Lucas di Grassi
Lucas di Grassi was born in São Paulo, Brazil on August 11th, 1984 and is the Race Car Driver. At the age of 39, Lucas di Grassi biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Lucas Tucci di Grassi (born 11 August 1984) is a Brazilian racing driver who competes in the all-electric FIA Formula E Championship for Audi Sport ABT Schaffler and is the CEO of Roborace.
He has won numerous races in single-seaters and sports cars throughout his career.
The 2016–17 Formula E Drivers' Championship is Di Grassi's most recent triumph. Born in So Paulo, di Grassi began racing karts at the age of ten and gained early success in the regional and later national kart series.
He converted to auto racing in 2002 and finished second in the Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil and Formula 3 Sudamericana championships.
Di Grassi won two consecutive titles in the 2004 British Formula Three Championships and moved to the Euro Series the following year, winning a single race and being the champion of the non-championship Macau Grand Prix.
He spent the next three years in the GP2 series, winning four races and finishing runner-up to Timo Glock in 2007. In 2010, Di Grassi raced for the Virgin Racing team, but was outperformed by his colleague Glock and was suspended for the following season.
He was hired by Pirelli in mid-2011 as their official tyre tester and designer of the company's next generation of tyres.
Di Grassi continued to play in this role well into 2012.
He rode for Audi Sport Team Joest in the FIA World Endurance Championship for the next four seasons, finishing second in 2016 for his second best finish.
Since 2014, di Grassi has competed in Formula E, winning ten victories and winning the 2016-17 Drivers' Championship.
Early and personal life
Di Grassi was born in So Paulo, Brazil, on August 11, 1984. He is of Italian descent through his grandfather, who came from Polignano a Mare. Although Di Grassi's family did not have experience with motor racing, his uncle owned a go-kart store, and di Grassi visited him every weekend between the ages of seven and eight. After his second year at the private business university Ibmec, he was educated at the local Santa Cruz High School and later graduated with a bachelor's degree in Economics. In a wedding held in Itirapina's So Paulo municipality of Bianca Diniz Caloi on December 1, 2013, Di Grassi married designer Bianca Diniz Caloi. He now lives in Monaco. Di Grassi became a father with the birth of his son Leonardo on July 3, 2018.
In 2007, he founded Smarter Driving, a non-governmental group that promotes fuel conservation, and was named the United Nations Environment Programme's clean air ambassador in 2018. Di Grassi participates in triathlons to maintain his fitness and balance his racing careers. He is also a member of the Mensa high-IQ group. In comparison to his native Portuguese, he is fluent in English, Italian, Spanish, and French, as well as basic knowledge of French.
Early career
Vito, Engie's former vice president, made his karting debut at the age of ten, on the invitation of his father, Vito. In 1997, he won a karting tournament in Sao Paulo, and continued to progress in the South American karting series by winning numerous races in his native country. He came fifth overall in the Formula A World Championship in 2000, and di Grassi's karting career began in 2000. He won the Pan American Kart Championship last year. Di Grassi made his debut in 2002, competing in Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil, winning two races and placing seven points behind series victor Sérgio Jimenez. He made the switch to Formula 3 Sudamericana in 2003 and joined the Avellone team. Despite missing the season's final six races due to Di Grassi's neck injury while driving in Curitiba, he won one victory and remained on the podium eleven times en route to second in the championship, behind the more experienced Danilo Dirani.
In 2004, he decided to move to the United Kingdom in order to compete in the British Formula Three Championship with Hitech Racing. Di Grassi won both races at the Thruxton meet, but the remainder of the season was difficult for him and he might only finish eighth in the final standings despite strong qualifying results. He was invited to compete in the Macau Grand Prix and finished third. Di Grassi joined Manor Motorsport in 2005, but the season began with a major accident at the Hockenheimring, where he attempted to pass Giedo van der Garde but crashed the latter's rear-left wheel. He shot into the air and rolled several times before he stopped resting in the tyre barrier. Di Grassi had a good season and won by a lights-to-flag victory at the Oschersleben and placed third in the championship. He came from third third on the grid at the Masters of Formula 3, and lifted the Macau Grand Prix from third third on the grid by passing Robert Kubica shortly after a safety car resurfaced in the closing stages of the season.
As he entered the GP2 Series support series with the stumbling Durango team, di Grassi was introduced to the next stage of his career by Spanish driver Sergio Hernández. Though Nelson Piquet Jr. defeated Lewis Hamilton for the championship, di Grassi suffered with a noncompetitive vehicle and could only muster eight points over the course of the season. He signed a deal to race for the first round of ART Grand Prix in December 2006 with support from the Renault Formula One team. He earned points consistently throughout the season, but only once in the first thirteen races. Despite not winning a race at the time, Di Grassi and iSport competitor Timo Glock were in contention for the championship, as well as iSport's Timo Glock.
In the fourteenth round of the season, he won the first round of the season and took the lead, but Glock came back to him after winning the sprint competition on the same track. Di Grassi was two points ahead of Glock in the season's final race, but said he was not worried about outside causes that determined the title. Dia Grassi started on wet tyres, but the rain held up and he entered the pit lane after two laps of the slick tyres. He pushed too hard on the slippery pavement and crashed his vehicle into the gravel trap. Glock won the sprint race and was given one extra point for the fastest lap to clinch the title, but di Grassi struggled to finish outside the top ten in the top ten.
Despite being in GP2 for 2008, Di Grassi had no intention of remaining in GP2 because of his friendship with Renault, he was designing the series's latest Dallara GP2/08 chassis in addition to his Formula One test and reserve driver duties. However, he started his GP2 career in 2013 by winning a ride at Campos Racing from round four to round four, swapping out Ben Hanley, the 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series runner-up. Di Grassi, the top-scoring driver at the first two race meetings in which he competed, earned three second places and one fourth-place finish. Two victories followed, and he briefly appeared poised for a thrilling championship challenge before collapsing with Giorgio Pantano (who was disqualified for the event) at Spa-Francorchamps ended di Grassi's hopes. Despite six fewer races, he came in third, ten points behind Pantano.
Di Grassi tried to compete in Formula One in 2009 with Renault, but rumors arose in the motor sport media over him replacing fellow countryman Nelson Piquet Jr. after the latter's poor result compared to his teammate Fernando Alonso. For the season, Renault considered using either di Grassi or fellow test driver Romain Grosjean, but ultimately decided to keep Piquet and Alonso. Ross Brawn recommended that he and the 2008 GP2 Series runner-up Bruno Senna drive for Honda. In mid-November, the pair tested the Honda RA108 at the Circuit de Catalunya, which put the Grassi lap within a second of Senna's. Brawn chose Rubens Barrichello after Honda withdrew from Formula One due to the global financial crisis.
With no other options open, di Grassi decided to stay in GP2 for another season and joined Racing Engineering, teaming Dani Clos. After the global governing body of motor sport, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), barred Formula One teams from participating in in-season testing, he was released from his Renault testing positions. However, di Grassi was retained as Renault's reserve driver and was able to act as a potential substitute for Grosjean in the Singapore Grand Prix after Grosjean became sick with food poisoning. He began the season with two four-place finishes in the duo of Monaco races before winning his first match of the season in Istanbul from reverse grid pole position. It was evident that di Grassi would not be able to win the title but came second in the Silverstone feature contest over the next two rounds. He followed this up with six more podium appearances in the remainder of the season. Di Grassi came in third in the drivers' standings last year.