Alex Ribeiro

Alex Dias Ribeiro (born in Belo Horizonte, November 7, 1948) is a former racing driver from Brazil. He raced in 20 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix.
Later, he became the FIA's official Medical Car driver.
==Formula One Career==
===Pre-Formula One===
===1976===
Ribeiro made a one-off debut appearance for at the 1976 United States Grand Prix, where he finished in 12th place, two laps down.
===1977===
After a solid graduation from the lower formulae (he placed fifth in the 1976 European Formula Two season), Ribeiro paid for his drive in the March Formula One team for the 1977 season. Ribeiro drove a for a full season in , but he suffered a horrible start to the year, retiring from his first four races and failing to qualify for his next six. His first finish came in the form of an eighth place in the . He greatly improved on his performance, and ended the year with finishes in four of the five last races.
===1979===
Ribeiro failed to qualify for the last two races of the year for .
===Post-Formula One===
In 1994, he joined the Brazil national football team as a pastor at the FIFA World Cup in the United States.
In 1999, Ribeiro became Formula One's medical car driver. On Saturday morning before practice for the 2000 Monaco Grand Prix, Ribeiro crashed the medical car into the barriers at Tabac. He was unhurt but FIA medical delegate Sid Watkins suffered broken ribs in this incident. 
At the 2002 Brazilian Grand Prix, Ribeiro had another incident in which he was lucky to escape with his life, after he opened the car door and Nick Heidfeld smashed into it as he was about to get out of the car.
==Formula One Statistical Overview==
===Formula One Record===
Year	Entrant 	Team	Points	Pos.	Report
 	Hesketh Racing 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Hollywood March Racing	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Fittipaldi Automotive 	 	0 	NC 	Report
===Career Statistics===
===Race Wins===
Win Number	Grand Prix
===Career Results===
==Notes==
Category:1976 Début Drivers
Category:1948 births
Category:Living people
Category:Hesketh Drivers
Category:March Drivers
Category:Fittipaldi Drivers
Category:Brazilian Drivers
Category:Race officials