Luiz Razia

**Luiz Tadeu Razia Filho** (born April 4, 1989 in Barreiras) is a Brazilian racing driver.

### Early career

Razia began his single seater career in 2005 in the South American Formula 3 championship. He finished sixth in the championship. He also took part in the Brazilian Formula Renault 2.0 series, finishing the year tenth in the standings.

For 2006, Razia remained in South American Formula 3 and won the title. He also became a rookie driver for A1 Team Brazil in the 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season.

### Euroseries 3000

The next year, Razia moved to Europe to race in the Euroseries 3000 championship. He finish third in the Euroseries standings and fourth in the Italian championship. Razia also ran four races in the 2007 World Series by Renault.

In 2008, he remained in Euroseries 3000, partnering Frenchman Nicolas Prost, the son of four-time Formula One World Champion Alain Prost. In the Italian Formula 3000 standings he finished the season in fourth place. He won his first race win at Misano.

### GP2 Series

On October 2, 2008, it was announced that Razia will race for Team Arden in the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season. In the final race of the season in Bahrain, Razia claimed his first win.

He signed for Fisichella Motor Sport to compete in the main GP2 Series in 2009 season. At the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Razia led from pole to take his first GP2 win.

Razia joined the Barwa Addax Team for the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season,. He was replaced before the second round, but returned for the final round in Bahrain.

He remained with Rapax for the 2010 season. He finishing eleventh in the drivers' championship. His team-mate, Pastor Maldonado, became the series champion. Razia helped Rapax to claim the teams' title.

As part of his Formula One testing deal with the Lotus team, Razia signed to drive for the new AirAsia team in 2011. He scored no points in the 2011 Asia series.

### Formula One

On December 15, 2009, it was officially announced that Razia would join the new Virgin Racing team as a test driver. In March 2011, Razia was confirmed as reserve and test driver for Team Lotus for the 2011 season. At the  Chinese Grand Prix, Luiz Razia drove in Free Practice Session 1 for Team Lotus, replacing Jarno Trulli.

### Career summary

|Season|Series|Team|Races|Wins|Poles|F/Laps|Podiums|Points|Position|||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|South American Formula Three|align="left" rowspan="2"|Dragão Motorsport|18|2|2|4|6|52|6th||||||||
|align="left"|Brazilian Formula Renault 2.0|13|0|0|0|0|68|10th||||||||||
|align="left"|South American Formula Three|align="left"|Dragão Motorsport|16|7|6|7|11|99|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**1st**|||||||
|align="left"|F3000 International Masters|align="left"|Charouz Racing System|3|3|0|?|3|30|8th||||||||
|align="left" rowspan="2"|Euroseries 3000|align="left"|Fisichella Motor Sport|rowspan="2"|16|rowspan="2"|0|rowspan="2"|1|rowspan="2"|1|rowspan="2"|4|rowspan="2"|57|bgcolor="#FFDF9F" rowspan="2"|**3rd**|
|align="left"|ELK Motorsport|||||||||||||||||
|align="left" rowspan="2"|Italian Formula 3000|align="left"|Fisichella Motor Sport|rowspan="2"|8|rowspan="2"|0|rowspan="2"|0|rowspan="2"|0|rowspan="2"|2|rowspan="2"|26|rowspan="2"|4th|
|align="left"|ELK Motorsport|||||||||||||||||
|align="left"|Formula Renault 3.5 Series|align="left"|GD Racing|4|0|0|0|0|0|38th||||||||
|align="left"|Euroseries 3000|align="left" rowspan="2"|ELK Motorsport|13|2|1|1|5|52|4th||||||||
|align="left"|Italian Formula 3000|8|1|0|1|3|32|4th||||||||||
|align="left"|GP2 Asia Series|align="left"|Trust Team Arden|11|1|0|0|1|9|13th||||||||
|align="left" rowspan="2"|GP2 Series|align="left"|Fisichella Motor Sport|rowspan="2"|18|rowspan="2"|1|rowspan="2"|0|rowspan="2"|1|rowspan="2"|1|rowspan="2"|8|rowspan="2"|19th|
|align="left"|Scuderia Coloni|||||||||||||||||
|align="left" rowspan="2"|GP2 Asia Series|align="left"|Barwa Addax|rowspan="2"|4|rowspan="2"|0|rowspan="2"|0|rowspan="2"|0|rowspan="2"|0|rowspan="2"|0|rowspan="2"|26th|
|align="left"|Rapax Team|||||||||||||||||
|align="left"|GP2 Series|align="left"|Rapax Team|20|0|0|1|3|28|11th||||||||
|align="left"|Formula One|align="left"|Virgin Racing|bgcolor="#F1F8FF" align="center" colspan="7"|Test driver|||||||||||||
|align="left"|GP2 Asia Series|align="left"|Team AirAsia|4|0|0|0|0|0|25th||||||||
|align="left"|GP2 Series|align="left"|Team AirAsia|10|0|0|0|1|11*|10th*||||||||
|align="left"|Formula One|align="left"|Team Lotus|bgcolor="#F1F8FF" align="center" colspan="7"|Test driver|||||||||||||
 Season in progress.

### 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|||||||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|2009|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|ESP FEA <small>16</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|ESP SPR <small>12</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|MON FEA <small>13</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|MON SPR <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|TUR FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|TUR SPR <small>20</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|GBR FEA <small>20</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|GBR SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|GER FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|GER SPR <small>14</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|HUN FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|HUN SPR <small>Ret</small>|||||||||||||||||
|||||||||||||bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|VAL FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|VAL SPR <small>13</small>|BEL FEA <small></small>|BEL SPR <small></small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|ITA FEA <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|_ITA SPR_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|POR FEA <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|POR SPR <small>17</small>|||||||||||||||
|2010||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|ESP FEA <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|ESP SPR <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|MON FEA <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|MON SPR <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|TUR FEA <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|TUR SPR <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|VAL FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|VAL SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|GBR FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GBR SPR <small>15</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|GER FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GER SPR <small>13</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|HUN FEA <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|HUN SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BEL FEA <small>16</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BEL SPR <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ITA FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ITA SPR <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|ABU FEA <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|_ABU SPR_ <small>2</small>|
|2011||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|TUR FEA <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|TUR SPR <small>18</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ESP FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ESP SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|MON FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|MON SPR <small>20</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|VAL FEA <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|VAL SPR <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GBR FEA <small>17</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GBR SPR <small>14</small>|GER FEA <small></small>|GER SPR <small></small>|HUN FEA <small></small>|HUN SPR <small></small>|BEL FEA <small></small>|BEL SPR <small></small>|ITA FEA <small></small>|ITA SPR <small></small>|||||||||||||
 Season in progress.

#### 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||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2008–09|||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|CHN FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|CHN SPR <small>17</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|DUB FEA <small>10</small>|DUB SPR <small>C</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BHR1 FEA <small>14</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BHR1 SPR <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|QAT FEA <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|QAT SPR <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|MYS FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|MYS SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|BHR2 FEA <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|BHR2 SPR <small>1</small>|
|rowspan="2"|2009–10||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ABU1 FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ABU1 SPR <small>11</small>|ABU2 FEA <small></small>|ABU2 SPR <small></small>|BHR1 FEA <small></small>|BHR1 SPR <small></small>||||||||||||||||
|||||||bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|BHR2 FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BHR2 SPR <small>13</small>||||||||||||||
|2011|||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ABU FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ABU SPR <small>16</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ITA FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ITA SPR <small>14</small>||||||||||||||||

### Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in **bold** indicate pole position) (Races in _italics_ indicate fastest lap)
|Year|Entrant|Chassis|Engine|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|18|19|WDC|Points|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2011|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|AUS <small></small>|MAL <small></small>|bgcolor="#F1F8FF"|CHN <small>TD</small>|TUR <small></small>|ESP <small></small>|MON <small></small>|CAN <small></small>|EUR <small></small>|GBR <small></small>|GER <small></small>|HUN <small></small>|BEL <small></small>|ITA <small></small>|SIN <small></small>|JPN <small></small>|KOR <small></small>|IND <small></small>|ABU <small></small>|BRA <small></small>||||||

## Other websites

- Luiz Razia official site
- Luiz Razia career details

## Infobox (racing driver)

- **name**: Luiz Razia
- **image**: Luiz Rzia 2010 cropped version.jpg
- **nationality**: Brazilian
- **birth place**: Barreiras (Brazil)
- **current series**: GP2 Series
- **first year**: 2009
- **current team**: Team Air Asia
- **former teams**: Scuderia Coloni
Rapax Team
- **car number**: 26
- **starts**: 48
- **wins**: 1
- **poles**: 0
- **fastest laps**: 2
- **best finish**: 11th
- **year**: 2010
- **prev series**: Brazilian Formula Renault
SudAm Formula Three
F3000 Int. Masters
Euroseries 3000
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
GP2 Asia Series
- **prev series years**: 2005
2005–06
2006
2007–08
2007
2008–09-2011
- **titles**: SudAm Formula Three
- **title years**: 2006