Rodrigo Almeida

Rodrigo Dias Almeida 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 2020 [Formula 4 UAE Championship|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. The following year, Almeida remained with BWT Mücke Motorsport to race in 2023 [ADAC GT4 Germany|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 2024 [Porsche Carrera Cup Asia|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 Cup|GT World Challenge Europe Endurance] and 2025 [GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup|Sprint Cup]s.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

*Season in progress.

Complete ADAC GT4 Germany results

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