Career achievements:
· 5 x World Champion in Karting (Rotax 125cc class) 2003, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018
(Current world record for the most titles by a single driver and the most achieved consecutively – 3 in a row)
· 3 x Vice-World champion in Karting (Rotax 125cc class) 2004, 2005, 2014
· 2 x European Champion in Karting (Rotax 125cc class) 2005, 2008
· 2nd place in British F3 National Class Championship 2006 (4 wins)
· Official Lola driver for the F3 programme – Fluid Motorsport UK
· 2nd place in South African Formula Volkswagen Championship (8 wins) 2008
· Pole position at the Formula Ford Festival, 3rd and 6th in finals (2004 edition) Brands Hatch Circuit – Kent
· Official reserve driver for A1GP Team South Africa, drove on Friday sessions (7th pos in New Zealand, 6th pos in Portugal, 5th pos in England)
· Other Karting achievements: Portuguese Cup winner (Viana 2003), European Cup winner (Zuera 2013)
· 11 Regional KZN Championships
· Nominated twice for the South African Guild of Motoring journalists – Driver of the year award (2004, 2012)
· South African Protea Colours for Motorsport
· Special Award received for exceptional international achievement in motorsport (for South Africa’s record breaking run of karting world titles)
· KZN Colours for Motorsport.
· Various international successes.
About Cristiano:
Cristiano Morgado (born 27 August 1979 in Johannesburg) is a South African racing driver of Portuguese descent. A five-time Rotax Max Challenge World Champion, he is the first and only driver to ever hold five Rotax world titles. He won his first Rotax Max Challenge World Championship in 2004 and followed this up with the European Championship the following year in the RM1 class. He was also on pole position for the 2004 Formula Ford Festival in his first year of car racing. In 2006 he achieved 4 wins on his way to the runner up spot in the British Formula Three National Class Championship. These achievements led him to receive the honor of Protea Colours. In 2008 he entered the new Formula Volkswagen Series launched in South Africa scoring 8 wins during the championship season. These results earned him his first A1 Grand Prix berth for A1 Team South Africa as the test driver in Taupo, New Zealand. Following a good performance he was also selected for the final two races of the season in Portimão, Portugal and Brands Hatch, England. In a return to karting for the 2011 season, he won the Rotax World Championship in the DD2 Masters class. He repeated this feat in 2012, 2013 and again in 2018, in so doing clinching his record fifth title.
