|
LATEST
SNIPPET
Bea started 20th at Milwaukee and fininshed 19th
having completed 242 or 250 laps. Only 8 cars were
on the lead lap.
Direct
access to this web
page: http://bit.ly/gc0Br4
Bio
See also Bia
Figueiredo
Snippets
Results
2012
IRL Race
Schedule
2011
IRL Race Schedule
& Results
2010
IRL Race Schedule
& Results
Schedule - IndyCars 2010
Indy
Lights
News
Schedule
Related Issue:
Women
Racers
Directory,
Women
in Racing,
Women
Racers,
More
Women in
Racing,
Race
Schedules,
Notable
Women
Contact: www.biaracing.com/eng/
plus fan sites: www.biafigueiredo.com
(Portuguese) or
www.biafans.com/en/
(English) or
E-Mail
or E-Mail
Bio
Name: Ana Beatriz Caselato
Gomes de Figueiredo
Date of Birth: March 18, 1985
Nationality: Brazilian
Home Town: São Paulo
Height: 1,70m
Weight: 60 kg
Idol: Ayrton Senna
Favourite Track: Londrina - Brazil
Favourite Food: Italian and Japanese
Music: Rock and Pop
Others Sports: Football and Tennis
Ana Beatriz Caselato Gomes
de Figueiredo (born on March 18, 1985, in
São Paulo) is a Brazilian female racing
driver. She is the only Brazilian female
driver in a international racing top series and the
only woman to participate at Indy 500; Ana Beatriz
Figueiredo is the only woman to win at Formula
Renault for three times, in 2005; the first woman
to win at Firestone Indy Lights, twice, in 2008 and
2009; the only woman to compete and to win at
Desafio das Estrelas, a karting competition
organized by Felipe Massa in 2010. After competing
for 4 races at IZOD IndyCar Series last year, in
this season she will drive the whole championship
in the series.
She started her career in
karting races.
After an outstanding
season in Brazilian Formula Renault championship,
she started competing in Formula Three Sudamericana
in 2006 driving for the well-established Cesario
Formula team.
In 2006 she also drove a
Red Bull Volkswagen Touareg for PPD Sports (owned
by Pedro Diniz) who hosted events of the Brazilian
Formula Renault championships, Renault Speed
Show.
In 2008 she began racing
in the American Firestone Indy Lights Series for
defending championship-winning team Sam Schmidt
Motorsports[1]. She placed fifth in the
Firestone Freedom 100 at Indianapolis, the highest
finishing position by a female driver in that
race.[2] She has begun using the name Ana
Beatriz in the United States.
Snippets
Bea started the 97th running of the Indy 500 in the
26th spot and finished as the first woman and 15th
overall.
* * *
For the first time since 2011, four women have
qualified for the 2013 Indy 500. Bea will start in
the 26th spot on the grid.
* * *
Bea started in the 16th spot in her home country
of Brasil in San Paulo and lost her transmission on
the 11th lap.
* * *
Bea will start in the 16th spot in her home
country of Brasil in San Paulo
* * *
Bea started 23rd at Long Beach and moved up to
14th by the end of the race.
* * *
Bea started 25th and finishing 24th with only 65
laps this weekend and went out with mechanical
problems.
* * *
Bea returns to IndyCars at St. Pete starting
25th and finishing 22nd with only 55 laps with
mechanical problems.
* * *
Ana started 13th in the Indy 500 and dropped
back early and finished in 23rd.
* * *
Bea qualified 13th for the 96th running of the
Indy 500.
* * *
Bea started 19th at San Paulo in her first
IndyCar start in 2012 and got as high as 7th,
finishing 20th, 2 laps down.
* * *
Bea finished the year ranked at 21st in the
standings.
* * *
Bea started in 20th place at Kentucky and
finished in 24th. She held her spot at 21 in the
standings with one race to go.
* * *
Bea wthe fastest woman at Indy Japan and started
21st on the grid. She finished in 19th.
* * *
Bea ws gridded 22 at Baltimore, got as high as
9th and finished in 16th.
* * *
Bea started 10th at Sonoma, her career best and
only one second slower than Will Power on the pole.
By race end she finished in 13th.
* * *
Bea started 21st at New Hampshire and finished
in 14th.
* * *
Bea started 25th at Mid-Ohio and finished in
17th.
* * *
Bea started 23rd at Edmonton and finished in
14th.
* * *
Bea qualified 26th at Toronto and moved up 15
places to finish11th in an accident filled race.
This was the best finish for Bea in IndyCars. In
her final IndyLights season, she had 6 top five
finishes including a first at Iowa.
* * *
Bea had contact on the 44th lap at with Mike
Conway at Iowa and did not continue.
* * *
Bea qualified 11th at the Milwaukee Mile, the
highest ranked woman and highest ranked rookie. She
finished 17th.
* * *
Bea qualified 32 for the Indy500 and finished in
21st, 3 laps down from the winner.
* * *
Bea is gridded 26th of 27 cars for the Long
Beach Grand Prix and finished 19th.
* * *
Simon Pagenaud will fill in for Bea while she
recovers from wrist surgery.
* * *
Ana Beatriz started 20th of 25 racers in St.
Pete and finished 14th.
* * *
Ana Beatriz has a full IndyCar ride with Dryer
& Reinbold for 2011. Bea took top rookie &
top woman of four in Brazil.
* * *
In the final race of the 2010 IndyCar series,
Bea started 15th and ended 24th. She ecumulated
enough points in her 4 races to finish 30th of 41
racers for the season.
* * *
Bea takes 13th at San Paulo which not only was
the top rookie but the top woman of four. And the
only woman or rookie on the lead lap.
* * *
Bea joins Dreyer & Reinbold Racing for the
2010 IndyCar series. 
* * *
Bea qualified 15th at Chicagoland and had
contact on the 31st lap giving her a 14th finish.
She did not compete in the season finale and
finsihed 8th overall.
* * *
Bea qualified 15th at Chicagoland and had
contact on the 31st lap giving her a 14th
finish.
* * *
Bea qualified 3rd at Infineon and finished in
5th. She maintains her 8th place ranking
overall
* * *
Bea started Mid-Ohio in 14th and finished in
12th. She is currently in 8th place overall.
* * *
Bea started in 10th and finished in 2nd at
Kentucky and currently is in 8th position in the
standings.
* * *
Bea started 10th on the grid and finished 12 at
Edmonton.
* * *
Ana, who started sixth in the No. 20 Healthy
Choice/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car, passed teammate
Wade Cunningham on Lap 107 of 115 and went on to
her second Firestone Indy Lights career win. She is
currently 8th in the standings after having missed
the last race because of lack of funding.
Bea started Mid-Ohio in 14th and finished
in 12th. She is currently in 8th place overall.
* * *
Bea was gridded 7th at Toronto and finished
13th. Not her best day.
* * *
Ana took fourth in the first Indy Lite race this
year at St. Petersburg. In the 2nd race, she and
JR connected and she finished in 23rd. She is
currently ranked in 11th place of all Indy Light
drivers.
One of Auto Week's "Five
of the fastest women you will ever
meet"
* * *
Beatriz was gridded 2nd and was running fifth
when JR Hildebrand drove her off the track.
She finished in 16th at Kentucky Speedway. Next
race at Infenion, Sears Point.
* * *
Beatriz was gridded in the 14th spot of 22 cars
for Race 2 of the Indy Lights series at the
Mid-Ohio circuit. She finish 5th place, behind
Cyndie Allemann, who finished in 4th. Ana Beatriz
is 3rd of 34 drivers in the series point standings,
only 44 points behind the leader. The next race
will be Kentucky Speedway on August 8.
One of Auto Week's "Five
of the fastest women you will ever
meet"
* * *
Beatriz was 17th overall (1 minute, 15.7588
seconds; 107.298 mph) on the combined practice
chart on the 2.258-mile, 13-turn Mid-Ohio circuit
and started in the 19th position and finished 14th
in Race 1. She will therefore be gridded 14th for
the second race.
* * *
Beatriz was 17th overall (1 minute, 15.7588
seconds; 107.298 mph) on the combined practice
chart on the 2.258-mile, 13-turn Mid-Ohio circuit
and started in the 19th position. Allemann was 15th
quickest (1:15.7323; 107.336) and will start
18th..
* * *
Beatriz becomes first female winner in Firestone
Indy Lights. This occurred on July 12, 2008 at the
Sunbelt Rentals 100 at the Nashville Superspeedway.
This puts her 3rd in series points.
* * *
23-year-old Indy Pro Series racer Ana Beatriz is
6th of 34 racers in the series standings (only 73
points behind the leader) and has 5 top 5, 6 top
10, has lead for 16 laps and finished in 8 of her 9
races as of 7/5/08.
News
Beatriz piling up the
miles
Adding two IZOD IndyCar Series races to her
schedule means Ana Beatriz will be spending a lot
of time on airplanes.
The Dale Coyne Racing driver returned to her
native Brazil following the Honda Indy Grand Prix
of Alabama to attend a wedding during the off
weekend and will return to the United States for
the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach the following
week.
Then it’s back to Brazil for the race in
Sao Paulo on May 5 before heading to the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Opening day of
practice May 11 for the 97th Running of the
Indianapolis 500 Mile Race.
“It’s a lot of travel, but at least
I’ll get some (frequent flier) miles,”
Beatriz said.
Source: http://blog.indycar.com/2013/04/09/beatriz-piling-up-the-miles/
IZOD IndyCar Series:
Ana Beatriz Figueiredo overcomes one more
challenge
Driving the car no. 24 for Ipiranga Dreyer &
Reinbold Racing, Ana Beatriz Figueiredo finished in
a positive way the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
valid for the third round of the IZOD IndyCar
Series Championship held last Sunday.
She started from the 26th position on the grid
and finished on the 19th, between the 21 cars of 27
that completed the 85 laps by the 3.168 meters of
thestreet circuit of California.
With a right hand fractured in the first round
and operated recently for the insertion of a pin on
her scaphoid bone, Ana Beatriz Figueiredo had her
movements limited by the carbon fiber protection
bracelet that she had to wear above the glove to
protect the bone in calcification from any risk of
injury in case of any contact with other cars.
“We improved the protection bracelet, we
increased a bit the contact area of my hand with
the steering wheel, but I still wasn’table to
hold the steering wheel with the adhesion and
strength which are necessary to be fast enough in
Long Beach. It was not easy during the five first
turns to drive with only one hand. The left arm was
getting very tired. Until the moment we asked
ourselves if we should go until the end, but then I
decided to go”, summarize the Ipiranga
Racing’sdriver who competes in the
rookie’scategory.
The start of the race was a bit tense for Ana
Beatriz who made a mistake in the presentation lap.
“I accelerated more than necessary with the
tires still cold, I spun and the car stalled. This
cost me time from the start. I finished the race a
bit frustrated for not being able to use all my
capacity, but the important thing is we made it
until the end and scored some points. Now I will
continue totally dedicated to my
hand’srecovery to be able to be more
competitive in Brazil’srace”, concludes
Ana Beatriz Figueiredo who left the racetrack
feeling some pain in the hand.
Source: www.biaracing.com/eng/news.bia
Bia and Anders visit
Children's Hospital of Nevada
The last time Racing For Kids® visited Las
Vegas’ Children’s Hospital of Nevada was
in 1996 and rapper Tupac Shakur, who was gunned
down the night before, was a patient in the
adjacent University Medical Center Hospital UMC).
Security was very high and The Racing For Kids team
had to get clearance through a phalanx of policemen
and hospital security officers before greeting
young patients inside.
The atmosphere could not have been more
different Wednesday as IZOD IndyCar racer Ana
“Bia” Beatriz and Firestone Indy Light
racer Anders Krohn delighted 50 young patients and
their siblings for 90 minutes of entertaining
racing banter, a myriad of photo opportunities,
autographs and a host of memorabilia.
The two first greeted patients around the
IndyCar show car positioned in front of the
hospital’s Trauma Unit and then they made
bed-to-bed visits in several of the Children’s
Hospital wards. Ana races for Dreyer & Reinbold
Racing, while Anders drives for Belardi Auto
Racing.
There were plenty of smiles and lively chatter
outside.
Alyssa Cavey, age 10, of Las Vegas, nodded
quietly that she’d never been so close to a
racecar and loved the experience. Her mom Shannon
who was pushing Alyssa’s wheelchair was a
little more animated about the experience and upon
meeting Ana effused: “I like women driving
race cars.”
Anders for his part moved quickly from child to
child signing a hat for Anthony Martenez, age 4,of
Las Vegas and then Bryanna Duggan, age 10, who let
her caregivers know she was perfectly happy
spending as much time as possible outside in the
warm dessert sun.
The “Youngest Patient ” Award went to
Sophia Domanquez, age 1, who was gently held by her
mother Fatima also of Las Vegas, while Ana signed a
hat and hero card for her daughter.
Before heading inside Ana presented the hospital
with tickets to Sunday’s IndyCar World
Championships at The Las Vegas Speedway. The league
has provided each driver in Sunday’s race with
100 tickets for their favorite charity. Ana used
her tickets to bring hospitalized youngsters to the
race in the name of Racing For Kids. Happily
accepting on behalf of UMC’s Children’s
Hospital of Nevada were Karen Gordon, Pediatric
Services Coordinator, and Sara Richins, Child Life
Specialists.
Behind the scenes Dr. Bill Pinsky, Racing For
Kids founder, helped youngsters get in and out of
the show car. His wife Karen had a Racing For Kids
baseball cap for every youngster, while Jamie
George, of United Medical Products (UMP), made sure
each child had a special takeaway bag which
contained a colorful UMP IndyCar Calendar,
miniature scale racecar and coloring book.
During the bedside visits Ana, of Brazil, joked
with Anders, of Norway, telling him he needed to
learn Portuguese, while he responded that he’d
be happy to teach Beatriz his native Norwegian.
But one grandmother had another idea and offered
of both drivers: “your English is so
good.” Quipped Krohn: “I guess that is
what happens when you are surrounded by
Americans.”
Pat Wright
Executive Director
Racing For Kids®
Source: indycarnation.indycar.com/exclusive-news/2011/10/13/bia-and-anders-visit-children's-hospital-of-nevada
Bia's first pit stop in
Milwaukee
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin was one of
the first stops for Racing For Kids® in 1990
and since then has always been a special stop for
our charity. Today was no different as 80 young
patients and their siblings enjoyed a two-hour
visit from IZOD IndyCar’s talented Ana
“Bia” Beatriz.
For well over an hour “Bia,” who is
very personable, greeted youngsters in front of the
hospital, helping then get in and out of the
colorful “Dads Root Beer” show car,
autographing their Racing For Kids caps, posing for
numerous pictures and telling them about her #24
Ipiranga IndyCar which she pilots for Dreyer &
Reinbold Racing.
The number of well-informed racing fans she
encountered surprised Bia. Katie Godlewski, age 14,
of Sussex, WI with her mother, Jackie, talked about
Katie’s dad, Ben, who has raced IMCA Modified
cars at nearby speedways in Beaver Dam, Hales
Corners and Slinger.
Lana Rogers said her son Logan, age 4, of
Appleton, WI has developed an affinity for cars and
racing because of his dad. Logan sister and
brothers, Catlin, age 14, Preston, age 11, and
Trinity, age 9 nodded in agreement.
Also from Appleton, Devin Hansen, was very happy
when Bia signed a special racing t-shirt which is a
surprise Father’s Day gift for his father,
Pete. Devin and his mom, Amy, hoped the secret
would hold until Sunday.
Among the many new fans, the young Brazilian
racer found at Children’s Hospital of
Wisconsin were Nick Schetter, age 15, and his
parents Mike and Dawn of Carney in Michigan’s
Upper Peninsula.
Abby Duket, age five, of Waukesha, WI along with
her mom said they were delighted to meet one of the
rising young female IndyCar racers. Morgan Lunch,
though only two years old, was delighted as he sat
in the show car. His father, Mike, said he’d
be spreading the good word about Bia back home in
Arnold, MI.
Handing out the popular IZOD IndyCar calendars
was Brian Mehrstedt, Territory Manager for UMP,
which produces the calendars. For Eric Krupka, CEO
of EHK Motorsports, the whole event was a moving
experience, as he made sure each child had a
colorful red or yellow RFK baseball cap. Racing For
Kids’ Event Manager Debby Wright photographed
the entire visit and will soon have those pictures
posted on: www.racingforkids,org. You should check
them out.
Moving inside the hospital, Bia visited a number
of children confined to their rooms. Most moving
was her stop in the room of Nic Volker, aka Bat
Man. Nic has been a long time patient of
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. In 2009, he
met with RFK racer Mike Conway, now driving for
Andretti Autosports. At that time, Nic, dressed as
bat man, greeted Conway while driving his Bat
mobile kiddie car in the hospital lobby.
The picture of Nic and Mike became a popular
feature of Racing For Kid’s website and
publicity material. According to Amylynne Santiago
Volker, Nic’s mom, Nic has since become a
national media figure as he battles a myriad of
conditions with courage and resolve.
Nic wanted to make sure Bia stopped by and she
did for a little conversation and photos.
Bidding Nic adieu, Bia then waved good-bye to
her Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
“friends” and headed for The Milwaukee
Mile track for meetings with her engineers and
crew. She was second quickest in a recent IndyCar
test at the Milwaukee track. There are a hundred or
so youngsters in Children’s Hospital of
Wisconsin crossing their fingers for a good race
for Bia on Sunday in the Milwaukee 225.
Ana Beatriz joins Dreyer
and Reinbold for season opener
Dreyer and Reinbold Racing announced today that
Brazilian driver, Ana Beatriz, will join the
team’s IZOD IndyCar Series effort at the
season opener in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March
14th.
“We are excited about going to Brazil for
the first time with the IZOD IndyCar Series as it
makes its travels down to South America and putting
Ana Beatriz in our car at Brazil adds another
dimension to our program and we are happy to have
her on board for the Brazil race. We will be
testing her at Sebring this weekend and we are
excited to get her acclimated to the car. She was a
very talented Indy Lights driver and we are
converting her over to IndyCar and we are excited
to be the team that she makes her IZOD IndyCar
Series debut with,” commented Dreyer &
Reinbold Racing Co-Owner, Dennis Reinbold.
The Brazilian driver will make her debut IZOD
IndyCar appearance at her home race in Brazil on
March 14th. The Sao Paulo native will step up to
the IZOD IndyCar Series after competing in the
Firestone Indy Lights category for the last two
seasons. Her accomplishments include finishing
third in 2008 in the Firestone Indy Lights point
standings for Sam Schmidt Motorsports with one win,
nine top-five finishes and 11 top-10 finishes.
Beatriz also became the first female driver to win
in Firestone Indy Lights when she won at Nashville
in July. As a result she was named winner of the
Firestone Indy Lights Rising Star Award. For 2007,
she tested for A1 Team Brazil in A1GP at China. In
2006, Beatriz finished fifth in South American
Formula 3 with five podium finishes and one pole.
She was named winner of the São Paulo
Citizen Driver. In 2005, Beatriz became the first
female to ever win a Formula Renault race and she
went on to finish third in Formula Renault Brazil
with three wins (Campo Grande, Vitória and
Tarumã) and four pole positions (Campo
Grande, Vitória, Interlagos (twice). Beatriz
won a Gold Helmet Award and in 2004 finished fifth
in Brazilian Formula Renault.
“It’s great to be with Dreyer &
Reinbold Racing for the Brazil IZOD IndyCar race. I
was very happy when my manager, Andre Ribeiro, came
back from Indianapolis and had set everything up
with DRR. Hopefully we can get the rest together
for the whole season. I’m really, really
excited and happy to be here. I think the team is
very professional and I have great teammates with
Mike Conway and Justin Wilson. I hope that I can
learn a lot from these British drivers. This is
very special for me doing my debut in the IZOD
IndyCar race at my home event. It’s also very
special to be the first female Brazilian race car
driver to race there and it will be a great
experience,” stated Ana Beatriz.
Ana Beatriz will put her talent and experience
to the test this weekend at Sebring International
Raceway. Tomorrow will mark the first day for her
to get behind the wheel of an IndyCar. Once the
test is complete, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing will
head back to Indianapolis to put the final touches
on the cars before heading to Brazil for the IZOD
IndyCar Series opener on March 14th.
Source: www.dreyerreinboldracing.com
Ana Wins at Iowa
It was a personally gut-wrenching four weeks for
Ana Beatriz, whose short-term professional goals
were nearly short-circuited by a shortage of
funding. Maybe her victory in the Miller Lite 100
at Iowa Speedway will jump-start some additional
financial interest.
Beatriz, who started sixth in the No. 20 Healthy
Choice/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car, passed teammate
Wade Cunningham on Lap 107 of 115 and went on to
her second Firestone Indy Lights career win. The
race ended under caution as a Lap 114 incident
involving the cars of James Davison and Pippa Mann
brought out the yellow flag.
Would Cunningham's No. 11 Lucas Oil/Sam Schmidt
Motorsports car have been able to overtake Beatriz,
who led by 0.6093 of a second after Lap 112 and by
0.3777 of a second after Lap 113?
"We qualified sixth but it was great at the
start of the race and it was very competitive,"
said Beatriz, who finished on the podium at Iowa
Speedway last year. "I was fortunate to find the
right time to pass Wade. There were a lot of lapped
cars out there when that happened. It was all about
momentum. "
James Hinchcliffe completed a Sam Schmidt
Motorsports sweep of the podium - a first in
Firestone Indy Lights. Gustavo Yacaman almost made
it a 1 through 4 finish as he advanced six
positions in the No. 44 Crepes &
Waffles/Tuvacol/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car for
fifth.
"It is a great effort for the team," team owner
Sam Schmidt said. "It was a brand new car they had
to build up the last few weeks. This made up for
all those hours."
An accident in the Firestone Freedom 100 and a
hole in the budget forced Beatriz to sit out the
race in Milwaukee on May 31.
"At the finish I was thinking it was just
unbelievable," said Beatriz, who is the sixth
different winner in seven races this season. "I
nearly crashed at the end right there around the
flipped car (of Mann, who was uninjured). This team
deserves it. I really want to celebrate with them
tonight. The last couple of weeks have been tough
missing out on sponsorship and then finding a way
to come back.
"Together with my management and agents, we
worked very hard to find additional sponsorship to
get back on track. One of my managers, Andre
Ribeiro, put in a lot of his personal resources
into this project to get us back on track and allow
us opportunities to grow in the near future to
hopefully finish the season in a strong
position."
The victory will be a sizable morale boost, and
lend support in the championship points race.
Source: http://www.indycar.com/pro/news/?story_id=14373
Bia to Represent Brazil at
the A1GP event.
Firestone Indy Lights driver Ana Beatriz has been
called up by A1 Team Brazil for the World Cup of
Motorsport event at Algarve in Portugal this
weekend.
Beatriz, the first female driver to score a win
in the series, will drive the rookie sessions on
the 4.96km Portimao Circuit. She last drove for the
team at Shanghai in 2007.
"I was very happy and honored with Emerson
(Fittipaldi's) invitation to drive the rookie
sessions for A1 Team Brazil in Portugal. My first
international event was with Brazil in Shanghai in
2007 and it was fantastic. It will be great to
return with more experience and international
knowledge. I am also very excited to drive the new
car, and I hope to help the team start the weekend
well
Source: www.indycar.com/indylights/news/story.php?story_id=13536&utm_source=indycar&utm_medium=story&utm_content=13536&utm_campaign=speedRead
Beatriz becomes first female
winner in Firestone Indy Lights
Beatriz was gridded 2nd and was running fifth when
JR Hildebrand drove her off the track. She
finished in 16th at Kentucky Speedway. Next race at
Infenion, Sears Point.
* * *
First Danica Patrick. Then Simona de Silvestro.
Now Ana Beatriz in 2008.
Video
Search for "Ana Beatriz wins in Nashville"
Shorter
video
* * *
Beatriz became the first female winner of a
Firestone Indy Lights race, overtaking pole sitter
and Sam Schmidt Motorsports teammate James Davison
on Lap 33 of 77 and holding on in the Sunbelt
Rentals 100 at Nashville Superspeedway.
Four other females have competed in the series,
including Cyndie Allemann with American Spirit
Racing this season. Sarah McCune (Chicagoland 2005)
was the first female pole sitter in the series -
the same year that Patrick started from the pole in
three races during her IndyCar Series rookie
season.
In April at Twin Ring Motegi, Patrick became the
first woman to win a major closed-course auto
race.
"I just can't be more thankful for Healthy
Choice/Sam Schmidt Motorsports for bringing me to
the U.S. (from Brazil)," said Beatriz, whose
previous best finish was third (last week in the
second race at Watkins Glen International, at Iowa
and the first St. Petersburg street race). "I
thought I would win at St. Pete; we were almost
there.
"I'm with the best team and they have so much
information on oval. I won my first race on an
oval. It's amazing."
Bobby Wilson finished 1.2392 second behind in
the No. 17 Team E Patriot Bank car, advancing six
positions from his starting spot. Arie Luyendyk
finished third and J.R. Hildebrand fourth.
The race was delayed 105 minutes because of a
thunderstorm.
"We had the rain in the afternoon and that
surprised everybody, so the track was green again,"
Beatriz said. "At the beginning, I wanted to make
sure that the car would be fine, and it was OK. But
I got passed by two cars."
After a Lap 14 restart, she settled in and
caught Davison on the low side in Turn 3. She led a
field-high 45 laps.
Beatriz, competing in her 10th race, said the
victory - the 25th for Sam Schmidt Motorsports,
including four at Nashville Superspeedway - is a
tribute to her abilities.
"I'm really, really happy to win as a driver, a
driver that came from Brazil and is a rookie in the
series," she said. "I'm really happy to be a winner
as a driver, no matter of the gender."
The series moves to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car
Course for a doubleheader July 19-20.
Source: www.indycar.com/pro/news/story.php?story_id=11980
Brazil's Beatriz 1st woman
to win Indy Lights race
Ana Beatriz of Brazil became the first woman to win
on the Firestone Indy Lights Series, taking the
rain-delayed Sunbelt Rentals 100 on Saturday at the
Nashville Superspeedway.
Beatriz is one of five women who have taken part
in the series, that started in 2002, to help
develop drivers for the Indy Racing League's
IndyCar series. She had finished as high as third
three times previously this year.
She started on the front row beside James
Davison, the pole-sitter and her Sam Schmidt
Motorsports teammate, after a thunderstorm forced a
nearly two-hour delay. But Beatriz dipped inside
Davison going into Turn 3 on lap 33 and took the
lead. Beatriz held onto that for the rest of the
77-lap, 100-mile race, winning by 1.2392 seconds
ahead of Bobby Wilson.
"Our car was the best one today, and we did it,"
Beatriz said.
Mishael Abbott, Sarah McCune, Veronica McCann
and Cyndie Allerman also had competed on this
level. Beatriz said she thought she would prevail
in St. Petersburg.
"I'm really, really happy to win as a driver, a
driver that came from Brazil as a rookie in the
series and really happy to be a winner as a
driver," she said. "I don't know about gender."
Source: ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jA6LnE4vDmuG9Fz-uKBfJnkVRGqwD91SK3F00
* * *
Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Ana Beatriz brought home a third-place result on
the 7/8th mile oval matching her season's best
finish at St. Petersburg.
"I was confident, but
starting from sixth had me a little bit worried
because it is so hard to pass here," she
said.
"I'm happy, I'm proud with
a third-place result under the
circumstances."
Beatriz too was a victim
of "traffic", herself penalized in-race for
blocking at one point. "I'm not certain where it
happened, and will have to go back and look at the
tape, but I'm sure that race control was on top of
the situation if they felt it happened."
With
victory in books, Beatriz looking to challenge for
title
Ana Beatriz grinned when a
spectator at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course displayed a
USA Today article that featured the Firestone Indy
Lights driver.
Beatriz, who July 12 at
Nashville Superspeedway became the first female to
win in the series, was accepting congratulations in
the paddock at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The
victory lifted Beatriz into championship
contention. She's 49 points behind leader Richard
Antinucci heading in to the doubleheader race
weekend.
"It was something huge in
a Brazil, like I was really, really excited that I
could say that for one week we were more famous
than Tony (Kanaan), Helio (Castroneves) because all
the newspapers were talking about it," the driver
of the No. 20 Healthy Choice/Sam Schmidt
Motorsports car said. "And I'm really glad that all
the press that are in Brazil did that. That's
really, really nice."
Beatriz and Cyndie
Allemann (No. 18 American Spirit Racing car), both
first-year drivers in the series, are looked at as
competitors and not by their gender. That wasn't
the case in Beatriz's formative years.
"It was hard work,
especially in the beginning," she said. "The boys
were dominant, and I really had to do a lot of bad
things to get their respect. I used to drive with
Nelson Piquet Jr. in go-karting when we were 8
years old. And one day Nelson Piquet couldn't pass
me, and then the session was over and Nelson
Piquet's father was fighting with him because he
couldn't pass me. What's that, you know? What's the
problem? So it was really hard to get the
respect.
"But by the time that I
could win, start to win races, people just got used
to me in Brazil so I didn't have many problems
anymore and all the drivers started to respect me.
Americans, they are really more acceptable about
women racing than in Brazil and Europe."
Beatriz was 17th overall
(1 minute, 15.7588 seconds; 107.298 mph) on the
combined practice chart on the 2.258-mile, 13-turn
Mid-Ohio circuit. Allemann was 15th quick
(1:15.7323; 107.336).
"I think we improved from
the first session to the second," Beatriz said.
"The track changed a lot. I just had to adapt. I'm
happy with the Healthy Choice/Sam Schmidt car, and
I'm looking forward to a good rest of the
weekend."
Source: By
Dave Lewandowski,
www.indycar.com/pro/news/story.php?story_id=12043
Results
|
2011 IRL Results
(Grid/Finish/Qualifying Speed/Laps
Completed/Status)
|
|
Date
|
Track
|
Start
|
Finish
|
Laps
|
Status
|
|
Mar 27
|
Streets
of St. Petersburg
,
FL 1.8-mile street course
|
20
|
14
|
98
|
Running
|
|
Apr 10
|
Barber Motorsports Park, Alabama
2.38-mile road course
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
Wrist surgery
|
|
Apr 17
|
Streets
of Long Beach
Long Beach, CA 1.968-mile street
course
|
26
|
19
|
83/85
|
Running
|
|
May 1
|
Streets of San Paulo, Brazil
|
25
|
24
|
31/55
|
Mechanical
|
|
May 29
|
Indianapolis
Motor Speedway
IN, 2.5-mile oval
|
32
|
21
|
197/200
|
Running
|
|
Jun 11
|
Texas
Motor Speedway
1 Fort Worth,
TX 1.5-mile oval
|
24
|
22
|
112/114
|
Running
|
|
Jun 11
|
Texas
Motor Speedway
2 Fort Worth,
TX 1.5-mile oval
|
15
|
22
|
113/114
|
Running
|
|
Jun 19
|
Milwaukee
Mile ,
West Allis, WI 1-mile oval
|
11
|
17
|
222/225
|
Running
|
|
Jun 25
|
Iowa
Speedway, .875-mile oval Newton, IA
.875-mile oval
|
18
|
23
|
44/250
|
Contact
|
|
Jul 10
|
Streets of Toronto, 1.721-mile street
course
|
26
|
11
|
85/85
|
Running
|
|
Jul 24
|
JAGflo
Speedway
at City Centre Airport, Edmonton, AB
1.973-mile airport course
|
23
|
13
|
80/80
|
Running
|
|
Aug 7
|
Mid-Ohio
Sports Car Course
,
Lexington, OH, 2.258-mile road course
|
25
|
17
|
85/85
|
Running
|
|
Aug 14
|
New Hampshire
|
21
|
14
|
210/215
|
Running
|
|
Aug 28
|
Infineon
Raceway
,
Sonoma, CA 2.245-mile road
course
|
10
|
13
|
75/75
|
Running
|
|
Sep 4
|
Baltimore
|
20
|
16
|
75/75
|
Running
|
|
Sep 18
|
Twin
Ring Motegi
,
Japan 1.5-mile oval
|
21
|
20
|
63/63
|
Running
|
|
Oct 2
|
Kentucky
Speedway
Sparta, KY 1.5-mile oval
|
20
|
24
|
165/200
|
Contact
|
|
Oct 16
|
Las Vegas
|
|
|
|
|
2010 IRL Results (Grid/Finish/Qualifying
Speed/Laps Completed/Status)
|
Date
|
Track
|
Start
|
Finish
|
Laps
|
Status
|
|
3/14
|
Streets of San Paulo, Brazil
|
22
|
13
|
61/61
|
Running
|
|
5/30
|
Indianapolis
|
21
|
21
|
196/200
|
Running
|
|
8/28
|
Chicagoland
|
22
|
24
|
88/200
|
Mechanical
|
|
10/2
|
Homestead-Miami
|
15
|
26th
|
42/200
|
Contact
|
2009 Indy Lights
|
Date
|
Track
|
Start
|
Finish
|
Qual Speed
|
Laps
|
Status
|
|
4/3/09
|
St Petersburg
|
7
|
4
|
94.781
|
40
|
Running
|
|
4/4/09
|
St Petersburg
|
5
|
23
|
96.291
|
26
|
Contact
|
|
4/14/09
|
Long Beach
|
7
|
5
|
93.262
|
45
|
Running
|
|
4/25/09
|
Kansas
|
3
|
4
|
186.846
|
67
|
Running
|
|
5/21/09
|
Indianapolis
|
4
|
17
|
188.813
|
16
|
Contact
|
|
5/31/09
|
Milwaukee
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
6/20/09
|
Iowa
|
6
|
1
|
159.966
|
115
|
Running
|
|
7/3/09
|
Watkins Glen
|
16
|
9
|
122.948
|
30
|
Running
|
|
7/1o/09
|
Toronto
|
7
|
13
|
96.996
|
49
|
Running
|
|
7/26/09
|
Edmonton
|
10
|
12
|
105.430
|
49
|
Running
|
|
8/1/09
|
Kentucky
|
10
|
3
|
NA
|
67
|
Running
|
|
8/9/09
|
Mid-Ohio
|
14
|
12
|
105.649
|
40
|
Running
|
|
8/23/09
|
Infineon
|
3
|
5
|
99.3121
|
40
|
Running
|
|
8/29/09
|
Chicago
|
15
|
14
|
0.000
|
31
|
Contact
|
2008
Indy Lights
4 podiums - St Peterburg (3), Iowa Speedway (3),
Watkins Glen (3), Nashville (1)
Finished third in Firestone Indy Lights point
standings for Sam Schmidt Motorsports with one win,
nine top-five finishes and 11 top-10 finishes.
Became first female driver to win in Firestone
Indy Lights when she won at Nashville in July.
Named winner of the Firestone Indy Lights Rising
Star Award
Car No C/E/T S F Qual Speed Laps XL LL Status
Pts
Sat, 29 Mar 2008 - Homestead-Miami Speedway 6 7
185.802 67 0 0 Running 26
Sat, 05 Apr 2008 - Streets of St. Petersburg 3 3
95.969 40 0 0 Running 35
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 - Streets of St. Petersburg 2
16 95.969 32 1 7 Accident 14
Sun, 27 Apr 2008 - Kansas Speedway 5 14 0.000 67
0 0 Running 16
Sat, 24 May 2008 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway 4
5 0.000 40 0 0 Running 30
Sun, 01 Jun 2008 - The Milwaukee Mile 21 19
0.000 78 0 0 Running 11
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 - Iowa Speedway 6 3 159.548 115
0 0 Running 35
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 - Watkins Glen International 6
4 122.746 28 0 0 Running 32
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 - Watkins Glen International 3
3 0.000 29 1 9 Running 35
Sat, 12 Jul 2008 - Nashville Superspeedway 2 1
180.368 77 1 45 Running 52
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 - Infineon Raceway 3 0.000 30 0
0 Running
Key: No: Car Number
C/E/T: Chassis/Engine/Tire S: Starting Position F:
Finishing Position XL: Times Led LL: Laps Led Pts:
Points
2007 - A1 GP
2006 - South American Formula 3
5th place - 5 podiums and one pole position
Award: São Paulo Citizen Driver
2005 - Formula Renault Brazil
3rd place - won 3 races: Campo Grande,
Vitória and Tarumã
Pole Position in 4 races, Campo Grande,
Vitória, Interlagos (twice)
Gold Helmet Award - Winner
2004 - Formula Renault Brazil
5th place
2003 - Karting
Rookie of the year - Brazilian Formula
Renault
Best lap - Londrina
Best lap - Campo Grande
Champion - Sorriso Petrobrás Kart Cup
Runner-up - Petrobrás Karting Selective
2002 - Karting
Gold Helmet Award - Best Brazilian Driver
Runner-up - Brazilian Championship
3rd place - São Paulo Championship of
karting cat. A
2001 - Karting
Gold Helmet Award - Best Brazilian Driver
Runner-up of Brazil Kart Cup
* * *
WomenInRacing.org
| Contact
Us
©1996-2023 by Gordon
Clay
|
