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Filipe Albuquerque
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Biography
Filipe Miguel Delgadinho Albuquerque (born 13 June 1985) is a Portuguese professional racing driver, currently driving in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Mustang Sampling Racing as well in theFIA World Endurance Championship and European Endurance Championship with United Autosports.
Career
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Filipe Albuquerque started his motor racing career in karting in 1993, "I started karting as a joke, but it quickly became more and more serious" Albuquerque recalled, "It's really hard to get sponsorship to go racing. Without Red Bull I would probably be at home studying" he added. The young Portuguese driver went on to win two national karting titles before moving up to Spanish Formula Three with the help of Red Bull. But later, Albuquerque was moved up to the Formula Renault, "a driver was fired from Red Bull" The Portuguese commented, "and I was told I would do the Renault 2.0-litre race in Zolder." Albuquerque was the fastest driver for the team during the race and so became the permanent replacement and was also called into the Formula Renault German series.
Albuquerque finished sixth in the Spanish Formula Three championship, fifth in the Formula Renault Eurocup and third in the Formula Renault Germany series, finishing as a highest positioned rookie in all three championships. In 2006, Albuquerque raced in two championships, the Formula Renault Eurocup championship and the North European Formula Renault championship, where he won the Drivers' title in both series.
For 2007, Albuquerque entered the Formula Renault 3.5 Series championship with the Epsilon Euskadi team, and finished fourth in the drivers' championship. He was also chosen as replacement of Ernesto Viso in the Silverstone round of GP2 Series, following the Venezuelan's accident at Magny-Cours. Albuquerque remained in Formula Renault 3.5 for 2008, but only competed in four races, as he focussed on the A1 Grand Prix series.
Albuquerque made his A1 GP début in the 2007–08 season, replacing João Urbano at A1 Team Portugal mid-season. He finished every race he started in the points, including three podium finishes, and the team finished eleventh in that year's championship. He returned for the 2008–09 season as the team's sole driver, and finished third overall after a campaign which saw him take Portugal's first series win, in China. He was retained for the 2009–10 season, but the series ran into financial trouble and the new season was cancelled before it began.
With his single-seater career prospects looking bleak, Albuquerque moved to Italian GT racing when it became apparent that the A1 GP series had died. He moved to the Italian GT3 Championship for part of the 2009 season, driving an Audi R8 LMS. He also made an appearance at one of the race meetings for the 2009 Superstars Series season, a touring car championship, and finished second in both races, driving an Audi RS4. For 2010, he competed in the Italian GT3 Championship full-time, finishing as joint-runner up in the series with his Audi R8 LMS co-driver Marco Bonanomi, behind champion Gianluca Roda in a Porsche 997 GT3. He also made another Superstars guest appearance for Audi, winning one of the races at his home event, held at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve.
Albuquerque competed in the 2010 Race of Champions event at Düsseldorf. He was partnered with Portuguese countryman Álvaro Parente in the Cup of Nations, where they were knocked out in the group stage. In the individual Champion of Champions competition, however, Albuquerque scored a surprise victory, defeating Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel in the semi-final and multiple World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb in the final.
In 2011, Albuquerque competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, driving a 2008-spec Audi A4, also entering the Blancpain Endurance Series in an Audi R8 entered by Belgian team WRT, which finished second overall on the final standings.
In 2013, Albuquerque made his debut in the 24 Hours of Daytona driving an Audi R8 Grand-Am for Alex Job Racing in the GT class. He won the class as part of an Audi 1-2 finish.
In 2014, Albuquerque was no longer racing in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. He raced in the European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 category and finished as runner up on the drivers' standings.He was also a part of Audi's official team for the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Albuquerque nearly won the 2017 24 Hours of Daytona, leading the final stages of the race before contact with Ricky Taylor caused him to spin out with seven minutes to go; Albuquerque subsequently ran down Taylor on the last lap of the race but was unable to make the pass, losing by 0.671 seconds.
Highlights
- Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Champion : 2006
- Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Champion : 2006
- 3rd A1 Grand Prix : 2008-09
- 2nd Italian GT Championship - GT3 : 2010
- Race of Champions Winner : 2010
- 3rd Blancpain Endurance Series - GT3 Pro Cup : 2011
- 24 Hours of Daytona-GTD Winner : 2013
- 2nd European Le Mans Series LMP2 : 2014
- 2nd FIA WEC LMP2 : 2016
- 2nd 24 Hours of Daytona : 2017
- 2nd 12 Hours of Sebring : 2017
- 1st North America Endurance Cup : 2017
- 1st 24 Hours of Daytona : 2018
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | Formula Renault 2.0 Germany | Motopark Oschersleben | 14 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 273 | 3rd |
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | Motopark Academy | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 5th | |
Spanish Formula 3 Championship | Racing Engineering | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 6th | |
2006 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | Motopark Academy | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 99 | 1st |
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 312 | 1st | ||
2007 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Epsilon Euskadi | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 81 | 4th |
GP2 Series | Racing Engineering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32nd | |
Arden International | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2007–08 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team Portugal | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 11th |
2008 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Epsilon Euskadi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 21st |
2008–09 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team Portugal | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 92 | 3rd |
2009 | Italian GT Championship | Audi Sport Italia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 18th |
International Superstars Series | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 11th | ||
2010 | Italian GT Championship | Audi Sport Italia | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 144 | 2nd |
International Superstars Series | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 13th | ||
2011 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Team Rosberg | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 12th |
Blancpain Endurance Series | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 3rd | |
Italian GT Championship | Audi Sport Italia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 13th | |
2012 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Team Rosberg | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11th |
Blancpain Endurance Series | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 20th | |
Global RallyCross Championship | Pastrana 199 Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24th | |
2013 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Team Rosberg | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18th |
Rolex Sports Car Series - GTD | Audi Sport Customer Racing/AJR | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 23rd | |
FIA GT Series | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
International GT Open - GTS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
International GTSprint Series | MTM Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 27th | |
2014 | European Le Mans Series | Jota Sport | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 74 | 2nd |
FIA World Endurance Championship | Audi Sport Team Joest | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12th | |
24 Hours of Le Mans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | ||
United SportsCar Championship - GTD | Flying Lizard Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 42nd | |
2015 | European Le Mans Series | Jota Sport | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 74 | 3rd |
FIA World Endurance Championship | Audi Sport Team Joest | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12th | |
24 Hours of Le Mans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th | ||
United SportsCar Championship - PC | Starworks Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 33rd | |
2016 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 | RGR Sport by Morand | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 166 | 2nd |
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 10th | ||
Italian GT Championship | Audi Sport Italia | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 126.5 | 3rd | |
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 16th | |
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | Action Express Racing | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 88 | 18th | |
2017 | European Le Mans Series | United Autosports | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 98 | 2nd |
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 4th | ||
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | Mustang Sampling Racing | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 126 | 13th | |
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 | Vaillante Rebellion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 22nd | |
2018 | WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | Mustang Sampling Racing | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 249 | 6th |
European Le Mans Series | United Autosports | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53.5 | 6th | |
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | ||
Stock Car Brasil | Full Time Sports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC† | |
2019 | WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | Mustang Sampling Racing | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 258 | 7th |
European Le Mans Series | United Autosports | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 6th | |
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 4th | ||
2019-20 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 | United Autosports | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 94 | 1st* |
2020 | WeatherTech Sports Car Championship | Whelen Engineering Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7th* |
As Albuquerque was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.Season still in progress.
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | DC | Points |
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2007 | Epsilon Euskadi | MNZ1 4 | MNZ2 6 | NÜR1 5 | NÜR2 2 | MON1 11 | HUN1 1 | HUN2 8 | SPA1 12 | SPA2 4 | DON1 15 | DON2 6 | MAG1 Ret | MAG2 25 | EST1 5 | EST2 5 | CAT1 13 | CAT2 5 | 4th | 81 |
2008 | Epsilon Euskadi | MNZ1 | MNZ2 | SPA1 | SPA2 | MON1 | SIL1 | SIL2 | HUN1 | HUN2 | NÜR1 | NÜR2 | BUG1 | BUG2 | EST1 10 | EST2 9 | CAT1 4 | CAT2 9 | 21st | 12 |
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
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2007 | Racing Engineering | BHRFEA | BHRSPR | CATFEA | CATSPR | MONFEA | MAGFEA | MAGSPR | SILFEA 15 | SILSPR 14 | NÜRFEA | NÜRSPR | HUNFEA | HUNSPR | ISTFEA | ISTSPR | MNZFEA | MNZSPR | SPAFEA | SPASPR | 32nd | 0 | ||
Arden International | VALFEA 10 | VALSPR 10 |
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
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2007–08 | A1 Team Portugal | NEDSPR | NEDFEA | CZESPR | CZEFEA | MYSSPR | MYSFEA | CHNSPR | CHNFEA | NZLSPR | NZLFEA | AUSSPR | AUSFEA | RSASPR 7 | RSAFEA 3 | MEXSPR 6 | MEXFEA 7 | CHNSPR 3 | CHNFEA 2 | GBRSPR 6 | GBRSPR 7 | 11th | 59 |
2008–09 | NEDSPR 9 | NEDFEA Ret | CHNSPR 6 | CHNFEA 1 | MYSSPR 4 | MYSFEA 2 | NZLSPR 6 | NZLFEA 3 | RSASPR 2 | RSAFEA 5 | PORSPR 3 | PORFEA 2 | GBRSPR 5 | GBRSPR 5 | 3rd | 92 |
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | Team Rosberg | Audi A4 DTM 2008 | HOC 17 | ZAN Ret | SPL 12 | LAU 8 | NOR 16 | NÜR 9 | BRH 11 | OSC Ret | VAL 2 | HOC 10 | 12th | 9 |
2012 | Team Rosberg | Audi A5 DTM | HOC 10 | LAU 9 | BRH 10 | SPL 8 | NOR 11 | NÜR 8 | ZAN 15† | OSC 9 | VAL 4 | HOC 11 | 11th | 26 |
2013 | Team Rosberg | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 16 | BRH 17 | SPL 17 | LAU 18 | NOR 12 | MSC 13 | NÜR 11 | OSC 4 | ZAN 8 | HOC Ret | 18th | 16 |
Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | Audi Sport Customer Racing/AJR | Oliver Jarvis Edoardo Mortara Dion von Moltke | Audi R8 LMS | GT | 678 | 9th | 1st |
2014 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Seth Neiman Dion von Moltke Alessandro Latif | Audi R8 LMS | GTD | 661 | 22nd | 5th |
2015 | Starworks Motorsport | Renger van der Zande Mirco Schultis Mike Hedlund Alex Popow | Oreca FLM09-Chevrolet | PC | 299 | DNF | DNF |
2016 | Action Express Racing | Christian Fittipaldi João Barbosa Scott Pruett | Chevrolet Corvette DP | P | 731 | 4th | 4th |
2017 | Mustang Sampling Racing | João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi | Cadillac DPi-V.R | P | 659 | 2nd | 2nd |
2018 | Mustang Sampling Racing | João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi | Cadillac DPi-V.R | P | 808 | 1st | 1st |
2019 | Mustang Sampling Racing | João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi | Cadillac DPi-V.R | DPi | 573 | 9th | 7th |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Audi Sport Team Joest | LMP1 | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel) | SIL | SPA 6 | LMS Ret | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | SÃO | 22nd | 8 | |
2015 | Audi Sport Team Joest | LMP1 | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel) | SIL | SPA 4 | LMS 7 | NÜR | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 12th | 24 | |
2016 | RGR Sport by Morand | LMP2 | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 1 | SPA 4 | LMS 6 | NÜR 2 | MEX 1 | COA 2 | FUJ 2 | SHA 3 | BHR 2 | 2nd | 166 |
2017 | Vaillante Rebellion | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS | NÜR 2 | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 22nd | 18 |
2019–20 | United Autosports | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL Ret | FUJ 3 | SHA 3 | BHR 1 | COA 1 | SPA | LMS | 1st* | 94* |
Season still in progress.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Marco Bonanomi Oliver Jarvis | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | LMP1-H | 25 | DNF | DNF |
2015 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Marco Bonanomi René Rast | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | LMP1 | 387 | 7th | 7th |
2016 | RGR Sport by Morand | Ricardo González Bruno Senna | Ligier JS P2-Nissan | LMP2 | 344 | 14th | 10th |
2017 | United Autosports | Will Owen Hugo de Sadeleer | Ligier JS P217-Gibson | LMP2 | 362 | 5th | 4th |
2018 | United Autosports | Phil Hanson Paul di Resta | Ligier JS P217-Gibson | LMP2 | 288 | DNF | DNF |
2019 | United Autosports | Phil Hanson Paul di Resta | Ligier JS P217-Gibson | LMP2 | 365 | 9th | 4th |
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | GTD | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Audi 5.2L V10 | DAY 5 | SEB 5 | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | IMS | ELK | VIR | COA | PET | 42nd | 57 |
2015 | Starworks Motorsport | PC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | DAY 6 | SEB | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | COA | PET | 33rd | 27 | |
2016 | Action Express Racing | P | Coyote Corvette DP | Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | DAY 4 | SEB 3 | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL 1 | MOS | ELK | COA | PET 5 | 18th | 88 | |
2017 | Mustang Sampling Racing | P | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 6.2 L V8 | DAY 2 | SEB 2 | LBH | COA | DET | WGL 1 | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET 5 | 13th | 126 | |
2018 | Mustang Sampling Racing | P | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY 1 | SEB 10 | LBH 1 | MDO 4 | DET 6 | WGL 6 | MOS 4 | ELK 7 | LGA DNS | PET 4 | 6th | 249 | |
2019 | Mustang Sampling Racing | DPi | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY 7 | SEB 3 | LBH 1 | MDO 8 | DET 6 | WGL 6 | MOS 10 | ELK 6 | LGA 5 | PET 7 | 7th | 258 | |
2020 | Whelen Engineering Racing | DPi | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY 7 | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | MOH | PET | SEB | 7th* | 24* |
Season still in progress.
Complete European Le Mans Series results
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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2014 | Jota Sport | LMP2 | Zytek Z11SN | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL Ret | IMO 1 | RBR 2 | LEC 4 | EST 3 | 2nd | 74 | |
2015 | Jota Sport | LMP2 | Zytek Z11SN | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 2 | IMO 3 | RBR 1 | LEC 3 | EST 4 | 3rd | 89 | |
2017 | United Autosports | LMP2 | Ligier JS P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL 1 | MNZ 6 | RBR 1 | LEC 5 | SPA 4 | ALG 2 | 2nd | 98 |
2018 | United Autosports | LMP2 | Ligier JS P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC | MNZ 10 | RBR 3 | SIL Ret | SPA 1‡ | ALG 1 | 6th | 53.5 |
2019 | United Autosports | LMP2 | Ligier JS P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC | MNZ 4 | CAT 7 | SIL Ret | SPA 1 | ALG 2 | 6th | 63 |
Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.