🇵🇹 Rui Andrade

Rui Andrade is a professional-level endurance racing driver rated 4,587, placing him among established professionals who compete at the sharp end of sportscar fields. The FIA Silver categorisation confirms his standing as a professional-level competitor in endurance racing, typically early in such a career. Across seven seasons from 2019 to 2026, Andrade has amassed 59 starts with 7 wins and 18 podiums, averaging a finishing position of P7.6 in classified races. His competitive record reflects a driver consistently competitive within professional GT and endurance fields rather than dominant; he has won championships in 2023 and 2025.[1]

Andrade's primary base has been Iron Lynx in the World Endurance Championship, where he has made 34 starts with 5 wins and 13 podiums since 2021. He has also raced in the European Le Mans Series for the same team, taking 2 wins and 5 podiums from 20 starts. A brief campaign in the Asian Le Mans Series in 2024 with Dragon Racing yielded no podium finishes. His only foray into single-seaters came in 2019 with two entries in Formula Renault Eurocup, neither producing classified results. The bulk of his racing has therefore been in endurance competition alongside established and multiple-time Platinum-graded champions. Among his most frequent rivals, Andrade holds even head-to-head records against Sean Gelael and François Heriau, both semi-professional competitors, while showing a losing record against Alessio Rovera, a Platinum-graded two-time champion, and mixed results against Gold-graded professionals such as Philip Hanson. He has occasionally finished ahead of much stronger drivers such as António Félix da Costa and Robert Kubica, though these remain isolated results rather than patterns. Currently active in 2026, Andrade has returned to Iron Lynx after recent moves between teams, embarking on what he has described as a new journey.[2]