Leonardo Cordeiro


Leonardo Santos Cordeiro is a Brazilian racing driver.

Career

Karting

Cordeiro made his karting debut in 2003, at the age of 13. In 2004 and 2005, Cordeiro became Champion of the Petrobrás Smile Cup. In 2006 and 2007, he was runner-up in the Brazilian championship.

Formula Three

Cordeiro began his single seater career in 2007 in the Formula Three Sudamericana championship. Driving for Lecor Sports, Cordeiro finished seventeenth in the championship, taking one podium finish at Interlagos.
Cordeiro remained in the series for 2008 but switched to Cesario Fórmula. He improved to fifth in the standings with one win at Piriápolis.
For 2009, Cordeiro remained in the championship with Cesario Fórmula. He won ten of the eighteen races he competed, and became champion by 40 points ahead of compatriot Claudio Cantelli.

GP3 Series

saw Cordeiro move to the GP3 Series, competing for MW Arden, the team that is backed by Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber. He joined Michael Christensen and Miquel Monrás at the team.

Racing record

Career summary

Season still in progress.

Complete GP3 Series results

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2010MW ArdenCAT
FEA
18		CAT
SPR
12		IST
FEA
18		IST
SPR
24		VAL
FEA
Ret		VAL
SPR
21		SIL
FEA
Ret		SIL
SPR
Ret		HOC
FEA
Ret		HOC
SPR
Ret		HUN
FEA
22		HUN
SPR
13		SPA
FEA
14		SPA
SPR
Ret		MNZ
FEA
Ret		MNZ
SPR
8		27th0
2011CarlinIST
FEA
Ret		IST
SPR
22		CAT
FEA
23		CAT
SPR
15		VAL
FEA
10		VAL
SPR
17		SIL
FEA
17		SIL
SPR
23		NÜR
FEA
17		NÜR
SPR
19		HUN
FEA
20		HUN
SPR
15		SPA
FEA
21		SPA
SPR
18		MNZ
FEA
13		MNZ
SPR
Ret		30th0

* Season still in progress