Augusto Farfus

Augusto Farfus Jr. (born 3 September 1983) is a Brazilian professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver.

He lives in Monaco.

Early years[]

Born in Curitiba, Farfus first tasted racing in minibike races and won the local championships in 1991.

Like many drivers, his motorsport career began with karting. In 1992, at the age of 9 years, he won the Paraná state championship (cadet class), and mainly competed in São Paulo states championship from 1993 to 1998. In 1999 he succeeded in both winning the Italian Winter Cup and finishing runner-up in the North American Championship. He is married to Elirane Johnsson.

Formula racing[]

In 2000 Farfus moved to Italy and competed in the Formula Renault Italian championship and the Eurocup series for the next two years, winning the Eurocup in 2001.

For 2002 he joined Draco Racing in Euro Formula 3000. In 2003 he won the Euro Formula 3000 Championship aged just 20 years old.

Touring cars[]

Alfa Romeo[]

From 2004 to 2006 Farfus was a factory Alfa Romeo (N.Technology) driver in the European Touring Car Championship and later, the World Touring Car Championship.

In the 2006 season Farfus fought for the title against Andy Priaulx and Jörg Müller until the final race in Macau, but his outdated Alfa Romeo 156 wasn't up to the pace, and Farfus ended the season in 3rd place.

BMW[]

Before the 2007 season, he switched to the Schnitzer BMW-run squad, BMW Team Germany, alongside the German, 2006 season runner-up, Jörg Müller. He temporarily led the championship during the season, but ended this season in 4th place as Priaulx won. He has continued with the team through the 2008 season and into 2009. He scored six wins in 2009, missing out on the title to SEAT's Gabriele Tarquini at the final meeting^[1] In 2010, BMW's participation in the WTCC was limited to a two-car line-up, as Farfus joined Andy Priaulx at the Racing Bart Mampaey team. Farfus scored no wins, however he won race 2 at Okayama on the road, but he and teammate Priaulx were disqualified by running a non-homologated gearbox that did not conform to the technical regulations. On 5 December 2010, BMW announced it was withdrawing from the WTCC, but would continue to supply customer teams with its 320TC car.^[2]

On 25 January 2011, it was announced that Farfus would contest the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup with BMW, which would also include its former WTCC drivers Andy Priaulx, Jörg Müller and Dirk Muller.^[3]

Hyundai[]

On 3 December 2018, it was announced that Farfus will join Hyundai for the 2019 World Touring Car Cup season, partnering the series's inaugural driver's champion, Gabriele Tarquini , Norbert Michelisz and Nicky Catsburg.^[4]

Racing record[]

Complete Euro Formula 3000 results[]

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2002	Draco Junior Team	VLL Ret	PER Ret	MOZ Ret	SPA 3	DON 6	BRN 4	DIJ 7	JER Ret	CAG 13	9th	8
2003	Draco Junior Team	NÜR 2	MAG 3	PER 1	MOZ 1	SPA 1	DON 3	BRN Ret	JER 1	CAG 2	1st	60

24 Hours of Daytona results[]

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2003	JMB USA Racing	Emmanuel Collard Max Papis Andrea Garbagnati	Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT	GT	621	14th	7th
2014	Turner Motorsport	Paul Dalla Lana Dane Cameron Markus Palttala	BMW Z4 GT3	GTD	659	25th	7th
2015	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Dirk Werner Bruno Spengler	BMW Z4 GTLM	GTLM	725	5th	2nd
2016	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Dirk Werner Bruno Spengler	BMW M6 GTLM	GTLM	721	11th	5th
2017	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Alexander Sims Bruno Spengler	BMW M6 GTLM	GTLM	651	12th	8th
2018	BMW Team RLL	Nick Catsburg John Edwards Jesse Krohn	BMW M8 GTE	GTLM	773	18th	7th
2019	BMW Team RLL	Connor De Phillippi Philipp Eng Colton Herta	BMW M8 GTE	GTLM	571	10th	1st
2020	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Chaz Mostert Jesse Krohn	BMW M8 GTE	GTLM	786	13th	1st
2021	BMW Team RLL	Marco Wittmann John Edwards Jesse Krohn	BMW M8 GTE	GTLM	769	13th	3rd

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
2004	AutoDelta Squadra Corse	Alfa Romeo 156	MNZ 1 19	MNZ 2 16	VAL 1 3	VAL 2 3	MAG 1 3	MAG 2 3	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 DNS	BRN 1 12	BRN 2 Ret	DON 1 5	DON 2 Ret	SPA 1 8	SPA 2 22	IMO 1 3	IMO 2 11	OSC 1 2	OSC 2 3	DUB 1 4	DUB 2 15	6th	54

Complete World 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	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2005	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	ITA 1 3	ITA 2 9	FRA 1 8	FRA 2 5	GBR 1 4	GBR 2 4	SMR 1 5	SMR 2 5	MEX 1 9	MEX 2 10	BEL 1 DSQ	BEL 2 4	GER 1 9	GER 2 5	TUR 1 8	TUR 2 2	ESP 1 NC	ESP 2 7	MAC 1 1	MAC 2 3					4th	65
2006	N.Technology	Alfa Romeo 156	ITA 1 8	ITA 2 1	FRA 1 21	FRA 2 12	GBR 1 22	GBR 2 11	GER 1 6	GER 2 2	BRA 1 3	BRA 2 Ret	MEX 1 2	MEX 2 1	CZE 1 Ret	CZE 2 15	TUR 1 9	TUR 2 20	ESP 1 1	ESP 2 5	MAC 1 5	MAC 2 Ret					3rd	64
2007	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si	BRA 1 3	BRA 2 1	NED 1 5	NED 2 2	ESP 1 22	ESP 2 10	FRA 1 7	FRA 2 1	CZE 1 4	CZE 2 2	POR 1 9	POR 2 6	SWE 1 16	SWE 2 9	GER 1 7	GER 2 1	GBR 1 11	GBR 2 Ret	ITA 1 7	ITA 2 Ret	MAC 1 26	MAC 2 DNS			4th	71
2008	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si	BRA 1 DSQ	BRA 2 6	MEX 1 11	MEX 2 10	ESP 1 Ret	ESP 2 20	FRA 1 1	FRA 2 6	CZE 1 4	CZE 2 3	POR 1 Ret	POR 2 10	GBR 1 Ret	GBR 2 6	GER 1 1	GER 2 6	EUR 1 7	EUR 2 8	ITA 1 Ret	ITA 2 8	JPN 1 6	JPN 2 2	MAC 1 4	MAC 2 11	6th	63
2009	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si	BRA 1 5	BRA 2 6	MEX 1 2	MEX 2 4	MAR 1 12	MAR 2 6	FRA 1 2	FRA 2 2	ESP 1 4	ESP 2 1	CZE 1 Ret	CZE 2 Ret	POR 1 8	POR 2 1	GBR 1 8	GBR 2 1	GER 1 5	GER 2 1	ITA 1 NC	ITA 2 8	JPN 1 8	JPN 2 1	MAC 1 8	MAC 2 1	3rd	113
2010	BMW Team RBM	BMW 320si	BRA 1 6	BRA 2 6	MAR 1 10	MAR 2 Ret	ITA 1 2	ITA 2 4	BEL 1 9	BEL 2 8	POR 1 4	POR 2 5	GBR 1 6	GBR 2 8	CZE 1 4	CZE 2 5	GER 1 2	GER 2 2	ESP 1 18	ESP 2 8	JPN 1 DSQ	JPN 2 DSQ	MAC 1 6	MAC 2 5			7th	167

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2010	BMW Motorsport	Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen	BMW M3 GT2	GT2	320	19th	6th
2011	BMW Motorsport	Jörg Müller Dirk Werner	BMW M3 GT2	GTE Pro	276	DNF	DNF
2018	BMW Team MTEK	António Félix da Costa Alexander Sims	BMW M8 GTE	GTE Pro	223	DNF	DNF
2019	BMW Team MTEK	António Félix da Costa Jesse Krohn	BMW M8 GTE	GTE Pro	335	30th	10th
2020	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Ross Gunn	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Am	333	33rd	8th

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 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	Pos	Points
2012	BMW Team RBM	BMW M3 DTM	HOC 15	LAU 3	BRH 11	SPL 10	NOR Ret	NÜR 10	ZAN 9	OSC 5	VAL 1	HOC 3											7th	69
2013	BMW Team RBM	BMW M3 DTM	HOC 1	BRH Ret	SPL 6	LAU 12	NOR 16	MSC 3	NÜR 2	OSC 1	ZAN 1	HOC 11											2nd	116
2014	BMW Team RBM	BMW M4 DTM	HOC 8	OSC 5	HUN 21†	NOR 14	MSC 10	SPL 2	NÜR Ret	LAU 7	ZAN Ret	HOC 16											13th	39
2015	BMW Team RBM	BMW M4 DTM	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 21	LAU 1 Ret	LAU 2 Ret	NOR 1 8	NOR 2 Ret	ZAN 1 4	ZAN 2 2	SPL 1 6	SPL 2 18	MSC 1 15	MSC 2 11	OSC 1 4	OSC 2 2	NÜR 1 18	NÜR 2 8	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 14			12th	77
2016	BMW Team MTEK	BMW M4 DTM	HOC 1 14	HOC 2 2	SPL 1 9	SPL 2 4	LAU 1 21	LAU 2 Ret	NOR 1 11	NOR 2 Ret	ZAN 1 Ret	ZAN 2 13	MSC 1 14	MSC 2 4	NÜR 1 22	NÜR 2 21	HUN 1 19	HUN 2 Ret	HOC 1 11	HOC 2 Ret			16th	44
2017	BMW Team RMG	BMW M4 DTM	HOC 1 13	HOC 2 Ret	LAU 1 12	LAU 2 14	HUN 1 11	HUN 2 12	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 7	MSC 1 17	MSC 2 11	ZAN 1 6	ZAN 2 8	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 9	SPL 1 DNS	SPL 2 12	HOC 1 17	HOC 2 7			16th	35
2018	BMW Team RMG	BMW M4 DTM	HOC 1 15	HOC 2 10	LAU 1 10	LAU 2 16	HUN 1 15	HUN 2 7	NOR 1 14	NOR 2 17	ZAN 1 8	ZAN 2 5	BRH 1 2	BRH 2 Ret	MIS 1 11	MIS 2 Ret	NÜR 1 9	NÜR 2 7	SPL 1 9	SPL 2 Ret	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 7	16th	56

^† Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 75% of the winner's race distance.

Complete Stock Car Brasil results[]

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Rank	Points
2014	Full Time Sports	Chevrolet Sonic	INT 1 9	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	GOI 1	GOI 2	GOI 1	CAS 1	CAS 2	CUR 1	CUR 2	VEL 1	VEL 2	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	TAR 1	TAR 2	SAL 1	SAL 2	CUR 1		NC†	0†
2016	Full Time Sports	Chevrolet Sonic	CUR 1 20	VEL 1	VEL 2	GOI 1	GOI 2	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	TAR 1	TAR 2	CAS 1	CAS 2	INT 1	LON 1	LON 2	CUR 1	CUR 2	GOI 1	GOI 2	CRI 1	CRI 2	INT 1		NC†	0†
2017	HERO Motorsport	Chevrolet Cruze	GOI 1	GOI 2	VEL 1	VEL 2	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	CAS 1	CAS 2	CUR 1	CRI 1	CRI 2	VCA 1	VCA 2	LON 1	LON 2	ARG 1	ARG 2	TAR 1	TAR 2	GOI 1	GOI 2	INT 1 7	NC†	0†
2018	HERO Motorsport	Chevrolet Cruze	INT 1 Ret	CUR 1	CUR 2	VEL 1	VEL 2	LON 1	LON 2	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	GOI 1	MOU 1	MOU 2	CAS 1	CAS 2	VCA 1	VCA 2	TAR 1	TAR 2	GOI 1	GOI 2	INT 1		NC†	0†

^† Ineligible for championship points.

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results[]

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

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
2014	Turner Motorsport	GTD	BMW Z4 GT3	BMW 4.4 L V8	DAY 7†	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	IMS	ELK	VIR	COA	PET	130th	1
2015	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW Z4 GTE	BMW 4.4 L V8	DAY 2	SEB 8	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	COA	PET 4	15th	86
2016	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M6 GTLM	BMW 4.4 L V8	DAY 5	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	COA	PET 9	22nd	50
2017	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M6 GTLM	BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8	DAY 8	SEB	LBH	COA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET	26th	23
2018	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8	DAY 7	SEB	LBH	MDO	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET	22nd	24
2019	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8	DAY 1	SEB	LBH	MDO	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET	21st	35
2020	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8	DAY 1	DAY	SEB	ELK	VIR	ATL	MDO	CLT	PET 3	LGA	SEB 3	7th	95
2021	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 3	SEB 3	DET	WGL 2	WGL	LIM	ELK	LGA	LBH	VIR	PET 3	6th	1336

^† Farfus did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.

Complete Super GT results[]

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Points
2014	BMW Sports Trophy Team Studie	BMW Z4 GT3	GT300	OKA	FUJ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	SUZ 3	BUR	MOT	20th	13
2016	BMW Team Studie	BMW M6 GT3	GT300	OKA	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ DNS	CHA	MOT	MOT	NC	0
2017	BMW Team Studie	BMW M6 GT3	GT300	OKA	FUJ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	SUZ 11	CHA	MOT	NC	0

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[]

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2018–19	BMW Team MTEK	LMGTE Pro	BMW M8 GTE	BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8	SPA	LMS Ret	SIL Ret	FUJ	SHA	SEB 7	SPA 4	LMS 6	16th	32
2019–20	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	SIL	FUJ	SHA	BHR	COA	SPA 9	LMS 6	BHR	23rd	18
2021	NorthWest AMR	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	SPA 6	ALG 4	MNZ 2	LMS	BHR 4	BHR 10			8th	58

Complete World Touring Car Cup 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	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Pts
2019	BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Racing Team	Hyundai i30 N TCR	MAR 1 13	MAR 2 11	MAR 3 Ret	HUN 1 9	HUN 2 9	HUN 3 8	SVK 1 5	SVK 2 21	SVK 3 7	NED 1 Ret	NED 2 6	NED 3 4	GER 1 8	GER 2 3	GER 3 Ret	POR 1 3	POR 2 Ret	POR 3 Ret	CHN 1 7	CHN 2 Ret	CHN 3 4	JPN 1 15	JPN 2 21	JPN 3 22	MAC 1	MAC 2	MAC 3	MAL 1 28	MAL 2 19	MAL 3 Ret	15th	142

Complete European Le Mans Series results[]

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Rank	Points
2020	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	LEC	SPA 3	LEC	MNZ	ALG	NC†	0†

^† As Farfus was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

References[]

External links[]

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Felipe Massa	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Champion 2001	Succeeded by Eric Salignon
Preceded by Jaime Melo	Euro Formula 3000 Champion 2003	Succeeded by Nicky Pastorelli
Preceded by Edoardo Mortara	FIA GT World Cup Winner 2018	Succeeded by Raffaele Marciello
Preceded by Dennis Olsen	Intercontinental GT Challenge Champion 2020 With: Nicky Catsburg	Succeeded by Incumbent