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same events as the “Master” discipline. After a first time of adaptation, very common for almost all the pilots coming from the
Formulas, he began to enter regularly in the top 10. In 1999 he maintained himself in the same championship and began the year with a Pole Position and a second place in the Australian event taken place at the Melbourne circuit. He even leads the championship but once again, a wide range of accidents removed the Portuguese driver from the leading position. Stays in the Porsche Supercup for two more seasons. In 2001 he embraced a new project, this time with Miguel Pais do Amaral in the GT Spanish Championship. In spite of the excellent results that were achieved in 2001, 2002 and 2003, it was in 2004 that everything began to run in a more consistent way, which allowed the duo to achieve the title of Vice-champions in the GT Iberic Cup and the third place in the GT Spanish Championship. In 2007, about to celebrate 25 years of his career, he decides along with Manuel GiĂŁo to compete in the GT Spanish Championship. The partnership could not have been better: several podiums, Iberian GT Champions and Vice-Champions of Spain. The following year, again with GiĂŁo, he decides to climb one more step and face the International GT Open, commonly named the European GT, and get the third place in the Championship in addition to the team title (PlayTeam Ferrari) along with M. Maceratesi and
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and passion. There, he confronted more than 140 candidates and qualified with an excellent 18th place. A small accomplishment for his young age: he was the second youngest pilot of all the participants. Without any family history in the modality, he started having the support of his brother Nuno to start in this new adventure. With the creation in 1983 of the Junior
Category, he begins to compete in the national championships. Three races later he won his first victory at the Cantanhede circuit, a track that is being played at a particularly difficult time: when his truck of support to the competition burns with the little material that had managed to buy to compete. It is worth the goodwill of the friends who helped him and allowed him to be on track two races later. In the end, the outcome could not be more positive: Vice-Champion Junior 1983: conquering the same result the following year. In the middle of 1985, he leveled up to Intercontinental Category A - the most prestigious of the modality – winning the Portuguese Cup in 1986, the following year he became Vice-Champion and in 1988 he conquered the third place in the final.
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also with many difficulties. In 1997 he remained in the championship with the intention of making the final assault on
Formula 1. The season started with an excellent second place at the Silverstone / England circuit, but when it looked for a great season, not everything ended up running in the greatest way. Mechanical problems and some accidents take away the Portuguese driver’s protagonism and complicated his life with a view to a good result in the championship. However, still in the course of that year, he begins negotiations to enter F1, a fact that did not happen and that lead him to embark on his career in Tourism cars.
525:, Rafael Lobato, Manuel GiĂŁo, Yarin Stern, among others. In 2013, together with a wide range of various personalities from the most diverse areas of sports, cultural, artistic, economic and social society, they all created Meritis. This Youth Support Association has emerged from a common interest in collaborating and consistently helping young people who demonstrated talent in their activities, but also had the need and ability to better structure their careers. At the start of the 2016 season, he accepted the invitation to be "SafetyCar Official Driver" at the
314:. Between 1980 and 1983, he records four solo albums and established himself as one of the young successes of juvenile national music. Couceiro travels the country during there three years, performing in the most diverse stages and is a common presence in the most important television programs of that time. Around 1983 (when he was preparing his 5th album), the vocals deepening and the excess obligations as a singer, forced him to make some choices. At this phase, he abandons his musical career and start fully dedicating himself to Karting.
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regularly contested for a place in the Top Ten for, later, at the end of the season already fighting for the podium places. In 1992 he started the season with a victory and two podiums in consecutive races. However, halfway through the season, some disagreements with the team and consequent changes did not allow him to fight for the title. In that same year, he participates in the
Nations Cup of the modality – teaming with
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England, in the middle of the most competitive International Formula Ford Championship, he arrived to Portugal in a great shape. He immediately records two victories and systematically shines winning the much desired title of National Champion. This victory gave a strong boost to his career.
371:. At this point he claims to have achieved the stereotyped peak: Plant a tree, have a child and write a book. The pilot also has as occupation of the free time playing golf, video games and playing the piano. Already in 2016, he became father of a second girl, named Caetana, the fruit of his marriage with Mariana Gaspar, with whom he married in 2015.
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Couceiro officially left the competitions early in 2011. Since then, he has been dedicated exclusively to his business life, with the company PNC Lda, created in 1996 with his brother Nuno, responsible for the management and promotion of sports events, consulting and planning of sports careers.
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Meninos Rabinas” – a very successful young group in the 70s – Pedro became one of the chosen ones for the “Os
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Since his early life, he always wanted to follow his father’s footprints and become a Civil Engineer. His entry in Primary School was, without any doubt, one of the most important steps of his life. As a good pupil, the student life became harder right after taking up motorsports. However, his
505:. In the 2010s season, Pedro Couceiro remains at the International GT Open but this time in the GT3 category and with the Kessel team. After a few mishaps he obtains the fifth place in the championship even though he had been in the title fight until very close to the end of the season.
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501:. In 2009 they remain in the same Championship but exchange the Ferrari for the team Porsche Official Italy (Autorlando). They finish the season in the fourth final position and repeat the title by teams, this time together with G.Roda and
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