Armando Parente

At nine years of age, Parente began go-kart racing and performed well winning the Portugal Cup (2001, 2004 e 2006), the Portugal Open (2001 e 2002), the Portuguese Champion (2002 e 2004), and the Italian Open (2005).^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, Parente moved to formulas and was crowned as Champion of the ADAC Formel Masters in Germany. He was also a rookie driver in A1GP, testing in Sepang, Malaysia (2008) and Algarve, Portugal (2009).^{[citation needed]}

In 2011, Parente returned to go-kart and won the Portugal Championship in X30 Shifter category. In 2012 he renewed his title of Portuguese Champion and he was also the winner of the Portugal Cup.^{[citation needed]}

After not racing for a year, Parente won again in 2013 the Portugal Cup in X30 Shifter category.^{[citation needed]}

In 2014, Parente debuted at the National Championship of Sport Prototypes and won in the C3 category, teaming with Rafael Lobato, driving a Radical SR3 from Parkalgar Racing Team.^{[citation needed]} At the same time he participated in the Formula Acceleration 1 Championship (FA1)^[1] in Portimão, Navarra and Nurburgring.^{[citation needed]}

In 2015, Parente won the National Sport Prototype Championship, this time in the main category, teaming with Francisco Abreu at the wheel of a Tattus PY 012 from Novadriver Team.^{[citation needed]}

After a three-year break, Parente returned to the competition at the Portugal Touring Championship (TCR Series), in 2018, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR from Novadriver Team, becoming vice champion.^{[citation needed]}