João Paulo de Oliveira

João Paulo Lima de Oliveira (born 13 July 1981) is a Brazilian professional racing driver currently competing in the Japanese Super GT series and in the FIA World Endurance Championship driving for the Vanwall Racing Team. He won the Super GT GT300 class championship in both 2020 and 2022[1] and the Formula Nippon championship in 2010.

Not to be confused with footballer João Paulo Oliveira.
João Paulo de Oliveira
de Oliveira at the 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Japan.
NationalityBrazil Brazilian
Born (1981-07-13) 13 July 1981
São Paulo, Brazil
Super GT career
Debut season2006
Current teamKondō Racing
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Car number56
Former teamsHasemi Motorsport
Team Impul
D'station Racing AMR
Starts146
Wins14
Poles7
Fastest laps2
Best finish1st in 2020 and 2022
Previous series
2011
2009
2006–08, 2010–12
2004–05
2003
2003
2001–03
1999–2001		IndyCar Series
WTCC
Formula Nippon
All-Japan Formula Three
Austria Formula 3 Cup
British Formula 3
German Formula Three
Formula Three Sudamericana
Championship titles
2020, 2022
2010
2005
2003
1999		Super GT - GT300
Formula Nippon
All-Japan Formula Three
German Formula Three
F3 Sudamericana Class B

He is regarded as one of the most successful racing drivers to race in Japan in the last decade. JP, as he is known, has won in every category he competed in. After becoming the German F3 champion in 2003 by far, winning 13 out of 16 races, he arrived in Japan in 2004 and took the Japanese F3 title in next year with 7 wins. After that, he joined Nissan as their official factory driver for the next 13 years in Super GT and Super Formula. He is known for his speed and his in-depth ability for car development.

Racing career
De Oliveira during practice for the first Motegi round of the 2010 Formula Nippon season, where he won from pole position with fastest lap.

Born in São Paulo, de Oliveira competed in kart racing only in 1997, then he moved on to Brazilian national Formula Ford and Formula Chevrolet championships in 1998.

Beginning in 1999, he started competing in Formula Three category. He won the 1999 South American Formula Three (Class B), the 2003 German Formula Three, and the 2005 Japanese Formula Three championships.

In 2006, de Oliveira debuted in the Super GT with a Hasemi Nissan Z GT500. The Brazilian continued as a Nissan Super GT driver with Kondo (2007-2010, 2017) and Impul (2011-2016). He won two titles, in 2020 and 2022, was runner-up in 2015, and claimed 9 wins and 19 podiums overall.

Also in 2006, he entered the last round of the Formula Nippon with 5Zigen. He also drove in Formula Nippon for Kondo in 2007 and 2008. After skipping 2009, he returned in 2010 with Impul. He won one title in 2020, was runner-up in 2014, and won 10 races and earned 23 podiums in the category. He retired from formula racing after the 2016 season.

de Oliveira made his World Touring Car Championship debut at the 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Japan for SUNRED Engineering. He drove as a wildcard entry in the finale round of the 2019 World Touring Car Cup at Sepang International Circuit in a Honda Civic Type R TCR run by KCMG.[2] He qualified 13th with a time of 2:14.746. In race one, de Oliveira's experience on the track allowed him to finish the race in 5th overall and set the fastest lap of the track, and even assist championship contender Esteban Guerrieri.[3] He dropped to 18th in race two, which was followed by a retirement in race 3 on lap 10 from 25th on the grid. His fifth place is the best position a wildcard driver had in 2019.

de Oliveira joined the Vanwall Racing Team in June 2023 to race in the FIA World Endurance Championship, replacing the departing Tom Dillmann; he had previously spoken of a desire to drive for the team[4] and hoped to "escape his comfort zone". de Oliveira is scheduled to compete in the Monza and Fuji rounds of the championship; he will not compete at Bahrain due to clashing commitments with Super GT.[5]

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
1999 Formula 3 Sudamericana Cesário Fórmula 18  ?  ?  ?  ? 26 12th
Formula 3 Sudamericana - Light 18 9 10 9 14 244 1st
2000 Formula 3 Sudamericana Cesário F3 18 5 7 7 11 228 2nd
2001 German Formula 3 Championship Swiss Racing Team 20 1 3 1 4 116 7th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 13th
Korea Super Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 18th
FIA European Formula Three Cup 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
Formula 3 Sudamericana Cesário Fórmula 1 0 0 1 0 0† NC†
2002 German Formula 3 Championship Team Kolles Racing 12 0 0 2 0 16 12th
JB Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0
Masters of Formula 3 JB Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 16th
2003 German Formula 3 Championship JB Motorsport 16 13 12 15 15 329 1st
Austria Formula 3 Cup 2 2 1 2 2 23 9th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 12th
British Formula 3 Championship Alan Docking Racing 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2004 Japanese Formula 3 Championship Dome Project 19 6 8 10 11 211 2nd
2005 Japanese Formula 3 Championship TOM'S 20 7 8 8 16 300 1st
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2006 Super GT Hasemi Motorsport 9 0 0 0 0 32 15th
Formula Nippon 5Zigen 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2007 Super GT Kondō Racing 9 1 0 0 1 34 10th
Formula Nippon 9 0 0 0 1 18 8th
2008 Super GT Kondō Racing 9 1 0 0 1 34 14th
Formula Nippon 11 1 1 0 3 33 6th
2009 Super GT Kondō Racing 9 1 0 0 2 48 8th
World Touring Car Championship SUNRED 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2010 Super GT Kondō Racing 7 1 0 0 1 32 10th
Formula Nippon Team Impul 8 2 2 2 5 47.5 1st
2011 Super GT Team Impul 8 1 0 0 3 49 5th
Formula Nippon 7 1 2 2 2 28 3rd
IndyCar Series Conquest Racing 1 0 0 0 0 10 44th
2012 Super GT Team Impul 8 1 1 1 1 45 4th
Formula Nippon 8 1 2 3 3 34.5 5th
2013 Super GT Team Impul 8 1 1 0 1 46 9th
Super Formula 8 0 0 0 1 19 5th
2014 Super GT Team Impul 8 1 1 1 4 60 6th
Super Formula 9 3 2 6 5 39.5 2nd
2015 Super GT Team Impul 8 0 1 0 4 74 2nd
Super Formula 8 1 0 2 3 34 4th
2016 Super GT Team Impul 8 1 2 0 1 43 8th
Super Formula 9 1 0 0 1 15.5 7th
2017 Super GT Kondō Racing 8 0 1 1 0 12 16th
2018 Super GT Kondō Racing 8 0 0 0 0 23 14th
Super Formula Vantelin Team TOM'S 1 0 0 0 0 0 23rd
Stock Car Brasil Eurofarma RC 1 1 1 1 1 0 NC†
2019 Super GT - GT300 D'station Racing AMR 8 0 0 0 0 0 NC
World Touring Car Cup KCMG 3 0 0 1 0 0 NC†
Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2020 Super GT - GT300 Kondō Racing 7 2 0 0 3 71 1st
Super Taikyu - ST-Z SS/YZ Studie 1 0 1 1 1 84‡ 4th‡
2021 Super GT - GT300 Kondō Racing 8 1 0 0 3 55 2nd
2022 Super GT - GT300 Kondō Racing 8 1 0 0 2 52 1st
2023 Super GT - GT300 Kondō Racing 7 1 1 0 1 45 3rd*
FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Floyd Vanwall Racing Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 22nd*

† As de Oliveira was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. As de Oliveira was a wildcard entry in the WTCR, he was not eligible for points. * Season still in progress. ‡ Team standings.

Complete Super Formula 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 DC Points
2006 Team 5Zigen FUJ SUZ MOT SUZ AUT FUJ SUG MOT SUZ
8		 NC 0
2007 Kondō Racing FUJ
Ret		 SUZ
14		 MOT
8		 OKA
4		 SUZ
7		 FUJ
6		 SUG
Ret		 MOT
8		 SUZ
3		 8th 18
2008 Kondō Racing FUJ
Ret		 SUZ
Ret		 MOT
9		 OKA
11		 SUZ
4		 SUZ
5		 MOT
3		 MOT
3		 FUJ
1		 FUJ
8		 SUG
6		 6th 33
2010 Team Impul SUZ
2		 MOT
1		 FUJ
3		 MOT
6		 SUG
11		 AUT
2		 SUZ
4		 SUZ
1		 1st 47.5
2011 Team Impul SUZ
6		 AUT
4		 FUJ
4		 MOT
1		 SUZ
C		 SUG
DSQ		 MOT
9		 MOT
3		 3rd 28
2012 Team Impul SUZ
3		 MOT
2		 AUT
Ret		 FUJ
6		 MOT
1		 SUG
6		 SUZ
4		 SUZ
Ret		 5th 34.5
2013 Lenovo Team Impul SUZ
6		 AUT
4		 FUJ
6		 MOT
4		 SUG
Ret		 SUZ
3		 SUZ
17		 5th 19
2014 Lenovo Team Impul SUZ
7		 FUJ
1		 FUJ
2		 FUJ
14		 MOT
1		 AUT
3		 SUG
Ret		 SUZ
1		 SUZ
4		 2nd 39.5
2015 Lenovo Team Impul SUZ
4		 OKA
5		 FUJ
1		 MOT
3		 AUT
5		 SUG
7		 SUZ
Ret		 SUZ
3		 4th 34
2016 ITOCHU ENEX Team Impul SUZ
10		 OKA
19		 FUJ
1		 MOT
Ret		 OKA
8		 OKA
5		 SUG
Ret		 SUZ
8		 SUZ
4		 7th 15.5
2018 Vantelin Team TOM'S SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT
18		 OKA SUZ 23rd 0

Complete Super GT results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points
2006 Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Z GT500 SUZ
9		 OKA
4		 FUJ
12		 SEP
7		 SUG
13		 SUZ
8		 MOT
11		 AUT
8		 FUJ
8		 15th 32
2007 Kondō Racing Nissan Z GT500 SUZ
Ret		 OKA
15		 FUJ
Ret		 SEP
1		 SUG
10		 SUZ
10		 MOT
5		 AUT
Ret		 FUJ
5		 10th 34
2008 Kondō Racing Nissan GT-R GT500 SUZ
5		 OKA
8		 FUJ
11		 SEP
1		 SUG
8		 SUZ
7		 MOT
14		 AUT
16		 FUJ
15		 14th 34
2009 Kondō Racing Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
1		 SUZ
8		 FUJ
4		 SEP
5		 SUG
13		 SUZ
11		 FUJ
13		 AUT
3		 MOT
11		 8th 48
2010 Kondō Racing Nissan GT-R GT500 SUZ
1		 OKA
12		 FUJ
8		 SEP
9		 SUG
5		 SUZ
Ret		 FUJ
C		 MOT
10		 10th 32
2011 Impul Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
1		 FUJ
14		 SEP
15		 SUG
13		 SUZ
3		 FUJ
2		 AUT
10		 MOT
9		 5th 49
2012 Impul Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
10		 FUJ
5		 SEP
5		 SUG
Ret		 SUZ
4		 FUJ
1		 AUT
10		 MOT
10		 4th 45
2013 Calsonic Team Impul Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
6		 FUJ
5		 SEP
1		 SUG
Ret		 SUZ
4		 FUJ
6		 AUT
Ret		 MOT
13		 9th 46
2014 Calsonic Team Impul Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
3		 FUJ
1		 AUT
3		 SUG
9		 FUJ
8		 SUZ
10		 BUR
3		 MOT
13		 6th 60
2015 Calsonic Team Impul Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
7		 FUJ
2		 CHA
4		 FUJ
3		 SUZ
3		 SUG
11		 AUT
2		 MOT
4		 2nd 74
2016 Calsonic Team Impul Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
5		 FUJ
11		 SUG
Ret		 FUJ
1		 SUZ
Ret		 CHA
4		 MOT
7		 MOT
8		 8th 43
2017 Kondō Racing Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
10		 FUJ
12		 AUT
9		 SUG
Ret		 FUJ
13		 SUZ
5		 CHA
Ret		 MOT
12		 16th 12
2018 Kondō Racing Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
6		 FUJ
13		 SUZ
9		 CHA
Ret		 FUJ
6		 SUG
6		 AUT
7		 MOT
10		 14th 23
2019 D'station Racing AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 GT300 OKA
Ret		 FUJ
27		 SUZ
Ret		 CHA
19		 FUJ
11		 AUT
18		 SUG
24		 MOT
17		 NC 0
2020 Kondō Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 FUJ
4		 FUJ
5		 SUZ
9		 MOT
20		 FUJ
1		 SUZ
16		 MOT
1		 FUJ
2		 1st 71
2021 Kondō Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA
1		 FUJ
7		 SUZ
26		 MOT
8		 SUG
3		 AUT
11		 MOT
3		 FUJ
5		 2nd 55
2022 Kondō Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA
1		 FUJ
7‡		 SUZ
3		 FUJ
6		 SUZ
13		 SUG
4		 AUT
5		 MOT
19		 1st 52
2023 Kondō Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA
10		 FUJ
1		 SUZ
4		 FUJ
4		 SUZ
Ret		 SUG
10		 AUT
5		 MOT
 3rd* 45*

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. * Season still in progress.

Complete World Touring Car Championship 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 22 23 24 DC Points
2009 SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI BRA
1		 BRA
2		 MEX
1		 MEX
2		 MAR
1		 MAR
2		 FRA
1		 FRA
2		 ESP
1		 ESP
2		 CZE
1		 CZE
2		 POR
1		 POR
2		 GBR
1		 GBR
2		 GER
1		 GER
2		 ITA
1		 ITA
2		 JPN
1
23		 JPN
2
19		 MAC
1		 MAC
2		 NC 0

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

IndyCar Series
Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points Ref
2011 Conquest Racing Dallara 34 Honda STP ALA LBH SAO INDY TXS TXS MIL IOW TOR EDM MDO NHM SNM BAL MOT
26		 KTY LVS 44th 10 [6]

Complete World Touring Car Cup 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 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2019 KCMG Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) MAR
1		 MAR
2		 MAR
3		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 HUN
3		 SVK
1		 SVK
2		 SVK
3		 NED
1		 NED
2		 NED
3		 GER
1		 GER
2		 GER
3		 POR
1		 POR
2		 POR
3		 CHN
1		 CHN
2		 CHN
3		 JPN
1		 JPN
2		 JPN
3		 MAC
1		 MAC
2		 MAC
3		 MAL
1
5		 MAL
2
18		 MAL
3
Ret		 NC‡ 0‡

‡ As de Oliveira was a Wildcard entry, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points
2023 Floyd Vanwall Racing Team Hypercar Vanwall Vandervell 680 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 SEB ALG SPA LMS MNZ
12		 FUJ
11		 BHR
 22nd* 0*

* Season still in progress.

References
  1. "News | SUPER GT OFFICIAL WEBSITE". supergt.net. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  2. "João Paulo de Oliveira joins Sepang finale with KCMG". TouringCarTimes. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  3. "Norbert Michelisz wins in mixed conditions to close in on title". TouringCarTimes. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  4. Klein, Jamie (16 June 2023). "Dillmann parts ways with Vanwall after latest Le Mans DNF". motorsport.com. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  5. Klein, Jamie (11 August 2023). "De Oliveira eyeing WEC GT3 opportunity after Monza debut". motorsport.com. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  6. "João Paulo de Oliveira – 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
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