Luiz-Pereira Bueno also known as Luiz Bueno (16 January 1937 – 8 February 2011) was a race car driver from Brazil.
He participated in one World Championship Formula One Grand Prix, on 11 February 1973. He scored no championship points. He also participated in several non-championship Formula One races.
Bueno died of cancer, aged 74. Info from Wiki
Bio by Stephen Latham
Luis Pereira Bueno’s F1 debut came at a non-championship race at Interlagos in 1972, where he partnered Ronnie Peterson, and after qualifying tenth in the March he finished a creditable sixth.
However, in the following year’s race he had an ageing Surtees TS9B-005, previously Mike Hailwood’s in 1972. But despite being well off the pace, he kept running and, although two laps down on his nearest competitor, he finished the race in twelfth place. At the following race, at Kyalami, Luis was replaced by Andrea De Adamich as a third Surtees car entry.
Despite only competing in one World Championship F1 race, he experienced success in lower formula. In 1969, he raced a SMART team Merlyn in Formula Ford 1600, taking five victories at Snetterton and Croft, plus three at Brands Hatch, and second place finishes at Croft, Snetterton and Mallory Park.
The following year there was a win and two podiums in 1970’s Brazilian Ford 1600 and he finished fourth.
In national racing he won two championships, the first being 1972’s Brazilian Sportscar Championship, racing a Porsche 908/3, plus also raced the Porsche in that year’s Österreichring 1000kms.
In 1975 he was the Division 4 Champion (a sports prototype championship) but as Brazilian built cars were only allowed to compete he had not been able to race the Porsche. However, this ruling had been ‘overlooked’ several times and cars such as a Chevrolet-engined Royale and a Brazilian-engined Ford GT40 had been raced. Therefore Luis commissioned a car from Oreste Berta, an Argentinian touring-car builder, and installed a Brazilian Ford Maverick-engine (which used American components).
In the following year he raced the Ford Maverick in touring cars and finished second in the series.
Luis passed away from cancer in 2011.
