Ingo Hoffmann

Ingo Ott Hoffmann (born 28 February 1953) is a Brazilian retired racing driver from São Paulo. He is most well known for winning the Brazilian Stock Car Championship 12 times (1980, 1985, 1989–1994, 1996–1998 and 2002). He also participated in six Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 25 January 1976. He scored no championship points.

History

Early career

Hoffman began his career in Brazil competing in Formula Vee and saloon cars. He came to England in 1975 and competed in Formula Three in a March, before moving into Formula One in 1976.

Formula One years

Hoffmann's Formula One career was hindered by the financial problems of the Fittipaldi team, and he drove the team's second car when realistically the team could only afford to run one. This meant Hoffmann only entered certain selected races, and ultimately the second car was dropped altogether. He entered four Grands Prix in 1976, did not qualify for three of them and an eleventh place at Interlagos was the best result achieved. In 1977, Hoffman competed at Buenos Aires (retired, engine) and again at Interlagos where he finished seventh, two laps behind the winner. However, that was Hoffman's last race in Formula One, as the second Fittipaldi entry was withdrawn.

After Formula One

With the end of his Formula One career, Hoffmann competed in Formula 2 for Project Four with a Ralt and a March in 1977 and 1978, (which was his last year in Europe). He also competed in sports cars and saloon cars both in Europe and in South America.

Notably, Hoffmann has won the Brazilian Stock Car Championship 12 times (1980, 1985, 1989-1994, 1996-1998 and 2002). In 2006 December, he took his 100th win (of the races in the Brazilian circuits) at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet de Brasília, final race of the 2006 season.

Racing record

Complete European F5000 Championship 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	Pos.	Pts
1975	A.G. Dean	Chevron B28	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	BRH	OUL	BRH	SIL	ZOL	ZAN	THR	SNE	MAL	THR	BRH	OUL	SIL 7	SNE	MAL DNS	BRH 4	14th	24

Complete European Formula Two Championship 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	Pos.	Pts
1976	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	March 762	Hart	HOC Ret	THR 5	VAL Ret	SAL Ret	PAU DNS	HOC	ROU 6	MUG 8	PER DNQ	EST	NOG DNQ	HOC 8		14th	3
1977	Project Four Racing	Ralt RT1	BMW	SIL 4	THR Ret	HOC Ret	NÜR 7	VAL 16	PAU 8	MUG 9	ROU 5	NOG 3	PER 3	MIS 3	EST Ret	DON Ret	7th	18
1978	Project Four Racing	March 782	BMW	THR Ret	HOC 4	NÜR 6	PAU Ret	MUG 4	VAL Ret	ROU Ret	DON 4	NOG 5	PER Ret	MIS 10	HOC 14		6th	13

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Pts
1976	Copersucar-Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi FD03	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	BRA 11	RSA																NC	0
Fittipaldi FD04			USW DNQ	ESP DNQ	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA DNQ	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN
1977	Copersucar-Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi FD04	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Ret	BRA 7	RSA	USW	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN	NC	0

External links

- an interview about his career
22 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine