Biography

Mário de Araújo Cabral was born on January 15, 1934 in Cedofeita, Porto, Portugal. He died on August 17, 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal.

He made his Formula One debut at the 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix, becoming the first Portuguese Formula 1 driver to compete in a Formula 1 race.

Ex-Formula One racing driver, who raced for: Scuderia Centro Sud (1959 (1 GP)-1960 (1 GP), 1963 (1 GP)) and Derrington-Francis (1964 (1 GP)). He started 4 Grands Prix.

Teammates in Formula One were: Masten Gregory, Lorenzo Bandini, Ernesto Brambilla and Maurice Trintignant.

In 2009, Mário de Araújo Cabral came out as bisexual.