Copa Fiat Brasil

Copa Fiat Brasil previously known as Trofeo Linea Brasil was a one-make racing series by Fiat based in Brazil which uses the Fiat Linea model. The category was founded in 2010 by Felipe Massa and his family and ended in 2012. The series was organized in collaboration with the Confederação Brasileira de Automobilismo (CBA), RM Racing Events and Carlinhos Romagnolli Promoções e Eventos.[1]

Copa Fiat Brasil
CategoryOne-make by Fiat
Country Brazil
Inaugural season2010
Folded2012
Drivers30 (2012)
Teams12 (2012)
ConstructorsFiat
Tyre suppliersPirelli
Last Drivers' champion Cacá Bueno
Last Teams' championGT Competições
Official websitewww.racingfestival.com.br
Current season

History

Large Brazilian drivers competed in the championship; Cacá Bueno, Christian Fittipaldi, Ricardo Maurício, Thiago Camilo, Allam Khodair, Clemente de Faria, Jr., Hoover Orsi, Giuliano Losacco and Marcos Gomes, mingling with drivers victorious in the regional championships. In 2012 the category was renamed to Copa Fiat Brasil.

Cars
2011 Cacá Bueno.
Main article: Fiat Linea

The car was Fiat Linea prepared for competition. The FPT 1.4 16v turbo – 210cv is the final speed above 200km/h. The transmission has six forward speeds with sequential shift mechanism. Pirelli is the single tyre supplier for the championship.

Regulation

Drivers have a three free patrice session of 30-minute and 1-hour. On Saturday drivers have a qualifying session. The qualifying session decides the grid order for first race.

On second race, the grid is decided by the first result with top 8 being reversed, so the driver who finished 8th on first race will start from pole position and the winner will start from 8th place.[2]

Copa Fiat Brasil points system
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Race 1 20 14 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Race 2 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Champions
Season Series Name Champion Team
2010 Trofeo Linea Brasil Cacá Bueno GT Competições
2011 Trofeo Linea Brasil Cacá Bueno GT Competições
2012 Copa Fiat Brasil Cacá Bueno GT Competições

Drivers
DriverBest resultWins
Cacá Bueno 1st (2010, 2011, 2012)13
André Bragantini 2nd (2010, 2012)6
Popó Bueno 2nd (2011)2
Christian Fittipaldi 3rd (2012)3
Giuliano Losacco 3rd (2011)3
Cesar Bonilha 4th (2012)3
Alceu Feldmann 3rd (2010)0
Allam Khodair 4th (2011)1

Circuits

The circuits for the 2011 season are:

Former circuits in the Trofeo Linea Brasil championship include:

References
  1. CATALDI, Alberto. Fiat apresenta novas categorias de automobilismo Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine Auto Esporte
  2. Racing Festival divulga pontuação, além de formato do grid para 2ª prova Archived 2010-06-02 at the Wayback Machine iG Esporte
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