Fabio Carbone (born
September 4, 1980) is a Brazilian
race car driver.
Racing career
Carbone began his career in
karting at the age
of nine and won the Brazilian national championship at 15 years of
age, in 1995.
In 1999, he moved into Formula Chevrolet and finishing the
Brazilian championship in vice, behind Felipe Massa. He finished
the championship in third in the next year.
In 2001, he moved to
Europe to compete in the
Italian and
Formula Renault
Championship. He won three races and finished the series in third
at once. In the same year, he participated in five races of the
European Formula Renault Championship and took a
pole position.
Renault
saw his activity and selected him to a driver of Renault
Development Program.
Formula Three
In 2002, he competed in the
British Formula Three
Championship and finished in sixth. In this year, he won the
Masters F3 race.
In 2003, he moved to
Formula
Three Euroseries of just establishment and finished in fifth.
He won the
race 2 of the Grand Prix de
Pau
. And he took pole position in the
Macau Grand Prix F3 race and runner-up in
the race.
In 2004, once more, he moved to another Formula Three championship,
the Japanese Championship in this time. And he returned to
Euroseries in 2005 before re-returned to Japanese Championship in
2006.
Japan
Though he ran as practice driver for the
A1 Team Brazil in the
2005–06 season, he went
on to take an active part in Japan and competed in the
Formula Nippon and
Super
GT in 2007.
He also participated in
1000km Suzuka
in 2006 and finished in second.
World Series by Renault
Carbone competed in the
World
Series by Renault in
2008, driving for the
Ultimate Signature team, with
team-mates
Claudio Cantelli and
Esteban Guerrieri.
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