Alex Ribeiro

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Alex Ribeiro
Nationality Brazilian

Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1976 - 1977, 1979
Teams	Hesketh, March, Fittipaldi
Races	20 (10 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1976 United States Grand Prix
Last race	1979 United States Grand Prix

Alex Dias Ribeiro (born in Belo Horizonte, November 7, 1948^[1]) is a former racing driver from Brazil. He participated in 20 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on October 10, 1976. He scored 0 championship points.

At the 2002 Brazilian Grand Prix, Ribeiro was involved in a potentially serious incident. During the morning warm-up on race day Sunday, Enrique Bernoldi crashed his Arrows in Turn 2. When Ribeiro, the driver of the Medical Car, went out to check on Bernoldi, he opened the door to the car. Just as he opened it, Nick Heidfeld came along in his Sauber, and smashed into the open door. Both Ribeiro and Heidfeld were uninjured.

Ribeiro was perhaps best known for his public proclamation of faith in the form of 'Jesus Saves' slogans on his Formula One cars: [1]

He subsequently went on to perform Chaplaincy at the F1 events he attended as the driver of the Medical Car and is arguably the most accomplished driver in the 'Christians In Motorsport' group: [2]

[edit] Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Yr	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC
1976	Hesketh Racing	Hesketh 308D	Cosworth V8	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA 12	JPN		-
1977	Hollywood March Racing	March 761B	Cosworth V8	ARG Ret	BRA Ret	RSA Ret	USW Ret	ESP DNQ	MON DNQ	BEL DNQ	SWE DNQ	FRA DNQ	GBR DNQ	GER 8	AUT DNQ	NED 11	ITA DNQ	USA 15	CAN 8	JPN 12	-
1979	Fittipaldi Automotive	Fittipaldi F6A	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN DNQ	USA DNQ			-