Filipe Albuquerque

Filipe Albuquerque
Nationality	Portuguese
Born	(1985-06-13) 13 June 1985 Coimbra (Portugal)
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Audi Sport Team Joest
Car no.	3
Starts	4
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	12th in 2015
Previous series
2011-2013 2009–2010 2007–08-2008–09 2007–2008 2007 2006 2005–06 2005 2005	DTM Superstars Series A1 Grand Prix Formula Renault 3.5 Series GP2 Series Formula Renault NEC Formula Renault Eurocup Formula Renault Germany Spanish F3 Championship
Championship titles
2006 2006	Formula Renault Eurocup Formula Renault NEC
Awards
2006	Red Bull Junior of the Year

Filipe Miguel Delgadinho Albuquerque (born 13 June 1985 in Coimbra) is a Portuguese professional racing driver, currently driving in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Career

Albuquerque driving for Epsilon Euskadi at the Donington Park round of the 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season.

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.^[1] The young Portuguese driver went onto 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."^[1] 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.^[1] 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.

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

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 Three	Racing Engineering	12	1	1	0	3	52	6th
2006	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Motopark Academy	14	4	4	1	4	99	1st
2006	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Motopark Academy	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	4	0	0	0	0	0	32nd
	GP2 Series	Arden International	4	0	0	0	0	0	32nd
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 – GT3	Audi Sport Italia	2	1	0	0	2	34	18th
	Campionato Italiano Superstars		2	0	0	0	2	30	13th
	International Superstars Series		2	0	0	0	2	30	11th
2010	Italian GT Championship – GT3	Audi Sport Italia	14	2	1	1	9	144	2nd
	Campionato Italiano Superstars		2	1	0	0	1	20	15th
	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 – GT3 Pro Cup	Belgian Audi Club	5	0	1	0	3	74	3rd
	Italian GT Championship – GT3	Audi Sport Italia	14	2	1	1	9	30	13th
2012	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Team Rosberg	10	0	0	0	0	26	11th
2013	24 Hours of Daytona	Alex Job Racing	1	1	0	0	1	?	1st
2013	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Team Rosberg	10	0	0	0	0	16	18th
2014	24 Hours of Daytona	Flying Lizard	1	0	0	0	0	?	5th
	12h of Sebring	Flying Lizard	1	0	0	0	0	?	5th
	European Le Mans Series	Jota Sport	5	1	1	1	3	74	2nd
	World Endurance Championship	Audi Sport Team Joest	2	0	0	0	0	8	22nd
	24 Hours of Le Mans		1	0	0	0	0	0	DNF
	6h of Spa		1	0	0	0	0	8	6th
2015	European Le Mans Series	Jota Sport	5	1	4	0	4	89	3rd
	World Endurance Championship	Audi Sport Team Joest	2	0	0	0	0	24	12th
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Audi Sport Team Joest	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
2016	World Endurance Championship - LMP2	RGR Sport by Morand	1	1	0	0	1	25	1st*
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC*
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC*

^* 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
2007	Epsilon Euskadi	MNZ 1 4	MNZ 2 6	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 2	MON 1 11	HUN 1 1	HUN 2 8	SPA 1 12	SPA 2 4	DON 1 15	DON 2 6	MAG 1 Ret	MAG 2 25	EST 1 5	EST 2 5	CAT 1 13	CAT 2 5	4th	81
2008	Epsilon Euskadi	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	MON 1	SIL 1	SIL 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	BUG 1	BUG 2	EST 1 10	EST 2 9	CAT 1 4	CAT 2 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
2007	Racing Engineering	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	ESP FEA	ESP SPR	MON FEA	FRA FEA	FRA SPR	GBR FEA 15	GBR SPR 14	EUR FEA	EUR SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	TUR FEA	TUR SPR	ITA FEA	ITA SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR			32nd	0
2007	Arden International																				VAL FEA 10	VAL SPR 10	32nd	0

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
2007–08	A1 Team Portugal	NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	RSA SPR 7	RSA FEA 3	MEX SPR 6	MEX FEA 7	CHN SPR 3	CHN FEA 2	GBR SPR 6	GBR SPR 7	11th	59
2008–09	A1 Team Portugal	NED SPR 9	NED FEA Ret	CHN SPR 6	CHN FEA 1	MYS SPR 4	MYS FEA 2	NZL SPR 6	NZL FEA 3	RSA SPR 2	RSA FEA 5	POR SPR 3	POR FEA 2	GBR SPR 5	GBR SPR 5							3rd	92

Complete DTM 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.	Points
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 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	LMS	NÜR	MEX	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	1st*	25*

^* Season still in progress.

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

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Rank	Points
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

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2016	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS	Pro	MIS QR 33	MIS CR 21	BRH QR	BRH CR	NÜR QR	NÜR CR	HUN QR	HUN CR	CAT QR	CAT CR	NC*	0*

^* Season still in progress.

References

1 2 3 Interview with Filipe Albuquerque. Autosport Magazine, Vol. 187, No. 11, pp. 55, Haymarket Publications. March 15, 2007.

External links

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Kamui Kobayashi	Eurocup Formula Renault champion 2006	Succeeded by Brendon Hartley
Preceded by Pekka Saarinen (German Championship)	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Drivers' Champion 2006	Succeeded by Frank Kechele
Preceded by Mattias Ekström	Race of Champions Champion of Champions 2010	Succeeded by Sébastien Ogier
Awards
Preceded by ?	Red Bull Junior of the Year 2006	Succeeded by none

Audi Sport Team Joest 24 Hours of Le Mans driver timeline, 1999–present

Drivers	Christian Abt (2000) Michele Alboreto (1999–2000) Filipe Albuquerque (2014–2015) Laurent Aïello (1999–2001) Timo Bernhard (2009–2011) Frank Biela (1999–2002; 2006–2008) Marco Bonanomi (2012; 2014–2015) Rinaldo Capello (1999–2002; 2006–2012) Lucas di Grassi (2013–2015) Romain Dumas (2009–2012) Loïc Duval (2012–2013; 2015) Marcel Fässler (2010–2015) Marc Gené (2012–2014) Johnny Herbert (2002) Oliver Jarvis (2014–2015) Tom Kristensen (2000–2002; 2006–2014) Michael Krumm (2002) André Lotterer (2010–2015) Lucas Luhr (2007–2009) Allan McNish (2000; 2006–2013) Stéphane Ortelli (2000) Christian Pescatori (2001–2002) Philipp Peter (2002) Emanuele Pirro (1999–2002; 2006–2008) Alexandre Prémat (2007–2009) René Rast (2015) Mike Rockenfeller (2007–2012) Didier Theys (1999) Benoît Tréluyer (2010–2015) Marco Werner (2002; 2006–2009)

Cars	R8R (1999) R8 (2000, 2001, 2002) R10 TDI (2006, 2007, 2008) R15 TDI (2009) R15 TDI plus (2010) R18 TDI (2011) R18 Ultra & E-Tron (2012) R18 E-Tron (2013, 2014, 2015)

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