# Ricardo Zonta

> Brazilian racing driver

**Wikidata**: [Q172004](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172004)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Zonta)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/ricardo-zonta

## Summary
Ricardo Zonta is a Brazilian racing automobile driver, born 23 March 1976. He is documented across multiple knowledge bases (Wikipedia/Wikidata) and maintains an official website; his primary notability in the provided material is as a Brazilian professional racing driver.

## Biography
- Born: 1976-03-23
- Nationality: Brazil
- Known for: Professional racing automobile driver
- Employer(s): (Not listed in the provided material)
- Field(s): Racing (automobile competition)
- Aliases: Ricardo Luiz Zonta
- Website: http://www.ricardozonta.com.br/

## Contributions
- Professional activity: Identified in the source material as a racing automobile driver (occupation entries present in the structured data).  
- Public presence: Maintains an official website at http://www.ricardozonta.com.br/.  
- Media: A photographic file titled "Ricardo Zonta 2007 Curitiba.jpg" is associated with him in the supplied properties.  
- Knowledge-base entries: Multiple database and identifier entries exist for Ricardo Zonta (see Body: Identifiers).  
- No specific publications, patents, companies founded, product releases, or named projects are listed in the provided source material.

## FAQs
Q: Who is Ricardo Zonta?
A: Ricardo Zonta is a Brazilian racing automobile driver, documented in Wikidata and Wikipedia under the title "Ricardo Zonta."

Q: When was Ricardo Zonta born?
A: He was born on 23 March 1976.

Q: What nationality is Ricardo Zonta?
A: He holds Brazilian citizenship.

Q: Where can I find Ricardo Zonta online?
A: His official website is http://www.ricardozonta.com.br/ and he is represented on Wikipedia under the title "Ricardo Zonta."

Q: Are there authoritative database identifiers for Ricardo Zonta?
A: Yes. Multiple structured-data identifiers are provided in the source material (see Identifiers section in the Body).

Q: Does the provided material list his employers or teams?
A: No. The supplied material does not list employers, teams, or specific racing affiliations.

## Why They Matter
Ricardo Zonta’s significance in the provided material rests on his identity as a professional Brazilian racing driver and his verifiable presence across reference systems and public media. His representation in structured knowledge bases (with multiple identifiers and a dedicated Wikipedia title) supports discoverability and verification for researchers, journalists, and fans seeking authoritative information. Without such structured records and an official website, consolidating reliable facts about his identity and public media would be harder for databases and automated systems.

## Notable For
- Being a Brazilian racing automobile driver documented in Wikidata and Wikipedia.  
- Birth date recorded as 23 March 1976.  
- Alias recorded as "Ricardo Luiz Zonta."  
- Official website: http://www.ricardozonta.com.br/.  
- Presence of a media file titled "Ricardo Zonta 2007 Curitiba.jpg" in the supplied properties.  
- Multiple machine-readable identifiers and database entries across knowledge repositories (see Body).

## Body

### Early life and identity
- Born on 23 March 1976 (structured property P569 in the source).  
- Identified in the source material as an instance of a human (Wikidata: instance_of Q5).  
- Holds Brazilian citizenship (Wikidata: citizenship Q155).  
- Known also by the full alias "Ricardo Luiz Zonta."

### Occupation and field
- Occupation entries in the supplied structured data specify roles tied to motor racing (occupation Q10349745 and Q10841764).  
- The primary field in the provided material is racing — specifically described as a "racing automobile driver."

### Media and public web presence
- Official website: http://www.ricardozonta.com.br/ (listed in the structured properties).  
- An associated photographic media file is recorded as "Ricardo Zonta 2007 Curitiba.jpg" (structured property P18).  
- A Commons/Wikimedia category string appears in the sourced properties (P373: "Ricardo Zonta" and P3048: "Ricardo_Zonta").

### Identifiers and knowledge-base coverage
The provided material includes multiple identifiers and database keys that establish Ricardo Zonta’s digital and bibliographic footprint:
- P214: 123146937705113831294
- P646: /m/03lsmx
- P935: Ricardo Zonta
- P1285: 01000005593
- P1350: 36.0, 67.0
- P1358: 3.0
- P3048: Ricardo_Zonta
- P3684: ricardo-zonta
- P5421: 151696
- P8140: ricardo-zonta

Additional metadata from the source:
- sitelink_count: 36 (indicates the number of linked sites/pages in the dataset snapshot provided).  
- wikipedia_title: Ricardo Zonta (the title used on Wikipedia in the supplied data).  
- wikidata_description: "Brazilian racing driver" (short descriptor in Wikidata).

### Public documentation and presence in reference systems
- The supplied structured properties demonstrate that Ricardo Zonta is represented across multiple reference systems and identifiers (see Identifiers section).  
- The data shows both human-readable metadata (alias, website, image file name) and machine-oriented identifiers (numerical and alphanumeric property values).

### Gaps and limits in the provided material
- The provided source does not include place of birth, education, employers/teams, race results, awards, publications, patents, or other career-specific milestones.  
- No detailed career timeline, team affiliations, competitive results, or honors are available in the supplied facts.

### How to verify or expand information beyond this material
- The official website (http://www.ricardozonta.com.br/) is the primary web resource listed and may contain further biographical or career details.  
- The Wikipedia title "Ricardo Zonta" and the Wikidata entry (with the enumerated identifiers) are entry points for linked knowledge bases and external references, as indicated by the sitelink count.

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## References

1. Driver Database
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. Statsf1.com