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Rodrigo Almeida
Mozambican racing driver (born 2004) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rodrigo Dias Almeida (born 30 March 2004) is a Portuguese-born Mozambican racing driver currently competing for Team Jebsen in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia.
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Almeida made his single-seater debut at the end of 2019, joining Xcel Motorsport in the Trophy round of the Formula 4 UAE Championship.[1] In his only races in single-seaters, Almeida finished seventh and fifth.[2] Returning to car racing the following year, Almeida raced in the TCR Ibérico Touring Car Series, finishing runner-up in the DSG class to Nicola Baldan.[3][4] Almeida then competed in the Dubai 24 Hour, finishing fifth in the GT4 class,[5] before switching to BMW M2 Cup Germany for the rest of the year.[6] Taking one podium all season, a second place-finish at Zolder, Almeida ended the year fifth in points in his only season in the series.[7]
Remaining in GT4 competitions for 2022, Almeida joined BWT Mücke Motorsport to compete in 2022 DTM Trophy.[8] In the series' last season, Almeida took his first podium at the Norisring,[9] before taking his only win of the season at the Red Bull Ring en route to a fifth-place points finish.[10] The following year, Almeida remained with BWT Mücke Motorsport to race in ADAC GT4 Germany alongside Josef Knopp.[11] In their only season together, Almeida scored points all but three times and scored a best result of seventh at Lausitzring to end the year 16th in points.[12] At the end of the year, Almeida was a candidate for the PCCA Talent Pool assessment at Sepang.[13]
After a brief appearance in LMP3 machinery in the Prototype Winter Series,[14] Almeida joined R&B Racing to compete in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia.[15] In his first season in the series, Almeida scored his first overall podium in race one at Sepang by finishing third,[16] helping him to secure fifth place in the overall standings.[17] At the end of the year, Almeida was once again part of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Talent Pool roster.[18]
Almeida returned to the series for 2025, albeit switching to Team Jebsen for his sophomore season.[19] Taking his first podium of the season at Shanghai by finishing second in race two,[20] before repeating the same feat three rounds later at Bangsaen.[21] During 2025, Almeida also made his GT3 debut for Comtoyou Racing, making one-off appearances in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance and Sprint Cups.[22][23]
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*Season in progress.
Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Asia results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
* Season still in progress.
Complete GT World Challenge Europe results
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results
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