Rodrigo Almeida

Rodrigo Almeida
Almeida driving in the 2026 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Shanghai round
Born
Rodrigo Dias Almeida

(2004-03-30) 30 March 2004 (age 22)
Santo Tirso, Portugal
NationalityMozambique Mozambican
Categorisation FIA Silver

Rodrigo Dias Almeida (born 30 March 2004) is a Portuguese-born Mozambican racing driver who last competed for Team Wetrade x Phantom Global 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. In his only races in single-seaters, he finished seventh and fifth. 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. Almeida then competed in the Dubai 24 Hour, finishing fifth in the GT4 class, before switching to BMW M2 Cup Germany for the rest of the year. 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.

Remaining in GT4 competitions for 2022, Almeida joined BWT Mücke Motorsport to compete in 2022 DTM Trophy. In the series' last season, Almeida took his first podium at the Norisring, before taking his only win of the season at the Red Bull Ring en route to a fifth-place points finish.

Almeida at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in 2023

The following year, Almeida remained with BWT Mücke Motorsport to race in ADAC GT4 Germany alongside Josef Knopp. 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. At the end of the year, Almeida was a candidate for the PCCA Talent Pool assessment at Sepang.

After a brief appearance in LMP3 machinery in the Prototype Winter Series, Almeida joined R&B Racing to compete in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. In his first season in the series, Almeida scored his first overall podium in race one at Sepang by finishing third, helping him to secure fifth place in the overall standings. At the end of the year, Almeida was once again part of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Talent Pool roster.

Almeida returned to the series for 2025, albeit switching to Team Jebsen for his sophomore season. Taking his first podium of the season at Shanghai by finishing second in race two, before repeating the same feat three rounds later at Bangsaen to end the year fifth in points. 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.

In 2026, Almeida returned to Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, switching to Team Wetrade x Phantom Global for his third season in the series. In the six-round season, Almeida took maximum points at Zhuhai and Sepang, as well as two other podiums, to secure third in overall points.

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:

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
2026 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Team Wetrade x Phantom Global 12 0 0 0 4 163.5 3rd
Sources:

*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 SHA
1
7		 SHA
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		 SHA
1
6		 SHA
2
7		 SHA
3
8		 5th 188
2025 Team Jebsen Pro SHA
1
6		 SHA
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
2026 Team Wetrade x Phantom Global Pro SHA
1
3		 SHA
2
8		 ZHU
1
3		 ZHU
2
2		 FUJ
1
4		 FUJ
2
4		 BAN
1
DNS		 BAN
2
14		 SEP
1
4		 SEP
2
2		 SEP
3
9		 MRN
1
4		 MRN
2
Ret		 3rd 163.5

* 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

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