- Pedro Diniz
Infobox F1 driver
Name = Pedro Diniz
Nationality = flagicon|BRABrazil ian
Years = F1|1995 - F1|2000
Team(s) =Forti ,Ligier ,Arrows ,Sauber
Races = 99 (98 starts)
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 10
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race =1995 Brazilian Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race =2000 Malaysian Grand Prix Pedro Paulo Diniz (born in
São Paulo onMay 22 ,1970 ) is aracing driver fromBrazil . He participated in 99Formula One Grands Prix, debuting onMarch 26 ,1995 . He scored a total of 10 championship points.Biography
Diniz's motor racing career progressed as a result of his father,
Abílio dos Santos Diniz , owning the Brazilian distribution companyCompanhia Brasileira de Distribuiçao and the supermarket chainPao de Acucar . He joined theForti F1 team due to these connections leading to a marketing-deal withParmalat , backing he took throughout his career. [cite news| title =Forti - getting ready for action| publisher =Grandprix.com| url =http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns00011.html| date =1995-02-06 | accessdate =2007-01-13] At the1996 Argentine Grand Prix his car burst into flames after a pit-stop; British newspaper The Sun printed the photo alongside the headline "Diniz in the Oven". [cite news| title =Stan the Man signs off| publisher =ITV-F1.com| url =http://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx?Type=Thru_The_Lens&PO_ID=33717| date =unknown| accessdate =2007-01-13]In 1997 he was teamed with
Damon Hill atArrows , and embarrassed the world champion by outqualifying him at the challenging Spa circuit inBelgium , and then again at the toughSuzuka circuit. He remained at the team in 1998 alongsideMika Salo , matching his higher-rated team-mate for points. Two seasons withSauber were largely unspectacular in terms of results, although he outscored team-mateJean Alesi in 1999. He had a huge crash in the1999 European Grand Prix , from which he was lucky to walk away.While his reputation had advanced from his early days, it dropped again in 2000. At Hockenheim he side-swiped Alesi resulting in a huge crash, while he was blamed for an incident in Austria which damaged several cars. [cite news| title =Mika makes a comeback| publisher =Grandprix.com| url =http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr656.html| date =
2000-07-16 | accessdate =2007-01-13] He decided to retire at the end of the season, buying into the Prost team, which folded a year later.cite news| title =The Diniz Family buys into Prost| publisher =Grandprix.com| url =http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns03225.html| date =2000-11-30 | accessdate =2007-01-13] By that time his relationship with team-ownerAlain Prost had soured. [cite news| title =Sauber v Prost| publisher =Grandprix.com| url =http://www.grandprix.com/ft/ftdt035.html| date =2001-05-23 | accessdate =2007-01-13]Prior To F1
1987-88 :
Karting
1989 :Formula Ford Brazil
1990 :Formula Three Sudamericana
1991-92 :British Formula Three
1993-94 :Formula 3000 Complete Formula One results
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References
External links
* [http://www.ppdholding.com/ PPD Holding official website] - Pedro Diniz's company Pt icon
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