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2026 F1H2O TEAMS & DRIVERS

Duarte Benavente - 10

TEAM: Atlantic Team
HULL: Moore
COUNTRY: Portugal
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE: Vila Fresca de Azeitao, POR
DATE OF BIRTH: 04/03/1971
PLACE OF BIRTH: Lisbon, POR
HEIGHT: 167 CM
WEIGHT: 58 KG
RACING SUPER LICENSE:
MECHANICS - CREW:
Radioman: Nikki Drummond
Pontoon Mechanic 1: Firmino Reis
Pontoon Mechanic 2: Paulo Almeida
Pontoon Mechanic 3: Afonso Guerreiro
Other Mechanic 1: Vasco Palma
Other Mechanic 2: Francisco C. Branco
Other Staff 1: Ana Filipa Mamede
WEBSITE: http://www.facebook.com/pages/F1-ATLANTIC-TEAM/105912862832938?fref=ts
DEBUT: 1999
GRAND PRIX ENTERED: 187
RACE STARTS: 170
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 0
BEST OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP FINISH: 6
BEST RACE FINISH: 2
BEST QUALIFYING POSITION: 3
CAREER PODIUMS: 6
2ND: 1
3RD: 5
CAREER POINTS: 410.5
LAST PODIUM: 3-Portimao 2017
PROFILE

DUARTE BENAVENTE is the most experienced driver in the F1H2O World Championship, having entered over 180 Grand Prix across his twenty-seven seasons in F1H2O.

Benavente’s story in competitive racing started back in 1991, when he started competing in the Portuguese F4 Championship, gaining eight titles, later competing and winning the Iberian F4 title, alongside European and World F4 titles. Having shown his racing pedigree, he made the step up to F1H2O at the Grand Prix of Portimão, Portugal in 1999, and has been racing in the Championship ever since.

The Portuguese’s first podium came in 2002 with third place in Stralsund in Germany, and he soon after earned his best ever finish the following season when he finished second in the Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi. Overall, he has six career podiums, his last being in Portimão in 2017.

CAREER INFOS

2025 - 17th F1H2O World Championship
2024 - 17th F1H2O World Championship
2023 - 20th F1H2O World Championship
2022 - 16th F1H2O world Championship
2021 - 13th F1H2O world Championship
2019 - 17th F1H2O world Championship
2018 - 17th F1H2O world Championship
2017 - 11th F1H2O World Championship
2016 - 9th F1H2O World Championship
2015 - 14th F1H2O World Championship
2014 - 7th F1H2O World Championship
2013 - 11th F1H2O World Championship
2012 - 19th F1H2O World Championship
2011 - 12th F1H2O World Championship
2010 - 15th F1H2O World Championship
2009 - 11th F1H2O World Championship
2008 - 15th F1H2O World Championship
2007 - 17th F1H2O World Championship
2006 - 15th F1H2O World Championship
2005 - 14th F1H2O World Championship
2004 - 10th F1H2O World Championship
2003 - 7th F1H2O World Championship
2002 - 8th F1H2O World Championship
2001 - F4 World Champion
2000 - 6th F1H2O World Championship
1999 - Spanish F1 Multicopa Champion
1998 - Portuguese F2 Champion
1998 - Iberian F2 Champion
1998 - European F4 Champion
1995 to 1997 - Iberian F4 Champion
1991 to 1998 - Portuguese F4 Champion

2026 DRIVER NEWS
May 14, 2026
RETURN TO CAGLIARI AFTER MORE THAN TWO DECADES BRINGS BACK TRIUMPHANT MEMORIES FOR TODAY’S PADDOCK
Thursday, May 14th - The 2026 season’s opening Grand Prix will be the first time most of today’s roster of F1H2O drivers race in Cagliari, but the Sardinian city has a rich history of ...
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March 25, 2026
ATLANTIC TEAM KEEPS LEADING LINE UP OF BENAVENTE AND JELF FOR 2026
Wednesday, March 25: The newly renamed Atlantic Team will be competing in the 2026 F1H2O World Championship with the retained duo of Duarte Benavente and Ben Jelf. Benavente’s legendary ...
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