Bruno Correia
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Bruno Ricardo Sobreiro Correia, born 16 November 1977, is a Portuguese former racing driver who now drives the safety car for FIA Formula E and shares the Medical Car role for Formula One with Karl Reindler. After starting in karting, he moved to cars in 1994, winning the Portuguese Formula Ford 1600 title in its final season. He then claimed the Spanish Formula Renault Junior championship in 1995 and the overall title in 1996. A move to the United States in 1997 saw him race in Skip Barber Formula Dodge and Barber Dodge Pro Series.
Unable to find a drive for 1998, he built a successful beach hotel in Cumbuco, Brazil. He returned to racing in 2005, finishing runner-up in the Brazilian Supertouring Championship. After years as a driver trainer, he became the official World Touring Car Championship safety car driver following an incident at the 2009 FIA WTCC Race of France, where inexperienced local safety car drivers were hit by Franz Engstler. The FIA then decided to hire a permanent driver, and after a test at Brno Circuit, Correia got the job for WTCC and its support classes.
In 2012 he also became the safety car driver for the European Touring Car Cup, and in 2014 he took on the same role for the inaugural FIA Formula E championship, driving the electric BMW i8 at every event. On 7 October 2021, he was announced as the Formula One medical car driver for the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix, standing in for Alan van der Merwe, who had failed a COVID-19 test.
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