Fermín Vélez

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.

Born in Barcelona, Spain, Vélez died there as well, after suffering from cancer for a long time. He was also a driver in the Indy Racing League, racing in the 1996–1997 seasons with 6 career starts, including 2 at the Indianapolis 500.

Vélez is honoured by the 24-hour sportscar race at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmélo, 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	George Fouché John Graham	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	12nd	1st

Complete International 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	10	11	DC	Points
1988	Barcelona Motorsport	JER DNQ	VAL 13	PAU DNQ	SIL DNQ	MNZ	PER 14	BRH DNQ	BIR 12	BUG 15	ZOL	DIJ	NC	0

American open wheel

(key)

IndyCar Series

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
1996	Team Scandia	WDW	PHX Ret	IND Ret								24th	30
1996–1997	Team Scandia	NHM	LVS	WDW 9	PHX Ret	IND 10	TXS Ret	PPI	CHR	NH2	LV2	26th	82

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)	Top 10s (Non-podium)	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
2	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0

Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1996	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	28	21	Scandia
1997	Dallara	Oldsmobile	29	10	Scandia