Sporting Clube de Portugal

Driver Pedro Petiz

Age: 22 (29 October 1986)

Place of birth: Porto, Portugal

Residence: Lisboa, Portugal

Height: 1,83m

Weight: 71kg

Hobbies: All kinds of sports, reading and music

Best football moment: When Portugal won against England 3-2 at the Euro 2000 after having been 0-2 behind. Those incredible goals scored by Figo, Joao Pinto and Nuno Gomes.

Favourite football player: There are various, but probably the best at the moment is Cristiano Ronaldo and obviously Diego Armando Maradona from the times he played.

Do you play football? Yes I like playing football with friends, either five-aside or 11.

Superleague Formula Club: Sporting Clube de Portugal

Webpage: http://www.pedropetiz.com/

On Track:

Pedro Petiz started racing in 1999 at the age of 12 when he won the Trofeu Cabo do Mundo of Karting in Matosinhos. After that he participated in the Portugal Cup and went on to compete in the Portugal Championship of Karting where, in 2001, he became the youngest driver to race in the Inter A.

In 2002 his international career began in Italy where he qualified for European Karting and won the Open Karting Portugal, known as the Portugal Cup of Karting. The following year he qualified for the final of the European Karting Championship, and also participated in the World Cup of Karting as well as the Italian Open Master in Formula A.

In 2004 he moved into motor sport where he was one of the three finalists for testing for Team Portugal. He then went onto drive for Formula BMW Iberica where he took second place in the second race and took victory in the Vodafone Cup by Seat.

In 2005 he competed in the Junior category of the Eurocup Megane Trohpy and scored several podiums and finished third overall… the following year he won the title. In 2008, Petiz raced in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup as part of the high-profile support race package at 11 grands prix. In 2009 Pedro Petiz competed in Mini Challenge before kicking off his Superleague Formula career.