Team Brazil will send a delegation of 11 drivers to compete to win gold, silver and bronze medals for their home nation in the FIA Motorsport Games this month, 26-30 October in Marseille, France.
From a single entry at the inaugural FIA Motorsport Games in Italy in 2019, with J Rosate finishing ninth in Formula 4, the 2022 Brazilian squad has grown ten-fold for the second edition of the event.
The Brazilian Automobile Confederation (CBA) has gathered its team to compete in nine disciplines in France. Thanks to sponsorships from Banco BRB, Brazil will be represented across the GT, GT Sprint, Touring Car, KCMG Formula 4, Rally2, Auto Slalom, Karting Sprint Junior and Senior, and the Fanatec Esports categories.
Team Brazil will be led by Mauricio Slaviero, who brings vast experience from previous positions held as CEO of Stock Car, promoter of TCR South America in Brazil and Director of FIA E-TCR.
“The FIA Motorsport Games is yet another important showcase for motorsport in the world. This innovative initiative by the FIA is very positive, bringing together the most varied disciplines of motorsport in the same event,” says Slaviero. “Brazil is a country with a tradition in motorsport and I am very motivated by the invitation from CBA to head the delegation. I know that we will be well represented in France and that our drivers have the potential to win medals.”
Brazil’s incredible motorsport heritage includes three Formula One World Champions. Emerson Fittipaldi was the first Brazilian to win the F1 Drivers’ crown in 1972 with Lotus and again with McLaren in 1974. Nelson Piquet then became Brazil’s first triple world champion in the 1980s, in ‘81 and ‘83 with Brabham and ‘86 with Williams.
At the age of 31, the late great Ayrton Senna earned his third F1 title in 1991, making him the youngest triple world champion of the time. He remains the Brazilian with the highest number of grand prix victories, 41, and an inspiration to generations of the nation’s young drivers. The country can also count Carlos Pace, winner of the 1975 Brazilian GP, Felippe Massa and Rubens Barrichello - each earning 10 wins apiece - among its F1 roll of honour.
Giovanni Guerra, president of the CBA comments: “It’s thanks to the support of BRB that for the first time, and in the 61st anniversary year of the Brazilian Automobile Confederation, we will take a Brazilian delegation to the FIA event. Just being present is already a great victory for our motorsport. But we are not content with just that. We want more, we want to be on the top step of the podium with gold, silver and bronze medals on our chest. We are grateful for the fundamental and tireless support of the BRB, of its president Paulo Henrique Costa, which is providing, for the vast majority of categories, the possibility of being part of this truly historic moment.”
Team Brazil
GT – Adalberto Baptista & Bruno Baptista
GT Sprint – Bruno Baptista
Touring Car – Raphael Reis
KCMG Formula 4 – Pedro Clerot
Rally2 – Adroaldo Weisheimer & Rafael Capoani
Auto Slalom – Kattlyn Marry Magno & Bruno Schubert Pierozan
Karting Sprint Senior – João Victor de Teixeira Albuquerque Maranhão
Karting Sprint Junior – Gabriel Dantas Koenigkan
Fanatec Esports – Igor de Oliveira Rodrigues