Pedro Diniz

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Pedro Diniz
Diniz with Forti in 1995.
Diniz with Forti in 1995.
Nationality Flag of Brazil Brazilian
World Championship Career
Active years 1995 - 2000
Team(s) Forti, Ligier, Arrows, Sauber
Races 98
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podium finishes    0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First race 1995 Brazilian Grand Prix
First win N/A
Last win N/A
Last race 2000 Malaysian Grand Prix

Pedro Paulo Diniz (born in São Paulo on May 22, 1970 as a son of Abílio dos Santos Diniz) was a Formula One driver from Brazil. He participated in 98 grands prix, debuting on March 26, 1995. He scored a total of 10 championship points. He joined the Forti team due to his father's supermarket ownership connections leading to a marketing-deal with Parmalat, backing he took throughout his career.[1] At the 1996 Argentine Grand Prix his car burst into flames after a pit-stop; British newspaper The Sun printed the photo alongside the headline "Diniz in the Oven".[2]

Diniz driving for Arrows at the 1997 British Grand Prix.
Diniz driving for Arrows at the 1997 British Grand Prix.

In 1997 he was teamed with Damon Hill at Arrows, and embarrassed the world champion by outqualifying him at the challenging Spa circuit in Belgium, and then again at the tough Suzuka circuit. He remained at the team in 1998 alongside Mika Salo, matching his higher-rated team-mate for points. Two seasons with Sauber were largely unspectacular in terms of results, although he outscored team-mate Jean Alesi in 1999. He had a huge crash in the 1999 European Grand Prix, from which he was lucky to walk away.

While his reputation had advanced from his early days, it dropped again in 2000. At Hockenheim he side-swiped Alesi resulting in a huge crash, while he was blamed for an incident in Austria which damaged several cars.[3] He decided to retire at the end of the season, buying into the Prost team, which folded a year later.[4] By that time his relationship with Alain Prost had soured.[5]

1987-88 : Karting
1989 : Formula Ford Brazil
1990 : Formula Three Sudamericana
1991-92 : British Formula Three
1993-94 : Formula 3000

(key)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Team WDC Points
1995 Forti BRA
10		 ARG
NC		 SMR
NC		 ESP
Ret		 MON
10		 CAN
Ret		 FRA
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 GER
Ret		 HUN
Ret		 BEL
13		 ITA
9		 POR
16		 EUR
13		 PAC
17		 JPN
Ret		 AUS
7		 Forti NC 0
1996 Ligier AUS
10		 BRA
8		 ARG
Ret		 EUR
10		 SMR
7		 MON
Ret		 ESP
6		 CAN
Ret		 FRA
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 GER
Ret		 HUN
Ret		 BEL
Ret		 ITA
6		 POR
Ret		 JPN
Ret		 Ligier 15th 2
1997 Arrows AUS
10		 BRA
Ret		 ARG
Ret		 SMR
Ret		 MON
Ret		 ESP
Ret		 CAN
8		 FRA
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 GER
Ret		 HUN
Ret		 BEL
7		 ITA
Ret		 AUT
13		 LUX
5		 JPN
12		 EUR
Ret		 Arrows =16th 2
1998 Arrows AUS
Ret		 BRA
Ret		 ARG
Ret		 SMR
Ret		 ESP
Ret		 MON
6		 CAN
9		 FRA
14		 GBR
Ret		 AUT
Ret		 GER
Ret		 HUN
11		 BEL
5		 ITA
Ret		 LUX
Ret		 JPN
Ret		 Arrows =13th 3
1999 Sauber AUS
Ret		 BRA
Ret		 SMR
Ret		 MON
Ret		 ESP
Ret		 CAN
6		 FRA
Ret		 GBR
6		 AUT
6		 GER
Ret		 HUN
Ret		 BEL
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 EUR
Ret		 MAL
Ret		 JPN
11		 Sauber =13th 3
2000 Sauber AUS
Ret		 BRA
DNS		 SMR
8		 GBR
11		 ESP
Ret		 EUR
7		 MON
Ret		 CAN
10		 FRA
11		 AUT
9		 GER
Ret		 HUN
Ret		 BEL
11		 ITA
8		 USA
8		 JPN
11		 MAL
Ret		 Sauber NC 0

  1. ^ "Forti - getting ready for action", Grandprix.com, 1995-02-06. Retrieved on January 13, 2007.
  2. ^ "Stan the Man signs off", ITV-F1.com, unknown. Retrieved on January 13, 2007.
  3. ^ "Mika makes a comeback", Grandprix.com, 2000-07-16. Retrieved on January 13, 2007.
  4. ^ "The Diniz Family buys into Prost", Grandprix.com, 2000-11-30. Retrieved on January 13, 2007.
  5. ^ "Sauber v Prost", Grandprix.com, 2001-05-23. Retrieved on January 13, 2007.
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