Rui Águas is a race car driver born in Nampula,Mozambique, Portugal on the February 29th 1972. Águas spent two seasons in Formula 3000, driving for Nordic in 1997 and Auto&Sport and Coloni in 1998. He has since moved on to Formula Nissan and Renault Eurocup, before making a name for himself on the GT class, being one of the top contenders of the GT2 category, always at the wheel of a Ferrari. He's currently racing on the International GT Open´.

He has also, prior to his Formula 3000 days, driven for the Marko, Tomakidis, KMS and GM teams in German Formula Three, and also spent some of 1994 in British Formula Renault Championship, becoming vice-champion for Martello Racing.

In 1992 he was a works driver for Van Diemen on the British and European FF1800 championship.