Augusto Farfus

Augusto Farfus Jr. Nationality Brazilian Born 3 September 1983 Curitiba, Brazil DTM career Debut season 2012 Current team BMW Team RBM Car no. 18 Starts 48 Wins 4 Poles 5 Fastest laps 1 Best finish 2nd in 2013 Finished last season 12th (77 pts) Previous series 2011 2005–10 2004 2002–03 2000–01 2000–01 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup WTCC ETCC Euro Formula 3000 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Italian Formula Renault Championship titles 2003 2001 Euro Formula 3000 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 24 Hours of Le Mans career Participating years 2010 Teams BMW Motorsport Best finish 19th Class wins 0

Augusto Farfus Jr. (born 3 September 1983) is a Brazilian BMW factory driver. He presently 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the 2006 season Farfus fought for the title against Andy Priaulx and Jörg Müller until the final race in Macau, but his outdated Alfa Romeo 156 wasn't up to the pace, and Farfus ended the season in 3rd place.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]

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

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

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

Complete DTM 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	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

^† 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	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	TBA 1	TBA 2	GOI 1	GOI 2	CDC 1	CDC 2	INT 1	NC†	0†

^† Ineligible for championship 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

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.

External links

• Augusto Farfus official website
• Augusto Farfus career summary at DriverDB.com
• Augusto Farfus Jr. em foco (Funo!) (Portuguese)