Tomas Bernardo Rodrigues Sousa (born May 16, 1987) is a Portuguese rally driver.
Personal information | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Madeira, Portugal | May 16, 1987
World Rally Championship record | |
Active years | 2007–present |
Rallies | 42 |
Championships | 0 |
Rally wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Stage wins | 0 |
Total points | 1 |
First rally | 2007 Rally de Portugal |
Born in Madeira, Portugal, and having previously competed in karting, Sousa began his rally career in 2006, competing in the Portuguese national championship. In 2008 he began competing in the Production World Rally Championship (P-WRC), a class of the World Rally Championship. He finished second in class on the 2008 Acropolis Rally, finishing the season ninth in the P-WRC standings. In 2009 he switched from a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX to an Abarth Grande Punto, finishing the season in tenth. In 2010 he moves to the new Super 2000 World Rally Championship (S-WRC) in a Ford Fiesta S2000, winning his class in his first rally in the S2000, the 2011 Jordan Rally.[1]
Racing record
editWRC results
editPWRC results
editYear | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Pts |
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2008 | Red Bull Rallye Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | SWE 8 |
ARG 8 |
GRE 2 |
TUR 11 |
FIN | NZL 7 |
JPN | GBR 9 |
9th | 12 |
2009 | Bernardo Sousa | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | NOR Ret |
CYP | POR DNS |
ARG | ITA Ret |
GRE 5 |
AUS Ret |
GBR 4 |
10th | 9 |
SWRC results
editYear | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Bernardo Sousa | Ford Fiesta S2000 | SWE 6 |
MEX | JOR EX |
8th | 32 | |||||||
Team Ford/Quinta Do Lorde | NZL | POR 4 |
FIN | GER 7 |
JPN Ret |
FRA 7 |
GBR Ret | |||||||
2011 | Team Quinta do Lorde | Ford Fiesta S2000 | MEX | JOR 1 |
ITA Ret |
GRE 2 |
FIN 6 |
GER 8 |
FRA 4 |
ESP Ret |
4th | 67 |
WRC 2 results
editYear | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Bernardo Sousa | Ford Fiesta RRC | MON | SWE | MEX | POR 5 |
ARG | ITA 5 |
POL 5 |
FIN | GER Ret |
AUS | FRA 2 |
ESP Ret |
GBR Ret |
8th | 48 |
2015 | ACSM Rallye Team | Peugeot 208 T16 | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR Ret |
ITA Ret |
POL Ret |
FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | - | 0 |
Drive DMACK Cup results
editYear | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Pos. | Pts |
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2016 | Bernardo Sousa | Ford Fiesta R2T | POR Ret |
POL 3 |
FIN 2 |
GER | ESP | 5th | 47 |
IRC results
editYear | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | WDC | Pts |
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2006 | C.S. Maritimo - Coral Sá - P.S.Line | Peugeot 206 S1600 | RSA | YPR | MAD 51 |
ITA | NC | 0 | ||||||||
2007 | Team C.S. Maritimo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | KEN | TUR | BEL | RUS | POR Ret |
CZE | ITA | SWI | CHI | - | 0 | |||
2008 | Bernardo Sousa | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | TUR | POR Ret |
BEL | RUS | POR | CZE | ESP | ITA | SWI | CHI | NC | 0 | ||
2009 | Bernardo Sousa | Fiat Grande Punto Abarth S2000 | MON | BRA | KEN | POR 10 |
BEL | RUS | POR Ret |
CZE | ESP | ITA | SCO | NC | 0 | |
2010 | Team Ford/Quinta do Lord | Ford Fiesta S2000 | MON | BRA | ARG | CAN | ITA | BEL | AZO 10 |
MAD Ret |
CZE | ITA | SCO | CYP | NC | 0 |
Big Brother
editIn 2022 Sousa enters the reality show Big Brother Famosos 2022 II as a rally driver, and he ends up winning it after 57 days.[2]
References
edit- ^ WRC: Bernardo Sousa Cruises to Debut Win at Jordan Rally Archived July 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Madeirense Bernardo Sousa vence segunda edição do 'Big Brother Famosos'" [Madeirense Bernardo Sousa wins second edition of ‘Big Brother Famosos’]. d7.dnoticias.pt (in Portuguese). 24 April 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.