Mariana Castro

Mariana Castro is a Brazilian-American race car driver. She previously raced for Wright FD in the Formula D World Championship.

Early Career
Castro was born in Brazil and grew up around motorsports. She raced karts at Interlagos on an annual basis as a child before moving to the United States. Upon arriving in the US, she joined a local karting league. In her late teens, she graduated to USF3500, then to Formula Reine. She achieved strong results, coming in 2nd in her third season, her highest result to that point. When Formula Reine disbanded, she moved to Formula Forrester, taking a 4th place finish overall during her only season.

Season 2
Based on her experience and her strong results, Wright hired Castro for their second car at the start of the second Formula D season. In spite of previous success, Castro seemed to have trouble adapting to the car, retiring in the first two races of the season. A podium in Spain appeared to reverse this trend, and she took another podium in Monaco. However, lackluster results in the Netherlands combined with the team's desire to advance in the Constructors Championship prompted them to replace both her and her teammate Clint Hurdle by the time of the Grand Prix of Italy.

Complete Formula D Results
(Results in bold indicate pole position)