Portuguese racing driver (born 1971)
Miguel Pedro Caetano Ramos
(born 26 September 1971 in
Porto
) is a
Portuguese
racing driver
. He is a former
Spanish
and
Italian
GT champion, and has raced in the
FIA GT1 World Championship
and the
24 Hours of Le Mans
. In 2012 he races for
V8 Racing
, driving a
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R
in the
International GT Open
. In 2015 and 2016 he races for
Teo Martin Motorsport
in the
International GT Open
.
Early career
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Ramos began his career in 1991, when he was only 18 years old, racing in the Autocross National Championship. During three years, he won several races and two national titles in Division II (2WD Touring Cars), in 1992 and in 1993, respectively.
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In 1994 he switched to
touring car racing
and took part in the Trofeu
BMW M3
/Mobil
spec series
, which at the time was the most powerful car in one-make series in Portugal. Ramos drove in the series for three years, finally taking the title in 1996 with six race wins. He then switched to the Portuguese Touring Car Championship in 1997, driving a
BMW 320is
with backing from the Portuguese BMW importer, taking third place overall.
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Winning one win in the final round of the series at the
Ota Airport
, he finished the championship in third position. He also took part in the
Guia
race of the
Macau Grand Prix
.
Career in Italy and Spain
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In 1998, Ramos became the first Portuguese driver to take part in the
Italian Superturismo Championship
. With a lack of familiarity of the tracks and the competition, he ended the Privateer drivers classification in sixth position, with five podiums.
In 1999, at 27 years old, Ramos entered the Toyota Super Formula, his debut with
single seater racing
, his best result a third place in 2000. In
2001
, Ramos moved up to the new
Spanish Formula Three Championship
, ending the season in 10th place overall.
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The year of 2002 was of consecration! In the difficult but spectacular and competitive world of
Grand Tourism
cars, Miguel Ramos won the
Spanish GT Championship
with a
Saleen
, having as team colleague
Pedro Chaves
.
Also in the year
2002
he made his first participation in the
24 Hours of Le Mans
. With the team
Ray Mallock Ltd.
team he achieved the 5th position on the GTS class.
The following seasons, in the years
2003
and
2004
, was full of challenges. Having as adversaries some of the World's best drivers ? some of them ex-Formula 1 drivers ? Miguel Ramos participated in the prestigious and media-covered
FIA GT Championship
. Various impediments prevented well-deserved ascensions to the podium, but seven classifications in the first best ten positions, prove his unequivocal value.
Also in
2004
he participated on the
Le Mans Endurance Series
in a prototype with RML team driving a
MG Lola
prototype, getting for his team the 5th position on the championship.
2005 was and extremely competitive year for Miguel Ramos. The
Italian GT Championship
conflates the best of the
Italian
manufactures of GT, demonstrating a high level of the competitive pace. To traduce these, Miguel Ramos dispute until the last race the first position on the championship.
With the same
Ferrari 550 Maranello
, the Portuguese driver defended the National Flag on the
Le Mans Series
in the category of GT1, he participated at 4 of the 5 races achieving one first place in
1000km of Spa
and two second places at
Nurburgring
and
Istanbul
.
In the
2006
season Miguel Ramos returned to the most competitive GT world championship, the
FIA GT Championship
, with the
Aston Martin DBR9
in the GT1 class. The Portuguese driver achieved the 12th classification helping the team
BMS Scuderia Italia
to achieve the 2nd position in the GT1 Championship Teams. Also compete in a few races of the Italian GT Championship with the
Maserati MC12
achieving two victories and one second place accumulating 38 points.
Racing record
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Complete GT1 World Championship results
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24 Hours of Le Mans results
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Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results
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(
key
) (Races in
bold
indicate pole position) (Races in
italics
indicate fastest lap)
References
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External links
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