Rui Águas (racing driver)

Rui Sérgio de Almeida Águas (born February 29, 1972, in Nampula, Mozambique) is a Mozambican-born Portuguese race car driver. Águas spent two seasons in Formula 3000, driving for Nordic in 1997 and Auto Sport and Coloni in 1998. He has since moved on to Formula Nissan and Renault Eurocup, before making a name for himself on the GT class, being one of the top contenders of the GT2 category, always at the wheel of a Ferrari. He is currently racing on the International GT Open.

Águas has also, prior to his Formula 3000 days, driven for the Marko, Tomakidis, KMS and GM teams in German Formula Three, and also spent some of 1994 in British Formula Renault Championship, finishing second for Martello Racing.

In 1992, Águas was a works driver for Van Diemen on the British and European FF1800 championship.

For 2012, Águas competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship in an AF Waltrip Ferrari F458 Italia.

In 2025, Águas and his co-driver Cristiano Maciel won the overall GT Winter Series title.^[4]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

† There was no drivers championship that year, the result indicates team rank in the LMGTE Am Trophy.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

^† Águas did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.

• Rui Águas career summary at DriverDB.com