Chico Serra

Francisco Adolpho Serra a.k.a. Chico Serra (born 3 February 1957 in São Paulo) is a racing driver from Brazil. He won the 1979 British Formula 3 Championship. He participated in 33 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix for Fittipaldi and Arrows, debuting on 15 March 1981. He made 18 starts, not qualifying for the remaining fifteen races, although he ought to have started as the reserve in the 1982 Swiss Grand Prix. However, Ferrari withdrew Patrick Tambay's entry so late that Serra was not allowed to take part. Serra scored one championship point, for finishing sixth in the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix.

Britain Formula 3
In 1978 Serra participated in the British Formula 3 Championship. In the BARC Formula 3 Championship, he was level on points with Derek Warwick on 72, but Warwick took 2nd on account of more race wins.

In 1979 Serra participated in the British Formula 3 Championship and won the title easily, driving the Sadia Racing with Project Four March 793-Toyota. During the season, as he has always done, Serra used the racing number 13, which is often considered unlucky and Formula 1 has rarely used the number 13 because of the superstition. But on this occasion it brought good luck and race wins for Serra as well as the title. The Brazilian beat his nearest rival, Italian Andrea de Cesaris, by 13 points. During the season Serra finished on the podium in 14 out of 20 races and won 5 races.