Filipe Albuquerque | |
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Nationality | Portuguese |
Born | Coimbra, Portugal | 13 June 1985
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
Debut season | 2014 |
Current team | United Autosports |
Racing licence | FIA Platinum |
Car number | 22 |
Former teams | Audi Sport Team Joest, Morand Racing, Rebellion Racing |
Starts | 37 |
Wins | 9 |
Poles | 10 |
Fastest laps | 2 |
Best finish | 1st in 2019–20 |
Previous series | |
2011–2013 2009–2010 2007–2009 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 | |
2019–20 2020 2017 2006 2006 | FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers European Le Mans Series North American Endurance Cup Formula Renault Eurocup Formula Renault NEC |
Awards | |
2006 | Red Bull Junior of the Year |
Filipe Miguel Delgadinho Albuquerque (born 13 June 1985) is a Portuguese professional racing driver, currently driving an Acura ARX-06 in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Wayne Taylor Racing, and an Oreca 07 in the FIA World Endurance Championship for United Autosports. [1] He has claimed a LMP2 class title at the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship, an LMP2 class win at the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, and overall wins at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2018 and 2021.
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. [2] 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." [2] 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. [2] 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. [3]
† As Albuquerque was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. * Season still in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
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2005 | Motopark Academy | ZOL 1 Ret | ZOL 2 12 | VAL 1 11 | VAL 2 16 | LMS 1 | LMS 2 | BIL 1 4 | BIL 2 8 | OSC 1 3 | OSC 2 5 | DON 1 Ret | DON 2 4 | EST 1 4 | EST 2 2 | MNZ 1 4 | MNZ 2 Ret | 5th | 63 |
2006 | Motopark Academy | ZOL 1 9 | ZOL 2 6 | IST 1 28† | IST 2 5 | MIS 1 6 | MIS 2 4 | NÜR 1 1 | NÜR 2 1 | DON 1 15 | DON 2 4 | LMS 1 11 | LMS 2 Ret | CAT 1 1 | CAT 2 1 | 1st | 99 |
(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 | 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 |
Source: [4] |
(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 | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MAG FEA | MAG SPR | SIL FEA 15 | SIL SPR 14 | NÜR FEA | NÜR SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | IST FEA | IST SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | 32nd | 0 | ||
Arden International | VAL FEA 10 | VAL SPR 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: [4] |
(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 | 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 | 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 |
(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 |
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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 |
Sources: [4] [5] [6] |
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
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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 1 | LMS 1 | BHR 4 | 1st | 190 | |
2021 | United Autosports USA | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SPA 1 | ALG | MNZ 1 | LMS 10 | BHR 4 | BHR 4 | 5th | 84 | |||
2022 | United Autosports USA | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB 7 | SPA 5 | LMS 7 | MNZ 13 | FUJ 7 | BHR 6 | 9th | 50 | |||
2023 | United Autosports | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB 1 | ALG | SPA 5 | LMS 8 | MNZ | FUJ 2 | BHR 9 | 8th | 78 | ||
Source: [4] |
(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position)
* Season still in progress.
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 |
2020 | United Autosports | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 3 | SPA 1 | LEC 1 | MNZ 1 | ALG 3 | 1st | 109 | |
2023 | United Autosports USA | LMP2 Pro-Am | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT | LEC | ARA 3 | SPA | ALG | ALG | 19th | 15 |
2024 | United Autosports | LMP2 Pro-Am | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT | LEC | IMO | SPA 6 | MUG | ALG | 13th* | 8* |
Source: [4] |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. * Season still in progress.
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