroit in a Newman-Haas Swift-Ford. For the Formula One event see United States Grand Prix East The Detroit Indy Grand Prix presented by Firestone is a weekend of professional racing Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing (NHLR is a motor racing team competing in the IndyCar Series. Swift Engineering is an American engineering firm that built chassis for CART from 1997-2000 notably operated by Newman/Haas Racing and driven by Michael Andretti Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following 1998 was more barren, with just three drives, though he came 6th at Twin Ring Motegi in the Project Indy Reynard Motorsport-Mercedes. Twin Ring Motegi is an automobile racing track located at Motegi, Japan. Project Indy was a racing team owned by Andreas Leberle that competed in the CART Championship Car series and the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series Reynard Motorsport was at one time the world's largest racing car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury Automobiles Buses coaches and Trucks It is currently a division of the The following season again saw him take two different cars (Newman/Haas and PacWest) , with two 4th places his best. PacWest Racing was a Champ Car racing team owned by Bruce McCaw founded in 1993. In 1999 he also made his first Indy Racing League start at Phoenix International Raceway finishing 6th and returned to the Indianapolis 500 after a 13 year absence finishing 20th for Truscelli Team Racing. The 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League season was highly competitive and parity was the order of the year The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based Open-wheel racing series. Phoenix International Raceway, or just PIR, is a one mile Tri-oval race track located in Avondale Arizona. The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500, and historically known simply as "The 500" is an American 2000 finally saw him land a full-time drive in the Patrick Racing Reynard Motorsport-Ford, and he led the series for much of the distance, eventually ranking 3rd overall. Patrick Racing was an Auto racing team in both Champ Car and the Indy Racing League. Reynard Motorsport was at one time the world's largest racing car manufacturer Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following
Moreno won his first Champ Car race at Cleveland, and in a scene scarcely seen in motor racing, the emotional Moreno wept openly. The Grand Prix of Cleveland was an Open wheel automobile racing event in the Champ Car World Series, held annually at Burke Lakefront Airport in It had been his first race victory since his Formula 3000 victory twelve years earlier. He won again for Patrick Racing at Vancouver the following year, but was less consistent and dropped to 13th in the standings. Molson Indy Vancouver was an annual Champ Car race near BC Place in the streets of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada held in July or August
In 2003 he drove for Herdez Competition, taking his Lola-Cosworth to 2nd at Miami, and announced his retirement from motorsport at the end of the year. HVM Racing is an auto racing team owned by Keith Wiggins that is competing in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series. Lola Racing Cars (also Lola Cars International) is a Racing car Engineering company founded in 1961 by Eric Broadley and based in Huntingdon Cosworth is an Automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing (motorsport Professional open wheel racing in Phoenix Arizona has happened in three venues the Arizona State Fairgrounds, Phoenix International Raceway and in downtown Phoenix
In August 2006, Moreno became the first driver to test the new Panoz-built Champ Car. Panoz Auto Development is an American manufacturer of high-performance automobiles founded in 1989 by Dan Panoz, son of pharmaceutical and motorsport mogul Don Panoz According to former series champion Paul Tracy, "[Moreno's] a guy who's not going to go out there and make mistakes and go off the road. Paul Tracy (born December 17, 1968 in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada is a professional automobile racer who competed They need to put miles on the car and run it fairly quickly, and he's the perfect guy for the job. "[2]
After running thousands of miles of testing in the Panoz DP01, Moreno got a chance to race it at the 2007 Grand Prix of Houston, substituting for the injured Alex Figge at Pacific Coast Motorsports. The Panoz DP01 is the recently introduced Champ Car World Series spec race car that was used in the 2007 season The 2007 Grand Prix of Houston was the third round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season, held on April 22 at JAGFlo Speedway at Alex Figge (born January 29, 1983) is an American race car driver born in Boulder Colorado. Pacific Coast Motorsports is a racing team owned by Tyler Tadevic. [3]
In 2006, after contesting one Brazilian Stock Car race at Jacarepagua, he ran the IndyCar race at St. Petersburg, Florida, substituting for Ed Carpenter of Vision Racing. The 91st Indianapolis 500 ran on Sunday May 27, 2007 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Stock Car Brasil (officially Copa NEXTEL Stock Car {NEXTEL Cup Stock Car} also known as Campeonato Brasileiro de Stock Car is a stock car The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based Open-wheel racing series. The Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg is an Indy Racing League IndyCar Series race held in St Vision Racing is a racing team in the Indy Racing League founded in 2005 when Tony George purchased the assets of the defunct Kelley Racing and hired his
Roberto drove as a replacement for an injured Stephan Gregoire at the 2007 Indianapolis 500 for Chastain Motorsports. Stéphan Grégoire (born May 14, 1969 in Neufchâteau Vosges, France) is a race car driver The 91st Indianapolis 500 ran on Sunday May 27, 2007 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Chastain Motorsports is a team in the Indy Racing League owned by Indianapolis businessman Tom Chastain. He crashed the car early in the race and finished in last place.
(key) (races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish |
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| 1986 | Lola | Cosworth | 32nd | 19th |
| 1994 | Lola | Ford-Cosworth | Failed to Qualify | |
| 1999 | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 23rd | 20th |
| 2007 | Panoz | Honda | 31st | 33rd |
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Don Macleod |
Formula Ford Festival Winner 1980 |
Succeeded by Tommy Byrne |
| Preceded by Bob Earl |
Macau GP winner 1982 |
Succeeded by Ayrton Senna |
| Preceded by Stefano Modena |
International Formula 3000 Champion 1988 |
Succeeded by Jean Alesi |