Leonardo Maia

Leonardo Maia (born December 4, 1980) is a Brazilian former racing driver.^[1]

He began racing professionally in the Barber Dodge Pro Series 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 fifth in the championship with a pair of third place finishes. The following year he made two Toyota Atlantic starts for Jensen MotorSport and he participated full-time in 2006 for Forsythe Championship Racing, finishing ninth in points with a best finish of fifth (twice). He retired from professional racing afterwards.

Motorsports career results

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

Barber Dodge Pro Series

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2001	SEB	PIR	LRP1	LRP2	DET	CLE	TOR	CHI	MOH 8	ROA 8	VAN	LAG	20th	16
2002	SEB 6	LRP 15	LAG 6	POR 7	TOR 17	CLE 6	VAN 17	MOH 5	ROA 1	MTL 4			6th	87
2003	STP 1	MTY 2	MIL 1	LAG 4	POR 1	CLE 1	TOR 9	VAN 1	MOH 1	MTL 2			1st	188
Source:[2]

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points	Ref
2004	Brian Stewart Racing	HMS	PHX 3	INDY 6	KAN Ret	NSH Ret	MIL Ret	MIS 7	KTY 3	PPIR 7	CHI 7	FON 4	TXS 12	5th	292	[3]

Champ Car Atlantic

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2005	Jensen Motorsport	LBH	MTY	POR1	POR2	CLE1 11	CLE2 9	TOR	EDM	SJO	DEN	ROA	MTL	16th	39
2006	Forsythe	LBH 9	HOU 9	MTY 10	POR 9	CLE1 7	CLE2 6	TOR 10	EDM 17	SJO 5	DEN 12	MTL 5	ROA 12	9th	161
Source:[4]

References

1. Leonardo Maia career summary at DriverDB.com
2. "Leonardo Maia – Barber Pro stats". Champ Car Stats. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
3. "Leonardo Maia – 2004 Infiniti / Indy Pro Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
4. "Leonardo Maia – Atlantic stats". Champ Car Stats. Retrieved 16 September 2025.

Sporting positions
Preceded by A. J. Allmendinger	Barber Dodge Pro Series Champion 2003	Succeeded by Series folded