39 Facts About Roberto Moreno

Roberto Moreno participated in 75 Formula One Grands Prix, achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 15 championship points.

Roberto Moreno raced in CART in 1986, and was Formula 3000 champion before joining Formula One full-time in 1989.

Roberto Moreno returned to CART in 1996 where he enjoyed an Indian summer in 2000 and 2001, and managed to extend his career in the series until 2008.

Roberto Moreno raced in endurance events and GT's in Brazil, but now works as a driver coach and consultant, and although this takes up a lot of his time, he is not officially retired yet, as he appears in historic events.

Roberto Moreno arrived in England in 1979, to race in his first season in Formula Ford.

Roberto Moreno did some races with Marc Smith racing who was the works Royale driver for that year.

Roberto Moreno was the driver and the mechanic for his Royale car.

Roberto Moreno had a couple of good results, and these convinced Ralph Firman Sr, to sign him as a works Van Diemen driver for the 1980 season.

Roberto Moreno then rounded out the season by winning the Formula Ford Festival.

Roberto Moreno's success alerted the attention of no lesser person than Colin Chapman, the successful owner and founder of Formula One's Team Lotus.

Roberto Moreno only returned to Europe in 1981, because Chapman had given him a F1 testing contract with enough money to continue racing.

Roberto Moreno often defeated current or past World Drivers' Champions to win the AGP, including Piquet, Alan Jones, Niki Lauda and Keke Rosberg, as well as other F1 drivers such as Jacques Laffite, Andrea de Cesaris and Francois Hesnault.

Roberto Moreno was winning races in Formula Atlantic, Formula Mondial and Formula Three, when he received a call-up from Colin Chapman to stand in for Nigel Mansell at Lotus at the 1982 Dutch Grand Prix after Mansell broke his wrist in the previous Grand Prix in Canada.

Roberto Moreno failed to come to grips with the Lotus 91, with his best qualifying lap over two seconds away from making the grid.

Roberto Moreno was to get another chance, but that Dutch race handicapped him for a number of years.

Five years after the Lotus fiasco, Roberto Moreno was set to make his debut, except he was the slowest of all and did not qualify.

Roberto Moreno won four races, while championship rival, Michael Andretti won three.

Roberto Moreno missed out on the title as every time he won, Andretti would finish second.

For 1984, Roberto Moreno decided to return to Europe to race F3.

Roberto Moreno finished runner-up to Mike Thackwell, the pair dominated the final European Formula Two Championship, in their Ralt-Hondas.

Roberto Moreno tasted victory at the Hockenheim and Donington Park races.

Tauranac wanted Roberto Moreno to stay for the inaugural International Formula 3000 season, but Roberto Moreno had been testing the Toleman at the end of 1984, with Senna's car.

Roberto Moreno look set to get a drive with the team, only to be told that they did not have any tyres, and the deal fell through.

The deal was for Roberto Moreno to drive in the road race.

Roberto Moreno was invited to do a full campaign in 1986, however they had problems with the car and did not have any good results.

Roberto Moreno almost joined the Brabham Formula One team in 1984.

However, this opportunity for Roberto Moreno came to nothing when Brabham's Italian based sponsor Parmalat insisted on having an Italian driver as Piquet's teammate.

The team, owned by Ron Salt, had Gary Anderson as its Technical Director, with whom Roberto Moreno had worked with at Galles.

Revenge was sweet, when Roberto Moreno took a sponsorless Reynard-Cosworth 88D to the title by winning three early-season races, at Pau, Silverstone and Monza in a row.

The car was never competitive and Roberto Moreno only made the grid four times out of 16 attempts.

The Benetton management, led by Tom Walkinshaw and team manager Flavio Briatore, were after a driver to rebuild the team around, convinced that neither the aging Piquet or Roberto Moreno were that driver.

Briatore and Walkinshaw engaged in some high-level dealing behind the scenes and managed to steal Schumacher from Jordan and Roberto Moreno was promptly fired.

Roberto Moreno drove for three teams during the 1997 season, earning the nickname "Supersub", with his best result of 5th at Detroit in a Newman-Haas Swift-Ford.

Only in 2000, having subbed for Patrick Racing in the previous season, Roberto Moreno was granted a full-time seat in one of their Reynard Motorsport-Fords, and he led the series for much of the distance, before hitting a low patch, and losing out to Gil de Ferran, eventually ranking 3rd overall.

Roberto Moreno won his first Champ Car race at Cleveland, and in a scene scarcely seen in motor racing, the emotional Roberto Moreno wept openly.

Roberto Moreno won again for Patrick Racing at Vancouver the following year, but was less consistent and dropped to 13th in the standings.

Roberto Moreno drove as a replacement for an injured Stephan Gregoire at the 2007 Indianapolis 500 for Chastain Motorsports.

Roberto Moreno crashed the car early in the race and finished in last place.

Roberto Moreno's helmet has traditionally been yellow, with blue, red, and white wings adorning the visor, sides, and chin area.