Diego Nunes


Diego Nunes is a Brazilian racing driver.

Career

Formula Renault

Nunes began his car racing career by driving full-time in the Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil championship in 2003 and 2004, having competed in selected events in 2002. With a best result of ninth in the drivers' championship in 2004, Nunes moved on to concentrate on different motorsport series from 2005, but still returned to Brazilian FRenault for the occasional race in that year and the next.

Formula Three

Nunes switched to Formula Three Sudamericana for 2005, finishing fourth in the championship at his first attempt. In 2006 he took pole position for half of the races but was only able to win one, restricting him to third in the championship.

Formula 3000

In 2006, Nunes competed in two races of the Euroseries 3000. For 2007, he moved to Europe full-time to drive a full season in the series. Employed by the former Formula One team, Minardi, he finished as runner-up in the championship.

GP2 Series

Nunes was recruited by Adrián Campos to drive for his team in the inaugural GP2 Asia Series season in 2008, but switched to David Price Racing after the first round of the championship. This was because Price had fired his driver Andy Soucek, who had himself signed for the rival FMS International team for the GP2 Series proper that year. Nunes scored two points and finished nineteenth in the championship.
Nunes continued with DPR for the 2008 GP2 Series season, where he was partnered by Michael Herck and Giacomo Ricci on his way to 22nd in the championship. For the 2009 championship, he switched to frontrunners iSport International alongside rookie Giedo van der Garde. He finished the championship in 20th place.
For the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season, Nunes partnered Luca Filippi at Team Meritus for the first round in Abu Dhabi, but was replaced by Alexander Rossi for the second Abu Dhabi round.

Stock Car Brasil

With his single-seater career petering out, Nunes returned to Brazil for 2010 to compete in the Stock Car Brasil championship, driving for the Bassani team once more. In his first year, driving a Peugeot 307 alongside first Rodrigo Sperafico and then Willian Starostik, he scored 43 points to finish 15th in the championship, capping his season with a win in the final race at Curitiba. He remained with the team for 2011 as the Peugeot teams upgraded to the 408 model, and was partnered by Denis Navarro, but was dropped in favour of Bruno Junqueira after scoring only 13 points in nine races.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete GP2 Series results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2008David Price RacingCAT
FEA
15		CAT
SPR
16		IST
FEA
13		IST
SPR
10		MON
FEA
15		MON
SPR
9		MAG
FEA
11		MAG
SPR
Ret		SIL
FEA
17		SIL
SPR
Ret		HOC
FEA
Ret		HOC
SPR
Ret		HUN
FEA
12		HUN
SPR
15		VAL
FEA
10		VAL
SPR
4		SPA
FEA
12		SPA
SPR
Ret		MNZ
FEA
Ret		MNZ
SPR
16		22nd3
2009iSport InternationalCAT
FEA
11		CAT
SPR
8		MON
FEA
Ret		MON
SPR
14		IST
FEA
11		IST
SPR
11		SIL
FEA
11		SIL
SPR
Ret		NÜR
FEA
Ret		NÜR
SPR
11		HUN
FEA
Ret		HUN
SPR
15		VAL
FEA
11		VAL
SPR
5		SPA
FEA
9		SPA
SPR
3		MNZ
FEA
10		MNZ
SPR
Ret		ALG
FEA
12		ALG
SPR
5		20th8

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

YearEntrant123456789101112DCPoints
2008Campos Grand PrixDUB1
FEA
12		DUB1
SPR
DNS		20th2
2008David Price RacingSEN
FEA
Ret		SEN
SPR
10		SEP
FEA
10		SEP
SPR
13		BHR
FEA
7		BHR
SPR
Ret		DUB2
FEA
17		DUB2
SPR
12		20th2
2008–09Piquet GPSHI
FEA
12		SHI
SPR
Ret		DUB
FEA
Ret		DUB
SPR
C		BHR1
FEA
13		BHR1
SPR
22		LSL
FEA
11		LSL
SPR
12		SEP
FEA
1		SEP
SPR
4		BHR2
FEA
1		BHR2
SPR
6		8th24
2009–10MalaysiaQi-Meritus.comYMC1
FEA
Ret		YMC1
SPR
13		YMC2
FEA		YMC2
SPR		BHR1
FEA		BHR1
SPR		BHR2
FEA		BHR2
SPR		28th0

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021PosPoints
2010RC3 BassaniPeugeot 307INT
12		CTB
18		VEL
5		RIO
21		RBP
Ret		SAL
Ret		INT
17		CGD
Ret		LON
Ret		SCZ
14		BSB
Ret		CTB
1		15th43
2011RC3 BassaniPeugeot 408CTB
18		INT
18		RBP
18		VEL
9		CGD
23		RIO
10		INT
Ret		SAL
Ret		SCZ
Ret		LONBSBVEL23rd13
2012Hot Car CompetiçõesChevrolet SonicINT
22		CTB
15		VEL
10		RBP
9		LON
16		RIO
Ret		SAL
DSQ		CAS
11		TAR
19		CTB
15		BSB
12		INT
Ret		20th61
2013RC3 BassaniPeugeot 408INT
16		CUR
Ret		TAR
Ret		SAL
20		BRA
22		CAS
4		RBP
15		CAS
11		VEL
7		CUR
11		BRA
13		INT
Ret		17th71
2014C2 TeamChevrolet SonicINT
1		SCZ
1		SCZ
2		BRA
1		BRA
2		GOI
1		GOI
2		INT
1		CAS
1		CAS
2		CUR
1		CUR
2		VEL
1		VEL
2		SAL
1		SAL
2		CUR
1		CUR
2		TAR
1		TAR
2		BRA
1		NCN/A