Formula One drivers from Brazil

File:Piquet a Monza 1983.JPGBrazil produced three world champions, all of whom won more than once.{{cite web|url=http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/page/3421.html|title=Formula One World Drivers' Champions|work=ESPN F1|publisher=ESPN EMEA Ltd|access-date=8 September 2012}} Emerson Fittipaldi was the first Brazilian to secure the Drivers' Championship, winning in 1972 and 1974.{{cite web|url=http://en.espnf1.com/fittipaldi/motorsport/driver/926.html|title=Emerson Fittipaldi|work=ESPN F1|publisher=ESPN EMEA Ltd|access-date=9 September 2012}} Nelson Piquet managed one better, winning the championship three times in the 1980s and became the first Brazilian triple world champion.{{cite web|url=http://en.espnf1.com/benetton/motorsport/driver/1046.html|title=Nelson Piquet|work=ESPN F1|publisher=ESPN EMEA Ltd|access-date=9 September 2012}} In 1991, 31-year-old Ayrton Senna won his third title, making him the youngest ever three-time world champion at that time.{{cite web|url=http://f1-grandprix.com/?page_id=3158|title=All-Time F1 Records|first=Glenn|last=Manishin|date=19 October 2010|access-date=8 September 2012}}

Six Brazilian drivers won at least one Grand Prix, with a combined total of 101 wins.{{cite news|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20060909/f1/saubers-vettel-upstages-schumacher-in-free-practice.41948|title=Sauber's Vettel upstages Schumacher in free practice|newspaper=Times of Malta|date=9 September 2006|access-date=9 September 2012}} Ayrton Senna has won the most races with 41 victories, while Nelson Piquet won 23 out of 204 race starts. Fittipaldi, Rubens Barrichello, and Felipe Massa have each claimed more than ten wins.{{cite web|url=http://en.espnf1.com/brawn/motorsport/driver/1160.html|title=Rubens Barrichello|work=ESPN F1|publisher=ESPN EMEA Ltd|access-date=9 September 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://en.espnf1.com/ferrari/motorsport/driver/1211.html|title=Felipe Massa|work=ESPN F1|publisher=ESPN EMEA Ltd|access-date=9 September 2012}} Carlos Pace scored his only victory at the 1975 Brazilian Grand Prix.{{cite web|url=http://en.espnf1.com/brabham/motorsport/driver/948.html|title=Carlos Pace|work=ESPN F1|publisher=ESPN EMEA Ltd|access-date=9 September 2012}} Emerson Fittipaldi was the first Brazilian to win a Formula One Grand Prix – the 1970 United States Grand Prix at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course.

No Brazilian driver has won a Grand Prix since Barrichello's last win at the 2009 Italian Grand Prix, the country's longest barren run since Fittipaldi's maiden victory.

Gabriel Bortoleto is the only current driver. He joined Sauber for the 2025 season.

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Ayrton Senna is often regarded as one of the best racing drivers of all time. In an Autosport survey, 217 Formula One drivers were asked to vote for their top 10 greatest drivers of all-time, and Senna was chosen as number one. He finished on the podium 80 times, nearly half of the races in which he competed, and won 41 events.{{cite web|url=http://f1greatestdrivers.autosport.com/?driver=1|title=Ayrton Senna|work=Autosport|access-date=8 September 2012}} He was a master of the Monaco Grand Prix, winning it five times consecutively, a feat never achieved by any other driver on any circuit.

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Nelson Piquet won three titles in a career that spanned 14 seasons. He made his Formula One debut in 1978 as a privateer before securing a drive with Brabham. He spent the next seven seasons with the team, winning the Drivers' Championship in 1981 and 1983 before moving to Williams in 1986.{{cite web|url=http://f1greatestdrivers.autosport.com/?driver=13|title=Nelson Piquet Sr.|work=Autosport|access-date=8 September 2012}} Piquet had battles with teammate Nigel Mansell both on and off track. Piquet publicly called Mansell "an uneducated blockhead", with Mansell retorting that "Piquet is just a vile man". In their first year together Piquet was convinced that Williams were favouring the British driver and their distracting personal feud helped Alain Prost to the title. The following year Piquet got the upper hand and, though he had half as many wins as Mansell, his consistency saw him through to his third title.{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/teams_and_drivers/hall_of_fame/181/|title=Nelson Piquet (profile)|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|work=Formula1.com|first=Gerald|last=Donaldson|access-date=9 September 2012}} Piquet moved to Lotus for two seasons before finishing his F1 career with Benetton with whom he achieved three victories. After his retirement Piquet developed a successful satellite navigation company which helped him finance the careers of his sons, Nelson Piquet Jr. and Pedro Piquet.

Emerson Fittipaldi spent ten years in Formula One and won the Drivers' Championship in 1972 and 1974. The Autosport driver survey placed Fittipaldi in 12th place, one ahead of Piquet.{{cite web|url=http://f1greatestdrivers.autosport.com/?driver=12|title=Emerson Fittipaldi|work=Autosport|access-date=8 September 2012}} Fittipaldi joined Formula One in 1970 with Lotus and achieved one victory in his first two years. In his third year, he won five races and the Drivers' Championship (the youngest champion ever at the time), and came second to Jackie Stewart the next year. Fittipaldi joined the McLaren team in 1974 and won his second title, coming runner-up the following year. Fittipaldi left McLaren to set up Fittipaldi Automotive alongside older brother Wilson, a team financed by Copersucar, the Brazilian state-run sugar marketing company.{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/teams_and_drivers/hall_of_fame/282/|title=Emerson Fittipaldi (profile)|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|work=Formula1.com|first=Gerald|last=Donaldson|access-date=9 September 2012}} They remained uncompetitive for several years with only two podiums in the next five years. When Copersucar withdrew their sponsorship, Fittipaldi retired from driving to focus on managing the team. He did so for two years before it folded in 1982, and he returned to Brazil. Fittipaldi returned to racing in 1984 in the American CART series. He won the CART championship in 1989 and the Indianapolis 500 in both 1989 and 1993. Fittipaldi retired from racing for the second and final time in 1996, after being injured in a first-lap wreck during a CART race at Michigan International Speedway.

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Rubens Barrichello drove in 322 Formula One races. At the time of his retirement, this was the record for the most races in a Formula One career.{{Cite web|title=Statistics Drivers - Grands Prix - Chronology of the record|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/statistiques/pilote/gp/chronologie-record.aspx|access-date=6 October 2020|website=statsf1.com}} He finished in the top four of the drivers' championship in five consecutive seasons with Ferrari between 2000 and 2004. During this time Barrichello, like Massa after him, found it difficult to be the second driver to Michael Schumacher. He left Ferrari to join Honda and endured three tough seasons before Brawn GP bought out the team and produced a 2009 car that helped him to finish third in the championship. At the beginning of his career Barrichello was mentored by Ayrton Senna, and the drivers became close friends. Senna's death, just a year after Barrichello's debut, deeply upset the young Brazilian who had been injured in a crash at the start of the same Grand Prix weekend. When Barrichello won his first race six years later he was overwhelmed by the emotion of being the first Brazilian driver, since Senna, to stand atop the podium. {{As of|2023}}, he remains the last Brazilian to win a race.

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Felipe Massa debuted in 2002 for Sauber and later drove for Ferrari from 2006 to 2013. In his first three seasons with the team he finished third, fourth, and then second in the drivers' championship. All eleven of his race victories happened during those three seasons. He has found himself as the number two driver in the team on several occasions, firstly to Michael Schumacher, Kimi Räikkönen and then Fernando Alonso, having to yield the lead and let the senior driver through for the victory. Massa came very close to winning the 2008 season, eventually losing to Lewis Hamilton by just one point. He lost it on the last lap of the final race of the season when Hamilton managed to pass Timo Glock for fifth position and secure enough points to win the championship. The Ferrari team, unaware of Hamilton's late overtaking move, were celebrating in the belief that Massa had won the title. When the situation became clear the message was relayed to a very disappointed Massa.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/lewishamilton/3368366/Ferraris-celebrations-premature-as-Lewis-Hamilton-best-Felipe-Massa-to-F1-world-title-Formula-One.html|title=Ferrari's celebrations premature as Lewis Hamilton beats Felipe Massa to F1 world title|publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited|work=The Telegraph|first=Giles|last=Mole|date=2 November 2008|access-date=9 September 2012}} For 2014, Massa moved to Williams. He announced that he would retire from Formula One at the end of the 2016 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/24185/10558436/felipe-massa-to-quit-f1-at-end-of-2016-season|title=Felipe Massa to quit F1 at end of 2016 season|access-date= 8 April 2017|website=www.skysports.com}} However, the abrupt retirement of 2016 Formula One Champion Nico Rosberg from Mercedes precipitated the late move of Valtteri Bottas from Williams to Mercedes, leaving a late vacancy at Williams. Massa subsequently postponed his retirement, returning to Williams to partner rookie Lance Stroll for the 2017 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/features/2017/1/massa-and-the-four-other-race-winners-who-came-out-of-retirement.html|title=Massa and four other race winners who came out of retirement|date=21 January 2017|website=www.formula1.com}} On 4 November 2017, Massa confirmed that he would be retiring from Formula One at the end of the 2017 season.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MassaFelipe19/status/926781680119140353|title=Thanks for the support love you guys pic.twitter.com/TUCcXIYHVv|last=Massa|first=Felipe|date=4 November 2017|website=@MassaFelipe19|access-date=4 November 2017}}

• São Paulo: 18 drivers, including 2 world champions, and 5 world championships
• Curitiba: 4 drivers
• Belo Horizonte: 2 drivers
• Rio de Janeiro: 2 drivers, including Nelson Piquet, who won 3 world championships
• Joinville: Maurício Gugelmin
• Manaus: Antônio Pizzonia
• Brasília: Felipe Nasr

• Nelson Piquet Jr.: born in Heidelberg, West Germany
• Pietro Fittipaldi: born in Miami, United States
• Nano da Silva Ramos: born in Paris, France
• Gino Bianco: born in Milan, Italy

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