Bernardo Sousa (rally driver) explained

Bernardo Sousa
Birth Date:	16 May 1987
Birth Place:	Madeira, Portugal
Nationality:	Portuguese
Years:	2007–2011, 2014–2016
Co-Driver:	Paulo Babo Carlos Magalhães Jorge Carvalho Nuno Rodrigues da Silva António Costa Hugo Magalhães
Races:	40
Championships:	0
Wins:	0
Podiums:	0
Stagewins:	0
Points:	1
First Race:	2007 Rally de Portugal
Last Race:	2016 Rally Finland

Tomas Bernardo Rodrigues Sousa (born May 16, 1987) is a Portuguese rally driver.

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

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16		Pts
2007	Bernardo Sousa	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR Ret	ARG	ITA	GRE	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	IRE	GBR	NC	0
2008	Red Bull Rallye Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	MON	SWE 19	MEX	ARG 18	JOR	ITA	GRE 15	TUR 24		GER	NZL 18	ESP	FRA	JPN	GBR 31		NC	0
2008	Bernardo Sousa	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX									FIN DNS								NC	0
2009	Bernardo Sousa	Abarth Grande Punto S2000	IRE	NOR Ret	CYP	POR DNS	ARG	ITA Ret	GRE 16	POL	FIN	AUS Ret	ESP	GBR 15					NC	0
2010	Bernardo Sousa	Ford Fiesta S2000	SWE 19	MEX	JOR EX	TUR													NC	0
2010	Team Ford/Quinta Do Lorde	Ford Fiesta S2000						POR 15	BUL	FIN	GER 32	JPN Ret	FRA 32	ESP	GBR Ret				NC	0
2011	Team Quinta do Lorde	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	SWE	MEX	POR Ret														28th	1
2011	Team Quinta do Lorde	Ford Fiesta S2000				JOR 10	ITA Ret	ARG	GRE 11	FIN 24	GER 35	AUS	FRA 15	ESP Ret	GBR				28th	1
2014	Bernardo Sousa	Ford Fiesta RRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR 15	ARG	ITA 15	POL 16	FIN	GER Ret	AUS	FRA 17	ESP Ret	GBR Ret				NC	0
2015	ACSM Rallye Team	Peugeot 208 T16	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR Ret	ITA Ret	POL Ret	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR				NC	0
2016	Bernardo Sousa	Ford Fiesta R2T	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR Ret	ITA	POL 33	FIN 35	GER	CHN	FRA	ESP	GBR	AUS			NC	0

PWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Pts
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

Year	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
2010	Team Ford/Quinta Do Lorde	Ford Fiesta S2000					POR 4	FIN	GER 7	JPN Ret	FRA 7	GBR Ret	8th	32
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

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13		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

IRC results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	WDC
2006	C.S. Maritimo - Coral Sá - P.S.Line	RSA	YPR	MAD 51	ITA									NC
2007	Team C.S. Maritimo	KEN	TUR	BEL	RUS	POR Ret	CZE	ITA	SWI	CHI				-
2008	Bernardo Sousa	TUR	POR Ret	BEL	RUS	POR	CZE	ESP	ITA	SWI	CHI			NC
2009	Bernardo Sousa	MON	BRA	KEN	POR 10	BEL	RUS	POR Ret	CZE	ESP	ITA	SCO		NC
2010	Team Ford/Quinta do Lord	MON	BRA	ARG	CAN	ITA	BEL	AZO 10	MAD Ret	CZE	ITA	SCO	CYP	NC

Big Brother

In 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]

Notes and References

http://www.autoracingdaily.com/news/world-rally-championship/wrc-bernardo-sousa-cruises-to-debut-win-at-jordan-rally/ WRC: Bernardo Sousa Cruises to Debut Win at Jordan Rally
Web site: Madeirense Bernardo Sousa vence segunda edição do ‘Big Brother Famosos’ . Madeirense Bernardo Sousa wins second edition of ‘Big Brother Famosos’ . pt . d7.dnoticias.pt . 24 April 2022 . 29 July 2022.