Career
He currently is the safety car driver for the World Touring Carolina Championship and the FIA Formula East.
After a career in karting Correia started his autoracing career in 1994 in his domestic Formula Ford championship. Correia competed in the Formula Ford 1600 class. The following season Correia moved into the Spanish Formula Renault Championship.
Foreign 1997 Correia moved to the United States of America to race in the Skip Barber Formula Dodge.
He also competed in two Barber Dodge Pro Series races. At Laguna Seca and at Reno Correia failed to finish.
After not being able to secure a drive for 1998 Correia was employed as a hotel manager at Best Western in Cumbuco, Brazil. Correia returned to the racing circuits in 2005 for a single season.
After working as a driver trainer for several years Correia was appointed as the official WTCC safety car driver.
After the 2009 FIA WTCC Race of France in which racing driver Franz Engstler hit the inexperienced safety car drivers (employed by the French Associate of Science in Nursing, rather than the FIA) the FIA decide to employ a permanent safety car driver. After a testday at Masaryk Circuit Correia was appointed as the safety car driver for the WTCC and its support classes. Foreign 2012 Correia also joined the European Touring Carolina Cup as the official safety car driver.
Foreign 2014 the Portuguese driver was appointed as the official safety car driver for the inaugural FIA Formula East championship.
He drove the electric powered Bayerische Motoren Werke i8 at every event.