A1 Team Portugal was the Portuguese team for A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series.
Management
The A1 Team Portugal team owners were Luís Figo and Carlos Queiroz. The team's operations were run by CEO Luís Vicente, manager of the Fundação Luís Figo.
History
2008–09 season Driver: Filipe Albuquerque
Filipe Albuquerque was the primary driver for A1 Team Portugal through to the end of the 2009–10 season. He scored his first A1GP victory in the feature race in China. With four additional podium finishes and only two races without points (both during the same event), Albuquerque went on to finish as 3rd in the 2008–09 championship, with 92 points.
2007–08 season Drivers: Filipe Albuquerque, João Urbano
After a dismal start to the season, scoring only five points in the first six races, Team Portugal came alive after Filipe Albuquerque became lead driver. The team scored three podiums, and finished 11th in the championship.
2006–07 season Drivers: Álvaro Parente, João Urbano
Team Portugal only competed in four rounds of the 2006–07 season, starting with the Durban race. They scored twice, and finished in 17th place in the championship.
2005–06 season Drivers: César Campaniço, Álvaro Parente
In the inaugural season, Team Portugal took 3 podiums en route to 9th in the championship.
FPAK A1GP Portugal Junior Team The Federação Portuguesa de Automobilismo e Karting (FPKA) and the A1 Team Portugal create in November 2007 the FPAK A1GP Portugal Junior Team to encourage Portuguese drivers into A1GP.Portugal names next three rookies a1gp.com (December 03, 2007) This project, give to Portuguese Cup and Open Racing Series in Portugal drivers, the opportunities to take part in the rookie sessions or practice events. The first driver to benefit from this Junior Team is Gonçalo Araújo will take part in the rookie session at Zuhai during the fourth round of the 2007–08 season. Except Gonçalo Araújo, Bruno Serra and Frederico Duarte will take part of Junior Team in 2007–08. This season, its Armando Parente, António Félix da Costa, Gonçalo Araújo and Bruno Serra.Projecto "Júnior Team" arranca com Armando Parente infordesporto.sapo.pt (November 11, 2008)
Drivers Name Seasons Races(Starts) A1GP Title Wins Sprintwins Mainwins 2nd 3rd Poles FastestLaps PointsFilipe Albuquerque2007–08, 2008–0911 (22)11442146João Urbano2006–07, 2007–087 (14)5Álvaro Parente2005–06, 2006–0713 (26)1276César Campaniço2005–061 (2)0
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(key), "spr" indicates the Sprint Race, "fea" indicates the Feature Race. Year Racingteam Chassis,Engine,Tyres Drivers12345678910111213141516171819202122 Points Rank2005–06Carlin MotorsportLola,Zytek,Cooper AvonGBRGERPRTAUSMYSUAERSAINAMEXUSACHN669thsprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeaÁlvaro Parente8RetRet116527918848319RetRet1034César Campaniço1312 2006–07Team AstromegaLola,Zytek,Cooper AvonNEDCZEBEIMYSINANZLAUSRSAMEXSHAGBR1017thsprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeaÁlvaro Parente851471111João Urbano1913 2007–08A1 Team PortugalLola,Zytek,Cooper AvonNEDCZEMYSZHUNZLAUSRSAMEXSHAGBR5911thsprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeaJoão Urbano11Ret91813Ret19128121216Filipe Albuquerque73673267 2008–09Boer Racing ServicesFerrari,Ferrari,MichelinNEDCHNMYSNZLRSAPORGBR923rdsprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeaFilipe Albuquerque9Ret614263253255
References
External links
A1gp.com Official A1 Grand Prix Web Site Official Team Website - A1 Team Portugal