# Diego Nunes (racing driver)

Diego Nunes (born July 12, 1986) is a Brazilian racing driver currently competing in TCR South America with Cobra Racing. Having previously raced in Stock Car Brazil. Nunes is the 2022 Porsche Endurance Series champion.

## Career
### Formula Renault

Nunes began his car racing career by driving full-time in the Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil championship in 2003 and 2004, having competed in selected events in 2002. With a best result of ninth in the drivers' championship in 2004, Nunes moved on to concentrate on different motorsport series from 2005, but still returned to Brazilian FRenault for the occasional race in that year and the next.

### Formula Three

Nunes switched to Formula Three Sudamericana for 2005, finishing fourth in the championship at his first attempt. In 2006 he took pole position for half of the races but was only able to win one, restricting him to third in the championship.

### Formula 3000

In 2006, Nunes competed in two races of the Euroseries 3000. For 2007, he moved to Europe full-time to drive a full season in the series. Employed by the former Formula One team, Minardi, he finished as runner-up in the championship.

### GP2 Series

Nunes was recruited by Adrián Campos to drive for his team in the inaugural GP2 Asia Series season in 2008, but switched to David Price Racing after the first round of the championship. This was because Price had fired his driver Andy Soucek, who had himself signed for the rival FMS International team for the GP2 Series proper that year. Nunes scored two points and finished nineteenth in the championship.
Nunes continued with DPR for the 2008 GP2 Series season, where he was partnered by Michael Herck and Giacomo Ricci on his way to 22nd in the championship. For the 2009 championship, he switched to frontrunners iSport International alongside rookie Giedo van der Garde. He finished the championship in 20th place.
For the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season, Nunes partnered Luca Filippi at Team Meritus for the first round in Abu Dhabi, but was replaced by Alexander Rossi for the second Abu Dhabi round.

### Stock Car Brasil

With his single-seater career petering out, Nunes returned to Brazil for 2010 to compete in the Stock Car Brasil championship, driving for the Bassani team once more. In his first year, driving a Peugeot 307 alongside first Rodrigo Sperafico and then Willian Starostik, he scored 43 points to finish 15th in the championship, capping his season with a win in the final race at Curitiba. He remained with the team for 2011 as the Peugeot teams upgraded to the 408 model, and was partnered by Denis Navarro, but was dropped in favour of Bruno Junqueira after scoring only 13 points in nine races.

### TCR South America

Nunes transitioned to the TCR South America Touring Car Championship in 2023, competing for Cobra Racing in the Audi RS3.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2002 | Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil | RS-Prop Car | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2003 | Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil | Bassani-Prop Car | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 18th |
| 2004 | Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil | Full Time Sports | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 76 | 9th |
| 2005 | Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil | Gramacho Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 12th |
| 2005 | Formula 3 Sudamericana | Bassani Racing | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 72 | 4th |
| 2006 | Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil | Bassani Racing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 16th |
| 2006 | Formula 3 Sudamericana | Bassani Racing | 16 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 78 | 3rd |
| 2006 | Euroseries 3000 | Minardi by GP Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15th |
| 2006 | F3000 Italian Championship | Minardi by GP Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15th |
| 2007 | Euroseries 3000 | Minardi by GP Racing | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 77 | 2nd |
| 2007 | F3000 Italian Championship | Minardi by GP Racing | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 2nd |
| 2008 | GP2 Series | DPR | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22nd |
| 2008 | GP2 Asia Series | DPR | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19th |
| 2008 | GP2 Asia Series | Barwa International Campos Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19th |
| 2008–09 | GP2 Asia Series | Piquet GP | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 8th |
| 2009 | GP2 Series | iSport International | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 20th |
| 2009 | Euroseries 3000 | Team Lazarus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15th |
| 2009–10 | GP2 Asia Series | MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2010 | Stock Car Brasil | RC3 Bassani Racing | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 15th |
| 2011 | Stock Car Brasil | Bassani Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23rd |
| 2012 | Stock Car Brasil | Hot Car Competições | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 20th |
| 2012 | Brasileiro de Marcas | Bassani Racing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 192 | 4th |
| 2013 | Stock Car Brasil | RC3 Bassani | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 17th |
| 2014 | Stock Car Brasil | C2 Team | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 20th |
| 2014 | Brasileiro de Marcas | C2 Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2015 | Stock Car Brasil | Vogel Motorsport | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 139 | 14th |
| 2016 | Stock Car Brasil | União Química Basssani | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 189 | 7th |
| 2016 | Porsche Endurance Series - Cup | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 42nd |
| 2016 | Porsche Endurance Series - Challenge | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2017 | Stock Car Brasil | Full Time Bassani | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 15th |
| 2017 | Porsche Endurance Series - Challenge | N/A | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 16th |
| 2018 | Stock Car Brasil | Full Time Bassani | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 66 | 14th |
| 2018 | Porsche Endurance Series - 3.8 | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 14th |
| 2019 | Stock Car Brasil | KTF Sports | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 175 | 11th |
| 2020 | Stock Car Brasil | Blau Motorsport | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 203 | 11th |
| 2020 | Porsche Endurance Series - Cup | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 19th |
| 2020 | GT Sprint Race Special Edition - Am | N/A | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 101 | 2nd |
| 2021 | Stock Car Pro Series | Blau Motorsport | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 226 | 10th |
| 2021 | Porsche Endurance Series - Cup | N/A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 13th |
| 2022 | Stock Car Pro Series | Blau Motorsport | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 158 | 16th |
| 2023 | TCR South America Touring Car Championship | Cobra Racing Team | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 183 | 11th |
| 2023 | TCR World Tour | Cobra Racing Team | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55th |
| 2023 | Stock Car Pro Series | Blau Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37th |
| 2024 | TCR South America Touring Car Championship | Squadra Martino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 44th |

### Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
| 2008 | DPR | CAT FEA 15 | CAT SPR 16 | IST FEA 13 | IST SPR 10 | MON FEA 15 | MON SPR 9 | MAG FEA 11 | MAG SPR Ret | SIL FEA 17 | SIL SPR Ret | HOC FEA Ret | HOC SPR Ret | HUN FEA 12 | HUN SPR 15 | VAL FEA 10 | VAL SPR 4 | SPA FEA 12 | SPA SPR Ret | MNZ FEA Ret | MNZ SPR 16 | 22nd | 3 |
| 2009 | iSport International | CAT FEA 11 | CAT SPR 8 | MON FEA Ret | MON SPR 14 | IST FEA 11 | IST SPR 11 | SIL FEA 11 | SIL SPR Ret | NÜR FEA Ret | NÜR SPR 11 | HUN FEA Ret | HUN SPR 15 | VAL FEA 11 | VAL SPR 5 | SPA FEA 9 | SPA SPR 3 | MNZ FEA 10 | MNZ SPR Ret | ALG FEA 12 | ALG SPR 5 | 20th | 8 |

#### Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
| 2008 | Campos Grand Prix | DUB1 FEA 12 | DUB1 SPR DNS | | | | | | | | | | | 20th | 2 |
| 2008 | David Price Racing | | | SEN FEA Ret | SEN SPR 10 | SEP FEA 10 | SEP SPR 13 | BHR FEA 7 | BHR SPR Ret | DUB2 FEA 17 | DUB2 SPR 12 | | | 20th | 2 |
| 2008–09 | Piquet GP | SHI FEA 12 | SHI SPR Ret | DUB FEA Ret | DUB SPR C | BHR1 FEA 13 | BHR1 SPR 22 | LSL FEA 11 | LSL SPR 12 | SEP FEA 1 | SEP SPR 4 | BHR2 FEA 1 | BHR2 SPR 6 | 8th | 24 |
| 2009–10 | MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com | YMC1 FEA Ret | YMC1 SPR 13 | YMC2 FEA | YMC2 SPR | BHR1 FEA | BHR1 SPR | BHR2 FEA | BHR2 SPR | | | | | 28th | 0 |

### Complete Stock Car Brasil results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
| 2010 | RC3 Bassani | Peugeot 307 | INT 12 | CTB 18 | VEL 5 | RIO 21 | RBP Ret | SAL Ret | INT 17 | CGD Ret | LON Ret | SCZ 14 | BSB Ret | CTB 1 | | | | | | | | | | 15th | 43 |
| 2011 | RC3 Bassani | Peugeot 408 | CTB 18 | INT 18 | RBP 18 | VEL 9 | CGD 23 | RIO 10 | INT Ret | SAL Ret | SCZ Ret | LON | BSB | VEL | | | | | | | | | | 23rd | 13 |
| 2012 | Bardahl Hot Car | Chevrolet Sonic | INT 22 | CTB 15 | VEL 10 | RBP 9 | LON 16 | RIO Ret | SAL DSQ | CAS 11 | TAR 19 | CTB 15 | BSB 12 | INT Ret | | | | | | | | | | 20th | 61 |
| 2013 | RC3 Bassani | Peugeot 408 | INT 16 | CUR Ret | TAR Ret | SAL 20 | BRA 22 | CAS 4 | RBP 15 | CAS 11 | VEL 7 | CUR 11 | BRA 13 | INT Ret | | | | | | | | | | 17th | 71 |
| 2014 | C2 Team | Chevrolet Sonic | INT 1 | SCZ 1 | SCZ 2 | BRA 1 | BRA 2 | GOI 1 | GOI 2 | INT 1 | CAS 1 | CAS 2 | CUR 1 | CUR 2 | VEL 1 | VEL 2 | SAL 1 | SAL 2 | CUR 1 | CUR 2 | TAR 1 | TAR 2 | BRA 1 | NC | N/A |