A1 Team Portugal was the Portuguese team for
A1 Grand Prix
A1 Grand Prix (A1GP) was a "single-make" open-wheel auto racing series that ran from 2005 until 2009. 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 for ...
, an international racing series.
Management
The ''A1 Team Portugal'' team owners were
Luís Figo
Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo (; born 4 November 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter Milan. He won 127 caps for the Portugal national team, a one-ti ...
and
Carlos Queiroz. The team's operations were run by CEO
Luís Vicente
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...
, manager of the
Fundação Luís Figo.
History
2008–09 season
''Driver:
Filipe Albuquerque''
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.
2007–08 season
''Drivers:
Filipe Albuquerque,
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.
2006–07 season
''Drivers:
Álvaro Parente,
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.
2005–06 season
''Drivers:
César Campaniço
César Campaniço (born 31 March 1980) is a Portuguese racing driver.
He was born in Lisbon, and is best known for his appearances in the Portuguese Touring Car Championship.
Career
Racing record
Career summary
† – As Campaniço ...
,
Álvaro Parente''
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
Zuhai
Zhuhai (, ; Yale: ''Jyūhói''), also known as Chuhai is a prefecture-level city located on the west bank of Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China, on the southeastern edge of Pearl ...
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 (born 29 March 1989) is a Portuguese racing driver. He won the 2008 ADAC Formel Masters season
The 2008 ADAC Formel Masters season was the first season of the open wheel racing series from Germany. The ADAC Formel Masters is a n ...
,
António Félix da Costa, Gonçalo Araújo and Bruno Serra.
Projecto "Júnior Team" arranca com Armando Parente
''infordesporto.sapo.pt'' (November 11, 2008)
Drivers
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
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), "spr" indicates the Sprint Race, "fea" indicates the Feature Race.
References
External links
A1gp.com Official A1 Grand Prix Web SiteOfficial Team Website - A1 Team Portugal
{{National sports teams of Portugal
Portugal A1 team
Motorsport in Portugal
A1 team
Auto racing teams established in 2005
Auto racing teams disestablished in 2009