Armando Parente
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| Armando Parente | |
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| Nationality |  Portuguese |
| Born | 29 March 1989 |
Armando Parente (born 29 March 1989) is a Portuguese racing driver,[1] who won the 2008 ADAC Formel Masters season.
Career
[edit]At nine years of age, Parente began go-kart racing and performed well winning the Portugal Cup (2001, 2004 e 2006), the Portugal Open (2001 e 2002), the Portuguese Champion (2002 e 2004), and the Italian Open (2005).[citation needed]
In 2008, Parente moved to formulas and was crowned as Champion of the ADAC Formel Masters in Germany. He was also a rookie driver in A1GP, testing in Sepang, Malaysia (2008) and Algarve, Portugal (2009).[citation needed]
In 2011, Parente returned to go-kart and won the Portugal Championship in X30 Shifter category. In 2012 he renewed his title of Portuguese Champion and he was also the winner of the Portugal Cup.[citation needed]
After not racing for a year, Parente won again in 2013 the Portugal Cup in X30 Shifter category.[citation needed]
In 2014, Parente debuted at the National Championship of Sport Prototypes and won in the C3 category, teaming with Rafael Lobato, driving a Radical SR3 from Parkalgar Racing Team.[citation needed] At the same time he participated in the Formula Acceleration 1 Championship (FA1)[1] in Portimão, Navarra and Nurburgring.[citation needed]
In 2015, Parente won the National Sport Prototype Championship, this time in the main category, teaming with Francisco Abreu at the wheel of a Tattus PY 012 from Novadriver Team.[citation needed]
After a three-year break, Parente returned to the competition at the Portugal Touring Championship (TCR Series), in 2018, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR from Novadriver Team, becoming vice champion.[citation needed]
Racing record
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- 1999 - 7º Portuguese Championship - Karting Cadet
- 2000 - 3º Portuguese Championship - Karting Juvenile
- 2001 - Winner of Portugal K Open - Karting Juvenile
- 2001 - Vice Portuguese Champion - Karting Juvenile
- 2001 - Winner of Portugal Cup - Karting Juvenile
- 2002 - Winner of Portugal K Open - Karting Junior
- 2002 - Portuguese Champion - Karting Junior
- 2003 - 9º European Championship - Karting Junior
- 2004 - Portuguese Champion - Karting ICA
- 2004 - Winner of Portugal Cup - Karting ICA
- 2005 - Winner of Italian Open - Karting ICA
- 2006 - Portuguese Driver in World Championship - Karting ICC
- 2006 - Winner of Portugal Cup - Karting ICC
- 2007 - 4º Position in WSK - Karting KZ2
- 2007 - 9º European Championship - Karting KZ1
- 2007 - 14º Position in World Cup - Karting KZ2
- 2008 - ADAC Formel Masters Champion - Germany
- 2011 - Portuguese Champion - Karting X30 Shifter
- 2012 - Portuguese Champion - Karting X30 Shifter
- 2012 - Winner of Portugal Cup - Karting X30 Shifter
- 2013 - Winner of Portugal Cup - Karting X30 Shifter
- 2014 - Portuguese Champion of Sport Prototypes - C3 Category
- 2015 - Portuguese Champion of Sport Prototypes - CN Category
- 2018 - Vice Portuguese Champion of Touring Car - TCR Series
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Armando Parente • Career & Character Info | Motorsport Database". Motor Sport Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2026-04-16.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Armando Parente career summary at DriverDB.com
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