Rui Sérgio de Almeida Águas (born February 29, 1972, in

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) is a Mozambican-born Portuguese

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driver. Águas spent two seasons in

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, driving for Nordic in 1997 and Auto Sport and Coloni in 1998. He has since moved on to Formula Nissan and Renault Eurocup, before making a name for himself on the GT class, being one of the top contenders of the GT2 category, always at the wheel of a Ferrari. He is currently racing on the International GT Open. He has also, prior to his Formula 3000 days, driven for the Marko, Tomakidis, KMS and GM teams in German

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, and also spent some of 1994 in

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, finishing second for Martello Racing. In 1992 he was a works driver for Van Diemen on the British and European FF1800 championship. For 2012, Aguas competed in the

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in an AF Waltrip Ferrari F458 Italia.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap.)

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

† There was no drivers championship that year, the result indicates team rank in the LMGTE Am Trophy.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† Águas did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.

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