Augusto Farfus

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Augusto Farfus Jr.
Augusto Farfus, Brands Hatch 2018 (45568475721).jpg
Augusto Farfus in 2018.
NationalityBrazil Brazilian
Born (1983-09-03) 3 September 1983 (age 38)
Curitiba, Brazil
DTM career
Debut season2012
Current teamBMW Team RMG
Car number18
Former teamsBMW Team MTEK, BMW Team RBM
Starts103
Wins4
Poles6
Fastest laps2
Best finish2nd in 2013
Finished last season16th (56 pts)
Previous series
2011
200510
2004
200203
2000–01
2000–01
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
WTCC
ETCC
Euro Formula 3000
Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup
Italian Formula Renault
Championship titles
2020
2003
2001
Intercontinental GT Challenge
Euro Formula 3000
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years20102011,2018
TeamsBMW Motorsport
Best finish19th
Class wins0

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[]

Farfus driving a BMW 320si (BMW Team Germany) at Curitiba in the 2007 World Touring Car Championship season.

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2006 season Farfus fought for the title against Andy Priaulx and Jörg Müller until the final race in Macau, but his outdated Alfa Romeo 156 wasn't up to the pace, and Farfus ended the season in 3rd place.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

Farfus competing in the 2014 DTM season

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 United States JMB USA Racing France Emmanuel Collard
Italy Max Papis
Italy Andrea Garbagnati
Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT GT 621 14th 7th
2014 United States Turner Motorsport Canada Paul Dalla Lana
United States Dane Cameron
Finland Markus Palttala
BMW Z4 GT3 GTD 659 25th 7th
2015 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen
Germany Dirk Werner
Canada Bruno Spengler
BMW Z4 GTLM GTLM 725 5th 2nd
2016 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen
Germany Dirk Werner
Canada Bruno Spengler
BMW M6 GTLM GTLM 721 11th 5th
2017 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
Canada Bruno Spengler
BMW M6 GTLM GTLM 651 12th 8th
2018 United States BMW Team RLL Netherlands Nick Catsburg
United States John Edwards
Finland Jesse Krohn
BMW M8 GTE GTLM 773 18th 7th
2019 United States BMW Team RLL United States Connor De Phillippi
Austria Philipp Eng
United States Colton Herta
BMW M8 GTE GTLM 571 10th 1st
2020 United States BMW Team RLL United States John Edwards
Australia Chaz Mostert
Finland Jesse Krohn
BMW M8 GTE GTLM 786 13th 1st
2021 United States BMW Team RLL Germany Marco Wittmann
United States John Edwards
Finland 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 Germany BMW Motorsport Germany Jörg Müller
Germany Uwe Alzen
BMW M3 GT2 GT2 320 19th 6th
2011 Germany BMW Motorsport Germany Jörg Müller
Germany Dirk Werner
BMW M3 GT2 GTE
Pro
276 DNF DNF
2018 Germany BMW Team MTEK Portugal António Félix da Costa
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
BMW M8 GTE GTE
Pro
223 DNF DNF
2019 Germany BMW Team MTEK Portugal António Félix da Costa
Finland Jesse Krohn
BMW M8 GTE GTE
Pro
335 30th 10th
2020 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Canada Paul Dalla Lana
United Kingdom 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[]

  1. ^ Farfus: Wins nice but I'd rather have a title
  2. ^ Beer, Matt (5 December 2010). "BMW pulls works team out of WTCC". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  3. ^ English, Steven (24 January 2011). "Full BMW ILMC campaign for Farfus". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  4. ^ Motorsport, Hyundai (3 December 2018). "Four WTCR drivers for 2019 season". Hyundai Motorsport. Retrieved 23 December 2018.

External links[]

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