Rodrigo Almeida

Almeida made his single-seater debut at the end of 2019, joining Xcel Motorsport in the Trophy round of the Formula 4 UAE Championship.^[1] In his only races in single-seaters, he finished seventh and fifth.^[2] Returning to car racing the following year, Almeida raced in the TCR Ibérico Touring Car Series, finishing runner-up in the DSG class to Nicola Baldan.^[3][4] Almeida then competed in the Dubai 24 Hour, finishing fifth in the GT4 class,^[5] before switching to BMW M2 Cup Germany for the rest of the year.^[6] Taking one podium all season, a second place-finish at Zolder, Almeida ended the year fifth in points in his only season in the series.^[7]

Remaining in GT4 competitions for 2022, Almeida joined BWT Mücke Motorsport to compete in 2022 DTM Trophy.^[8] In the series' last season, Almeida took his first podium at the Norisring,^[9] before taking his only win of the season at the Red Bull Ring en route to a fifth-place points finish.^[10] The following year, Almeida remained with BWT Mücke Motorsport to race in ADAC GT4 Germany alongside Josef Knopp.^[11] In their only season together, Almeida scored points all but three times and scored a best result of seventh at Lausitzring to end the year 16th in points.^[12] At the end of the year, Almeida was a candidate for the PCCA Talent Pool assessment at Sepang.^[13]

After a brief appearance in LMP3 machinery in the Prototype Winter Series,^[14] Almeida joined R&B Racing to compete in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia.^[15] In his first season in the series, Almeida scored his first overall podium in race one at Sepang by finishing third,^[16] helping him to secure fifth place in the overall standings.^[17] At the end of the year, Almeida was once again part of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Talent Pool roster.^[18]

Almeida returned to the series for 2025, albeit switching to Team Jebsen for his sophomore season.^[19] Taking his first podium of the season at Shanghai by finishing second in race two,^[20] before repeating the same feat three rounds later at Bangsaen to end the year fifth in points.^[21] During 2025, Almeida also made his GT3 debut for Comtoyou Racing, making one-off appearances in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance and Sprint Cups.^[22][23]