João Jardim is a racing driver from Brazil who last raced in Star Mazda Championship for JDC Motorsports. Jardim has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 10 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,556 ranks Jardim 3765th of 17,494 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2011-09-16 | Laguna Seca | P12 | −44 |
| 2011-09-02 | Baltimore | P6 | +51 |
| 2011-08-26 | Sonoma Raceway | P8 | +32 |
| 2011-08-05 | Trois-Rivieres | P14 | −143 |
| 2011-08-05 | Trois-Rivieres | P7 | +28 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | JDC Motorsports | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | ↑1,092−194 | 3,556 |
| 2009 | ▸SKUSA SuperNationals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +58 | 2,658 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Gustavo MenezesFIA GOLD | 5,674 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Connor De PhillippiFIA GOLD | 5,558 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% |
| 🇫🇷 Tristan VautierFIA GOLD | 5,058 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 🇧🇷 João Horto | 4,095 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Nick Andries | 4,048 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% |
| 🇨🇴 Tatiana CalderónFIA SILVER | 3,997 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Sage KaramFIA GOLD | 3,772 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% |
| 🇻🇪 Carlos Linares | 2,913 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 67% |
| 🇨🇦 Jérimy DanielFIA SILVER | 3,197 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% |
| 🇺🇸 J.W.Roberts | 2,712 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% |
| 🇺🇸 Phil GieblerFIA SILVER | 5,081 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,755 | 🇲🇾 Rahul Raj Mayer | GB3 | 3,560 |
| 3,756 | 🇺🇸 Chad Gilsinger | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,559 |
| 3,757 | 🇧🇷 Giancarlo Vilarinho | Indy NXT | 3,559 |
| 3,758 | 🇯🇵 Yoshimi Ishibashi | Super GT | 3,559 |
| 3,759 | 🇬🇧 Simon Orange | British GT Championship | 3,558 |
| 3,760 | 🇮🇹 Andrea Rosso | Formula Regional European | 3,557 |
| 3,761 | 🏳️ Jack Gerber | WEC | 3,557 |
| 3,762 | 🇸🇪 Kevin Kleveros | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,557 |
| 3,763 | 🇨🇦 Lorenzo Mandarino | SKUSA SuperNationals | 3,557 |
| 3,764 | 🇧🇷 Vinicius Sammarone | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,557 |
| 3,765 | 🇧🇷 João Jardim | Star Mazda Championship | 3,556 |
| 3,766 | 🇱🇹 Kazim Vasiliauskas | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,556 |
| 3,767 | 🇮🇹 Maurice Ricci | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,556 |
| 3,768 | 🇦🇺 Nicolas Stati | Indy NXT | 3,556 |
| 3,769 | 🏳️ Reg Williams | International GT | 3,556 |
| 3,770 | 🇸🇦 Charlie Bateman | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,555 |
| 3,771 | 🇺🇸 Mark Smith | British GT Championship | 3,555 |
| 3,772 | 🇮🇪 Damien Faulkner | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,554 |
| 3,773 | 🇳🇱 Freek Schothorst | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,554 |
| 3,774 | 🇩🇰 Mikkel Mac | European Le Mans Series | 3,554 |
| 3,776 | 🇺🇸 Cash Felber | British F4 | 3,553 |
João Jardim is a semi-professional driver whose rating of 3,556 places him in the competitive amateur band; this level describes quick drivers who race against professionals rather than with them, typically self-funded and active in club and entry-level professional fields. His recorded career spans two seasons from 2009 to 2011, comprising ten starts across the Star Mazda Championship and the SKUSA SuperNationals. He made no wins or podium finishes during this time, averaging a finishing position of P10.1 across all classified starts and ending his Star Mazda campaign in tenth place overall.[1]
Jardim's single-seater competition took place almost entirely within JDC Motorsports, which fielded him for nine rounds of the 2011 Star Mazda season. His record against the competition he faced there reveals the nature of his challenge. He finished behind the 2011 Star Mazda Champion, Tristan Vautier, in all nine shared races, and posted a losing head-to-head against fellow professional-graded driver João Horto, finishing ahead of him zero times across nine meetings. Against Gold-graded professionals Gustavo Menezes and Connor De Phillippi, both of whom went on to win titles in substantially stronger fields, Jardim achieved occasional results; he finished ahead of Menezes three times in nine races and De Phillippi twice in nine, but this represented a minority of their shared starts. He showed somewhat stronger competitive parity against semi-professional and amateur-graded drivers, beating Nick Andries twice and Tatiana Calderón (FIA Silver) three times, though he also trailed both drivers more often than not.