Paese competed in his first international auto race in the 1994 EFDA Nations Cup partnered with Tony Kanaan the team competed at Circuit Park Zandvoort. The team finished fifteenth out of eighteen teams. In 1995 Paese finished third in his domestic Formula Chevrolet championship before graduating into the Formula 3 Sudamericana. In a Honda powered Dallara F394 Paese won one race and classified third in the championship.[1]
Paese joined Draco Racing for three rounds of the International Formula 3000 championship in 1996. At the Pau Grand Prix the Brazilian qualified 22nd and was the last driver allowed to compete. His debut did not last long as he was the first driver to retire.[2] After he failed to qualify for the race at Pergusa he returned at the Hockenheimring. After qualifying 21st Paese again was the first driver to retire.[3]
For 1997 Paese moved into the Indy Lights. Paese missed his debut race at Homestead-Miami Speedway due to an illness but joined the field at Long Beach.[4] In preparation of his Indy Lights season Paese tested with FRE Racing at Roebling Road Raceway. The Brazilian race car driver scored his best result of the season at the Hutchinson Island Road Race Course in Savannah, Georgia. At the track Paese finished behind Hélio Castroneves. After struggling with technical difficulties Paese qualified eighteenth in the championship. His 1998 season started strong with a pole position at the season opener at Homestead. During the race Paese lost the lead to Naoki Hattori on lap four. On lap 29 Paese attempted to recapture the lead of the race but he crashed in the process.[5] Paese again qualified on pole position at Milwaukee. During the race the Brazilian lost two places and eventually finished third. At Michigan International Speedway Paese had an impressive run. He qualified nineteenth and eventually finished third. Paese was classified thirteenth in the championship.
After the 1998 season Paese took a sabbatical from professional racing. He returned to full-time racing in the domestic Stock Car Brasil in 2003. The driver from Curitiba scored his best result at Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura. After being disqualified from qualifying he finished seventh. Paese eventually finished 22nd in the championship.[6] He returned for one race in 2005. At Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet Paese finished sixteenth, just outside the points.[7]
Motorsports results
International Formula 3000 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
sérgio, paese, born, december, 1975, curitiba, former, racing, driver, competed, 1996, international, formula, 3000, season, subsequently, raced, indy, lights, stock, brasil, nationalitybrazilianborn, 1975, december, 1975, curitiba, paranáretired2005stock, bra. Sergio Paese born 15 December 1975 in Curitiba is a former racing driver who has competed in the 1996 International Formula 3000 season and subsequently raced in Indy Lights and Stock Car Brasil Sergio PaeseNationalityBrazilianBorn 1975 12 15 December 15 1975 age 47 Curitiba ParanaRetired2005Stock Car BrasilYears active2003 2005TeamsSalmini Racing Greco MotorsportStarts12Wins0Poles0Fastest laps0Best finish22nd in 2003Previous series1997 1998 1996 1995 1996 1994 1995Indy Lights International Formula 3000 Formula 3 Sudamericana Formula Chevrolet Brasil Contents 1 Racing career 2 Motorsports results 2 1 International Formula 3000 results 2 2 American open wheel racing results 2 2 1 Indy Lights 3 ReferencesRacing career EditPaese competed in his first international auto race in the 1994 EFDA Nations Cup partnered with Tony Kanaan the team competed at Circuit Park Zandvoort The team finished fifteenth out of eighteen teams In 1995 Paese finished third in his domestic Formula Chevrolet championship before graduating into the Formula 3 Sudamericana In a Honda powered Dallara F394 Paese won one race and classified third in the championship 1 Paese joined Draco Racing for three rounds of the International Formula 3000 championship in 1996 At the Pau Grand Prix the Brazilian qualified 22nd and was the last driver allowed to compete His debut did not last long as he was the first driver to retire 2 After he failed to qualify for the race at Pergusa he returned at the Hockenheimring After qualifying 21st Paese again was the first driver to retire 3 For 1997 Paese moved into the Indy Lights Paese missed his debut race at Homestead Miami Speedway due to an illness but joined the field at Long Beach 4 In preparation of his Indy Lights season Paese tested with FRE Racing at Roebling Road Raceway The Brazilian race car driver scored his best result of the season at the Hutchinson Island Road Race Course in Savannah Georgia At the track Paese finished behind Helio Castroneves After struggling with technical difficulties Paese qualified eighteenth in the championship His 1998 season started strong with a pole position at the season opener at Homestead During the race Paese lost the lead to Naoki Hattori on lap four On lap 29 Paese attempted to recapture the lead of the race but he crashed in the process 5 Paese again qualified on pole position at Milwaukee During the race the Brazilian lost two places and eventually finished third At Michigan International Speedway Paese had an impressive run He qualified nineteenth and eventually finished third Paese was classified thirteenth in the championship After the 1998 season Paese took a sabbatical from professional racing He returned to full time racing in the domestic Stock Car Brasil in 2003 The driver from Curitiba scored his best result at Autodromo Internacional Orlando Moura After being disqualified from qualifying he finished seventh Paese eventually finished 22nd in the championship 6 He returned for one race in 2005 At Autodromo Internacional Nelson Piquet Paese finished sixteenth just outside the points 7 Motorsports results EditInternational Formula 3000 results Edit key Races in bold indicate pole position Races in italics indicate fastest lap Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points1996 Draco Engineering NUR PAURet PERDNQ HOCRet SIL SPA MAG EST MUG HOC N C American open wheel racing results Edit key Races in bold indicate pole position Races in italics indicate fastest lap Indy Lights Edit Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points1997 FRE Racing MIADNS LBH33 NAZ SAV2 STL18 MIL24 DET POR12 TOR23 TRO25 VAN27 LS13 FON 18th 271998 Brian Stewart Racing MIA21 LBH6 NAZ20 STL10 MIL3 DET22 POR6 CLE18 TOR9 MIS3 TRO13 VAN LS FON26 13th 53References Edit Sergio Paese DriverDB com Retrieved 15 November 2014 Race result FIA Formula 3000 Int Championship 1996 Race 2 in Pau on 27 May 1996 Speedsport Magazine Retrieved 15 November 2014 Race result FIA Formula 3000 Int Championship 1996 Race 4 in Hockenheim on 27 Jul 1996 Speedsport Magazine Retrieved 15 November 2014 Neves wins inaugural Grand Prix before 19 000 Savannah Now Retrieved 15 November 2014 Homestad Story motorsport com Retrieved 15 November 2014 Results Stock Car Brasil Season 2003 Speedsport Magazine Retrieved 15 November 2014 Brazilian V8 Stock Cars Round 3 Jacarepagua GT Planet Retrieved 15 November 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sergio Paese amp oldid 1144925795, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,