Maurício Gugelmin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Maurício Gugelmin

racing driver

Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1963

Place of Birth: Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Profession: racing automobile driver

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Maurício Gugelmin

  • Maurício Gugelmin (born 20 April 1963) is a Brazilian former racing driver.
  • He took part in both Formula One and the Champ Car World Series.
  • He participated in 80 Formula One grands prix, debuting in 1988 for the March team.
  • He achieved one top-three finish and scored a total of ten championship points in the series.
  • He competed in the Champ Car series between 1993 and 2001, starting 147 races.
  • He won one race, in 1997 in Vancouver, finishing fourth in the championship that year.
  • His best result in the Indianapolis 500 was in 1995 where he started and finished in sixth position, leading 59 laps.
  • For a period, he held the world speed record for a closed race track, set at California Speedway in 1997 at a speed of 240.942 mph (387.759 km/h).
  • Gugelmin retired at the end of 2001 after a year that included the death of his son.

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