- André Couto
André Couto (born
December 14 ,1976 inLisbon ) is a Portuguese racing driver who races with aMacau license.Career
Early years
André Couto started his career in Karting in
Macau influenced by the popularMacau Grand Prix and friends who competed in the local Karting championship. He rapidly enjoyed success and started competing and winning in international level.He moved to racing cars in 1995 where he competed in EuropeanFormula Opel Lotus (Winning a round in the Estoril Circuit). 1995 was also the debut year in theFormula Three event of theMacau Grand Prix where he briefly led after a duel with race winnerRalf Schumacher .Formula Three
Couto competed in German
Formula Three in 1996 before moving to the Italian series in 1997, where he finished the season as runner-up in the championship. He competed in the F3Macau Grand Prix six times, eventually winning it in 2000.Formula 3000
Couto graduated to
Formula 3000 in 1998 and stayed there for 1999 and 2000. Although he scored points on several occasions, he never achieved any great success. His best result was third place at theNürburgring in 2000.An assortment of drives
After leaving F3000 and winning the
Macau Grand Prix Formula Three event in 2000, Couto competed in theFormula Nippon Championship in 2001 and competed in some races of theAll-Japan GT Championship . For 2002 he moved to the Nissan World Series, and finished seventh in the championship. In 2003 he has competed in theGuia Race as part of theEuropean Touring Car Championship (ETCC) andWorld Touring Car Championship (WTCC).Current activities
Since 2005, Couto has competed in the
Super GT Championship in the GT500 category.References
*André Couto career statistics at [http://www.driverdb.com/racingdriver495.html driverdb.com] , retrieved 11 November, 2006.External links
* [http://www.geocities.jp/z31take/index.htm Fan Site (Japanese)]
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