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A1 Team Portugal

Founded| 2005; 18 years ago (2005)
Seat holder(s)| Luís Figo
Carlos Queiroz
Team principal| Luís Vicente
Race driver(s)| Filipe Albuquerque
First race| 2005–06 Great Britain
Rounds entered| 32
Championships| 0
Sprint race victories| 0
Feature race victories| 1
Pole positions| 0
Fastest laps| 2
Total points| 227
2008–09 position| 3rd (92 pts)

A1 Team Portugal was the Portuguese team for A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series.

## Management[edit]

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[edit]

### 2008–09 season[edit]

Driver: Filipe Albuquerque

Filipe Albuquerque will be the primary driver for A1 Team Portugal through to the end of the 2009–10 season.[1] 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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.[2] 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.[3]

## Drivers[edit]

Name  | Seasons  | Races
(Starts)  | A1GP Title  | Wins  | Sprint
wins  | Main
wins  | 2nd  | 3rd  | Poles  | Fastest
Laps  | Points

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Filipe Albuquerque | 2007–08, 2008–09 | 11 (22)  |  | 1  |  | 1  | 4  | 4  |  | 2  | 146
João Urbano | 2006–07, 2007–08 | 7 (14)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5
Álvaro Parente | 2005–06, 2006–07 | 13 (26)  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 2  |  |  | 76
César Campaniço | 2005–06 | 1 (2)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0

## Complete A1 Grand Prix results[edit]

(key), "spr" indicates the Sprint Race, "fea" indicates the Feature Race.

Year  | Racing
team  | Chassis,
Engine,
Tyres  | Drivers  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 15  | 16  | 17  | 18  | 19  | 20  | 21  | 22  | Points  | Rank

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2005–06 | Carlin Motorsport | Lola,
Zytek,
Cooper Avon |  |
GBR |
GER |
PRT |
AUS |
MYS |
UAE |
RSA |
INA |
MEX |
USA |
CHN | 66 | 9th
spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea
Álvaro Parente | 8  | Ret  | Ret  | 11  | 6  | 5  | 2  | 7  | 9  | 18  | 8  | 4  | 8  | 3  | 19  | Ret  | Ret  | 10  | 3  | 4  |  |
César Campaniço |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13  | 12
2006–07 | Team Astromega | Lola,
Zytek,
Cooper Avon |  |
NED |
CZE |
BEI |
MYS |
INA |
NZL |
AUS |
RSA |
MEX |
SHA |
GBR | 10 | 17th
spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea
Álvaro Parente |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8  | 5  | 14  | 7  |  |  | 11  | 11
João Urbano |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 19  | 13  |  |
2007–08 | A1 Team Portugal  | Lola,
Zytek,
Cooper Avon |  |
NED |
CZE |
MYS |
ZHU |
NZL |
AUS |
RSA |
MEX |
SHA |
GBR |  | 59 | 11th
spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea
João Urbano | 11  | Ret  | 9  | 18  | 13  | Ret  | 19  | 12  | 8  | 12  | 12  | 16  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Filipe Albuquerque |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7  | 3  | 6  | 7  | 3  | 2  | 6  | 7
2008–09 | Boer Racing Services | Ferrari,
Ferrari,
Michelin |  |
NED |
CHN |
MYS |
NZL |
RSA |
POR |
GBR |  | 92  | 3rd
spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea  | spr  | fea
Filipe Albuquerque | 9  | Ret  | 6  | 1  | 4  | 2  | 6  | 3 | 2 | 5  | 3  | 2  | 5  | 5

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Portugal names its man". a1gp.com. 2008-07-02. Archived from the original on September 16, 2020. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
2. ^ Portugal names next three rookies Archived February 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine a1gp.com (December 03, 2007)
3. ^ Projecto "Júnior Team" arranca com Armando Parente[permanent dead link] infordesporto.sapo.pt (November 11, 2008)

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to A1 Team Portugal.

* A1gp.com Official A1 Grand Prix Web Site
* Official Team Website - A1 Team Portugal

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