# 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.
He 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 he was a works driver for Van Diemen on the British and European FF1800 championship.
For 2012, Aguas competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship in an AF Waltrip Ferrari F458 Italia.

## Racing record
### Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Pts |
| 1997 | Nordic Racing | Lola T96/50 | Zytek-Judd | SIL Ret | PAU 9 | HEL 5 | NÜR 7 | PER Ret | HOC DSQ | A1R 4 | SPA 9 | MUG 12 | JER 5 | | | 10th | 7 |
| 1998 | Auto Sport Racing | Lola T96/50 | Zytek-Judd | OSC 9 | IMO | | | | | | | | | | | 25th | 0 |
| 1998 | Coloni Motorsport | Lola T96/50 | Zytek-Judd | | | CAT 17 | SIL 17 | MON 7 | PAU Ret | A1R | HOC Ret | HUN | SPA | PER | NÜR | 25th | 0 |

### 24 Hours of Le Mans results

| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 2011 | AF Corse-Waltrip | Rob Kauffmann Michael Waltrip | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | GTE Pro | 178 | DNF | DNF |
| 2012 | AF Corse-Waltrip | Rob Kauffmann Brian Vickers | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | GTE Am | 294 | 31st | 6th |
| 2013 | 8 Star Motorsports | Enzo Potolicchio Jason Bright | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | GTE Am | 294 | 37th | 10th |
| 2015 | AF Corse | Emmanuel Collard François Perrodo | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | GTE Am | 330 | 26th | 4th |
| 2016 | AF Corse | Emmanuel Collard François Perrodo | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | GTE Am | 331 | 27th | 2nd |

### Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
| 2012 | AF Corse-Waltrip | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | SEB 4 | SPA DNS | LMS 4 | SIL | SÃO | BHR 2 | FUJ | SHA 4 | | 4th† | 108† |
| 2013 | 8 Star Motorsports | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | SIL 3 | SPA 1 | LMS 8 | SÃO 2 | COA 4 | FUJ 4 | SHA 1 | BHR 2 | | 2nd | 128 |
| 2015 | AF Corse | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | SIL 2 | SPA 2 | LMS 3 | NÜR 3 | COA 3 | FUJ 3 | SHA 1 | BHR | | 4th | 136 |
| 2016 | AF Corse | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | SIL 1 | SPA 2 | LMS 1 | NÜR 2 | MEX 2 | COA 6 | FUJ 2 | SHA 2 | BHR 3 | 1st | 188 |
† There was no drivers championship that year, the result indicates team rank in the LMGTE Am Trophy.

### Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
| 2015 | AF Corse | GTD | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | Ferrari 4.5L V8 | DAY 4 | SEB 10† | LGA | BEL | WGL | LIM | ELK | VIR | AUS | ATL | 34th | 30 |
$^†$ Águas did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.