Fermín Vélez

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Fermín Vélez (April 3, 1959 – March 31, 2003) was a Spanish sports car racing driver, two-time winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring and two-time World Sportscar Championship Group C2 champion.

Vélez was a driver in the Indy Racing League, racing in the 1996–1997 seasons with six career starts, including two at the Indianapolis 500.^[1] Born in Barcelona, Spain, Vélez died there of cancer.

Vélez is honoured by the 24H Series sportscar race at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, where the race is called the Fermin Vélez Trophy.

Motorsports career results[]

24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1986	John Fitzpatrick Racing	Emilio de Villota George Fouché	Porsche 956 C	Gr.C1	48	4th	4th
1987	Spice Engineering	Gordon Spice	Spice SE86C - Ford	Gr.C2	321	6th	1st
1989	Chamberlain Engineering	Jesús Pareja Hervé Regout	Spice SE88C - Ford	Gr.C2	244	DNF	DNF
1990	Spice Engineering	Tim Harvey Chris Hodgetts	Spice SE90C - Ford	Gr.C1	308	18th	18th
1996	Rocketsports	Yvan Muller Andy Evans	Ferrari 333 SP	WSC	31	DNF	DNF
1998	Doyle-Risi Racing	Eric van de Poele Wayne Taylor	Ferrari 333 SP	WSC	332	12th	1st

Complete International Formula 3000 results[]

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

American open wheel[]

(key)

IndyCar Series[]

Indy 500 results^[2][]

References[]

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