Bruno Bonifacio

Career

Bonifacio started karting in 2006, taking the Junior Menor class titles in both the Petrobras Cup and Brazilian Kart Cup that year. He raced karts until 2010, when he won the São Paulo Cup. In 2011 he made his single-seater debut in the Light Class of Formula 3 Sudamericana with Cesário Fórmula Jr., dominating the championship by winning 12 out of 14 races. That same year he moved to Europe, joining Prema Powerteam in Formula Abarth.

He finished fourteenth in the Italian Series with two point-scoring finishes and fifteenth in the European Series with four podiums. In 2012, still with Prema, he improved to third in the European Series and fifth in the Italian Series. Bonifacio stayed with Prema as they switched to Formula Renault 2.0 machinery for the final rounds of the Alps and NEC series at the end of 2012. For 2013 he ran full-time in both Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.

In Eurocup he scored a podium at Spa and three other point-scoring finishes, ending fifteenth in the standings. In the Alps series he took three wins and finished third, behind teammates Antonio Fuoco and Luca Ghiotto. Bonifacio remained with Prema for 2014, improving to fifth in the Eurocup standings and achieving his first win in the series at Spa.

Did You Know?

• He finished third in the 2013 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series behind teammates Antonio Fuoco and Luca Ghiotto.
• His first Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 win came at Spa in 2014.