Pedro Diniz

Pedro Diniz
Diniz in 2016
Born	Pedro Paulo Falleiros dos Santos Diniz (1970-05-22) 22 May 1970 (age 54) São Paulo, Brazil
Spouse	Tatiana Floresti ​ (date missing)​
Children	2
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Brazilian
Active years	1995–2000
Teams	Forti, Ligier, Arrows, Sauber
Entries	99 (98 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	10
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1995 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last entry	2000 Malaysian Grand Prix

Pedro Paulo Falleiros dos Santos Diniz (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpedɾu dʒiˈnis]; born 22 May 1970) is a Brazilian former racing driver, businessman and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1995 to 2000.

Born and raised in São Paulo, Diniz began karting aged 18 and achieved minor success, before progressing to car racing in the Brazilian Formula Ford Championship and the British Formula 3 Championship. He first drove in Formula One with Forti for the 1995 season. The following year he switched to Ligier and moved to Arrows for 1997. In 1998, he finished 14th in the Drivers' Championship, and subsequently moved to Sauber for 1999. He left Sauber after the 2000 season and bought a share in the Prost team, which folded a year later. Diniz was considered a pay driver during his career due to his family backing. He scored 10 championship points during his six-year Formula One career.

Since leaving motorsport, Diniz founded the Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil Championship which he ran from 2002 and 2006, later becoming a partner in Pão de Açúcar and operates an organic produce and dairy farm alongside his wife Tatiana Diniz. He is a board member of Food Tank, a non-profit organization that spotlights environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable ways of alleviating hunger, obesity, and poverty and works to create networks of people, organizations, and content to push for food system change.