Tarso Marques
Tarso Marques ( born January 19, 1976 in Curitiba ) is a Brazilian automobile racing driver.
Career
He had at the Brazilian GP in 1996, but fell just like the GP Argentina, the second race of the season, he went from He drove 24 races between 1996 and 2001 for Minardi in Formula 1 His debut. In the 1997 season he was one of the main cast, but was also rarely in the destination. He was once disqualified at the 1997 Japanese GP because his car was in training fell below the minimum weight. His best finish was a tenth place at the British GP.
After the team both drivers had replaced in 1998, he joined a year later in the Champ Car series, where he replaced the injured two-time Indy 500 winner Al Unser Jr. in the Penske Racing team. His best finish was a ninth place. In the years 2000, 2004, and 2005 he drove sporadically in this series for the team of Dale Coyne. His best result in these years was a seventh place in Fontana in 2000.
2001 Marques was again obliged as team-mate Fernando Alonso as a rookie team driver with Minardi in Formula 1. This year was marked by many failures, as the best results are two ninth places in Brazil and Canada to be recorded. At the Grand Prix in the UK, he could not qualify. He was regularly beaten both in the race, as well as to the training of his teammates and eventually replaced after the Belgian GP by Alex Yoong due to its sponsors. With his last race in Formula 1, he participated in a total of 26 Grand Prix, but resigned to just 24 races.
Since 2006, he moves to the Brazilian race series Stock Car Brasil.