Miguel Rocha
Miguel Rocha (born 23 June 1988 in Oporto) is a portuguese entrepeneur, racing driver and engineer, who currently owns the Lotto Racing enterprise, which include the Lotto Racing corporation, and the organization of the Group B Rallycross Championship and the Catheram Winter Series, and who currently drives for his own squad in IPC. Previously, he became a double portuguese karting champion and drove in Spanish F3.
Early Life and Early Career
Rocha was born to Lotto Racing manager Carlos Rocha and Carla Oliveira in the city of Oporto, but moved to Belgium with his father when he was 3 years old. He started go karting at the age of 7 supported by Lotto company, where his dad worked. He entered his first event one year later, and won his first national race two years later. At the end of the year, his father passed away, and he returned to Portugal, where he would become double regional and national champion. He drove for the first time in the European Championship at 15 years old, when he finished 8th overall, and in the following finished 4th, while also winning the "Taça de Portugal de Karting", and finishing 7th in the world championships.
Spanish Formula Three (2005-
Rocha debuted in single seaters in the 2005 season of the Spanish Formula Three championship, driving for ECA Racing in the Copa de España, for the first 5 rounds of the season. In his first race weekend, he qualified 20th for both races in Jarama, and would finish 15th and 14th respectivelly. Despite the results, he set the fastest lap of the race in the second race of the weekend. In Valencia, he had a much better weekend. After qualifying 11th for race 1, he would race up to 7th place, scoring his first points in the series, and setting his second consecutive fastest lap in the process. For race 2, he finished 8th, but ran as high up as 5th during the initial phase of the race,but a mistake dropped him to 10th, and he recovered to 8th place, after qualifying in 7th place. This was also the first meeting of Rocha with the stewards, after a collision with Carlos Alvarez on lap 12 of the race.
Career Results
Complete Spanish Formula Three Results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 |  ECA Racing
|
JAR 1 15 |
JAR 2 14 |
VAL 1 7 |
VAL 2 8 |
ALB |
EST 1 |
EST 2 |
ALB 1 |
ALB 2 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
JER 1 |
JER 2 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
8th* | 7 |