History

PROFILE
Augusto Farfus Jr ,born in Curitiba, is now living in Monaco, where he has built a big part of his career and where, race after race, has conquered the respect of the great competitors. His debut was in Brazil, participating in mini-motorbikes competitions. In his first year, and the only one on two wheels, Augusto conquered two titles. But he wanted more. The six-year-old boy dreamed with the world of motorsport. That´s why he moved to go-kart, years later to single-seaters and, recently, to Touring and GT cars. Augusto since 2007 became BMW Motorsport Works Driver.

GETTING TO KNOW AUGUSTO BETTER
The power to win and the passion for speed have been a part of Augusto´s life. Now days Augusto´s career expresses that these many titles and achievements are only the beginning. What is still to come is a path full of many victories. And to get there, Augusto has very clear objectives. They are not only dreams, they are targets.

THE MINI-MOTORCYCLES
The beginning of the races was on a soil track in the category mini-motos 50cc,in Curitiba, where Augusto accelerated for the first time at the age of 6. For this reason he became known as the Magic Motorcycle Boy, getting applause and space in the media, as well as prestige.

FROM 2 WHEELS TO 4 WHEELS AND THE WORLD OF KART
In 1992 Augusto Farfus Jr. started to compete and dominate the go-kart championships. His debut was in April, in the Paranaense Championship, in the Category Cadet. Simultaneously, in June of the same year, he started in the Paulista Championship of Formula Kart and, in July, participated in the Brazilian Cup of Go Kart, in Porto Alegre. The first title in the category came in the end of that first year with the achievement of Paranaense Championship. From 1993, at the age of 10, Augusto started to dispute go kart competitions outside Paraná, winning titles in many categories such as the Paulista (State of Sao Paulo) Triple-Champion and Triple-Champion of Formula Parrila in São Paulo. A sequence of victories brought to Augusto the invitation of the Italian go kart team CRG to became official driver. CRG is the leader team in Europe. The young boy packed and moved to Europe where he easily got adapted to the tracks, conquering many important international titles.

THE BEGINNING IN THE INTERNATIONAL SINGLE-SEATERS
Being only 16 years old, after having gone through all possibilities in the world of go kart, Augusto was ready for higher skies. In 2000, from the world of go kart he jumped to single-seaters, competing in the European and Italian Championship of Formula Renault for the Italian team Cram Competition. In the following year Augusto raced for the team RC Motorsport becaming European Champion of Formula Renault. As a result of having the cup in his hands, in 2003 he received the invitation to participate in the European Formula 3000 Championship, once more he achieved the title of Champion, with two races in advance. And that´s one of the reasons why, from his first go kart race back in 1992 until today, with his brilliant results and hard marketing efforts on his name and image, Augusto has always guaranteed excellent results to his sponsors.