Ricardo Rosset (born 27 July 1968) is a Brazilian racing driver.
He participated in 33 Formula One Grands Prix, making his debut at the 1996 Australian Grand Prix. He scored no championship points. He eventually quit Formula One to focus on developing a sportswear business in Brazil. Info from Wiki
Bio by Stephen Latham
Ricardo Rosset started in karts before making his motor racing debut in Brazilian Formula Ford during 1991. After some success he switched to Formula Opel Euroseries with PTM Motorsport and then drove for Alan Docking Racing in the 1993 British F3 Championship. He finished joint sixth (tied with Pedro de la Rosa) and his best result was second place at Silverstone.
He moved to the AJS team the following year, winning his first F3 race at Snetterton and finished fifth at the end of the season.
1995 saw him make his debut in International F3000 with the Super Nova Racing team, racing a Reynard 95D Cosworth. His teammate, Vincenzo Sospiri, won the drivers’ championship though Ricardo had an impressive season, winning the opening round at Silverstone from pole position and was successful again at Enna-Pergusa and finished second in the championship to Sospiri.
Following this he was signed by Footwork for 1996 with Jos Verstappen, though it would prove to be a disappointing season.
For 1997 he joined the MasterCard Lola team, reuniting again with former F3000 teammate Sospiri. However, after failing to qualify at the Australian GP, and sponsorship from MasterCard not materialising, the team folded and Ricardo was left without a drive for the rest of the season.
In 1998, Craig Pollock signed him for Tyrrell but the season was an unsuccessful one for Ricardo. He missed out on qualification for the Spanish GP by 6 hundredths of a second and an injury during practice for the German GP prevented him from taking part in qualifying. At Belgium, he was unsighted by the heavy spray and was one of the 14 cars which collided on the first lap and at the final race in Japan he was again hindered by injury.
This would be the end of Ricardo’s F1 career and, after leaving the team at the end of the season, he quit racing to concentrate on his sportswear business in Brazil. However, in 2008 he returned to racing in the Brazilian GT3 Championship, where (with Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles), they won won four times in a Ford GT and finished second in the standings.
Following this, Ricardo would go on to win the Porsche GT3 Cup Brasil championship in 2010, 2013 and 2015.
