{"id":714,"date":"2024-04-12T12:02:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T12:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/j-ferreira.pt\/?page_id=714"},"modified":"2025-06-25T20:01:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T20:01:05","slug":"sobre-joao-ferreira","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/j-ferreira.pt\/en\/sobre-joao-ferreira\/","title":{"rendered":"About Jo\u00e3o Ferreira"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"714\" class=\"elementor elementor-714\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf3981b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bf3981b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa6123d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fa6123d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b57465 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b57465\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Jo\u00e3o Ferreira<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1d337c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b1d337c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9d25cc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d9d25cc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31fcf3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"31fcf3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); font-size: 1rem;\">Highlighted Results:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-972dd64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"972dd64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>2025<\/b><\/p><p>\ud83c\udfc5\u00a0&#8211; 8.\u00ba Lugar Dakar Rally<b><br \/><\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">2024<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); font-size: 1rem;\">\ud83c\udfc6<\/span><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0&#8211; Vencedor Ta\u00e7a do Mundo de Bajas<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); font-size: 1rem;\">\ud83c\udfc6<\/span>&#8211; Vencedor Ta\u00e7a da Europa de Bajas<\/p><p><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); font-size: 1rem;\">\ud83c\udfc6<\/span><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0-Campe\u00e3o Nacional de Todo&#8211;Terreno<\/span><\/p><p>\ud83e\udd47 \u2013 Winner of 3 stages at the Dakar<span style=\"font-size: 1rem; text-align: var(--text-align);\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; text-align: var(--text-align);\">(T4 &#8211; SSV)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); font-size: 1rem;\">\ud83e\udd48<\/span><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align);\">\u00a0&#8211; Baja Ha&#8217;il\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); font-size: 1rem;\">(T1+ Ultimate)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align);\">\ud83e\udd48- Rally Raid Portugal (T1+ Ultimate)<\/span><\/p><p><b>2023<\/b><\/p><p>\ud83e\udd47 \u2013 Winner of 2 stages at the Dakar (T3 \u2013 Challenger)<\/p><p>\ud83c\udfc6 \u2013 Winner of the Rallye du Maroc\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 1rem; text-align: var(--text-align);\">(T4 &#8211; SSV)<\/span><b><br \/><\/b><\/p><p><b>2022<\/b><\/p><p>\ud83c\udfc6 &#8211; Campe\u00e3o Nacional de Todo-o-Terreno<\/p><p>\ud83c\udfc6 &#8211; Vencedor da Ta\u00e7a da Europa de Bajas<\/p><div><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0928e21 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0928e21\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4df974 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4df974\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Joa\u0303o Ferreira,<\/strong> originally from Leiria, Portugal, showed a passion for motorsport from an early age. A student of Mechanical Engineering at the Higher Institute of Engineering in Coimbra, Ferreira is a talented driver and a young man full of dreams and goals yet to be achieved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alongside his sports career, he has a passion for sports training, being a regular at the gym and never passing up an intense bike ride with his father and friends.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; color: #000000;\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Digite aqui...\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Career<\/span><\/h4>\n<div><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pilot's career began in karting, where he excelled in the National, European, and World Championships. Connected to off-road racing through family roots, he transitioned to this variant, standing out in the T2 category. Later, driving a Mini John Cooper Works Rally, he became the National Champion in 2022, also winning the European Baja Cup and the Baja Portalegre 500. In the 2023 Dakar, behind the wheel of a Yamaha YXZ1000R prototype from X-Raid, he claimed two stage victories. In the World Rally Raid Championship, he reached the podium on the Yamaha and won the Rallye du Maroc driving a Can-Am in the T4 category.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2024, he returned to the Dakar, this time driving a Can-Am Maverick in the SSV category, winning stages and finishing in 5th place in the category. Back in the Mini, he reached the podium at the Baja Ha'il, the first round of the World Cup, and was the runner-up in the third round of the 2024 World Rally Raid Championship, which took place in Portugal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Em 2025, depois de ter alcan\u00e7ado um incr\u00edvel 8.\u00ba lugar no Dakar, assinou contrato com a <b>Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa<\/b> (estrutura com o apoio da SVRacing), dando mais um importante passo rumo a novas conquistas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0f6cd0 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f0f6cd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/j-ferreira.pt\/en\/sobre-filipe-plameiro\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-people-arrows\" viewbox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M96,128A64,64,0,1,0,32,64,64,64,0,0,0,96,128Zm0,176.08a44.11,44.11,0,0,1,13.64-32L181.77,204c1.65-1.55,3.77-2.31,5.61-3.57A63.91,63.91,0,0,0,128,160H64A64,64,0,0,0,0,224v96a32,32,0,0,0,32,32V480a32,32,0,0,0,32,32h64a32,32,0,0,0,32-32V383.61l-50.36-47.53A44.08,44.08,0,0,1,96,304.08ZM480,128a64,64,0,1,0-64-64A64,64,0,0,0,480,128Zm32,32H448a63.91,63.91,0,0,0-59.38,40.42c1.84,1.27,4,2,5.62,3.59l72.12,68.06a44.37,44.37,0,0,1,0,64L416,383.62V480a32,32,0,0,0,32,32h64a32,32,0,0,0,32-32V352a32,32,0,0,0,32-32V224A64,64,0,0,0,512,160ZM444.4,295.34l-72.12-68.06A12,12,0,0,0,352,236v36H224V236a12,12,0,0,0-20.28-8.73L131.6,295.34a12.4,12.4,0,0,0,0,17.47l72.12,68.07A12,12,0,0,0,224,372.14V336H352v36.14a12,12,0,0,0,20.28,8.74l72.12-68.07A12.4,12.4,0,0,0,444.4,295.34Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">know Filipe Palmeiro<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sobre Jo\u00e3o Ferreira Resultados de destaque: 2025 \ud83c\udfc5\u00a0&#8211; 8.\u00ba Lugar Dakar Rally 2024 \ud83c\udfc6\u00a0&#8211; Vencedor Ta\u00e7a do Mundo de Bajas \ud83c\udfc6- Vencedor Ta\u00e7a da Europa de Bajas \ud83c\udfc6\u00a0-Campe\u00e3o Nacional de Todo&#8211;Terreno \ud83e\udd47 &#8211; Vencedor de 3 etapas no Dakar\u00a0(T4 &#8211; SSV) \ud83e\udd48\u00a0&#8211; Baja Ha&#8217;il\u00a0(T1+ Ultimate) \ud83e\udd48- Rally Raid Portugal (T1+ Ultimate) 2023 \ud83e\udd47 &#8211; Vencedor [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-714","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-ferreira.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-ferreira.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-ferreira.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j-ferreira.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j-ferreira.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714"}],"version-history":[{"count":122,"href":"https:\/\/j-ferreira.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3701,"href":"https:\/\/j-ferreira.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/714\/revisions\/3701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-ferreira.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}