1987
Ricardo Zonta's father, Pedro, raced on the local dirt tracks in their hometown of curitiba during the early 1980's.While watching his father, little Ricardo caught the racing bug! His obsession was fueled further by the great Brazilians making Formula One headlines around the same time: Fittipaldi, Piquet, and Senna.
Ricardo's fate was sealed when in the previous year, Pedro gave his ten-year-old son a go-kart. 1987 is the year, the boy won his first race!
Ricardo went on to finish second in the "curitibano de kart" championship
1988
Ricardo came second in the curitiba karting championship
1990
Ricardo was champion in the paranaense de kart in brazil.
1991
Ricardo won the Brazilian karting championship in 1991, He was also champion of the "paranaense de kart"
1992
Ricardo came 4th in the sao paulo karting championship in 1992 and Ricardo spent some time" just for fun" in touring cars in Brazil
1993
Ricardo came 6th in the formula opel championship in brazil in 1993