Bernardo Sousa (rally driver)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Rodriguesand the second or paternal family name is Sousa.

Bernardo Sousa

Sousa at the 2025 6 Hours of São Paulo
Personal information
Nationality	Portuguese
Born	(1987-05-16) May 16, 1987 (age 38) Madeira, Portugal
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2007–2011, 2014–2016
Co-driver	Paulo Babo Carlos Magalhães Jorge Carvalho Nuno Rodrigues da Silva António Costa Hugo Magalhães
Rallies	40
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	1
First rally	2007 Rally de Portugal
Last rally	2016 Rally Finland

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

Sousa's No. 77 car at the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans

Born in Madeira, Portugal, and having previously competed in karting, Sousa began his rally career in 2006, competing in the Portuguese national championship.^{[ citation needed ]} In 2008, he began competing in the Production World Rally Championship (P-WRC), a class of the World Rally Championship.^{[ citation needed ]} He finished second in class on the 2008 Acropolis Rally, finishing the season ninth in the P-WRC standings.^{[ citation needed ]} In 2009, he switched from a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX to an Abarth Grande Punto, finishing the season in tenth.^{[ citation needed ]} In 2010, he moved 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	WDC	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
	Bernardo Sousa										FIN DNS
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	NZL												NC	0
	Team Ford/Quinta Do Lorde							POR 15	BUL	FIN	GER 32	JPN Ret	FRA 32	ESP	GBR Ret
2011	Team Quinta do Lorde	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	SWE	MEX	POR Ret														28th	1
		Ford Fiesta S2000				JOR 10	ITA Ret	ARG	GRE 11	FIN 24	GER 35	AUS	FRA 15	ESP Ret	GBR
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
	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

Year	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

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Pts
2016	Bernardo Sousa	Ford Fiesta R2T	POR Ret	POL 3	FIN 2	GER	ESP	5th	47

IRC results

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

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2025	Proton Competition	Ben Barker Ben Tuck	Ford Mustang GT3	LMGT3	338	41st	9th

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Points
2025–26	Proton Competition	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEP 1 16	SEP 2 11	DUB 1	DUB 2	ABU 1	ABU 2	13th*	0*

Big Brother

In 2022, Sousa entered the reality show Big Brother Famosos 2022 II as a rally driver, and he ended up winning it after 57 days. ^[2]

References

1. WRC: Bernardo Sousa Cruises to Debut Win at Jordan Rally Archived July 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
2. "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.