Pedro Diniz
| Born |
22 May 1970 São Paulo, Brazil |
|---|---|
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |
 Brazilian |
| Active years | 1995–2000 |
| Teams | Forti, Ligier, Arrows, Sauber |
| Entries | 99 (98 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 10 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 1995 Brazilian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2000 Malaysian Grand Prix |
Pedro Paulo Falleiros dos Santos Diniz (born 22 May 1970) is a Brazilian businessman and former racing driver.
Diniz began karting at the age of eighteen and achieved minor success, before progressing to car racing in the Brazilian Formula Ford Championship and the British Formula 3 Championship. He first drove in Formula One with Forti for the 1995 season. The following year he switched to Ligier and moved to Arrows for 1997. In 1998, he finished 14th in the Drivers' Championship, and subsequently moved to Sauber for 1999. He left Sauber after the 2000 season and brought a share in the Prost team, which folded a year later.
Since leaving motorsport, Diniz founded the Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil Championship which he ran from 2002 and 2006, later becoming a partner in the Pão de Açúcar and operates an organic produce and dairy farm alongside his wife Tatiana Diniz. He is a Board Member of Food Tank, a non-profit organization that spotlights environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable ways of alleviating hunger, obesity, and poverty and works to create networks of people, organizations, and content to push for food system change.
Diniz was considered a pay driver during his career, but was one of the few to score points in Formula One and is considered one of Formula One's best pay drivers.
Diniz was born in São Paulo, Brazil on 22 May 1970. His father is Abílio dos Santos Diniz, a businessman who owns the Brazilian distribution chain Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição and the supermarket chain Pão de Açúcar. Diniz struggled to find a good education and went to several schools around the local area.
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