Draft:Tiago Rodrigues (racing driver)
| Tiago Rodrigues 帝雅戈·洛迪古斯 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Rodrigues in 2024 | |
| Nationality |  Macanese |
| Full name | Tiago Golovko Rodrigues |
| Born | 2007 |
| Formula 4 UAE Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2024 |
| Current team | Xcel Motorsport |
| Car number | 3 |
| Starts | 15 (15 entries) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 8th in 2024 |
| Previous series | |
| 2023 2023 | F4 Chinese Championship Formula 4 South East Asia Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2023 | F4 Chinese Championship |
Tiago Golovko Rodrigues (Chinese: 帝雅戈·洛迪古斯; pinyin: Dìyǎgēluòdígǔsī; Jyutping: Dai3 ngaa5 gwo1 lok6 dik6 gu2 si1; Portuguese pronunciation: [ti.ˈa.gu ʁu.ˈdɾi.gɨʃ]), more commonly known as Tiago Rodrigues, is a 17 year-old Macanese racing driver who most recently competed in the Formula 4 UAE Championship with Xcel Motorsport. He won the F4 Chinese Championship in 2023.
Career[edit]
Karting[edit]
Rodrigues competed in various Macanese championships from 2022 to 2023, notably the AAMC Karting Championship.[1]
AAMC Karting Championship - X30 Senior[edit]
Rodrigues participated in the X30 Senior Macanese Championship at Coloane Karting Track for the first time in 2022.
He would finish 2nd and 3rd for race 1 and 2 respectively in round 1, scoring 36 points in the Club Race Championship. At the same time, he was the winner of the National Race Championship.[2] He would finish 4th position in both races of round 2, that means he would score 22 points in the Club Race Championship. In the end, Rodrigues classified 3rd overall and 1st in the National Race Championship.[3][4]
AAMC Karting Championship - KZ[edit]
2022[edit]
The first time Rodrigues racing in the KZ category was in 2022. That year, he joined one race of the AAMC Karting Championship which was held in Coloane Karting Track, Macau.
Rodrigues geared up in the Establishment of the Macau SAR Cup, finishing second in Pre-Final and won the Final race.[5]
2023[edit]
In 2023, Rodrigues continued racing in the KZ Championship.
In round 1, Rodrigues won the Pre Final race. However, despite starting from pole position in the 17 laps Final race, Rodrigues didn’t manage to convert it as a win. Hong Kong racer Liao Yan Yik overtook Rodrigues in the first lap and Rodrigues finished 2nd at last.[6]
Rodrigues then finished 3rd in both Pre Final or Final races in round 2.
In round 3, Rodrigues finished behind Liao Yan Yik once again in Pre Final and Final races and was able to get 40 points on the weekend by ending in 2nd place.[7]
In round 4, Rodrigues finished 3rd in both Pre Final and Final again. In the Final race, red flag was issued on the first lap due to collisions of other drivers. Rodrigues failed to win again as the Macanese racer Marcus Cheong continued to extend his lead.[8]
Rodrigues was leading the championship before the final round of the season. However, his car had some technical issues and didn't finish race 1, making him start from 13th in race 2. Rodrigues finished 4th in the final race and became 3rd in the championship.[9][10]He claimed his championship trophy for 3rd position in the AAMC Prize Presentation Ceremony on 26th January, 2024.[11]
2024[edit]
On 2 March 2024, it was announced that Rodrigues would join the championship again.
In round 1, Rodrigues topped the qualifying session which meant that he would start from pole position in Pre Final. He successfully converted to a win and placed himself first on the starting grid of Final. In the first lap of Final, Rodrigues was overtaken by Marcus Cheong, who started from 2nd place. In lap 12, Cheong was passed by Rodrigues. Therefore, Rodrigues crossed the finish line first, but he received a 5 seconds penalty due to causing a collision and classified 3rd.[12]
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Positive momentum continued in round 2, where Rodrigues would start from pole position and successfully inverted to a win in Pre Final. Rodrigues would leading the Final for most of the time, until he was overtaken by the Hong Kong racer Liao Yan Yik and his teammate Marcus Cheong. Rodrigues crossed the finish line 3rd, but classified 2nd due to a penalty given to Liao Yan Yik because of a false start.[13]
Rodrigues was set to start from second in round 3’s Pre Final. However, his teammate Marcus Cheong, who qualified for pole position, had an engine failure of his kart and did not start the following both races. Rodrigues won and set fastest laps in both Pre Final and Final. Due to Cheong’s absence, Rodrigues became the championship leader with 136 points. He stated that “it wasn’t really hard to get (P1) because most of my competitions had very tough races and had some difficult circumstances to deal with” during a post-race interview.[14]
No points were granted for Rodrigues in round 4. Due to the extension of thunderstorm signal, the qualifying session was delayed and the Pre-Final was cancelled. Rodrigues finished second in qualifying. The Final race was cancelled as well due to the second hoisting of thunderstorm signal.
Formula 4[edit]
Formula 4 Chinese Championship[edit]
Rodrigues made his car racing debut in the 2023 F4 Chinese Championship with Champ Motorsport. He took home his first podium during race 3 of the first round at the Zhuhai International Circuit.[15]
Rodrigues took three wins and four podiums at the second round at the Ningbo International Circuit.[16]
Rodrigues took his first pole position for race 1 at the Pingtan Ruyi Lake International Circuit, however he did not convert that to a win, falling behind Liu Kaishun in race 1. He would later win race 2 and finish on the podium in race 3 and race 4.[17]
The fourth round of the year at the Zhuhai International Circuit would see Rodrigues take his second pole position, yet he failed to convert it to a win as he finished behind Xu Yingjie, Hu Chengru, and Patrick Tsang.[18]
In round five, Rodrigues was crowned as the champion of the F4 Chinese Championship with 33 points ahead of the Hong Kong racer Liu Kaishun. By winning the championship, he was invited to the 2023 FIA Rally & Circuit Prize Giving Ceremony which was held in Baku.[19]
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship[edit]
Rodrigues also geared up for an assault on the returning Formula 4 South East Asia Championship in 2023.[20] He would finish on the podium in all three races that weekend at the Zhuzhou International Circuit and placed himself on the top of the driver’s championship.[21]
Rodrigues didn’t participate at the remaining rounds at Sepang International Circuit to save budget for the Formula 4 UAE Championship in the following year.[22] This caused him to gradually drop from the lead to 5th in the final standings.
Macau Formula 4 Race[edit]
Rodrigues also participated in the Formula 4 event in his hometown's Macau Formula 4 Race, also known as Macau Asia Formula 4,[23] in 2023. Rodrigues qualified 8th for the qualification race and felt satisfied with it. However, he believed that he could do better.[24] Rodrigues finished 8th in the wet qualification race, and 6th in the final race, behind Taiwanese racer Ethan Ho.
Formula 4 UAE Championship[edit]
After saving enough budget for the championship by dropping out of the last two rounds in the 2023 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship,[25]on 8th January 2024, it was announced that Rodrigues would join Xcel Motorsport for the full 2024 season of the Formula 4 UAE Championship.[26]
Rodrigues had a “bittersweet weekend” in the first round of the championship at Yas Marina Circuit.[27] Starting from the 26th position in Race 1, he maneuvered through a total of 33 cars, finishing in 19th place. The momentum continued into Race 2, where Rodrigues started in the 19th and advanced to the 13th position by the end. In Race 3, despite starting from 21st, he crossed the finish line in the 15th position.[28]
During the first race of round 2, Rodrigues had a good start from 14th to 10th but then had collisions with Alvise Rodella, who was his teammate, and Jules Caranta. This made his front wing break. Rodrigues made collisions again in the second last lap, once again with his teammate Liu Kai Shun, from Hong Kong. He finished the race in 30th at last. Rodrigues collided with Peter Bouzinelos in the second race, causing the safety car to be deployed. Rodrigues was retired from the race.[29]This made his position dropped in the driver’s championship.[30]In race 3, Rodrigues would finish in 15th.
The third round continued at Dubai Autodrome, Rodrigues finished 10th and 7th in qualifying 1 and 2 respectively. Despite damaging his front wing on the final lap, Rodrigues managed to finish 8th in race 1. In race 2, Rodrigues started from 5th position, but got pushed off in the final laps and finished 11th. He would start from 7th in race 3, but collided with Deagen Fairclough on the last lap when fighting for 4th position which made him finished 26th at last.[31]
For the fourth round of the season in Yas Marina Circuit, Rodrigues firstly qualified 19th for race 1. However, he started from 21st position at the end as a penalty for causing a collision in race 3 of round 3. Rodrigues would finish 22nd in the race which made him start from the same position in race 2. But, he couldn’t convert it to points again by finishing 28th. In the final race of the weekend, Rodrigues showed improvement by starting from 27th and finishing 15th.
The final round returned to Dubai Autodrome on 16-18 February. Rodrigues qualified 15th and 14th for race 1 and 2 respectively. He wouldn’t be able to score points in all 3 races as an amount of contact occurred during the races, causing him to lose several positions.[32]
By scoring points once in the season, Rodrigues finished the season on 22nd position in driver classification with 4 points in total.[33]
Karting record[edit]
Career summary[edit]
| Season | Series | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | AAMC Karting Championship - X30 Senior | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 3rd |
| AAMC Karting Championship - KZ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 9th | |
| AAMC Karting Challenge - Lotus Cup | 2 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | N/A | ? | |
| 2023 | Macau Asia Karting Festival - KZ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 4th |
| AAMC Karting Championship - KZ | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 170 | 3rd | |
| TCR Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | N/A | 1st | |
| 2024 | AAMC Karting Championship - KZ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 136 | 1st* |
* Season still in progress.
Complete AAMC Karting Championship results[edit]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | X30 Senior | COL1 PF 2 |
COL1 F 3 |
COL2 PF 4 |
COL2 F 4 |
3rd | 58 | ||||||||||||
| KZ | COL1 PF |
COL1 F |
COL2 PF |
COL2 F |
COL3 PF 2 |
COL3 F 1 |
9th | 45 | |||||||||||
| 2023 | KZ | COL1 PF 1 |
COL1 F 2 |
COL2 PF 3 |
COL2 F 3 |
COL3 PF 2 |
COL3 F 2 |
COL4 PF 2 |
COL4 F 2 |
COL5 PF Ret |
COL5 F 4 |
3rd | 170 | ||||||
| 2024 | KZ | COL1 PF 1 |
COL1 F 3 |
COL2 PF 1 |
COL2 F 2 |
COL3 PF 1 |
COL3 F 1 |
COL4 PF C |
COL4 F C |
COL5 PF |
COL5 F |
COL6 PF |
COL6 F |
COL7 PF |
COL7 F |
COL8 PF |
COL8 F |
1st* | 136* |
* Season still in progress.
Racing record[edit]
Career summary[edit]
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | F4 Chinese Championship | Champ Motorsport | 20 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 346 | 1st |
| Formula 4 South East Asia Championship | Asia Racing Team | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 5th | |
| Macau Formula 4 Race | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 6th | ||
| 2024 | Formula 4 UAE Championship | Xcel Motorsport | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22nd |
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula 4 Chinese Championship results[edit]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Champ Motorsport | ZIC1 1 5 |
ZIC1 2 5 |
ZIC1 3 3 |
ZIC1 4 5 |
NIC1 1 1 |
NIC1 2 3 |
NIC1 3 1 |
NIC1 4 1 |
PIC 1 2 |
PIC 2 1 |
PIC 3 3 |
PIC 4 3 |
ZIC2 1 4 |
ZIC2 2 1 |
ZIC2 3 2 |
ZIC2 4 1 |
NIC2 1 2 |
NIC2 2 Ret |
NIC2 3 1 |
NIC2 4 3 |
1st | 346 |
Complete Formula 4 South East Asia Championship results[edit]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Asia Racing Team | ZZIC1 1 3 |
ZZIC1 2 2 |
ZZIC1 3 2 |
MAC 1 8 |
MAC 2 6 |
SEP1 1 |
SEP1 2 |
SEP1 3 |
SEP2 1 |
SEP2 2 |
SEP2 3 |
5th | 51 |
Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results[edit]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Xcel Motorsport | YMC1 1 19 |
YMC1 2 13 |
YMC1 3 15 |
YMC2 1 30 |
YMC2 2 Ret |
YMC2 3 15 |
DUB1 1 8 |
DUB1 2 11 |
DUB1 3 26 |
YMC3 1 22 |
YMC3 2 28† |
YMC3 3 15 |
DUB2 1 15 |
DUB2 2 19 |
DUB2 3 22 |
19th | 4 |
† — Did not finish, but classified
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External links[edit]
- Tiago Rodrigues career summary at DriverDB.com
- Tiago Golovko Rodrigues career summary at DriverDB.com