Luiz Razia

Luiz Razia
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1989-04-04) April 4, 1989 Barreiras (Brazil)
GP2 Series career
Debut season	2009
Current team	Team Air Asia
Car no.	26
Former teams	Scuderia Coloni Rapax Team
Starts	48
Wins	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	11th in 2010
Previous series
2005 2005–06 2006 2007–08 2007 2008–09-2011	Brazilian Formula Renault SudAm Formula Three F3000 Int. Masters Euroseries 3000 Formula Renault 3.5 Series GP2 Asia Series
Championship titles
2006	SudAm Formula Three

Luiz Tadeu Razia Filho (born April 4, 1989 in Barreiras) is a Brazilian racing driver.

Career

Early career

Razia began his single seater career in 2005 in the South American Formula 3 championship. He finished sixth in the championship. He also took part in the Brazilian Formula Renault 2.0 series, finishing the year tenth in the standings.

For 2006, Razia remained in South American Formula 3 and won the title. He also became a rookie driver for A1 Team Brazil in the 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season.

Euroseries 3000

The next year, Razia moved to Europe to race in the Euroseries 3000 championship. He finish third in the Euroseries standings and fourth in the Italian championship. Razia also ran four races in the 2007 World Series by Renault.

In 2008, he remained in Euroseries 3000, partnering Frenchman Nicolas Prost, the son of four-time Formula One World Champion Alain Prost. In the Italian Formula 3000 standings he finished the season in fourth place. He won his first race win at Misano.

GP2 Series

Razia driving at the Catalunya round of the 2009 GP2 Series season.

On October 2, 2008, it was announced that Razia will race for Team Arden in the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season. In the final race of the season in Bahrain, Razia claimed his first win.

He signed for Fisichella Motor Sport to compete in the main GP2 Series in 2009 season. At the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Razia led from pole to take his first GP2 win.

Razia joined the Barwa Addax Team for the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season,. He was replaced before the second round, but returned for the final round in Bahrain.

He remained with Rapax for the 2010 season. He finishing eleventh in the drivers' championship. His team-mate, Pastor Maldonado, became the series champion. Razia helped Rapax to claim the teams' title.

As part of his Formula One testing deal with the Lotus team, Razia signed to drive for the new AirAsia team in 2011. He scored no points in the 2011 Asia series.

Formula One

On December 15, 2009, it was officially announced that Razia would join the new Virgin Racing team as a test driver. In March 2011, Razia was confirmed as reserve and test driver for Team Lotus for the 2011 season. At the 2011 Chinese Grand Prix, Luiz Razia drove in Free Practice Session 1 for Team Lotus, replacing Jarno Trulli.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2005	South American Formula Three	Dragão Motorsport	18	2	2	4	6	52	6th
	Brazilian Formula Renault 2.0		13	0	0	0	0	68	10th
2006	South American Formula Three	Dragão Motorsport	16	7	6	7	11	99	1st
	F3000 International Masters	Charouz Racing System	3	3	0	?	3	30	8th
2007	Euroseries 3000	Fisichella Motor Sport	16	0	1	1	4	57	3rd
		ELK Motorsport
	Italian Formula 3000	Fisichella Motor Sport	8	0	0	0	2	26	4th
		ELK Motorsport
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	GD Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	38th
2008	Euroseries 3000	ELK Motorsport	13	2	1	1	5	52	4th
	Italian Formula 3000		8	1	0	1	3	32	4th
2008–09	GP2 Asia Series	Trust Team Arden	11	1	0	0	1	9	13th
2009	GP2 Series	Fisichella Motor Sport	18	1	0	1	1	8	19th
		Scuderia Coloni
2009–10	GP2 Asia Series	Barwa Addax	4	0	0	0	0	0	26th
		Rapax Team
2010	GP2 Series	Rapax Team	20	0	0	1	3	28	11th
	Formula One	Virgin Racing	Test driver
2011	GP2 Asia Series	Team AirAsia	4	0	0	0	0	0	25th
	GP2 Series	Team AirAsia	10	0	0	0	1	11*	10th*
	Formula One	Team Lotus	Test driver

^* Season in progress.

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2009	Fisichella Motor Sport	ESP FEA 16	ESP SPR 12	MON FEA 13	MON SPR 10	TUR FEA Ret	TUR SPR 20	GBR FEA 20	GBR SPR Ret	GER FEA Ret	GER SPR 14	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR Ret									19th	8
	PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni													VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR 13	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	ITA FEA 8	ITA SPR 1	POR FEA 10	POR SPR 17
2010	Rapax Team	ESP FEA 7	ESP SPR 2	MON FEA 7	MON SPR 5	TUR FEA 5	TUR SPR 2	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR Ret	GBR FEA Ret	GBR SPR 15	GER FEA Ret	GER SPR 13	HUN FEA 10	HUN SPR Ret	BEL FEA 16	BEL SPR 10	ITA FEA Ret	ITA SPR 10	ABU FEA 7	ABU SPR 2	11th	28
2011	Team AirAsia	TUR FEA 6	TUR SPR 18	ESP FEA Ret	ESP SPR Ret	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 20	VAL FEA 6	VAL SPR 2	GBR FEA 17	GBR SPR 14	GER FEA	GER SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	ITA FEA	ITA SPR			10th*	11*

^* Season in progress.

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2008–09	Trust Team Arden	CHN FEA Ret	CHN SPR 17	DUB FEA 10	DUB SPR C	BHR1 FEA 14	BHR1 SPR 9	QAT FEA 8	QAT SPR 6	MYS FEA Ret	MYS SPR Ret	BHR2 FEA 8	BHR2 SPR 1	13th	9
2009–10	Barwa Addax Team	ABU1 FEA Ret	ABU1 SPR 11	ABU2 FEA	ABU2 SPR	BHR1 FEA	BHR1 SPR							26th	0
	Rapax Team							BHR2 FEA Ret	BHR2 SPR 13
2011	Team AirAsia	ABU FEA Ret	ABU SPR 16	ITA FEA Ret	ITA SPR 14									25th	0

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	WDC	Points
2011	Team Lotus	Lotus T128	Renault RS27 2.4 L V8	AUS	MAL	CHN TD	TUR	ESP	MON	CAN	EUR	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	KOR	IND	ABU	BRA	––	––

Other websites

• Luiz Razia official site
• Luiz Razia career details

Sporting positions
Preceded by Alberto Valerio	Formula Three Sudamericana Champion 2006	Succeeded by Clemente de Faria, Jr.