Antonio García (racing driver)

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Antonio García
Antonio García 2009.jpg
García in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers parade
NationalitySpain Spanish
BornAntonio García Navarro
(1980-06-05) 5 June 1980 (age 41)
Madrid, Spain
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years20062019
TeamsRussian Age Racing, Team Modena, Aston Martin Racing, Corvette Racing
Best finish9th (2006)
Class wins3 (2008, 2009, 2011)

Antonio García Navarro (born June 5, 1980) is a Spanish professional racing driver. He has three class wins in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, winning GT1 with Aston Martin Racing in 2008 and with Corvette Racing in 2009 (GT1) and 2011 (GTE-Pro).

Single-seater career[]

After a childhood in karting, Madrid-born García began racing cars in Formula Renault Campus in 1997. In 1998 he moved to the new Open Fortuna by Nissan series. The series changed its name to World Series by Nissan in 1999 and in 2000, García was the series champion with Campos Motorsport. This success saw García have a part-time opportunity to race in International Formula 3000 in 2001 and make his sports car debut in the FIA GT Championship. In 2002 he returned full-time to World Series by Nissan, was a test driver for Minardi, and finished 12th in FIA GT. In 2003 he moved full-time to the European Touring Car Championship driving a Ravaglia Motorsport BMW to 8th place in points. He improved to 7th place with the same team in 2004. The series became the World Touring Car Championship in 2005 and he finished 9th in points.

In December 2014 it was announced that García would drive for China Racing in the 2014 Punta del Este ePrix in Uruguay, the third round of the 2014–15 Formula E season. He replaced Ho-Pin Tung who participated in the Abu Dhabi Gulf 12-hour race.[1]

Sportscar career[]

García driving for Corvette Racing in the 2012 Petit Le Mans.

García made his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut in 2006 but did not participate in any racing full-time. He returned to full-time action in 2007 competing in the Le Mans Series in the Aston Martin DBR9, finishing 6th in points. García signed on with the Cheever Racing team in the Rolex Sports Car Series in 2008, but the team struggled with their new Coyote/ and García only finished 21st in points. He also participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the factory Aston Martin Racing DBR9 which won the GT1 class. He drove for Brumos Racing in the 2009 24 Hours of Daytona, winning with teammates David Donohue, Darren Law, and Buddy Rice. He signed on with Corvette Racing to compete in the full season of the American Le Mans Series starting in 2009.[2]

Beginning in 2012, García competed in some Rolex Sports Car Series events with Spirit of Daytona Racing.

García is a good friend of Formula One champion Fernando Alonso from their days together in karting. Alonso attended the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans as a guest of García.

Racing record[]

Complete International Formula 3000 results[]

(key)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2001 Red Bull Junior Team F3000 INT
Ret
IMO
16
CAT
10
A1R
Ret
MON NÜR MAG SIL HOC 26th 0
Durango Formula HUN
10
SPA
16
MNZ
11

Complete European Touring Car Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts
2003 BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i VAL
1

3
VAL
2

7
MAG
1

14
MAG
2

8
PER
1

9
PER
2

7
BRN
1

2
BRN
2

7
DON
1

Ret
DON
2

DNS
SPA
1

17†
SPA
2

12
AND
1

2
AND
2

5
OSC
1

4
OSC
2

2
EST
1

19†
EST
2

DNS
MNZ
1

Ret
MNZ
2

DNS
8th 46
2004 BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i MNZ
1

12
MNZ
2

6
VAL
1

7
VAL
2

15
MAG
1

4
MAG
2

Ret
HOC
1

6
HOC
2

2
BRN
1

3
BRN
2

6
DON
1

10
DON
2

5
SPA
1

6
SPA
2

3
IMO
1

9
IMO
2

Ret
OSC
1

9
OSC
2

Ret
DUB
1

9
DUB
2

DNS
7th 43

Complete World Touring Car Championship results[]

(key)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2005 BMW Team-Italy Spain BMW 320i ITA
1

5
ITA
2

3
FRA
1

5
FRA
2

4
GBR
1

15
GBR
2

Ret
SMR
1

2
SMR
2

9
MEX
1

5
MEX
2

2
BEL
1

6
BEL
2

8
GER
1

14
GER
2

9
TUR
1

4
TUR
2

Ret
ESP
1

14
ESP
2

6
MAC
1

9
MAC
2

DNS
9th 51

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2006 Russia Russian Age Racing
United Kingdom Team Modena
Australia David Brabham
Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.
Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 343 9th 4th
2007 United Kingdom Team Modena Netherlands Jos Menten
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi
Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 318 17th 10th
2008 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Australia David Brabham
United Kingdom Darren Turner
Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 344 13th 1st
2009 United States Corvette Racing United States Johnny O'Connell
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 342 15th 1st
2010 United States Corvette Racing United States Johnny O'Connell
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT2 225 DNF DNF
2011 United States Corvette Racing Monaco Olivier Beretta
United States Tommy Milner
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GTE
Pro
314 11th 1st
2012 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen
United States Jordan Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GTE
Pro
326 23rd 5th
2013 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen
United States Jordan Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GTE
Pro
312 19th 4th
2014 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen
United States Jordan Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro
338 14th 2nd
2015 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen
Australia Ryan Briscoe
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro
- DNS DNS
2016 United States Corvette Racing – GM Denmark Jan Magnussen
United States Ricky Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro
336 25th 7th
2017 United States Corvette Racing – GM Denmark Jan Magnussen
United States Jordan Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro
340 19th 3rd
2018 United States Corvette Racing – GM Denmark Jan Magnussen
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro
342 18th 4th
2019 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro
337 28th 8th
2021 United States Corvette Racing Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
United States Jordan Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTE
Pro
345 21st 2nd

24 Hours of Daytona results[]

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2008 United States Cheever Racing Italy Matteo Bobbi
France Stéphane Ortelli
Italy Fabio Babini
Coyote CC/08-Pontiac DP 170 DNF DNF
2009 United States Brumos Racing United States Darren Law
United States David Donohue
United States Buddy Rice
Riley Mk. XI-Porsche DP 735 1st 1st
2010 United States Spirit of Daytona Racing United Kingdom Darren Manning
United States Paul Menard
United States Buddy Rice
Coyote CC/09-Porsche DP 346 DNF DNF
2011 United States Spirit of Daytona Racing United States Paul Edwards
Germany Sascha Maassen
Coyote CC/09-Chevrolet DP 649 DNF DNF
2012 United States Spirit of Daytona Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
Denmark Jan Magnussen
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Coyote Corvette DP DP 746 8th 8th
2013 United States Spirit of Daytona Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
United States Ricky Taylor
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Coyote Corvette DP DP 697 5th 5th
2014 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen
Australia Ryan Briscoe
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTLM 329 DNF DNF
2015 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen
Australia Ryan Briscoe
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTLM 725 4th 1st
2016 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTLM 722 8th 2nd
2017 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTLM 652 8th 4th
2018 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTLM 781 13th 3rd
2019 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTLM 563 16th 6th
2020 United States Corvette Racing Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
United States Jordan Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTLM 785 16th 4th
2021 United States Corvette Racing Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
United States Jordan Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTLM 770 11th 1st

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos. Points
2014 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY
10
SEB
8
LBH
1
LGA
1
WGL
1
MOS
1
IMS
4
ELK
6
VIR
7
COA
9
PET
8
3rd 317
2015 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY
1
SEB
1
LBH
3
LGA
7
WGL
4
MOS
3
ELK
4
VIR
6
COA
6
PET
6
3rd 295
2016 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 DAY
2
SEB
9
LBH
9
LGA
4
WGL
7
MOS
3
LIM
2
ELK
6
VIR
1
COA
3
PET
4
3rd 319
2017 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 DAY
4
SEB
1
LBH
5
COA
1
WGL
3
MOS
4
LIM
4
ELK
4
VIR
1
LGA
4
PET
2
1st 334
2018 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 DAY
3
SEB
8
LBH
4
MDO
3
WGL
2
MOS
2
LIM
2
ELK
3
VIR
2
LGA
3
PET
8
1st 322
2019 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 DAY
6
SEB
3
LBH
2
MDO
2
WGL
2
MOS
7
LIM
5
ELK
4
VIR
3
LGA
3
PET
4
3rd 317
2020 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 DAY
4
DAY
1
SEB
2
ELK
1
VIR
1
ATL
5
MDO
1
CLT
1
PET
2
LGA
2
SEB
5
1st 351
2021 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 DAY
1
SEB
4
DET
2†
WGL
1
WGL
1
LIM
1
ELK
2
LGA
2
LBH
2
VIR
2
PET
6
1st 3549

Non-points event.

Complete Formula E results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Chassis Powertrain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Points
2014–15 China Racing / NEXTEV TCR Spark SRT01-e SRT01-e BEI PUT PDE
11
BUE MIA LBH MCO BER MSC
19
LDN LDN 28th 0

References[]

  1. ^ "Garcia joins China Racing in Uruguay". Formula E Operations. FIA Formula E Championship. 1 December 2014. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. ^ Corvette Racing 2009 lineup announced, GM Racing PR via Motorsport.com, February 4, 2009

External links[]

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Fernando Alonso
Open Telefónica by Nissan
Champion

2000
Succeeded by
Franck Montagny
Preceded by North American Endurance Cup
GTLM Champion

2015
With: Jan Magnussen
Succeeded by
Preceded by IMSA SportsCar Championship
GTLM Champion

2017-2018
With: Jan Magnussen
Succeeded by
Preceded by IMSA SportsCar Championship
GTLM Champion

2020-2021
With: Jordan Taylor
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