Ricardo Sperafico (born July 23, 1979 in Toledo, Paraná) is a Brazilian racing driver.

Career

He resides in a family of racers, twin brother of Rodrigo, and with two cousins, Alexandre and the late Rafael. He began his career in Europe and won the Italian Formula 3000 series in 2000, before moving to International F3000 competition the following season. In 2002 in F3000, Ricardo, Rodrigo and Alexandre all raced in the series with Ricardo finishing the best, 5th, driving for Petrobras Racing. He finished runner-up in 2003 before taking 2004 off.

In 2005 he competed for the rookie-of-the-year title in Champ Car, driving for Dale Coyne Racing. He had a difficult time coming to grips with the series, with no less than five different team-mates over the course of the year. His best finish was 8th in Denver. Alexandre also contested occasional Champ Car events from 2003 to 2005.

Racing record

Complete Formula 3000 results

(F1 driver results legend 2) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2001	Petrobras Junior	Lola B99/50	Zytek V8		BRA Ret	SMR 14	ESP 19	AUT Ret	MON 5	EUR 3	FRA 13	GBR 11	GER 3	HUN 7	BEL 1	ITA 3	5th	24
2002	Petrobras Junior	Lola B02/50	Zytek-Judd KV		BRA 7	SMR 14	ESP 9	AUT 8	MON 5	EUR 2	GBR 3	FRA 15	GER 6	HUN 5	BEL 3	ITA 4	5th	22
2003	Coloni	Lola B02/50	Zytek-Judd KV		SMR 3	ESP Ret	AUT 1	MON DSQ	EUR 14	FRA 3	GBR 4	GER 1	HUN Ret	ITA 3			2nd	43

Complete Champ Car results

(F1 driver results legend 2)

Yr	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points
2005	Dale Coyne Racing	LBH Ret	MTY Ret	MIL 14	POR 13	CLE 9	TOR Ret	EDM 10	SAN Ret	DEN 8	MTL Ret	LAS 15	SUR 9	MEX Ret	17th	92