João Paulo de Oliveira

João Paulo de Oliveira
João Paulo de Oliveira
	de Oliveira at the 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Japan.
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	13 July 1981; São Paulo, Brazil
Super GT career
Debut season	2006
Current team	Kondō Racing
Car no.	24
Former teams	Hasemi Motorsport; Team Impul
Starts	105
Wins	9
Poles	6
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	2nd in 2015
Previous series
2011; 2009; 2006–08, 2010–12; 2004–05; 2003; 2003; 2001–03; 1999–2001	IndyCar Series; WTCC; Formula Nippon; All-Japan Formula Three; Austria Formula 3 Cup; British Formula 3; German Formula Three; Formula Three Sudamericana
Championship titles
2010; 2005; 2003; 1999	Formula Nippon; All-Japan Formula Three; German Formula Three; F3 Sudamericana Class B

Not to be confused with Brazilian footballer João Paulo Oliveira.

João Paulo Lima de Oliveira (born 13 July 1981) is a Brazilian professional racing driver currently competing in the Japanese Super GT series.

Racing career

De Oliveira during practice for the first Motegi round of the 2010 Formula Nippon season, where he won from pole position with fastest lap.

Born in São Paulo, de Oliveira competed kart racing for only one year in 1997, than he moved to Formula Ford and Formula Chevrolet Brazilian national championships in 1998.

After 1999, he competed in several Formula Three championships, and won the 1999 South American Formula Three (Class B), 2003 German Formula Three, and 2005 Japanese Formula Three championships.

In 2006, De Oliveira debuted in the Super GT with a Hasemi Nissan Z GT500. He also entered the last round of the Formula Nippon with 5Zigen.

The Brazilian continued as a Nissan Super GT driver with Kondo (2007-2010, 2017) and Impul (2011-2016). He claimed nine wins and 19 podiums, finishing runner-up in the 2015 season and fourth in 2012.

He also drove in Formula Nippon for Kondo in 2007 and 2008. After skipping 2009, he returned in 2010 with Impul, which also used Toyota engines. He won ten races and earned 23 podiums, winning one title in 2010 and finishing runner-up in 2014. He retired from formula racing after the 2016 season.

He made his World Touring Car Championship debut at the 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Japan for SUNRED Engineering.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1999	Formula Three Sudamericana		18	?	?	?	?	26	12th
1999	Formula Three Sudamericana Light		18	9	10	?	14	244	1st
2000	Formula Three Sudamericana	Cesario F3	18	5	7	7	11	228	2nd
2001	German Formula 3 Championship	Swiss Racing Team	20	1	3	1	4	116	7th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	13th
	Korea Super Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	18th
	FIA European Formula Three Cup		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	Formula Three Sudamericana	Cesario Formula	1	0	0	1	0	0†	NC†
2002	German Formula 3 Championship	JB Motorsport	14	0	0	2	0	16	12th
	German Formula 3 Championship	Team Kolles Racing	14	0	0	2	0	16	12th
	Masters of Formula 3	JB Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	16th
2003	German Formula 3 Championship	JB Motorsport	16	13	12	15	15	329	1st
	Austria Formula 3 Cup		?	?	?	?	?	23	9th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
	British Formula 3 Championship	Alan Docking Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2004	All-Japan Formula 3 Championship	Dome Project	19	6	8	10	11	211	2nd
2005	All-Japan Formula 3 Championship	TOM'S	20	7	8	8	16	300	1st
2005	Macau Grand Prix	TOM'S	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2006	Super GT	Hasemi Motorsport	9	0	0	0	0	32	15th
2006	Formula Nippon	5Zigen	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2007	Super GT	Kondō Racing	9	1	0	0	1	34	10th
2007	Formula Nippon	Kondō Racing	9	0	0	0	1	18	8th
2008	Super GT	Kondō Racing	9	1	0	0	1	34	14th
2008	Formula Nippon	Kondō Racing	11	1	1	0	3	33	6th
2009	Super GT	Kondō Racing	9	1	0	0	2	48	8th
2009	World Touring Car Championship	SUNRED	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2010	Super GT	Kondō Racing	7	1	0	0	1	32	10th
2010	Formula Nippon	Team Impul	8	2	2	2	5	47.5	1st
2011	Super GT	Team Impul	8	1	0	0	3	49	5th
	Formula Nippon	Team Impul	7	1	2	2	2	28	3rd
	IndyCar Series	Conquest Racing	1	0	0	0	0	10	44th
2012	Super GT	Team Impul	8	1	1	1	1	45	4th
2012	Formula Nippon	Team Impul	8	1	2	3	3	34.5	5th
2013	Super GT	Team Impul	8	1	1	0	1	46	9th
2013	Super Formula	Team Impul	8	0	0	0	1	19	5th
2014	Super GT	Team Impul	8	1	1	1	4	60	6th
2014	Super Formula	Team Impul	9	3	2	6	5	39.5	2nd
2015	Super GT	Team Impul	8	0	1	0	4	74	2nd
2015	Super Formula	Team Impul	8	1	0	2	3	34	4th
2016	Super GT	Team Impul	8	1	2	0	1	43	8th
2016	Super Formula	Team Impul	9	1	0	0	1	15.5	7th
2017	Super GT	Kondō Racing	8	0	1	1	0	12	16th
2018	Super GT	Kondō Racing	6	0	0	0	0	18	13th*
	Super Formula	Vantelin Team TOM'S	1	0	0	0	0	0	23rd*
	Stock Car Brasil	Eurofarma RC	1	1	1	1	1	0	NC†

^† As de Oliveira was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results

(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	11	DC	Points
2006	Team 5Zigen	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	SUZ	AUT	FUJ	SUG	MOT	SUZ 8			NC	0
2007	Kondō Racing	FUJ Ret	SUZ 14	MOT 8	OKA 4	SUZ 7	FUJ 6	SUG Ret	MOT 8	SUZ 3			8th	18
2008	Kondō Racing	FUJ Ret	SUZ Ret	MOT 9	OKA 11	SUZ 4	SUZ 5	MOT 3	MOT 3	FUJ 1	FUJ 8	SUG 6	6th	33
2010	Team Impul	SUZ 2	MOT 1	FUJ 3	MOT 6	SUG 11	AUT 2	SUZ 4	SUZ 1				1st	47.5
2011	Team Impul	SUZ 6	AUT 4	FUJ 4	MOT 1	SUZ C	SUG DSQ	MOT 9	MOT 3				3rd	28
2012	Team Impul	SUZ 3	MOT 2	AUT Ret	FUJ 6	MOT 1	SUG 6	SUZ 4	SUZ Ret				5th	34.5
2013	Lenovo Team Impul	SUZ 6	AUT 4	FUJ 6	MOT 4	SUG Ret	SUZ 3	SUZ 17					5th	19
2014	Lenovo Team Impul	SUZ 7	FUJ 1	FUJ 2	FUJ 14	MOT 1	AUT 3	SUG Ret	SUZ 1	SUZ 4			2nd	39.5
2015	Lenovo Team Impul	SUZ 4	OKA 5	FUJ 1	MOT 3	AUT 5	SUG 7	SUZ Ret	SUZ 3				4th	34
2016	ITOCHU ENEX Team Impul	SUZ 10	OKA 19	FUJ 1	MOT Ret	OKA 8	OKA 5	SUG Ret	SUZ 8	SUZ 4			7th	15.5
2018	Vantelin Team TOM'S	SUZ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	MOT 18	OKA	SUZ	SUZ				23rd*	0*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Super GT results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2006	Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan Z	GT500	SUZ 9	OKA 4	FUJ 12	SEP 7	SUG 13	SUZ 8	MOT 11	AUT 8	FUJ 8	15th	32
2007	Kondō Racing	Nissan Z	GT500	SUZ Ret	OKA 15	FUJ Ret	SEP 1	SUG 10	SUZ 10	MOT 5	AUT Ret	FUJ 5	10th	34
2008	Kondō Racing	Nissan GT-R	GT500	SUZ 5	OKA 8	FUJ 11	SEP 1	SUG 8	SUZ 7	MOT 14	AUT 16	FUJ 15	14th	34
2009	Kondō Racing	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 1	SUZ 8	FUJ 4	SEP 5	SUG 13	SUZ 11	FUJ 13	AUT 3	MOT 11	8th	48
2010	Kondō Racing	Nissan GT-R	GT500	SUZ 1	OKA 12	FUJ 8	SEP 9	SUG 5	SUZ Ret	FUJ C	MOT 10		10th	32
2011	Impul	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 1	FUJ 14	SEP 15	SUG 13	SUZ 3	FUJ 2	AUT 10	MOT 9		5th	49
2012	Impul	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 10	FUJ 5	SEP 5	SUG Ret	SUZ 4	FUJ 1	AUT 10	MOT 10		4th	45
2013	Calsonic Team Impul	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 6	FUJ 5	SEP 1	SUG Ret	SUZ 4	FUJ 6	AUT Ret	MOT 13		9th	46
2014	Calsonic Team Impul	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 3	FUJ 1	AUT 3	SUG 9	FUJ 8	SUZ 10	BUR 3	MOT 13		6th	60
2015	Calsonic Team Impul	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 7	FUJ 2	CHA 4	FUJ 3	SUZ 3	SUG 11	AUT 2	MOT 4		2nd	74
2016	Calsonic Team Impul	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 5	FUJ 11	SUG Ret	FUJ 1	SUZ Ret	CHA 4	MOT 7	MOT 8		8th	43
2017	Kondō Racing	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 10	FUJ 12	AUT 9	SUG Ret	FUJ 13	SUZ 5	BUR Ret	MOT 12		16th	12
2018	Kondō Racing	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 6	FUJ 13	SUZ 9	CHA Ret	FUJ 6	SUG 6	AUT	MOT		13th*	18*

* Season still in progress.

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2009	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	BRA 1	BRA 2	MEX 1	MEX 2	MAR 1	MAR 2	FRA 1	FRA 2	ESP 1	ESP 2	CZE 1	CZE 2	POR 1	POR 2	GBR 1	GBR 2	GER 1	GER 2	ITA 1	ITA 2	JPN 1 23	JPN 2 19	MAC 1	MAC 2	NC	0

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

IndyCar Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points
2011	Conquest Racing	Dallara	Honda	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	TXS	TXS	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	NHM	SNM	BAL	MOT 26	KTY	LVS	44th	10

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Gary Paffett	German Formula Three Champion 2003	Succeeded by Bastian Kolmsee
Preceded by Ronnie Quintarelli	All-Japan Formula 3 Championship Champion 2005	Succeeded by Adrian Sutil
Preceded by Loïc Duval	Formula Nippon Champion 2010	Succeeded by André Lotterer

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