Leonardo Maia is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian former racing driver. He began racing professionally in the Barber Dodge Pro Series

Barber Dodge Pro Series

The Barber Pro Series was an entry-level open-wheel auto racing series from 1986 to 2003. The races were primarily on road and street courses in North America, although the schedule did sometimes include a few ovals....

 in 2001 and he won the series championship in 2003. In 2004 he moved to the Infiniti Pro Series (now Indy Lights) for Brian Stewart Racing and finished 5th in the championship with a pair of 3rd place finishes. The following year he made two Toyota Atlantic starts for Jensen MotorSport

Jensen MotorSport

Jensen MotorSport is an auto racing team that competes in the Firestone Indy Lights series. It formerly competed in the Champ Car Atlantic Championship, the Formula BMW Americas Championship, and fielded a car for one Champ Car World Series race...

 and he participated full-time in 2006 for Forsythe Championship Racing

Forsythe Championship Racing

Forsythe/Pettit Racing is a racing team that competed in the Champ Car World Series owned by Gerald Forsythe and Dan Pettit. The Champ Car effort ceased operations after the 2008 unification of North American open wheel racing.-History:...

, finishing 9th in points with a best finish of 5th (twice). He retired from professional racing afterwards.

External links

• Leonardo Maia at Driver Database