Filipe Albuquerque

Filipe Albuquerque

Infobox racing driver
name = Filipe Miguel Albuquerque


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nationality = flagicon|Portugal Portuguese
date of birth = Birth date and age|1985|6|13
place of birth = Coimbra (Portugal)
current series = A1 Grand Prix
first year = 2007
current team = Portugal
car number =
former teams =
starts =
wins =
poles =
fastest laps =
best finish = 3th
year = 2007
prev series = GP2 Series
Formula Renault NEC
Formula Renault Eurocup
Formula Renault Germany
Spanish F3 Championship
prev series years = 2007
2006
2005-2006
2005
2005
titles = Formula Renault Eurocup
Formula Renault NEC
title years = 2006
2006
awards = Red Bull Junior of the Year
award years = 2006

Filipe Miguel Albuquerque (born June 13, 1985 in Coimbra) is a Portuguese race car driver, currently driving in the A1 Grand Prix championship.

Career

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.Interview with Filipe Albuquerque. "Autosport Magazine", Vol. 187, No. 11, pp. 55, Haymarket Publications. March 15 2007.] 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." 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.

The Portuguese driver 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. 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 World Series by Renault championship with the "Epsilon Euskadi" team. He was also chosen as replacement of Ernesto Viso in the Silverstone round of GP2 Series, following the Venezuelan's accident at Magny-Cours. From then on, he has been the lead driver on the portuguese A1 GP team.

tatistics

Motor racing record

Complete GP2 Series results

() (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in "italics" indicate fastest lap)

References

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NAME=Albuquerque, Filipe Miguel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Albuquerque
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Portuguese Racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH=March 1, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH=Coimbra, Portugal
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