The team’s founder was Stewart Cox, a successful Formula 1 chief mechanic who simply ‘fell in love’ with the region of the Algarve during the Formula Ford Championship. Many people will say that after their trip to the Algarve but not all of them choose to move here and open a business.

Well Stewart isn’t your average guy so in an effort to combine this two passions, motorsports and the Algarve, he created the Algarve Pro Racing Team and then recruited a bunch of enthusiastic and motivated Portuguese mechanics and engineers.

The Team has recently formed a partnership with the Sheraton Algarve Hotel in an effort to promote the region together. The partnership was announced back in may at the Tabu Lounge in the Sheraton where the driving team was also officially presented.

The main focus of the team for 2013 is to use their Le Mans Prototype vehicle to participate in the final three races of the European Le Mans Series: Red Bull Austria, Hungaroring and Paul Ricard.

These races will be a good test and preparation for the year 2014 when the team is planning to participate in the Daytona 24hr and Sebring 12hr races in the United States.

The team has grown from a small one that offered driver training to one capable of participating in racing challenges such as those mentioned earlier. In the long run the goal of the team is to promote young and upcoming drivers, as well as promoting the region of the Algarve for other European teams to come here and test their vehicles.