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Ricardo Zonta is an Italian former Formula One driver who last drove for Toyota in 2005.
He was born on March 23rd 1976 in Curitiba. He drove his first race for BAR-Supertec during the 1999 Grand Prix of Australia. Zonta was active for 5 seasons between 1999 and 2005. In those years he scored 3 points in 37 races. During his career Zonta wasn't able to win a race or finish on the podium. His last race was the the 2005 Grand Prix of United States.
He was born on March 23rd 1976 in Curitiba. He drove his first race for BAR-Supertec during the 1999 Grand Prix of Australia. Zonta was active for 5 seasons between 1999 and 2005. In those years he scored 3 points in 37 races. During his career Zonta wasn't able to win a race or finish on the podium. His last race was the the 2005 Grand Prix of United States.
| Name: | Ricardo Zonta |
| Nationality: |  Italian |
| Birthday: | March 23rd 1976 (36) |
| Birthplace: | Curitiba | Races: | 37 races |
| Total points: | 3 points |
| Wins: | 0 wins |
| Podiums: | 0 podiums | Pole positions: | 0 poles |
| Retirements: | 18 retirements |
| First race: |  1999 Australia |
| Last race: |  2005 United States |
Ricardo Zonta by year
| All years | 2005 | 2004 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 |
Overall stats: Ricardo Zonta
| #1 | Best Finish | Ricardo Zonta |  | 6 (3x) | |
| #1 | Best Qualifying | Ricardo Zonta | | 6 (1x) | |
| #1 | Best FP1 | Ricardo Zonta | | 1 (2x) | |
| #1 | Best FP2 | Ricardo Zonta | | 1 (4x) | |
| #1 | Best FP3 | Ricardo Zonta | | 7 (1x) | |
| #1 | Best Friday | Ricardo Zonta | | 1 (6x) | |
| #1 | Best Saturday | Ricardo Zonta | | 6 (1x) |
Best finish
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2000 | 15 | Indianapolis | Ricardo Zonta | BAR-Honda | 6 |
| 2000 | 14 | Monza | Ricardo Zonta | BAR-Honda | 6 |
| 2000 | 1 | Melbourne | Ricardo Zonta | BAR-Honda | 6 |
Best qualifying
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Qualified |
| 2000 | 10 | A1-Ring | Ricardo Zonta | BAR-Honda | 6 |
Best practice 1
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2005 | 2 | Sepang | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | Bahrain | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | 1 |
Best practice 2
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2005 | 13 | Hungaroring | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | 1 |
| 2005 | 14 | Istanbul | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | 1 |
| 2005 | 15 | Monza | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | 1 |
| 2005 | 18 | Suzuka | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | 1 |
Best practice 3
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2004 | 16 | Shanghai | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | 7 |
Best friday
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Session | Finish |
| 2005 | 2 | Sepang | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | Friday practice 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | Bahrain | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | Friday practice 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 13 | Hungaroring | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | Friday practice 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 14 | Istanbul | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | Friday practice 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 15 | Monza | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | Friday practice 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 18 | Suzuka | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | Friday practice 2 | 1 |
Best saturday
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Session | Finish |
| 2000 | 10 | A1-Ring | Ricardo Zonta | BAR-Honda | Qualifying | 6 |
| #1 | Worst Finish | Ricardo Zonta | | 15 (1x) | |
| #1 | Worst Qualifying | Ricardo Zonta | | 20 (2x) | |
| #1 | Worst FP1 | Ricardo Zonta | | 18 (1x) | |
| #1 | Worst FP2 | Ricardo Zonta | | 23 (1x) | |
| #1 | Worst FP3 | Ricardo Zonta | | 19 (1x) | |
| #1 | Worst Friday | Ricardo Zonta | | 23 (1x) | |
| #1 | Worst Saturday | Ricardo Zonta | | 20 (2x) |
Worst finish
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 1999 | 9 | A1-Ring | Ricardo Zonta | BAR-Supertec | 15 |
Worst qualifying
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Qualified |
| 2004 | 14 | Spa-Francorchamps | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | 20 |
| 2000 | 7 | Monte Carlo | Ricardo Zonta | BAR-Honda | 20 |
Worst practice 1
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2004 | 14 | Spa-Francorchamps | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | 18 |
Worst practice 2
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2005 | 16 | Spa-Francorchamps | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | 23 |
Worst practice 3
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2005 | 9 | Indianapolis | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | 19 |
Worst friday
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Session | Finish |
| 2005 | 16 | Spa-Francorchamps | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | Friday practice 2 | 23 |
Worst saturday
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Session | Finish |
| 2004 | 14 | Spa-Francorchamps | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | Saturday qualifying | 20 |
| 2000 | 7 | Monte Carlo | Ricardo Zonta | BAR-Honda | Qualifying | 20 |
Highs and lows of
| Driven for | 2005 Panasonic Toyota Racing 2004 Panasonic Toyota Racing 2001 B&H Jordan Honda 2000 Lucky Strike British American Racing Honda 1999 British American Racing | |
| How did he retire | ||
| Qualifying Q2 | Achieved Q2: Didn't Q2: | |
| Qualifying Q3 | Achieved Q3: Didn't Q3: |
Ranking: Ricardo Zonta
| #53 | Average qualifying result | Ricardo Zonta |  | 14.84 place | |
| #9 | Average practice result | Ricardo Zonta | | 8.54 place | |
| #287 | Average race points | Ricardo Zonta | | 0.16 points | |
| #271 | Average race result | Ricardo Zonta | | 9.89 place | |
| #167 | Most points finishes | Ricardo Zonta | | 3 finishes | |
| #90 | Most avoidable retirements | Ricardo Zonta | | 7 retirements | |
| #77 | Ratio avoidable retirements | Ricardo Zonta | | 0.39 retirements | |
| #133 | Most race laps | Ricardo Zonta | | 1716 laps | |
| #147 | Most races | Ricardo Zonta | | 37 races | |
| #71 | Youngest driver | Ricardo Zonta | | 22 years, 11 months, 12 days | |
| #551 | Oldest driver | Ricardo Zonta | | 29 years, 2 months, 27 days | |
| #318 | Biggest gain in race | Ricardo Zonta | | 11 places gained | |
| #123 | Start from P1 | Ricardo Zonta | | 0 starts | |
| #129 | Most retirements | Ricardo Zonta | | 18 retirements | |
| #239 | Most points | Ricardo Zonta | | 3 points | |
| #216 | Most podiums | Ricardo Zonta | | 0 podiums | |
| #134 | Most wins | Ricardo Zonta | | 0 wins |
| Driver | Place | |
| 51 | Mika Salo | 14.8 |
| 52 | Sebastien Bourdais | 14.81 |
| 53 | Ricardo Zonta | 14.84 |
| 54 | Sebastien Buemi | 15.03 |
| 55 | Pedro de la Rosa | 15.12 |
| Driver | Place | |
| 7 | Alexander Wurz | 8.38 |
| 8 | Sebastian Vettel | 8.54 |
| 9 | Ricardo Zonta | 8.54 |
| 10 | Robert Kubica | 8.91 |
| 11 | Jenson Button | 9.06 |
| Driver | Points | |
| 282 | Eddie Johnson | 0.17 |
| 286 | Philippe Alliot | 0.16 |
| 287 | Ricardo Zonta | 0.16 |
| 288 | Manfred Winkelhock | 0.15 |
| 289 | Ukyo Katayama | 0.15 |
| Driver | Place | |
| 269 | Antonio Pizzonia | 9.91 |
| 269 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | 9.91 |
| 271 | Ricardo Zonta | 9.89 |
| 272 | Jan Magnussen | 9.89 |
| 273 | Danny Sullivan | 9.86 |
| Driver | Finishes | |
| 151 | Toulo de Graffenried | 4 |
| 166 | Jaime Alguersuari | 3 |
| 166 | Ricardo Zonta | 3 |
| 166 | Ukyo Katayama | 3 |
| 166 | Michael Andretti | 3 |
| Driver | Retirements | |
| 87 | Heikki Kovalainen | 7 |
| 87 | Christijan Albers | 7 |
| 87 | Ricardo Zonta | 7 |
| 87 | Alessandro Zanardi | 7 |
| 87 | Karl Wendlinger | 7 |
| Driver | Retirements | |
| 68 | Massimiliano Papis | 0.4 |
| 76 | Jenson Button | 0.39 |
| 77 | Ricardo Zonta | 0.39 |
| 78 | Marc Gene | 0.38 |
| 78 | Gilles Villeneuve | 0.38 |
| Driver | Laps | |
| 131 | Marc Gene | 1738 |
| 132 | Hector Rebaque | 1724 |
| 133 | Ricardo Zonta | 1716 |
| 134 | Brett Lunger | 1713 |
| 135 | Mike Spence | 1712 |
| Driver | Races | |
| 143 | Louis Rosier | 38 |
| 146 | Tiago Monteiro | 37 |
| 146 | Ricardo Zonta | 37 |
| 146 | Emanuele Pirro | 37 |
| 149 | Kazuki Nakajima | 36 |
| Driver | Age | |
| 69 | Nick Heidfeld | 22 years, 10 months, 2 days |
| 70 | Ingo Hoffman | 22 years, 10 months, 28 days |
| 71 | Ricardo Zonta | 22 years, 11 months, 12 days |
| 72 | Hans Joachim Stuck | 23 years, 12 days |
| 73 | Tony Brise | 23 years, 30 days |
| Driver | Age | |
| 549 | Hiroshi Fushida | 29 years, 4 months, 9 days |
| 550 | Cliff Allison | 29 years, 3 months, 6 days |
| 551 | Ricardo Zonta | 29 years, 2 months, 27 days |
| 552 | David Brabham | 29 years, 2 months, 8 days |
| 553 | Helmut Marko | 29 years, 2 months, 5 days |
| Driver | Gain | |
| 276 | Helmuth Koinigg | 12 |
| 317 | Adrian Sutil | 11 |
| 317 | Ricardo Zonta | 11 |
| 317 | Zsolt Baumgartner | 11 |
| 317 | Enrique Bernoldi | 11 |
| Driver | Starts | |
| 92 | Yuji Ide | 0 |
| 92 | Giorgio Mondini | 0 |
| 92 | Ricardo Zonta | 0 |
| 92 | Narain Karthikeyan | 0 |
| 92 | Patrick Friesacher | 0 |
| Driver | Retirements | |
| 126 | Mauro Baldi | 19 |
| 128 | Nico Rosberg | 18 |
| 128 | Ricardo Zonta | 18 |
| 128 | Enrique Bernoldi | 18 |
| 128 | Rolf Stommelen | 18 |
| Driver | Points | |
| 227 | Peter Whitehead | 4 |
| 227 | Mauri Rose | 4 |
| 239 | Ricardo Zonta | 3 |
| 239 | Patrick Friesacher | 3 |
| 239 | Emanuele Pirro | 3 |
| Driver | Podiums | |
| 192 | Yuji Ide | 0 |
| 192 | Giorgio Mondini | 0 |
| 192 | Ricardo Zonta | 0 |
| 192 | Narain Karthikeyan | 0 |
| 192 | Patrick Friesacher | 0 |
| Driver | Wins | |
| 101 | Yuji Ide | 0 |
| 101 | Giorgio Mondini | 0 |
| 101 | Ricardo Zonta | 0 |
| 101 | Narain Karthikeyan | 0 |
| 101 | Patrick Friesacher | 0 |
Ricardo Zonta versus teammates
Qualifying duel
| Year | Driver | Teammate | ||
| 2005 | Ricardo Zonta | 0 | 1 | Jarno Trulli |
| 2004 | Ricardo Zonta | 1 | 3 | Olivier Panis |
| 2004 | Ricardo Zonta | 0 | 1 | Jarno Trulli |
| 2001 | Ricardo Zonta | 0 | 2 | Jarno Trulli |
| 2000 | Ricardo Zonta | 2 | 15 | Jacques Villeneuve |
| 1999 | Ricardo Zonta | 1 | 11 | Jacques Villeneuve |
| Overall | Ricardo Zonta | 4 | 33 | All Teammates |
Points duel
| Year | Driver | Teammate | ||
| 2005 | Ricardo Zonta | 0 | 0 | Jarno Trulli |
| 2004 | Ricardo Zonta | 0 | 1 | Olivier Panis |
| 2004 | Ricardo Zonta | 0 | 0 | Jarno Trulli |
| 2001 | Ricardo Zonta | 0 | 0 | Jarno Trulli |
| 2000 | Ricardo Zonta | 3 | 17 | Jacques Villeneuve |
| 1999 | Ricardo Zonta | 0 | 0 | Jacques Villeneuve |
| Overall | Ricardo Zonta | 3 | 18 | All Teammates |
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