Ricardo Rosset

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Ricardo Rosset
Born (1968-07-27) 27 July 1968 (age 55)
São Paulo, Brazil
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityBrazil Brazilian
Active years1996–1998
TeamsFootwork, MasterCard Lola, Tyrrell
Entries33 (26 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1996 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry1998 Japanese Grand Prix

Ricardo Rosset (born 27 July 1968

racing driver. Runner-up in the 1995 International Formula 3000 Championship, he later participated in 33 Formula One Grands Prix, making his debut at the 1996 Australian Grand Prix
. He scored no championship points. He eventually quit Formula One to focus on developing a sportswear business in Brazil.

Ricardo Rosset Thruxton British F3 1994
Ricardo Rosset Grid, Thruxton British F3 1994

Career

Formula Three

After graduating from the Formula Opel Euroseries, Rosset competed in the

Snetterton
, albeit on an occasion where Magnussen retired.


Formula 3000

Rosset made his début in

1995. His teammate was the more experienced Vincenzo Sospiri
, who won the drivers' championship that year. In 1995 Rosset came second to his teammate – winning two races, including his first ever F3000 race – and finished second in the championship.

Formula One

Footwork (1996)

Although he had an opportunity to join Minardi, Rosset was hired by Footwork in 1996 as teammate to Jos Verstappen. He never matched the Dutch driver's pace (Verstappen was quicker in qualifying for all the races), although the team largely stopped development on the car when Tom Walkinshaw bought it. Rosset later stated that the cash-strapped team were unable to provide two identical cars, with a lack of spares, and they concentrated on the faster driver, Verstappen.[2]

Lola (1997)

Rosset driving for Lola during the 1997 Australian Grand Prix meeting.

In

MasterCard. Rosset was left without a drive for the rest of the season.[2]

Tyrrell (1998)

In 1998, Rosset was chosen by Craig Pollock to be Tyrrell's second driver alongside Toranosuke Takagi, to the fury of Ken Tyrrell, whose first choice was Verstappen,[3] although Rosset later stated Tyrrell's choice was Norberto Fontana.[2] Pollock had bought into the team with a view to establishing BAR, and saw Rosset's superior sponsorship finance as essential in balancing the team's budget. The decision led to Tyrrell leaving the team midway through the season.[4]

The 1998 season was another unsuccessful one for Rosset, and led to increasing criticism of his abilities. Failing to qualify at

tosser".[5] Rosset later said, "I never saw that. Maybe behind the scenes, the mechanics, they were saying that. I remember something like that... I don't doubt it."[2]

Despite an eighth-place finish at the next race in Canada, which was ultimately the team's best result of the season, Rosset was in danger of losing his seat to Danish driver Tom Kristensen. At a test at Magny-Cours, Rosset and Takagi posted almost equal times, with Kristensen around half a second slower, albeit with an older engine.[6] Rosset said in 2019 that Kristensen drove the same car as he did, with only a change of seat and minor adjustments.[2] Rosset went on to outqualify Takagi at the following race at the same circuit, the French Grand Prix.[7]

Rosset's problems included missing out on qualification for the Spanish Grand Prix by 0.06s, and an injury during practice for the German Grand Prix which prevented him from taking part in qualifying, while in Belgium he crashed into the carnage of the 14-car pile-up on the first lap after being unsighted by the heavy spray, and was unable to take the restart. A further failure to qualify at Tyrrell's final race in Japan, where he was hindered by a neck injury caused by a crash in practice, marked the end of his Formula One career.

Rosset later stated his belief that Tyrrell concentrated heavily on his Honda-backed teammate Takagi, and gave the Japanese driver an advantage in order to win favour from Honda. "They wanted him to look good... so I was somebody not very welcome," he said. "For sure, they weren't behind me."[2]

After Formula One

After leaving the team at the end of the season, Rosset quit racing entirely to concentrate on his sportswear business in Brazil. However, he made a return to racing in the 2008

filmmaker Walter Salles.[8] At the end of the season, the pair had won four times in their Ford GT and finished second in the overall standings.[9]

Encouraged by this performance, Rosset bought the Footwork FA17 chassis that he raced in 1996, and planned to enter it in a historic F1 series in 2009,[10] but ultimately did not. He later bought his 1998 Tyrrell 026 on eBay, and keeps both cars at his home. He has said of his Formula One career, "I was very grateful I had the chance... I did my best, the best I could do. I pushed as hard as I could... What people say, it doesn't bother me."[2]

Rosset went on to win the

Porsche GT3 Cup Brasil in 2010, 2013, and 2015.[11]

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
1995 Super Nova Racing SIL
1
CAT

2 		PAU
9 		PER
1 		HOC
9 		SPA
4
EST

5 		MAG
Ret 		2nd 29
Sources:[12][13]

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Points
1996 Footwork Arrows Hart Footwork FA17
Hart V8
 AUS
9 		BRA
Ret 		ARG
Ret 		EUR
11 		SMR
Ret 		MON
Ret 		ESP
Ret 		CAN
Ret 		FRA
11 		GBR
Ret 		GER
11 		HUN
8 		BEL
9 		ITA
Ret 		POR
14 		JPN
13 		NC 0
1997 MasterCard Lola F1 Team Lola T97/30 Ford V8 AUS
DNQ 		BRA ARG SMR MON ESP CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA AUT LUX JPN EUR NC 0
1998 PIAA Tyrrell Ford Tyrrell 026 Ford V10 AUS
Ret 		BRA
Ret 		ARG
14 		SMR
Ret 		ESP
DNQ 		MON
DNQ 		CAN
8 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		AUT
12 		GER
DNQ 		HUN
DNQ 		BEL
DNS 		ITA
12 		LUX
Ret 		JPN
DNQ 		NC 0
Sources:[14][15]

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Rank Points
2014 Vogel Motorsport
Chevrolet Sonic
INT
1

16 		SCZ
1 		SCZ
2 		BRA
1 		BRA
2 		GOI
1 		GOI
2 		GOI
1 		CAS
1 		CAS
2 		CUR
1 		CUR
2 		VEL
1 		VEL
2 		SCZ
1 		SCZ
2 		TAR
1 		TAR
2
SAL
1
SAL
2
 CUR
1 		NC† 0†
2015 Vogel Motorsport
Chevrolet Sonic
 GOI
1
Ret 		RBP
1 		RBP
2 		VEL
1 		VEL
2 		CUR
1 		CUR
2 		SCZ
1 		SCZ
2 		CUR
1 		CUR
2 		GOI
1 		CAS
1 		CAS
2 		BRA
1 		BRA
2 		CUR
1 		CUR
2 		TAR
1 		TAR
2
INT
1
 NC† 0†
Source:[16]

† Ineligible for championship points.

References

  1. ^ Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Edd Straw: Interview with Ricardo Rosset and Lito Cavalcanti". Autosport. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ Moakes, Dan (2000-08-15). "8W - Who? - Jos Verstappen". Autosport. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  4. ^ "Motor racing: Pollock primed to rock the boat". The Independent. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  5. Haymarket Publications
    . p. 93.
  6. ^ "Kristensen tests – for now". Crash.net. 25 June 1998. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  7. ^ "France 1998 - Qualifications". StatsF1. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  8. ^ Salles-Rosset defeat Xandy-Mattheis (Portuguese)
  9. ^ GT3 Brasil standings Archived 2008-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Turner, Kevin, ed. (April 2009). "Rosset to make F1 racing return in his own Arrows". Autosport. 196 (2): 89.
  11. ^ "Ricardo Rosset". Driver Database. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  12. ^ "Ricardo Rosset". Motor Sport. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Riccardo Rosset Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Ricardo Rosset – Involvement". StatsF1. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  15. ISBN 978-1-902007-46-5
    – via Internet Archive.
  16. ^ "Ricardo Rosset: Racedriver biography – career and success". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

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