Antonio García (racing driver)

Antonio García

García in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers parade
Nationality	Spanish
Born	5 June 1980 Madrid, Spain
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2006–2015
Teams	Russian Age Racing, Team Modena, Aston Martin Racing, Corvette Racing
Best finish	9th (2006)
Class wins	3 (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 Garcia 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 Team Modena 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/Fabcar 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.

Results

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	NUR	MAG	SIL	HOC				26th	0
	Durango Formula										HUN 10	SPA 16	MNZ 11

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

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2006	Russian Age Racing Team Modena	David Brabham Nelson Piquet, Jr.	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	343	9th	4th
2007	Team Modena	Jos Menten Christian Fittipaldi	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	318	17th	10th
2008	Aston Martin Racing	David Brabham Darren Turner	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	344	13th	1st
2009	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GT1	342	15th	1st
2010	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GT2	225	DNF	DNF
2011	Corvette Racing	Olivier Beretta Tommy Milner	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GTE Pro	314	11th	1st
2012	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Jordan Taylor	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GTE Pro	326	23rd	5th
2013	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Jordan Taylor	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GTE Pro	312	19th	4th
2014	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Jordan Taylor	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	GTE Pro	338	14th	2nd
2015	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Ryan Briscoe	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	GTE Pro	0	DNS	DNS

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2008	Cheever Racing	Matteo Bobbi Stéphane Ortelli Fabio Babini	Coyote CC/08-Pontiac	DP	170	58th DNF	22nd DNF
2009	Brumos Racing	Darren Law David Donohue Buddy Rice	Riley Mk. XI-Porsche	DP	735	1st	1st
2010	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Darren Manning Paul Menard Buddy Rice	Coyote CC/09-Porsche	DP	346	32nd DNF	13th DNF
2011	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Paul Edwards Sascha Maassen	Coyote CC/09-Chevrolet	DP	649	24th DNF	14th DNF
2012	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Oliver Gavin Jan Magnussen Richard Westbrook	Coyote Corvette DP	DP	746	8th	8th
2013	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Oliver Gavin Ricky Taylor Richard Westbrook	Coyote Corvette DP	DP	697	5th	5th
2014	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Ryan Briscoe	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	GTLM	329	60th DNF	10th DNF
2015	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Ryan Briscoe	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	GTLM	725	4th	1st
2016	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	GTLM	722	8th	2nd

Complete Formula E 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	Pos	Points
2014–15	China Racing	Spark-Renault SRT 01E	BEI	PUT	PDE 11	BNA	MIA	LBH	MON	BER	MOS 19	LON	LON	28th	0

References

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

External links

• Official website
• Antonio García on Twitter
• Antonio García career summary at DriverDB.com