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Lucas di Grassi | |
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_08_(cropped).jpg) Di Grassi in 2018 | |
| Born | Lucas Tucci di Grassi 11 August 1984 São Paulo, Brazil |
| Spouse |
Bianca Diniz Caloi (m. 2013) |
| Children | 1 |
| Formula E career | |
| Debut season | 2014–15 |
| Current team | Lola Yamaha ABT |
| Racing licence |  FIA Platinum |
| Car number | 11 1 (2017–2018)[a] |
| Former teams | Audi, Venturi, Mahindra |
| Starts | 131 |
| Championships | 1 (2016–17) |
| Wins | 13 |
| Podiums | 40 |
| Poles | 4 |
| Fastest laps | 12 |
| Finished last season | 23rd (4 pts) |
| FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
| Years active | 2012–2016 |
| Teams | Audi |
| Starts | 28 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Podiums | 14 |
| Poles | 3 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 2nd in 2016 (LMP1) |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  Brazilian |
| Active years | 2010 |
| Teams | Virgin |
| Entries | 19 (18 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Years | 2013–2016 |
| Teams | Audi |
| Best finish | 2nd (2014) |
| Class wins | 0 |
| Previous series | |
| Championship titles | |
| 2005 | Macau Grand Prix |
Lucas Tucci di Grassi (born 11 August 1984) is a Brazilian racing driver, currently competing in Formula E for Abt. In formula racing, di Grassi competed in Formula One in 2010, and won the 2016–17 Formula E Championship with Abt. In endurance racing, di Grassi was runner-up in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2016 with Audi.
Born in São Paulo, di Grassi began racing karts at the age of ten, and achieved early success in the regional and later national kart series. He progressed to car racing in 2002 and was the runner up in the Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil and Formula 3 Sudamericana championships. Di Grassi took two consecutive victories in the 2004 British Formula Three Championship and progressed to the Euro Series the following year which saw him clinch a solitary race victory and was the winner of the non-championship Macau Grand Prix. After that, he spent the next three years in the GP2 Series where he won four races and finished the runner-up in 2007 to Timo Glock.
Di Grassi drove in Formula One with the Virgin Racing team in 2010 but was dropped for the following season. He was subsequently employed by Pirelli in mid-2011 as their official tyre tester and developed the company's next generation of tyres. Di Grassi continued this role into 2012. For the next four seasons, he drove for Audi Sport Team Joest in the FIA World Endurance Championship and took a best finish of second with two victories in 2016. Since 2014, di Grassi has raced in Formula E and has scored thirteen victories and won the 2016–17 Drivers' Championship.
In July 2020, Di Grassi was announced as co-founder and Sustainability Ambassador of the eSkootr Championship (eSC) - which was launched in May 2022.
- ^ "Lucas di Grassi: The number one". Audi MediaCenter. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
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