A1 Team Portugal
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A1 Team Portugal is the Portuguese
team for A1 Grand Prix
, an international racing series.
player, Luís Figo
, and coach Carlos Queiroz
. The team's operations were run by CEO Luís Vicente, manager of the Fundação Luís Figo.
Filipe Albuquerque
will be the primary driver for A1 Team Portugal through to the end of the 2009–10 season. He scored his first A1GP victory in the feature race in China. With four additional podium finishes and only two races without points (both during the same event), Albuquerque went on to finish as 3rd in the 2008–09 championship, with 92 points.
, João Urbano
After a dismal start to the season, scoring only five points in the first six races, Team Portugal came alive after Filipe Albuquerque
became lead driver. The team scored three podiums, and finished 11th in the championship.
, João Urbano
Team Portugal only competed in four rounds of the 2006-07 season, starting with the Durban race. They scored twice, and finished in 17th place in the championship.
, Álvaro Parente
In the inaugural season, Team Portugal took 3 podiums en route to 9th in the championship.
during the fourth round of the 2007–08 season.
Except Gonçalo Araújo, Bruno Serra and Frederico Duarte will take part of Junior Team in 2007-08. This season, its Armando Parente
, António Félix da Costa
, Gonçalo Araújo and Bruno Serra.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
team for A1 Grand Prix
A1 Grand Prix
A1 Grand Prix was a 'single make' open-wheel auto racing series. It was unique in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themselves or a team, the usual format in most formula racing series. As such, it was often promoted as the "World Cup of Motorsport"...
, an international racing series.
Management
The A1 Team Portugal team owners were the well known footballFootball (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player, Luís Figo
Luís Figo
Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo, OIH, is a Portuguese former international footballer. He played as a midfielder for Sporting CP, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Internazionale, during a career which spanned over a period of 20 years. He retired from football on 31 May 2009...
, and coach Carlos Queiroz
Carlos Queiroz
Carlos Manuel Brito Leal Queiroz ComIH is a Portuguese football manager. He is currently the manager of the Iran national football team. A former manager of Real Madrid, and Portugal national football team, he has also twice been Alex Ferguson's assistant manager at English club Manchester...
. The team's operations were run by CEO Luís Vicente, manager of the Fundação Luís Figo.
2008–09 season
Driver: Filipe AlbuquerqueFilipe Albuquerque
Filipe Miguel Delgadinho Albuquerque is a Portuguese race car driver, currently driving in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.- Career :...
Filipe Albuquerque
Filipe Albuquerque
Filipe Miguel Delgadinho Albuquerque is a Portuguese race car driver, currently driving in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.- Career :...
will be the primary driver for A1 Team Portugal through to the end of the 2009–10 season. He scored his first A1GP victory in the feature race in China. With four additional podium finishes and only two races without points (both during the same event), Albuquerque went on to finish as 3rd in the 2008–09 championship, with 92 points.
2007–08 season
Drivers: Filipe AlbuquerqueFilipe Albuquerque
Filipe Miguel Delgadinho Albuquerque is a Portuguese race car driver, currently driving in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.- Career :...
, João Urbano
João Urbano
- Career :In 2005, Urbano participate in the Formula BMW World Final, a special race with ASL Team Mücke Motorsport but did not finish.For the first A1 Grand Prix season, in 2005-06, Urbano was a practice driver for the A1 Team Portugal and take part to the race since the 2006-07 season, having...
After a dismal start to the season, scoring only five points in the first six races, Team Portugal came alive after Filipe Albuquerque
Filipe Albuquerque
Filipe Miguel Delgadinho Albuquerque is a Portuguese race car driver, currently driving in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.- Career :...
became lead driver. The team scored three podiums, and finished 11th in the championship.
2006–07 season
Drivers: Álvaro ParenteÁlvaro Parente
Álvaro Parente is a Portuguese racecar driver. Parente's father was also a race driver.-Early career:After winning the Karting European Junior Championship in 1998, Parente made his debut in auto racing in 2001 at the age of 16, driving in the Spanish F3 Championship...
, João Urbano
João Urbano
- Career :In 2005, Urbano participate in the Formula BMW World Final, a special race with ASL Team Mücke Motorsport but did not finish.For the first A1 Grand Prix season, in 2005-06, Urbano was a practice driver for the A1 Team Portugal and take part to the race since the 2006-07 season, having...
Team Portugal only competed in four rounds of the 2006-07 season, starting with the Durban race. They scored twice, and finished in 17th place in the championship.
2005–06 season
Drivers: César CampaniçoCésar Campaniço
César Campaniço is a Portuguese racecar driver.-Career summary:-Complete Formula Three Series results:-Complete A1 Grand Prix results:...
, Álvaro Parente
Álvaro Parente
Álvaro Parente is a Portuguese racecar driver. Parente's father was also a race driver.-Early career:After winning the Karting European Junior Championship in 1998, Parente made his debut in auto racing in 2001 at the age of 16, driving in the Spanish F3 Championship...
In the inaugural season, Team Portugal took 3 podiums en route to 9th in the championship.
FPAK A1GP Portugal Junior Team
The Federação Portuguesa de Automobilismo e Karting (FPKA) and the A1 Team Portugal create in November 2007 the FPAK A1GP Portugal Junior Team to encourage Portuguese drivers into A1GP. This project, give to Portuguese Cup and Open Racing Series in Portugal drivers, the opportunities to take part in the rookie sessions or practice events. The first driver to benefit from this Junior Team is Gonçalo Araújo will take part in the rookie session at ZuhaiZhuhai International Circuit
Zhuhai International Circuit is located at Jin Ding town in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.Motorsport started in Zhuhai when it hosted a race on its street circuit in 1993, racing continued until 1996 when the motor racing circuit was constructed and became China’s...
during the fourth round of the 2007–08 season.
Except Gonçalo Araújo, Bruno Serra and Frederico Duarte will take part of Junior Team in 2007-08. This season, its Armando Parente
Armando Parente
Armando Parente is a Portuguese racing driver. He won the 2008 ADAC Formel Masters season.-External links:* *...
, António Félix da Costa
António Félix da Costa
António Maria de Mello Breyner Félix da Costa is a Portuguese auto racing driver. His elder brother Duarte is also a racing driver. He currently resides in Cascais.-Karting:...
, Gonçalo Araújo and Bruno Serra.
Drivers
| Name | Seasons | Races (Starts) |
A1GP Title | Wins | Sprint wins |
Main wins |
2nd | 3rd | Poles | Fastest Laps |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filipe Albuquerque Filipe Albuquerque Filipe Miguel Delgadinho Albuquerque is a Portuguese race car driver, currently driving in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.- Career :... |
2007–08, 2008–09 | 11(22) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 146 | |||
| João Urbano João Urbano - Career :In 2005, Urbano participate in the Formula BMW World Final, a special race with ASL Team Mücke Motorsport but did not finish.For the first A1 Grand Prix season, in 2005-06, Urbano was a practice driver for the A1 Team Portugal and take part to the race since the 2006-07 season, having... |
2006–07, 2007–08 | 7(14) | 5 | ||||||||
| Álvaro Parente Álvaro Parente Álvaro Parente is a Portuguese racecar driver. Parente's father was also a race driver.-Early career:After winning the Karting European Junior Championship in 1998, Parente made his debut in auto racing in 2001 at the age of 16, driving in the Spanish F3 Championship... |
2005–06, 2006–07 | 13(26) | 1 | 2 | 76 | ||||||
| César Campaniço César Campaniço César Campaniço is a Portuguese racecar driver.-Career summary:-Complete Formula Three Series results:-Complete A1 Grand Prix results:... |
2005–06 | 1(2) | 0 |
Complete A1 Grand Prix Results
(key), "spr" indicates the Sprint Race, "fea" indicates the Feature Race.| Year | Racing team |
Chassis, Engine, Tyres |
Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–06 | Carlin Motorsport Carlin Motorsport Carlin, formerly Carlin Motorsport, is a motor racing team based in the United Kingdom. It competes in four championships — British Formula Three Championship, GP3 Series, World Series by Renault and GP2 Series.-History:... |
Lola, Zytek, Cooper Avon Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Cooper Tire & Rubber Company is a United States based company that specializes in the design, manufacture, marketing and sales of replacementautomobiles and truck tires, and subsidiaries that specialize in medium truck, motorcycle and racing tires... |
 GBR |
 GER |
 PRT |
 AUS |
 MYS |
 UAE |
 RSA |
 INA |
 MEX |
 USA |
 CHN |
66 | 9th | ||||||||||||
| spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | ||||||
| Álvaro Parente Álvaro Parente Álvaro Parente is a Portuguese racecar driver. Parente's father was also a race driver.-Early career:After winning the Karting European Junior Championship in 1998, Parente made his debut in auto racing in 2001 at the age of 16, driving in the Spanish F3 Championship... |
8 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 19 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| César Campaniço César Campaniço César Campaniço is a Portuguese racecar driver.-Career summary:-Complete Formula Three Series results:-Complete A1 Grand Prix results:... |
13 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–07 | Team Astromega Team Astromega Team Astromega is a racing team from Belgium, headquartered in Heist-op-den-Berg and created in 1995 by Mikke Van Hool. The team is currently competing in A1 Grand Prix and Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium.-History:... |
Lola, Zytek, Cooper Avon Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Cooper Tire & Rubber Company is a United States based company that specializes in the design, manufacture, marketing and sales of replacementautomobiles and truck tires, and subsidiaries that specialize in medium truck, motorcycle and racing tires... |
 NED |
 CZE |
BEI |
MYS |
INA |
 NZL |
AUS |
RSA |
MEX |
SHA |
GBR |
10 | 17th | ||||||||||||
| spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | ||||||
| Álvaro Parente Álvaro Parente Álvaro Parente is a Portuguese racecar driver. Parente's father was also a race driver.-Early career:After winning the Karting European Junior Championship in 1998, Parente made his debut in auto racing in 2001 at the age of 16, driving in the Spanish F3 Championship... |
8 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| João Urbano João Urbano - Career :In 2005, Urbano participate in the Formula BMW World Final, a special race with ASL Team Mücke Motorsport but did not finish.For the first A1 Grand Prix season, in 2005-06, Urbano was a practice driver for the A1 Team Portugal and take part to the race since the 2006-07 season, having... |
19 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–08 | A1 Team Portugal | Lola, Zytek, Cooper Avon Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Cooper Tire & Rubber Company is a United States based company that specializes in the design, manufacture, marketing and sales of replacementautomobiles and truck tires, and subsidiaries that specialize in medium truck, motorcycle and racing tires... |
NED |
CZE |
MYS |
ZHU |
NZL |
AUS |
RSA |
MEX |
SHA |
GBR |
59 | 11th | |||||||||||||
| spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | ||||||||
| João Urbano João Urbano - Career :In 2005, Urbano participate in the Formula BMW World Final, a special race with ASL Team Mücke Motorsport but did not finish.For the first A1 Grand Prix season, in 2005-06, Urbano was a practice driver for the A1 Team Portugal and take part to the race since the 2006-07 season, having... |
11 | Ret | 9 | 18 | 13 | Ret | 19 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 16 | |||||||||||||||
| Filipe Albuquerque Filipe Albuquerque Filipe Miguel Delgadinho Albuquerque is a Portuguese race car driver, currently driving in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.- Career :... |
7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–09 | Boer Racing Services | Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947... , Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947... , Michelin Michelin Michelin is a tyre manufacturer based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne région of France. It is one of the two largest tyre manufacturers in the world along with Bridgestone. In addition to the Michelin brand, it also owns the BFGoodrich, Kleber, Riken, Kormoran and Uniroyal tyre brands... |
NED |
CHN |
MYS |
NZL 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand The 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand was an A1 Grand Prix race held at Taupo Motorsport Park, New Zealand.- Pre-race:The A1 Team Portugal’s sports director, Pedro Chaves has tested the A1GP car at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve for promotional purposes.- Drivers :- Qualifying... |
RSA |
POR 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Portugal The 2008–09 Vodafone A1GP Algarve, Portugal was an A1 Grand Prix race held at Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portugal.- Drivers :- Qualifying :† Team utilized Powerboost lap.- Sprint Race :... |
GBR 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain The 2008-09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain was an A1 Grand Prix race at Brands Hatch, England. It was set to be the penultimate round of the 2008-09 A1 Grand Prix season, but became the season finale, due to the cancellation of the Mexican round due to the 2009 swine flu outbreak... |
92 | 3rd | ||||||||||||||||
| spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | ||||||||||||||
| Filipe Albuquerque Filipe Albuquerque Filipe Miguel Delgadinho Albuquerque is a Portuguese race car driver, currently driving in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.- Career :... |
9 | Ret | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||