[2] Bernoldi gained the inspiration to drive from watching fellow compatriots Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna.

[4] Bernoldi was hospitalised after he was involved in a road traffic accident in January 1997 and required physiotherapy to recover in time for his F3 debut two months later.

[1] In 1999, Bernoldi progressed to the International Formula 3000 championship with the Red Bull Junior Team and drove the Lola T99/50-Zytek car.

[15] He failed to score any points in 2001 due to the car's engine being unreliable and Bernoldi making driver errors, with 10 retirements from 17 starts, his highest finish being an eighth at the German Grand Prix.

[16] At Sepang he notably overtook Michael Schumacher, having been passed by the German as he attempted to fight through the field after a first-lap incident with Juan Pablo Montoya,[17] although his driving in that race was criticised by Allan McNish.

[16] He subsequently switched to the World Series by Nissan to try and rebuild his reputation,[6][19] after a potential drive for Jordan Grand Prix failed to materialise due to legal constraints.

[20] He also participated in a "mega test", held by Alfa Romeo, with a prospect of driving for the team in the 2004 European Touring Car Championship.

[28] However, following the reunification of Champ Car and the Indy Racing League, Rocketsports withdrew, opting not to compete in the new, combined, series.

[31] A collision with teammate Jamie Camara at Watkins Glen lead him to publicly criticize the team, and speculation that he might leave them.

[33] For 2009, Bernoldi was the full-time driver of Flamengo in the Superleague open wheel series and also he ran a partial schedule in Stock Car Brasil.

[41] He also made his debut in the SPEED EuroSeries, driving for Team JD in a Tatuus CN,[42] whilst entering the 500 Milhas de Kart do Beto Carreiro at the end of the year.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) 1991  J. Plato 1992  P. de la Rosa 1993  O. Couvreur 1994  J. Matthews 1995  C. Sauvage 1996  E. Bernoldi 1997  J. van Hooydonk 1998  B. Besson 1999  G. Bruni 2000  F. Massa 2001  A. Farfus 2002  E. Salignon 2003  E. Guerrieri 2004  S. Speed 2005  K. Kobayashi 2006  F. Albuquerque 2007  B. Hartley 2008  V. Bottas 2009  A. Costa 2010  K. Korjus 2011  R. Frijns 2012  S. Vandoorne 2013  P. Gasly 2014  N. de Vries 2015  J. Aitken 2016  L. Norris 2017  S. Fenestraz 2018  M. Fewtrell 2019  O. Piastri 2020  V. Martins