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Pinto's Racing race engineer
Pinto's Racing race engineer
Luís Miguel Pinto, race engineer, has a strong academic engineering background and years of experience in GT racing.
Current and past engineering consultancy with:
Optimum Motorsport (McLaren 720s GT3 Evo / Ferrari 296 GT3)
Haupt Racing Team (Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3 Evo DTM)
Team M-Sport Bentley (Bentley Continental Gen2 GT3)
Absolute Racing (Porsche GT3R/ Audi R8 Evo GT3/GT4)
2 Seas Motorsport (McLaren 720s GT3)
AAS Motorsport (Bentley Continental Gen1 GT3)
Lanan Racing (Norma M30 LMP3 / Duqueine D08 LMP3)
McLaren Motorsport (McLaren 570S GT4)
Dragon Racing (Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo)
Matos Sport (Citröen DS3 Super RallyX)
For more info visit the "About" & "Racing updates" sections
These are some brief highlights of past professional and academic experience up to 2017, backing up Pinto's Racing engineering services.
Up to 2017:
2017
2017
Team Bentley M-Sport factory race engineer
Team Bentley M-Sport factory race engineer
Blancpain Sprint & Endurance Series
Intercontinental GT Challenge
(Guy Smith, Steven Kane, Vincent Abril, Oliver Jarvis)
2016
2016
Team Bentley Absolute race engineer
Team Bentley Absolute race engineer
GT Asia
USA Pirelli World Challenge
Asian Le Mans series
Macau GT World Cup
(Duncan Tappy, Adderly Fong, Vutthikorn Inthrapuvasak)
2016
2016
EICars TTO race engineer
EICars TTO race engineer
Japanese Super GT
(Yuji Ide, Ryohei Sakaguchi)
2015
2015
Dyson Racing race engineer
Dyson Racing race engineer
USA Pirelli World Challenge
(Chris Dyson, Guy Smith, Butch Leitzinger)
2015/2016
2015/2016
Head of M-Sport Bentley customer race engineering
Head of M-Sport Bentley customer race engineering
Technical support to race teams competing around the globe
Design, test and follow up of parts and systems for the Bentley Continental GT3
2014/2017
2014/2017
Race support engineer with several customer teams
Race support engineer with several customer teams
Nürburgring VLN (Team ABT)
Blancpain Sprint Series, ADAC GT Masters (HTP Motorsport)
Australian GT, Bathurst 12h (Maranello Motorsport)
British GT (Team Parker Racing)
Middle East NGK Series (Lechner Racing)
GT Asia (Absolute Racing)
Pirelli World Challenge USA (Dyson Racing / Absolute Racing)
Japanese Super GT (EI Cars TTO)
2013
2013
Bentley Team M-Sport data engineer
Bentley Team M-Sport data engineer
Blancpain Endurance Series
British GT
(Guy Smith, Steven Kane, Andy Meyrick)
2011
2011
ARC Sport rally engineer
ARC Sport rally engineer
Portuguese Rally Championship
Lancer Evo IX GpN, Impreza GpN, Renault Clio R3, Citröen DS3 R3T
2009
2009
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team design engineer
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team design engineer
Ford Focus WRC on-going development
Ford Fiesta S2000 & WRC design and development
Academic path
Academic path
MEng Motorsport Engineering
MEng Motorsport Engineering
Oxford, United Kingdom (2008 - 2011)
Oxford, United Kingdom (2008 - 2011)
Chassis Engineering
Racing Engine Design
Aerodynamics
Data Acquisition
Advanced Strength of Components
Motorsport Vehicle Performance
Product Development
Aerodynamic design of electric 550kW single seater (British Hill Climb Championship)
KTM engine management with MoTeC M800 ECU (Formula Student Oxford Brookes Racing)
BEng Automotive Engineering
BEng Automotive Engineering
Leiria, Portugal (2004 - 2007)
Leiria, Portugal (2004 - 2007)
Automotive Dynamics
Internal Combustion Engines
Automotive Diagnostics
Electric and Electronic Systems
Computer Programming
Applied Mechanics
Strength of Components
Design and build of single-cylinder engine dyno
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