Rodrigo Almeida

Rodrigo Almeida
Almeida at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in 2023
Born
Rodrigo Dias Almeida

(2004-03-30) 30 March 2004
Santo Tirso, Portugal
NationalityMozambique Mozambican
Racing licence FIA Silver

Rodrigo Dias Almeida (born 30 March 2004) is a Portuguese-born Mozambican racing driver currently competing for Team Jebsen in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia.

Career

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, he 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 to end the year fifth in points.[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]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2017 Troféu Rotax Portugal – Junior Max 5th
2018 Karting Academy Trophy Almeida Silva Marco Joel 32nd
IAME International Final – X30 Junior CRG Racing Team NC
2019 South Garda Winter Cup – KZ2 DR NC
WSK Super Master Series – KZ2 61st
Deutsche Kart-Meisterschaft – KZ2 NC
WSK Euro Series – KZ2 77th
Karting European Championship – KZ2 54th
Karting International Super Cup – KZ2 NC
2020 WSK Euro Series – KZ2 DR 72nd
Champions of the Future – KZ2 7th
Karting European Championship – KZ2 41st
Portuguese Karting Championship – X30 Super Shifter NC
Sources:[24][25]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/laps Podiums Points Position
2019 Formula 4 UAE Championship – Trophy Round Xcel Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
2020 TCR Ibérico Touring Car Series Élite Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 16 14th
2021 24H GT Series – GT4 3Y Technology 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
BMW M2 Cup Germany Project 1 ? ? ? ? ? 120 5th
2022 DTM Trophy BWT Mücke Motorsport 14 1 0 0 2 111 5th
2023 GT Winter Series BWT Mücke Motorsport ? ? ? ? ? 18.58 56th
ADAC GT4 Germany 12 0 0 0 0 47 16th
GT4 European Series – Silver 2 0 0 0 0 2 37th
2024 Prototype Winter Series – Class 3 Mühlner Motorsport 2 0 0 0 1 11.43 10th
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia R&B Racing 16 0 0 0 1 188 5th
Porsche Carrera Cup France Martinet by Alméras 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2025 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Team Jebsen 12 0 0 0 2 155 5th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Comtoyou Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Bronze 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup – Silver 0 0 0 0 1 17th
Sources:[26][24]

*Season in progress.

Complete ADAC GT4 Germany results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points
2023 BWT Mücke Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT4 OSC
1
13 		OSC
2
18 		ZAN
1
8 		ZAN
2
12 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
14 		LAU
1
7 		LAU
2
12 		SAC
1
8 		SAC
2
10 		HOC
1
15 		HOC
2
26 		16th 47

Complete GT4 European Series results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points
2023 BWT Mücke Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT4 Silver MNZ
1
 MNZ
2
 LEC
1
 LEC
2
 SPA
1
12 		SPA
2
20 		MIS
1
 MIS
2
 HOC
1
 HOC
2
 CAT
1
 CAT
2
 37th 2

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)

Year Entrant Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2024 R&B Racing Pro SIC
1
7 		SIC
2
4 		SUZ
1
5 		SUZ
2
5 		CHA
1
6 		CHA
2
5 		BAN
1
4 		BAN
2
4 		SEP
1
3 		SEP
2
Ret 		SEP
3
14 		MRN
1
6 		MRN
2
5 		SIC
1
6 		SIC
2
7 		SIC
3
8 		5th 188
2025 Team Jebsen Pro SIC
1
6 		SIC
2
2 		MOT
1
5 		MOT
2
6 		SEP
1
6 		SEP
2
13 		SEP
3
DNS 		BAN
1
2 		BAN
2
DNS 		MAN
1
9 		MAN
2
5 		MAN
3
7 		MRN
1
10 		MRN
2
6 		5th 155

* Season still in progress.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2025 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Bronze LEC
 MNZ
 SPA
6H
71† 		SPA
12H
71† 		SPA
24H
Ret 		NÜR
 CAT
 NC 0

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2025 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Silver BRH
1 		BRH
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		MIS
1 		MIS
2 		MAG
1 		MAG
2 		VAL
1
Ret 		VAL
2
35 		17th 1

References

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  2. ^ "F4 UAE: Amna Al Qubaisi and Alex Connor share wins on F1 stage at F4 trophy round". circuitprodigital.com. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
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  4. ^ "ELITE Motorsport e Baldan Campioni 2020 del TCR DSG Iberico". iltornante.it (in Italian). 16 December 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
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  6. ^ "Rodrigo Almeida será piloto da BMW". opais.co.mz (in Portuguese). 5 June 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  7. ^ "Mozambique's Rodrigo Almeida finishes second in BMW M2 Cup". clubofmozambique.com. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
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  9. ^ "Mozambican driver wins bronze at DTM Trophy GT4 tournament". mznews.co.mz. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
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