The Seletiva de Kart Petrobras is a karting competition in Brazil. The competition is promoted by former racing driver Paulo Carcasci, and sanctioned by the Brazilian autosports federation (Confederação Brasileira de Automobilismo).
Rules Each year, twelve drivers between 15 and 18 years old are selected to compete. Previous winners are excluded. To be selected for the final event, drivers must pass pre-selection. The organization designates rounds of the national and certain regional karting championships as pre-selection races. The karts are provided by the organization, depending on the hosting track. For the 2017 event, they used Bravar karts powered by a 28HP Biland engine.
The winner of the competition receives 85,000, and the second-place finisher receives 8,000. For the 2017 event, an additional prize was added. The winner was selected to compete in the 2017 Mazda Road to Indy Shootout, in this competition Olin Galli was the winner.
Results
Year Kart track Location Winner 1999 Kartódromo Internacional Granja Viana Cotia, São Paulo Danilo Dirani 2000 Kartódromo de Curitiba Curitiba, Paraná Júlio Campos 2001 Kartódromo de Tarumã Viamão, Rio Grande do Sul Sérgio Jimenez 2002 Kartódromo Internacional Granja Viana Cotia, São Paulo Rafael Daniel 2003 Kartódromo Internacional de Betim Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais Rafael Daniel 2004 Kartódromo Dr. Carlos Eduardo Corrêa da Costa Caraguatatuba, São Paulo Rafael Daniel 2005 Kartódromo Internacional de Brasília Brasília, Distrito Federal Guilherme de Conto (Graduados A) Gabriel Dias (Graduados B) 2006 Kartódromo de Curitiba Curitiba, Paraná Guilerme de Conto (Graduados A) Felipe Guimarães (Graduados B) 2007 Kartódromo de Piracicaba Piracicaba, São Paulo Rafael Suzuki 2008 Kartódromo Internacional Granja Viana Cotia, São Paulo Leonardo Cordeiro 2009 Kartódromo Internacional de Volta Redonda Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro Jonathan Louis 2010 Kartódromo Schincariol Itu, São Paulo Felipe Fraga 2011 Kartodromo de Registro Registro, São Paulo Felipe Guimarães 2012 Kartódromo Internacional M.MOA Nova Odessa, São Paulo João Vieira 2013 Kartódromo Internacional Granja Viana Cotia, São Paulo Olin Gali 2014 Kartódromo de Guaratinguetá Guaratinguetá, São Paulo Pietro Rimbano 2015 Kartódromo Internacional Granja Viana Cotia, São Paulo Vinícius Papareli 2016 Kartódromo Internacional Granja Viana Cotia, São Paulo Marcel Coletta
Notable other participants Jeison Teixeira, 10th in 1999 Allam Khodair, 6th in 1999 Tuka Rocha, 7th in 1999, 9th in 1999 Lico Kaesemodel, 11th in 2000 Roberto Streit, 2nd in 1999, 12th in 2000 Ana Beatriz, 4th in 2001, 7th in 2002, 2nd in 2003 Raphael Matos, 6th in 2001 Ruben Carrapatoso, 2nd in 2002 Diego Nunes, 8th in 2002 Galid Osman, 9th in 2002 Mario Romancini, 3rd in 2004 Fabiano Machado, 5th in 2005 Graduados B, 5th in 2006 Graduados A Leonardo Cordeiro, 4th in 2005 Graduados B, 9th in 2006 Graduados A Clemente de Faria Jr., 4th in 2004, 3rd 2005 Graduados A Nestor Girolami, 10th in 2006 Graduados A César Ramos, 3rd in 2006 Graduados A, 2nd in 2007 Pipo Derani, 11th in 2008 Felipe Nasr, 8th in 2008 Bruno Bonifacio, 10th in 2009 Claudio Cantelli, 8th in 2009 Pietro Fantin, 7th in 2009 Victor Franzoni, 8th in 2010 Vitor Baptista, 7th in 2013, 8th in 2014 Matheus Leist, 2nd in 2013, 3rd in 2014
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