Tuka Rocha

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Chiaradia Alcoba and the second or paternal family name is Rocha.

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. 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 Tuka was chosen to drive the Flamengo's car in Formula Superleague.^[2]

Christiano 'Tuka' Rocha
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	Christiano Chiaradia Alcoba Rocha[1] (1982-12-13)December 13, 1982 São Paulo, São Paulo State
Died	November 17, 2019(2019-11-17) (aged 36) Salvador, Bahia
Superleague Formula career
Debut season	2008
Current team	Flamengo
Car number	7
Starts	12
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	15th in 2008

Rocha died on November 17, 2019, three days after being involved in a small airplane crash near Bahia, Brazil.^[3] 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 Tuka Rocha and two others.^[4][5]

Racing career

Superleague Formula record

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Pts.
2008	Flamengo Astromega	DON 16	DON 2	NÜR 16	NÜR 16	ZOL 9	ZOL 14	EST 11	EST 10	VAL 4	VAL 18	JER 17	JER 13	15th	171

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	CTB 21	INT 22	RBP 23	VEL 17	CGD 19	RIO Ret	INT Ret	SAL 5	SCZ 20	LON 12	BSB 9	VEL 20											19th	23
2012	BMC Racing	Chevrolet Sonic	INT 23	CTB 16	VEL Ret	RBP Ret	LON 23	RIO 23	SAL 12	CAS 15	TAR 22	CTB 20	BSB 15	INT 18											26th	37
2013	BMC Racing	Chevrolet Sonic	INT 23	CUR 12	TAR DNS	SAL 14	BRA 7	CAS 16	RBP 14	CAS 15	VEL Ret	CUR 14	BRA 19	INT 28											16th	73
2014	RZ Motorsport	Chevrolet Sonic	INT 1 8	SCZ 1 13	SCZ 2 6	BRA 1 22	BRA 2 7	GOI 1 Ret	GOI 2 DNS	GOI 1 19	CAS 1 20	CAS 2 10	CUR 1 25	CUR 2 24	VEL 1 Ret	VEL 2 26	SCZ 1 Ret	SCZ 2 DNS	TAR 1 Ret	TAR 2 Ret	SAL 1 15	SAL 2 Ret	CUR 1 10		24th	65
2015	União Química Bassani	Peugeot 408	GOI 1 26	RBP 1 15	RBP 2 1	VEL 1 Ret	VEL 2 Ret	CUR 1 23	CUR 2 9	SCZ 1 21	SCZ 1 Ret	CUR 2 18	CUR 1 10	GOI 2 15	CAS 1 30	CAS 2 DNS	CGD 1 Ret	CGD 2 Ret	CUR 1 9	CUR 2 19	TAR 1 20	TAR 2 18	INT 1 19		23rd	58
2016	TMG Racing	Chevrolet Cruze	CUR 1 Ret	VEL 1	VEL 2	GOI 1	GOI 2	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	TAR 1	TAR 2	CAS 1	CAS 2	INT 1											25th	60
	RZ Motorsport														LON 1 16	LON 2 16	CUR 1 9	CUR 2 16	GOI 1 11	GOI 2 16	CRI 1 18	CRI 2 2	INT 1 19
2017	RCM Motorsport	Chevrolet Cruze	GOI 1 10	GOI 2 17	VEL 1 11	VEL 2 11	SCZ 1 24	SCZ 2 4	CAS 1 Ret	CAS 2 4	CUR 1 Ret	CRI 1 19	CRI 2 13	VCA 1 13	VCA 2 14	LON 1 Ret	LON 2 15	ARG 1 16	ARG 2 11	TAR 1 22	TAR 2 6	GOI 1 Ret	GOI 2 DNS	INT 1 21	20th	90
2018	Vogel Motorsport	Chevrolet Cruze	INT 1 19	CUR 1 Ret	CUR 2 11	VEL 1 15	VEL 2 DSQ	LON 1 Ret	LON 2 9	SCZ 1 19	SCZ 2 18	GOI 1	MOU 1	MOU 2	CAS 1	CAS 2	VCA 1	VCA 2	TAR 1	TAR 2	GOI 1	GOI 2	INT 1		31st	7