A1 Team Portugal

A1 Team Portugal
A1 Team Portugal
Founded	2005; 19 years ago
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

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 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

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.^[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

Name	Seasons	Races (Starts)	Wins	Main wins	2nd	3rd	Fastest Laps	Points
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

(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
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