Armando Parente

Infobox racing driver name = Armando Parente image = imagesize = caption = nationality = Portuguese birth_date = birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal who won the 2008 ADAC Formel Masters season.

Career 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).

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).

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.

After not racing for a year, Parente won again in 2013 the Portugal Cup in X30 Shifter category.

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. At the same time he participated in the Formula Acceleration 1 Championship (FA1) in Portimão, Navarra and Nurburgring.

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.

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.

Racing record

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