Corinthians

Driver A. Pizzonia

AGE: 28 (date of birth September 11, 1980)

HOME TOWN: Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

RESIDENCE: Monaco

HEIGHT: 1.73m

WEIGHT: 70kg

SUPERLEAGUE FORMULA CLUB: Corinthians

FAVORITE FOOTBALL MOMENT: “Brazil winning the world cup. It has happened twice since I was born. The first time I think I was racing in Sao Paulo on that weekend and the second time I think I was in England at the time.”

WHICH FOOTBALL CLUB DID YOU SUPPORT GROWING UP: “I used to support Sao Paulo when I was young, but I have definitely switched to Corinthians now - both clubs are pretty big rivals. I never really got the chance to go to any games because Manaus is nearly 4,000km from Sao Paulo.”

FAVORITE ALL-TIME FOOTBALLER: “Definitely Pele - that one was easy.”

CAN YOU PLAY FOOTBALL: “Yes - I probably pretty good for a racing driver. I’m looking forward to having a game with the other Superleague drivers later this year.”

CAREER: Pizzonia started racing karts when he was 10 and after winning the local championships he began to commute to Sao Paulo on the weekends to race in more competitive Sao Paulo championships. By the time he was 15, he had won the Brazilian national title. This led to the decision to go to the United States to compete in the Barber Dodge series and then in 1997 he moved to Britain to race in Formula Vauxhall Junior.

He was the champion in 1998 and moved up to Formula Renault and won the title in 1999. This led to a test with the Williams F1 team. He raced in Formula 3 the following year, winning the title during his rookie season and earning another F1 test with the Benetton team.In 2001 he signed a long-term deal with Williams becoming a member of the Petrobras Junior Team in Formula 3000 and in 2002 his responsibility with the team expanded making him also a test driver in the Williams F1 machines. In 2003 he ran part of the F1 season, under a new squad, Jaguar, before returning to Williams in 2004 as a test driver and replacement in some of the races for Ralf Schumacher. He retained his duties for the team in 2005.

He has completed a handful of races in the Champ Car World Series and made his Brazilian Stock Car debut this year.