Armindo Araújo

Armindo Araújo

Araújo and his Mini John Cooper Works WRC
Personal information
Nationality	Portuguese
Born	(1977-09-01) 1 September 1977
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2001, 2007–2012, 2018–2019, 2021-present
Co-driver	Miguel Ramalho Luís Ramalho
Teams	Ralliart Italy, Mini Portugal
Rallies	48
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	1
Total points	17
First rally	2001 Rallye de Portugal
Last rally	2024 Rally de Portugal

Armindo Araújo (born 1 September 1977) is a Portuguese rally driver. He won the Production World Rally Championship in the 2009 season, repeating the accomplishment in the next year (2010 season), to become the first pilot to ever win this cup twice in a row since its creation back in 2002.

Career

Araújo during the 2007 Rally GB.

Araújo began rallying in 2000, having raced motorcycles since 1994. Between 2000 and 2004 he used a Citroën Saxo on Portuguese national events, winning the National Championship in 2003 and 2004, before winning the title again in 2005 and 2006 using a Group N Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII.

In 2007 he began competing in the Production World Rally Championship (P-WRC), finishing 14th in the standings. In 2008 he finished eighth in the P-WRC standings. In 2009 he won the P-WRC class on Rally de Portugal, and two other podium finishes led to him winning the P-WRC. Araujo was co-driven by Miguel Ramalho in all events across 2001-2008.

Araujo returned to rallying in 2018, competing in the Portuguese championship. He has won the championship in his returning season of 2018, driving a Hyundai i20 R5 prepared by Hyundai Team Portugal. He switched to a Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo, prepared by The Racing Factory, in 2020 to grab another title that year. As of right now, Araujo leads the 2022 European Rally Championship as the first 2 rounds took place in Portugal. Since his return, Araujo is co-driven by Luis Ramalho - brother of his former co-driver.

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
2001	Armindo Araújo	Citroën Saxo	MON	SWE	POR Ret	ESP	ARG	CYP	GRE	KEN	FIN	NZL	ITA	FRA	AUS	GBR			NC	0
2007	Mitsubishi Motors de Portugal	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	MON	SWE 20	NOR	MEX		ARG	ITA	GRE Ret	FIN	GER	NZL 18	ESP	FRA	JPN EX	IRE	GBR 23	NC	0
		Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05					POR Ret
2008	Ralliart Italy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	MON	SWE 17	MEX	ARG	JOR	ITA	GRE 16	TUR 16	FIN	GER	NZL 25	ESP	FRA	JPN 21	GBR 27		NC	0
2009	Ralliart Italy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	IRE	NOR 16	CYP 10	POR 9	ARG	ITA 14	GRE 9	POL	FIN								NC	0
	Errani Team Group											AUS 13
	Ralliart Italy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X											ESP	GBR 9
2010	Ralliart Italy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	SWE 23		JOR 12	TUR	NZL	POR 14	BUL	FIN	GER 18	JPN	FRA 16	ESP	GBR 18				25th	1
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX		MEX 10
2011	Motorsport Italia/BAMP	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	SWE	MEX	POR Ret														23rd	5
		Mini John Cooper Works WRC				JOR	ITA 12	ARG	GRE Ret	FIN 20	GER 8	AUS	FRA Ret	ESP Ret	GBR 10
2012	Armindo Araújo World Rally Team	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	MON 10																15th	11
	WRC Team Mini Portugal			SWE 15	MEX 7	POR 15	ARG Ret	GRE 11	NZL 8	FIN 15	GER	GBR	FRA	ITA	ESP
2018	Team Hyundai Portugal	Hyundai i20 R5	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR 14	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS				NC	0
2019	Team Hyundai Portugal	Hyundai i20 R5	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR 16	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS C			NC	0
2021	Armindo Araújo	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	MON	ARC	CRO	POR 19	ITA	KEN	EST	BEL	GRE	FIN	ESP	MNZ					NC	0
2022	Armindo Araújo	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	MON	SWE	CRO	POR 14	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	BEL	GRE	NZL	ESP	JPN				NC	0
2023	Armindo Araújo	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	MON	SWE	MEX	CRO	POR 17	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN				NC	0
2024	The Racing Factory	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	KEN	CRO	POR 17	ITA	POL	LAT	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN				NC*	0*

* Season still in progress.

PWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos.	Points
2007	Mitsubishi Motors de Portugal	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	SWE 4	MEX	ARG	GRE Ret	NZL 6	JPN EX	IRE	GBR 7		14th	10
2008	Ralliart Italy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	SWE 7	ARG	GRE 3	TUR 5	FIN	NZL 12	JPN 9	GBR 7		8th	14
2009	Ralliart Italy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	NOR 4	CYP 2	POR 1	ARG	ITA 3	GRE 2				1st	42
	Errani Team Group								AUS 4	GBR
2010	Ralliart Italy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	SWE 3		JOR 2	NZL	FIN	GER 1	JPN	FRA 1	GBR 2	1st	126
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX		MEX 1

WRC-2 results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2019	Team Hyundai Portugal	Hyundai i20 R5	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR 8	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS C	42nd	4
2022	Armindo Araújo	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	MON	SWE	CRO	POR 5	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	BEL	GRE	NZL	ESP	JPN		34th	10
2023	Armindo Araújo	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	MON	SWE	MEX	CRO	POR 12	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN		NC	0
2024	The Racing Factory	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	KEN	CRO	POR 10	ITA	POL	LAT	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN		42nd*	1*

* Season still in progress.

External links

• Official website