Pablo da Silva

Pablo da Silva (born July 28, 1970 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil) is a Brazilian racing driver who is infamous for competing in the Formula 1 Rejects Grand Prix 2 Championship.

History

Da Silva made his first appearance in the inaugural series driving for the Sauber team. He finished in the points three times during the season with a best finish of fourth in Monaco.

The 1995 season was the highlight of his career. He equalled his best finish at the same track where he got it last year (Monaco). At Aida, Da Silva deliberately crashed into the Williams of Daniel Moreno, costing him the championship and handing it to John Zimmer...before taking out the latter's car at the exact same corner. He was disqualified and banned for three races, and was replaced at the last round by Jorg Scrattenheim, the winner of that controversial race, who had replaced Douglas Mann after the Manx driver quit the Williams team in disgust and went to Ligier instead. Zimmer beat Moreno in the championship by five points.

Da Silva failed to score any points in 1996, making his first appearance in only the third round as part of his ban - he had to miss the first two races of the season. Masta Valsattis replaced him for those rounds alone. Da Silva only finished three races all season and had a best finish of seventh in Spain. He finally scored his first podium in the opening round of the 1997 season at Australia. His season got much better as he scored two more (in Belgium and Japan) and finished eighth in the championship.