22 Facts About Luiz Razia

Luiz Tadeu Razia Filho was born on 4 April 1989 and is a Brazilian businessman and former racing driver.

For 2006, Luiz Razia remained in South American Formula 3, taking eleven podium places and seven race wins to win the title ahead of Mario Moraes and Diego Nunes.

Luiz Razia contested three races in the Formula 3000 International Masters series for Charouz Racing, winning all three of them to finish eighth in the championship.

Luiz Razia began the season with Fisichella Motor Sport, but made a mid-season change to ELK Motorsport following the departure of Alx Danielsson.

Luiz Razia contested four races in the World Series by Renault when he replaced Ricardo Risatti at GD Racing.

Towards the end of 2006, Luiz Razia tested a GP2 car at Jerez for the Racing Engineering team, and in September 2008 he tested again for the team at the Paul Ricard circuit in Southern France.

Luiz Razia scored his first championship points in Qatar, with an 8th in the feature race and a 6th in the sprint race.

Luiz Razia signed for Fisichella Motor Sport to compete in the main GP2 Series in 2009.

Luiz Razia returned for the final round in Bahrain, replacing Daniel Zampieri at the Rapax Team.

Luiz Razia remained with Rapax for the 2010 GP2 Series season.

Luiz Razia started strongly, finishing the first six races in the points, but then endured a barren run until the final round of the season, eventually finishing eleventh in the drivers' championship.

Luiz Razia scored no points in the Asia series, but finished sixth in the first race of the main series season, to earn the team three points in its inaugural main series start.

Luiz Razia later took his first series pole position at the Hungaroring, and finished 12th in the championship.

Davide Valsecchi then moved ahead, but Luiz Razia retook the lead by winning the Silverstone sprint race, having won in Catalunya and Valencia.

However, Valsecchi edged back in front over the course of the remainder of the season, and Luiz Razia ultimately had to settle for the runner-up position in the championship.

Luiz Razia made his first appearance in a Formula One team when he joined Virgin Racing as a test driver in 2010.

Luiz Razia drove the car during the Young Drivers' Test at the end of the season, but did not participate in any sessions at Grands Prix.

Luiz Razia took part in the first Free Practice session of the 2011 Chinese Grand Prix, and in the Young Driver test at the end of the 2011 season.

Luiz Razia was set to make his competitive debut at the 2013 Australian Grand Prix, driving for Marussia, however he had issues with his funding and his contract was terminated.

In 2014, Luiz Razia raced in Indy Lights for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.

Luiz Razia scored one win and five podiums, finishing fifth in the overall standings.

Luiz Razia competed as a guest driver in round 1 of the 2015 Stock Car Brasil, partnering with Lucas Foresti.