Ricardo Rosset

Brazilian race car driver with F1 experience

Ricardo Rosset - Brazilian race car driver with F1 experience
Born

July 27th, 1968
56 years ago

Category

Athletes & Sports Figures

Country

Brazil

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Competed in Formula One during the late 1990s. Participated in 31 Grands Prix from 1996 to 1998. Drove for the instruments of the Forti team and conducted races for the Shadow team. Achieved a career-best finish of 11th place at the 1997 Monaco Grand Prix. Ventured into various forms of motorsport after leaving Formula One, including Formula 3 and sports car racing.

Competed in 31 Formula One Grands Prix

Drove for Forti and Shadow teams

Achieved 11th place at 1997 Monaco GP

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