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Rui Águas (racing driver)

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Nationality
  
Portuguese

Name
  
Rui (racing

Class wins
  
0


Best finish
  
31st (2012)

Participating years
  
2011–2013

Role
  
Race car driver

Born
  
February 29, 1972 (age 52) Nampula, Mozambique (
1972-02-29
)

Teams
  
AF Corse-Waltrip, 8 Star Motorsports

Rui Águas (born February 29, 1972 in Nampula, Mozambique) is a Mozambican-born Portuguese race car driver. Águas spent two seasons in Formula 3000, driving for Nordic in 1997 and Auto&Sport and Coloni in 1998. He has since moved on to Formula Nissan and Renault Eurocup, before making a name for himself on the GT class, being one of the top contenders of the GT2 category, always at the wheel of a Ferrari. He is currently racing on the International GT Open.

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He has also, prior to his Formula 3000 days, driven for the Marko, Tomakidis, KMS and GM teams in German Formula Three, and also spent some of 1994 in British Formula Renault Championship, finishing second for Martello Racing.

In 1992 he was a works driver for Van Diemen on the British and European FF1800 championship.

For 2012, Aguas competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship in an AF Waltrip Ferrari F458 Italia.

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

† There was no drivers championship that year, the result indicates team rank in the LMGTE Am Trophy.

References

Rui Águas (racing driver) Wikipedia