18 Facts About Filipe Albuquerque

Filipe Miguel Delgadinho Albuquerque was born on 13 June 1985 and is a Portuguese professional racing driver, currently driving a Acura ARX-06 in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Wayne Taylor Racing, and an Oreca 07 in the FIA World Endurance Championship for United Autosports.

Filipe 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.

In 2006, Filipe 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, Filipe Albuquerque entered the Formula Renault 3.5 Series championship with the Epsilon Euskadi team, and finished fourth in the drivers' championship.

Filipe Albuquerque was chosen as replacement of Ernesto Viso in the Silverstone round of GP2 Series, following the Venezuelan's accident at Magny-Cours.

Filipe Albuquerque remained in Formula Renault 3.5 for 2008, but only competed in four races, as he focussed on the A1 Grand Prix series.

Filipe Albuquerque finished every race he started in the points, including three podium finishes, and the team finished eleventh in that year's championship.

Filipe Albuquerque moved to the Italian GT3 Championship for part of the 2009 season, driving an Audi R8 LMS.

Filipe Albuquerque made an appearance at one of the race meetings for the 2009 Superstars Series season, a touring car championship, and finished second in both races, driving an Audi RS4.

Filipe Albuquerque made another Superstars guest appearance for Audi, winning one of the races at his home event, held at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve.

Filipe Albuquerque competed in the 2010 Race of Champions event at Dusseldorf.

Filipe Albuquerque was partnered with Portuguese countryman Alvaro Parente in the Cup of Nations, where they were knocked out in the group stage.

In 2011, Filipe Albuquerque competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, driving a 2008-spec Audi A4, entering the Blancpain Endurance Series in an Audi R8 entered by Belgian team WRT, which finished second overall on the final standings.

In 2013, Filipe Albuquerque made his debut in the 24 Hours of Daytona driving an Audi R8 Grand-Am for Alex Job Racing in the GT class.

In 2014, Filipe Albuquerque was no longer racing in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.

Filipe Albuquerque raced in the European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 category and finished as runner up on the drivers' standings.

Filipe Albuquerque was a part of Audi's official team for the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Filipe Albuquerque nearly won the 2017 24 Hours of Daytona, leading the final stages of the race before contact with Ricky Taylor caused him to spin out with seven minutes to go; Filipe Albuquerque subsequently ran down Taylor on the last lap of the race but was unable to make the pass, losing by 0.671 seconds.