Armindo Araújo
Araújo and his Mini John Cooper Works WRC
Personal information
NationalityPortugal Portuguese
Born (1977-09-01) 1 September 1977
World Rally Championship record
Active years2001, 2007–2012, 2018–2019, 2021
TeamsRalliart Italy, Mini Portugal
Rallies48
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins1
Total points17
First rally2001 Rallye de Portugal
Last rally2022 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.[1] 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

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

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