Quick Facts
Biography
Marcos Giffoni de Melo Gomes (born July 26, 1984 in Ribeirão Preto) is a Brazilian racing driver. He currently drives in the Stock Car Brasil, where he won the 2015 championship. Marcos is the son of four-time Stock Car champion Paulo Gomes and brother of the also racing driver Pedro Gomes.
On July 5, 2009 he won the fifth round of the season at Interlagos by Action Power, winning their fourth win in the category. At dawn on July 6, soon after the victory at Interlagos, the truck of Action Power team had an accident on the Highway Régis Bittencourt, destroying all the equipment including the car of Marcos Gomes. On occurred, the team officially announced that he was out of the season.
Marcos Gomes joins RCM Motorsport for the rest of season, but the team stay the Action Power name. In 2012 Gomes was suspended for six months after he failed a drug test.
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team Name | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums | F/Laps | Points | Final Placing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil | Gramacho Racing | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 119 | 4th |
| 2003 | Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil | M4T Motorsport | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 10th |
| 2004 | Formula Renault 2.0 North America | ? | ? | ? | 2 | ? | ? | 205 | 2nd |
| 2005 | Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil | Piquet Sports | 11 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 163 | 5th |
| 2006 | Stock Car Light | Nova/RR Competições | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 160 | 1st |
| Stock Car Brasil | Sama-GomeSports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 2007 | Stock Car Brasil | A.Mattheis Motorsport | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 240 | 4th |
| 2008 | Stock Car Brasil | A.Mattheis Motorsport | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 285 | 2nd |
| 2009 | Stock Car Brasil | Action Power | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 248 | 6th |
| 2010 | Stock Car Brasil | Blau Full Time | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 229 | 7th |
| GT Brasil GT3 Class | Blau Full Time Blau Full Time Lamborghini | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 25th | |
| 2011 | Stock Car Brasil | Medley Full Time | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 234 | 7th |
| Trofeo Linea Brasil | Pater Racing | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 9th | |
| TC 2000 | Ford-YPF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A† | NC† |
† - ineligible for points.
Racing career
Complete Stock Car Brasil results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Sama-GomeSports | Volkswagen Bora | INT | CTB | CGD | INT | LON | CTB | SCZ | BSB | TAR | ARG | RIO 27 | INT | NC | 0 | |||||||||
| 2007 | Medley-A.Mattheis | Chevrolet Astra | INT Ret | CTB Ret | CGD 3 | INT 3 | LON 31 | SCZ 7 | CTB 3 | BSB 11 | ARG 14 | TAR 17 | RIO 16 | INT 1 | 4th | 240 | |||||||||
| 2008 | Medley-A.Mattheis | Chevrolet Astra | INT 1 | BSB 2 | CTB 2 | SCZ 20 | CGD 2 | INT 1 | RIO 3 | LON 6 | CTB 2 | BSB 2 | TAR 2 | INT Ret | 2nd | 285 | |||||||||
| 2009 | Action Power | Chevrolet Vectra | INT DSQ | CTB 9 | BSB 5 | SCZ DSQ | INT 1 | SAL 2 | RIO 5 | LON Ret | CTB 4 | BSB 15 | TAR 4 | INT 12 | 6th | 248 | |||||||||
| 2010 | Blau Full Time | Peugeot 307 | INT Ret | CTB 6 | VEL 18 | RIO 2 | RBP 13 | SAL 7 | INT 2 | CGD 2 | LON 20 | SCZ 22 | BSB 15 | CTB 4 | 7th | 229 | |||||||||
| 2011 | Medley Full Time | Peugeot 408 | CTB 14 | INT Ret | RBP 6 | VEL 5 | CGD 3 | RIO 4 | INT 11 | SAL Ret | SCZ 2 | LON 9 | BSB 6 | VEL 8 | 7th | 234 | |||||||||
| 2012 | Medley Full Time | Peugeot 408 | INT 11 | CTB 5 | VEL Ret | RBP 5 | LON 7 | RIO 21 | SAL | CAS | TAR | CTB | BSB | INT | 21st | 56 | |||||||||
| 2013 | Schin Racing Team | Peugeot 408 | INT 13 | CUR 21 | TAR Ret | SAL 7 | BRA DSQ | CAS 1 | RBP 23 | CAS 1 | VEL 3 | CUR 7 | BRA Ret | INT Ret | 10th | 102 | |||||||||
| 2014 | Schin Racing Team | Peugeot 408 | INT 1 | SCZ 1 | SCZ 2 | BRA 1 | BRA 2 | GOI 1 | GOI 2 | GOI 1 | CAS 1 | CAS 2 | CUR 1 | CUR 2 | VEL 1 | VEL 2 | SAL 1 | SAL 2 | TAR 1 | TAR 2 | RBP 1 | RBP 2 | CUR 1 | NC | N/A |