Filipe Albuquerque

Filipe Albuquerque

Nation:	Portugal
DTM
First race:	Hockenheim 2011
Last race:	Hockenheim 2013
Teams (manufacturers)
2011-2013 Rosberg ( Audi )
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 30th - - -
Podiums:	1
Overall wins:	-
Points:	51

Filipe Miguel Delgadinho Albuquerque (born June 13, 1985 in Coimbra ) is a Portuguese racing driver . From 2011 to 2013 Albuquerque competed in the DTM .

Career

In 1993 Albuquerque began his motorsport career in karting and was active in this sport until 2004. In 2005 Albuquerque switched to formula racing and competed in several formula series. In the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup he was fifth overall, in the Spanish Formula Renault he finished the season in sixth overall and in the German Formula Renault he finished third in the overall classification. In 2006 Albuquerque started again in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and won the championship title with four victories. He also became champion of the Northern European Formula Renault, also with four wins.

Albuquerque during Formula Renault 3.5 in the summer of 2007

In 2007 Albuquerque switched to Formula Renault 3.5 and was Davide Valsecchi's team-mate at Epsilon Euskadi . Albuquerque won a race and beat Valsecchi with 81 to 37 points. He finished the season in fourth place overall. Albuquerque also took part in two GP2 series race weekends . At Silverstone he started as a representative for Ernesto Viso for Racing Engineering and at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo as a replacement for Adrian Zaugg for Arden International . He was 32nd overall.

Albuquerque in the 2008/2009 A1GP season for Team Portugal

In the winter of 2007/2008 , Albuquerque competed for the Portuguese A1GP team on four racing weekends. With a second place and two third places, he achieved the only podium finishes for his team. In 2008 Albuquerque drove for Epsilon Euskadi on the last two Formula Renault 3.5 racing weekends. He replaced Mario Romancini . In the overall standings, he took fourth place as the best result, 21st place. In the 2008/2009 season of A1GP, Albuquerque competed for Portugal again. This time he was the only operational pilot on his team. On the second race weekend he scored his first victory with a win in the main race in Shanghai . In the further course of the season five more podium finishes followed and he finished the season with his team in third place in the championship.

In the further course of 2009 Albuquerque did not find a cockpit for a whole season, but started two races each in the Superstars Series , as well as their Italian championship, and in the Italian GT championship. He won the GT3 classification in the Italian GT championship once and finished the season in 18th place overall. In 2010 Albuquerque stayed in the Italian GT championship and was runner-up in the GT3 classification with one win together with his teammate Marco Bonanomi . He also took part in two races of the Superstars Series and finished eleventh overall, as in the previous year. At the end of November, he won the Race of Champions , beating Sebastian Vettel , the reigning Formula 1 world champion, in the semifinals , and then in the final, Sébastien Loeb , the reigning rally world champion.

For the 2011 season , Albuquerque received a DTM cockpit from Team Rosberg . In the fourth race at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz , he scored his first point in eighth place. In Valencia he finished second for the first time in a race on the podium. He finished the season in twelfth place overall. Albuquerque also took part in the Blancpain Endurance Series for Audi in 2011 . Together with his teammates Bert Longin and Stéphane Ortelli , he achieved three podiums and came third in the drivers' championship. In 2012 , Albuquerque stayed with Team Rosberg in the DTM, which this season was fielding a current vehicle with the Audi A5 DTM . While his team-mate Edoardo Mortara achieved the only victories for Audi, Albuquerque remained with a fourth place as the best result without a podium finish. He improved to eleventh place in the drivers' standings. He also started in two races in the Blancpain Endurance Series in 2012 . In 2013 Albuquerque contested its third DTM season for Team Rosberg. After missing points in the first seven races, he finished fourth in race eight. At the end of the season he finished 18th overall.

statistics

Career stations

• 1993-2004: Karting
• 2005: German Formula Renault (3rd place)
• 2005: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (5th place)
• 2005: Spanish Formula Renault (6th place)
• 2006: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (champion)
• 2006: Northern European Formula Renault (champion)
• 2007: Formula Renault 3.5 (4th place)
• 2007 : GP2 series (32nd place)
• 2008 : A1GP
• 2008: Formula Renault 3.5 (21st place)
• 2009 : A1GP (3rd place)
• 2009: Italian GT Championship, GT3 class (18th place)
• 2009: Superstars Series (11th place)
• 2010: Italian GT Championship, GT3 class (2nd place)
• 2010: Superstars Series (11th place)
• 2011 : DTM (12th place)
• 2011 : Blancpain Endurance Series , GT3 Pro (3rd place)
• 2012 : DTM (11th place)
• 2012 : Blancpain Endurance Series, GT3 Pro (20th place)
• 2013 : DTM (18th place)

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2014	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	Marco Bonanomi	Oliver Jarvis	failure	accident
2015	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	Marco Bonanomi	René Rast	Rank 7
2016	RGR Sport by Morand	Ligier JS P2	Ricardo González	Bruno Senna	Rank 15
2017	United Autosports	Ligier JS P217	Will Owen	Hugo de Sadeleer	Rank 5
2018	United Autosports	Ligier JS P217	Philip Hanson	Paul di Resta	failure	accident
2019	United Autosports	Ligier JS P217	Philip Hanson	Paul di Resta	Rank 9

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2014	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Seth Neiman	Dion von Moltke	Rank 27
2016	Action Express Racing	Chevrolet Corvette DP	João Barbosa	Christian Fittipaldi	Rank 3
2017	Mustang Sampling Racing	Cadillac DPi-VR	João Barbosa	Christian Fittipaldi	Rank 2
2018	Mustang Sampling Racing	Cadillac DPi-VR	João Barbosa	Christian Fittipaldi	Rank 16
2019	Mustang Sampling Racing	Cadillac DPi-VR	João Barbosa	Brendon Hartley	Rank 3

Individual results in the DTM

season	team	Manufacturer	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	Points	rank
2011	Team Rosberg	Audi	HO1	ZAN	SPI	LAU	NOR	ONLY	BRH	OSC	VAL	HO2	9	12.
			17th	DNF	12	8th	16	9	11	DNF	2	10
2012	Team Rosberg	Audi	HO1	LAU	BRH	SPI	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	OSC	VAL	HO2	26th	11.
			10	9	10	8th	11	8th	15 *	9	4th	11
2013	Team Rosberg	Audi	HO1	BRH	SPI	LAU	NOR	MOS	ONLY	OSC	ZAN	HO2	16	18th
			16	17th	17th	18th	12	13	11	4th	8th	DNF

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Filipe Albuquerque  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Career statistics of Filipe Albuquerque (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Sensation at the RoC: Albuquerque wins!" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 28, 2010)
2. ^ "Three new additions for Audi in the DTM" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 22, 2011)
3. ↑ "Audi driver squad for the DTM 2012 is up" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 24, 2012)
4. ↑ "DTM - Audi confirms seven drivers for 2013". Number 8 is hoping. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 19, 2012, accessed January 25, 2013 .