Rui Águas (racing driver)
Rui Águas 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.
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.Racing record
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | | Pts |
1997 | Nordic Racing | Lola T96/50 | Zytek-Judd | SIL Ret | PAU 9 | HEL 5 | NÜR 7 | PER Ret | HOC DSQ | A1R 4 | SPA 9 | MUG 12 | JER 5 | | | 10th | 7 |
1998 | Auto Sport Racing | Lola T96/50 | Zytek-Judd | OSC 9 | IMO | | | | | | | | | | | 25th | 0 |
1998 | Coloni Motorsport | Lola T96/50 | Zytek-Judd | | | CAT 17 | SIL 17 | MON 7 | PAU Ret | A1R | HOC Ret | HUN | SPA | PER | NÜR | 25th | 0 |
† There was no drivers championship that year, the result indicates team rank in the LMGTE Am Trophy.