João Barbosa

João Ricardo da Silva Coelho Barbosa[1] (born 11 March 1975 in Porto, Portugal) is a Portuguese auto racing driver.

In 2001 he returned to run with Mosler three races of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, achieving a third place in the GT class at the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen.

Finally, disputed the Hockenheim race of the FIA GT Championship and Petit Le Mans ALMS in a Saleen S7.

Barbosa completed four rounds of the Le Mans Series 2006 with Rollcentre, now driving a Radical SR9 LMP2, obtaining a third class in the 1000 km Nürburgring as best result.

Thus, he placed fifth in the drivers' championship in Daytona Prototype class, behind Scott Pruett / Memo Rojas and Jon Fogarty / Alex Gurney.

In Europe, he completed three endurance races with a Pescarolo 01 official with Bruce Jouanny, earning a sixth overall place in the 1000 km de Catalunya and an eighth in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, counting as third driver Christophe Tinseau.

Action Express Racing hired Barbosa to contest the 2010 Rolex Sports Car Series season with a Riley-Porsche DP chassis with Terry Borcheller.

On the other hand, he completed two endurances races of the American LeMans Series with Extreme Speed Ferrari F430, being sixth in the GT2 class at the 12 Hours of Sebring.

Barbosa returned to have as co-driver of JC France in the Action Express in the Rolex Sports Car Series in 2011.

Moreover, the Portuguese also competed in five races of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup with Level 5 with Scott Tucker and Christophe Bouchut.

Barbosa scored two wins in Detroit and the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen, and had six top 5s with Darren Law, culminating ninth in the drivers' championship.

Barbosa remained with Fittipaldi in the Action Express team in the 2014 United SportsCar Championship season, formed from the merger of the Grand-Am and ALMS series.

2011 Rolex Sports Car