Roberto Moreno
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Roberto Pupo Moreno (born 11 February 1959), also known as Roberto Moreno and Pupo Moreno, is a Brazilian racing driver.
He appeared in 75 Formula One Grands Prix, earned 1 podium, and scored a total of 15 championship points.
He competed in CART in 1986 and was the first champion of Formula 3000 (in 1988) before joining Formula One full time in 1989.
He returned to CART in 1996 and 2001, and continued his involvement in the series until 2008.
He competed in endurance and GT's in Brazil, but now works as a driver coach and consultant, and although this takes up a great deal of his spare time, he is not officially retired yet, as he appears in historic events.
He likes building light aeroplanes far away from the sport.Moreno was known as the "Red Sub" early in his career, because he was used to replace injured drivers several times.
Career
Moreno, who won the 1976 Brazilian 125cc Karting championship, is keen on returning to Europe. He came from England in 1979 to compete in Formula Ford's first season. He was the car's chauffeur, mechanic, and he tow it on a trailer. Ron Tauranac, the Ralt owner/designer, gave Moreno an old shed to work out of as his home base. He had a few good results, and Ralph Firman Sr. was perplexed to recruit him as a works Van Diemen pilot for the 1980 season. Whilst driving for Firman, he would win the Townsend Thoresen British Formula Ford title, winning eight races in the process. Meanwhile, in Europe, he drove the same car to three more victories, earning himself second place in the EFDA Townsend Thoresen Euroseries Formula Ford 1600 Championship. He was also ranked 4th in the RAC British series and 6th in the P&O Ferries series. He ended the season by winning the Formula Ford Festival for the second time. Moreno will compete in the Formula Ford Festival in the same car as the 2021 centennial of the Festival.
Colin Chapman, the successful owner and founder of Formula One's Team Lotus, was alerted by Moreno's triumph. Roberto returned to Europe in 1981 because Chapman had offered him a F1 testing deal with enough funds to continue racing. He competed Formula Three with these funds, but funds were tight. Despite that, he won two races with Barron Racing, but the CASC North American Formula Atlantic Championship was more successful across the Atlantic Ocean the following season, defeating Al Unser Jr. in a supporting race at the 1982 United States Grand Prix West in Long Beach. He made another big name by winning the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières in 1982. Moreno had to do half a season with Ivens Lumar Racing, winning three races in the process before being allowed to drive at Lotus's 1982 Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort, but he ultimately failed to qualify.
Moreno (who alongside his colleague Nelson Piquet was a popular triple winner of the Australian Grand Prix in 1981, 1983, and 1984 before it became a Formula One World Championship race in 1985). These victories came in the days before the Grand Prix was a Formula Mondial competition held in Melbourne's 1.6 km (1.0 mi) Calder Park Raceway. Piquet, Alan Jones, Niki Lauda, and Keke Rosberg were among the AGP's top winners, as well as other F1 drivers such as Jacques Laffite, Andrea de Cesaris, and François Hesnault often defeated current or past World Drivers' Champions to win the AGP. He finished third in the only Australian Grand Prix he competed in (1982), but he didn't win during the time (1982). Moreno rode a Formula Pacific or Formula Mondial R4 in all of his pre-F1 Australian Grand Prix drives.
When Moreno was called up by Colin Chapman to stand in for Nigel Mansell at Lotus in the 1982 Dutch Grand Prix after Mansell broke his wrist in the previous Grand Prix in Canada, he was winning races in Formula Atlantic, Formula Mondial, and Formula Three. During the Detroit Grand Prix, Jan Lammers broke a thumb and team owner Teddy Yip wanted Moreno to take over the cockpit, but Chapman refused to release him. During the run in Montréal, Mansell strained his wrist, allowing Moreno to stand in. The Lotus 91 was a nightmare to handle, with regular drivers, Mansell and Elio de Angelis doing the bulk of the testing, with Moreno limited to the older Lotus 87B and Lotus 88 models. With his best qualifying lap over two seconds off from making the grid, Moreno was unable to comprehend the Lotus 91. Lotus dropped him from his role as a test pilot at the end of 1982, but it took him a long time to recover from his poor showing.
He was supposed to have a second shot but his Dutch race handicapped him for many years. He was called up to substitute Pascal Fabre for the AGS team at the Japanese Grand Prix at the end of the 1987 season. Moreno was supposed to make his Lotus debut five years after the Lotus fiasco, but he was the slowest of all and did not qualify once more. However, Williams driver Nigel Mansell injured himself during practice and the team later withdrew his admission, effectively allowing Moreno to participate in his first Grand Prix. He rode the ungainly JH22 between the Adelaide Street Circuit's walls to finish seventh overall, while others crashed the walls and broke their cars. Ayrton Senna's Lotus-Honda was disqualified from second position for oversized brake ducts, and Moreno was promoted to 6th place, scoring his, and the team's first-ever point in Formula One, following post-race scrutiny.
Siddle and Moreno brought Siddle back to North America. A sponsor had been waiting for a whole season of Formula Atlantic, but the Long Beach GP's support race was switched to a Super Vee, and he lost his money. Despite the setback, his new team, Theodore Racing team went on and won the first race at Willow Springs. He ran in two more races before the team stopped racing with the prize money. Teddy Yip, the team's owner, was able to fund a transfer to another team, which was fortunately for Moreno. He won four races, while championship rival Michael Andretti claimed three. Moreno missed out on the title every time he won, but Andretti would finish second.
Roberto returned to Europe for the 1984 season in Formula F3. Although doing pre-season testing with West Surrey Racing, he was invited by Tauranac to join the works Ralt Formula Two team. Moreno finished second in the final European Formula Two Championship, behind Mike Thackwell and the Ralt-Hondas. He won the Hockenheim and Donington Park races. Moreno wanted Moreno to complete the inaugural International Formula 3000 season (1985), but Moreno had been testing the Toleman with Senna's car at the time 1984. He was supposed to get a ride with the team, but they were told they did not have any tyres and that the contract was not concluded. Roberto's Galles Racing's Galles Racing was next for him, as he had seen Moreno impress on occasion. Roberto was supposed to run in the road race as a result of the sponsorship. In 1986, he was invited to run a full campaign, but they had problems with the car and did not achieve any good results. When he was unable to find a full-time Indycar ride, he decided to attempt to get into Formula 3000 driving with Ralt. He won Gran Premio del Mediterraneo during the season, as well as some solid finishing that saw him finish third overall before being asked to join AGS.
Moreno was on the 1984 Brabham Formula One team when he first joined the Brabham Formula One team. Brabham team owner Bernie Ecclestone almost bought the young Brazilian to drive the team's #2 car on the suggestion of his friend, Brabham lead driver and former World Champion Nelson Piquet. Nevertheless, Moreno's chance came to nothing when Brabham's Italian-based sponsor Parmalat insisted on having an Italian driver as Piquet's teammate. Ecclestone contracted brothers Teo and Corrado Fabi to share the ride in the car, resulting in the unusual situation. Teo was the primary driver in three races, but he was substituted by the United States-based CART/PPG World Series for Forsythe Racing, Corrado, who had competed for Osella in 1983, who had been driving for Osella in 1983, when the respective F1 and CART times conflicted.
His participation in AGS did not guarantee him a seat in F1. In F3000, he took him to Bromley Motorsport. Gary Anderson, Ron Salt's team's Technical Director, was with whom Roberto had worked with at Galles. They started the season with little money, thanks to Reynard Motorsport's assistance. Moreno welcomed a Reynard-Cosworth 88D to the title after winning three early-season races at Pau, Silverstone, and Monza in a row. In the Birmingham Superprix, for the fourth time.
Not even winning the FIA International Formula 3000 Championship in 1988 in an unsponsored Reynard 88D gave the appearance that a large team was needed to recruit him. Rather, he signed a testing deal with Ferrari, which allowed him to win a racing race with the enthusiastic Coloni group. The car was never efficient, and Moreno made the grid four times out of 16 attempts.
1990 looked even more promising, with Moreno joining the nosediving EuroBrun outfit but qualifying for just two out of the first 14 races of the season. Following Benetton's announcement that the team would not be participating in the final two rounds of the season, Alessandro Nannini had barely recovered his hand in a helicopter accident following the Spanish Grand Prix. After qualifying eighth in qualifying, he shadowed his colleague Piquet on his Benetton debut in Suzuka's 1990 Japanese Grand Prix, finishing second, with Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna famously colliding at the first corner before remarking that their teammates, Nigel Mansell (McLaren) and Gerhard Berger (McLaren) both retired. Moreno finished eighth in the Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide before moving on to finish seventh, winning.
Nevertheless, the Benetton B191, on Pirelli tyres, was not as good as expected, and Moreno's best results at the Monaco Grand Prix and the Belgian Grand Prix were 4th place. Moreno led the fastest lap in the latter category, but F1 debutant Michael Schumacher (driving for the Jordan team) overshadowed it; this would be Moreno's last race for Benetton before he was controversially paid off and switched to Schumacher. Schumacher began qualifying seventh and was up to fifth place after his clutch failed. Tom Walkinshaw and team manager Flavio Briatore were among the Benetton's team's leaders struggling to rebuild the team's foundation, fearing that neither the aging Piquet or Moreno were the team's driving force. Walkinshaw was involved in some high-level politicing behind the scenes and was able to kidna Schumacher from Jordan and Moreno, who was promptly dismissed. Moreno is said to have been driving within himself for the full season in order not to disappoint Piquet up (Piquet later admitted on Brazilian television in 2012 that after his qualifying accident in 1987, in which he lost around 80% of his depth perception, he continued in Formula One "for the money"). Moreno was given the vacant Jordan drive for the 1991 Italian Grand Prix, where he finished a respectable 9th (ahead of teammate Andrea de Cesaris). Unfortunately, he spun off on the second lap and resigned. At the final race of the year in Adelaide, he would race in Portugal and then replace Gianni Morbidelli in the Minardi.
He rejoined the minnows for the 1992 season, signing for Andrea Moda. The outfit had risen from theashes of Scuderia Coloni, and after two non-starting races with Alex Caffi and Enrico Bertaggia, the team had decided to start with Moreno and Perry McCarthy (who later claimed to be the original Stig on BBC motoring show Top Gear). Moreno and McCarthy were uphill battle, with the uncompetitive team struggling to even qualify for the most races. Until team owner Andrea Sassetti's detention at the Belgian Grand Prix, Moreno would only qualify the under-tested, under-funded car once for the Monaco Grand Prix.
He spent the next two seasons in Italian and French Touring Cars and then tried to qualify for the 1994 Indianapolis 500, following the Andrea Moda tragedy. Moreno's 1995 with the energetic Forti team, made a brief Formula One comeback. Moreno's Brazilian roots helped him land the drive. Unfortunately, their car was rather sluggish, and Moreno's best result in the Belgian Grand Prix was 14th. At the Australian Grand Prix, he will leave Formula One after collapsing into the pitlane wall.
Moreno will resume his Champ Car career in 1996 after finishing third at Michigan in a Payton-Coyne Racing Lola-Ford. He left Payton-Coyne at the beginning of 1997 for the lack of involvement. During the 1997 season, he worked for three franchises, earning the nickname "Undercover," with his highest finish in a Newman-Haas Swift-Ford. Here, he revived an injured Christian Fittipaldi. He disqualified Michael Andretti, the team's leader, on several occasions, but Penske did not have a competitive drive for 1998 and instead took up a testing role.
1998 was more restrictive, with only three motors. He had two different cars (Newman/Haas and PacWest) in the following season, with two of them being ranked in the top 10 positions in the world. In 1999, he made his first Indy Racing League start at Phoenix International Raceway, finishing 6th and returning to the Indianapolis 500 after a 13-year absence, finishing 20th for Truscelli Team Racing. Roberto was granted a full time seat in one of their Reynard Motorsport-Fords' years, but he was unable to advance to Gil de Ferran, finishing third overall, despite being ranked third overall.
Moreno won his first Champ Car race at Cleveland, and the emotional Moreno wept openly in a scene rarely seen in motor racing. It had been his first race victory since winning the Formula 3000 series 12 years ago. The following year, he gained a second championship for Patrick Racing in Vancouver, but he was less consistent and dropped to 13th in the standings.
In 2003, he rode for Herdez Competition, winning his Lola-Cosworth to 2nd place in Miami, and announced his retirement from motorsport at the end of the year.
Moreno was substituted for Ed Carpenter in the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in April 2006, after just one outing in a Brazilian Stock Car at Jacarepaguá.
Moreno became the first driver to try the latest Panoz-built Champ Car in August of the same year. According to former series champion Paul Tracy, "Moreno's" is a guy who isn't going to go out and make mistakes and go off the road. They have to put miles on the vehicle and operate it quickly, and they're the right one for the job.
Moreno had a chance to compete in the Panoz DP01 after thousands of miles of testing, including the injured Alex Figge at Pacific Coast Motorsports.
At the 2007 Indianapolis 500 for Chastain Motorsports, Roberto rode as a replacement for an injured Stéphan Grégoire. He crashed the car early in the season and ended in last place.