Christiano "Tuka" Chiaradia Alcoba Rocha (December 13, 1982 – November 17, 2019) was a Brazilian race car driver. He won numerous karting championships in Brazil from 1996 to 2000. He then moved up to South American Formula 3 Lights. In 2002, he moved to Europe to compete in the World Series by Nissan where he was Ricardo Zonta's teammate. In 2004, he competed in Superfund Euro 3000. In 2005, he was a test driver for A1 Team Brazil in the A1 Grand Prix Series and was named one of the team's race drivers for the 2006-2007 season. In 2008, Rocha was chosen to drive the Flamengo's car in Formula Superleague.
Rocha died on November 17, 2019, three days after being involved in a small airplane crash near Bahia, Brazil. On a private flight from Jundiaí Airport to Maraú-Barra Grande Airport near Maraú, the aircraft crashed on landing. The Cessna Citation II burst into flames, fatally injuring Rocha and two others.
Racing career
Superleague Formula record Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Pts.2008FlamengoAstromegaDON 16DON 2NÜR 16NÜR 16ZOL9ZOL14EST11EST10VAL4VAL18JER 17JER 1315th171
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 22 Pos Points 2011 Vogel Motorsport Chevrolet Vectra CTB21 INT22 RBP23 VEL17 CGD19 RIORet INTRet SAL5 SCZ20 LON12 BSB9 VEL20 19th 23 2012 BMC Racing Chevrolet Sonic INT23 CTB16 VELRet RBPRet LON23 RIO23 SAL12 CAS15 TAR22 CTB20 BSB15 INT18 26th 37 2013 RZ Motorsport Chevrolet Sonic INT23 CUR12 TARDNS SAL14 BRA7 CAS16 RBP14 CAS15 VELRet CUR14 BRA19 INT28 16th 73 2014 RZ Motorsport Chevrolet Sonic INT18 SCZ113 SCZ26 BRA122 BRA27 GOI1Ret GOI2DNS GOI119 CAS120 CAS210 CUR125 CUR224 VEL1Ret VEL226 SCZ1Ret SCZ2DNS TAR1Ret TAR2Ret SAL115 SAL2Ret CUR110 24th 65 2015 União Química Bassani Peugeot 408 GOI126 RBP115 RBP21 VEL1Ret VEL2Ret CUR123 CUR29 SCZ121 SCZ1Ret CUR218 CUR110 GOI215 CAS130 CAS2DNS CGD1Ret CGD2Ret CUR19 CUR219 TAR120 TAR218 INT119 23rd 58 2016 TMG Racing Chevrolet Cruze CUR1 VEL1 VEL2 GOI1 GOI2 SCZ1 SCZ2 TAR1 TAR2 CAS1 CAS2 INT1 25th 60 RZ Motorsport LON1 LON2 CUR1 CUR2 GOI1 GOI2 CRI1 CRI2 INT1 2017 RCM Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze GOI1 GOI2 VEL1 VEL2 SCZ1 SCZ2 CAS1 CAS2 CUR1 CRI1 CRI2 VCA1 VCA2 LON1 LON2 ARG1 ARG2 TAR1 TAR2 GOI1 GOI2 INT1 20th 90 2018 Vogel Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze INT1 CUR1 CUR2 VEL1 VEL2 LON1 LON2 SCZ1 SCZ2 GOI1 MOU1 MOU2 CAS1 CAS2 VCA1 VCA2 TAR1 TAR2 GOI1 GOI2 INT1 31st 7
References
External links Rocha's personal website