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| Filipe Albuquerque | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Albuquerque in 2022 | |
| Nationality |  Portuguese |
| Born | (1985-06-13)June 13, 1985 |
| IMSA career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | Wayne Taylor Racing, Cadillac Racing |
| Racing licence |  FIA Platinum |
| Car number | 10 |
| Former teams | Audi Sport Team Joest,Action Express Racing,United AutoSports |
| Starts | 384 |
| Wins | 54 |
| Poles | 34 |
| Fastest laps | 21 |
| Best finish | 1st in2019–20 |
| 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 aPortuguese professional racing driver, currently driving anCadillac V-Series.R in theIMSA SportsCar Championship forWayne Taylor Racing, and anOreca 07 in theEuropean Le Mans Series for Nielsen Racing.[1] He has claimed a LMP2 class title at the2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship,[2] an LMP2 class win at the2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, and overall wins at the24 Hours of Daytona in 2018 and 2021.
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. WithoutRed Bull I would probably be at home studying" he added.[3] The young Portuguese driver went on to win two national karting titles before moving up toSpanish 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 inZolder."[3] 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.[3] 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 theFormula Renault 3.5 Series championship with theEpsilon Euskadi team, and finished fourth in the drivers' championship. He was also chosen as replacement ofErnesto Viso in theSilverstone round ofGP2 Series, following the Venezuelan's accident atMagny-Cours. Albuquerque remained in Formula Renault 3.5 for2008, but only competed in four races, as he focussed on theA1 Grand Prix series.
Albuquerque made his A1 GP début in the2007–08 season, replacing João Urbano atA1 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 the2008–09 season as the team's sole driver, and finished third overall after a campaign which saw him take Portugal's first series win, inChina. He was retained for the2009–10 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 theItalian GT3 Championship for part of the 2009 season, driving anAudi R8 LMS. He also made an appearance at one of the race meetings for the2009 Superstars Series season, atouring car championship, and finished second in both races, driving anAudi 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-driverMarco Bonanomi, behind championGianluca Roda in aPorsche 997 GT3. He also made another Superstars guest appearance for Audi, winning one of the races at his home event, held at theAutódromo Internacional do Algarve.
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Albuquerque competed in the2010 Race of Champions event atDüsseldorf. He was partnered with Portuguese countrymanÁlvaro 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, defeatingFormula One championSebastian Vettel in the semi-final and multipleWorld Rally ChampionSébastien Loeb in the final.
In 2011, Albuquerque competed in theDeutsche Tourenwagen Masters, driving a 2008-specAudi A4, also entering theBlancpain Endurance Series in anAudi R8 entered by Belgian team WRT, which finished second overall on the final standings.
In 2013, Albuquerque made his debut in the24 Hours of Daytona driving anAudi R8 Grand-Am for Alex Job Racing in the GT class. He won the class as part of an Audi 1–2 finish.
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In 2014, Albuquerque was no longer racing in theDeutsche Tourenwagen Masters. He raced in theEuropean Le Mans Series in the LMP2 category and finished as runner up on the drivers' standings. He was also a part ofAudi's official team for the2014 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Albuquerque nearly won the2017 24 Hours of Daytona, leading the final stages of the race before contact withRicky 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.[4]
† As Albuquerque was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Motopark Oschersleben | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | HOC 1 3 | HOC 2 3 | SAC 1 11 | SAC 2 12 | ASS 1 8 | ASS 2 1 | NÜR 1 9 | NÜR 2 5 | OSC 1 1 | OSC 2 2 | LAU 1 3 | LAU 2 1 | OSC 1 1 | OSC 2 12 | 3rd | 273 |
| 2006 | Motopark Academy | OSC 1 7 | OSC 2 1 | SPA 1 6 | SPA 2 15 | NÜR 1 2 | NÜR 2 2 | ZAN 1 4 | ZAN 2 3 | OSC 1 2 | OSC 2 1 | ASS 1 | ASS 2 | AND 1 1 | AND 2 2 | SAL 1 2 | SAL 2 1 | 1st | 312 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Racing Engineering | A | JAR 1 9 | JAR 2 5 | VAL 1 17† | VAL 2 13 | ALB | EST 1 3 | EST 2 5 | ALB 1 3 | ALB 2 4 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | JER 1 4 | JER 2 9 | CAT 1 1 | CAT 2 Ret | 6th | 41 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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:[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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:[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–08 | 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 inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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:[5][6][7] | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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:[5] | |||||||||||||||
(key)(Races inbold indicate pole position)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Jota Sport | LMP2 | Zytek Z11SN | NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL Ret | IMO 1 | RBR 2 | LEC 4 | EST 3 | 2nd | 74 | |
| 2015 | Jota Sport | LMP2 | Zytek Z11SN | NissanVK45DE 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 | 15th | 8 |
| 2025 | Nielsen Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 7 | LEC 5 | IMO 7 | SPA 3 | SIL 6 | ALG Ret | 5th | 46 |
| Source:[5] | ||||||||||||
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Champion 2006 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Pekka Saarinen (German Championship) | Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Champion 2006 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Race of Champions Champion of Champions 2010 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | North American Endurance Cup Champion 2017 With:João Barbosa &Christian Fittipaldi | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | European Le Mans Series LMP2 Champion 2020 With:Phil Hanson | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers 2019–20 With:Phil Hanson | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Michelin Endurance Cup Champion 2021 With:Ricky Taylor &Alexander Rossi | Succeeded by |
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by ? | Red Bull Junior of the Year 2006 | Succeeded by None |
