| Álvaro Barba | |
| Nationality: |  Spanish |
| Full Name: | Álvaro Barba López |
| Related To: | Marco Barba |
| Birth Date: | 17 February 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Seville, Spain |
| Racing Licence: | FIA Silver |
| Current Series: | International GT Open |
| First Year: | 2008 |
| Current Team: | Advanced Engineering |
| Car Number: | TBC |
| Former Teams: | MC Competicion |
| Prev Series: | Spanish Formula Junior 1600 World Series Lights Spanish F3 Championship Formula Renault 3.5 Series International GT Open |
| Prev Series Years: | 2002 2003 2003–05 2006–08 2008–09 |
Álvaro Barba López (born 17 February 1984 in Seville) is a Spanish racing driver and brother to fellow racer Marco Barba.
Barba began his single seater career in 2002 driving in the Spanish Formula Junior 1600 series, where he finished runner up to fellow countryman Adrián Vallés. In 2003 he moved up to the Spanish Formula Three Championship, the first of three seasons in the category. During his time in the series he accumulated nine podium positions, including three race wins, with his best season coming in 2005 when he finished 5th in the championship. He also raced in that year's Marlboro Masters event at Zandvoort, finishing in 24th place.
In 2003 Barba raced a full season in the World Series Lights championship, which acted as a support event to the World Series by Nissan. Barba took two podium positions during the year to finish 10th overall.
In 2006 he stepped up to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series with the Swiss team Jenzer Motorsport, taking nine points to finish his debut season 26th overall. He joined top Italian team International DracoRacing for the 2007 season, taking two podium positions, including his first race win at Donington Park. He finished the season 8th overall.
For 2008, Barba continued in the World Series, this time switching to the Italian squad Prema Powerteam,[1] with his brother Marco taking over his seat at Draco Racing.[2] After taking a podium in the opening event of the season, he took a further three podium places and a fastest lap to be classified 10th in the championship.
In July 2008, he teamed up with his brother to race a Mosler MT900R in the International GT Open event held at the brand new Valencia Street Circuit, and in December 2008, it was announced that Barba will race for the Advanced Engineering team in the 2009 season.[3]
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | Poles | F.Laps | Points | Position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Spanish Formula Junior 1600 | Escuela Lois | 12 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 2nd | ||
| 2003 | align=left | Spanish Formula Three Championship | align=left | Meycom Sport | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 16th |
| align=left | World Series Lights | align=left | Escuela Lois Circuit | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 10th | |
| 2004 | align=left | Spanish Formula Three Championship | Adrian Campos Motorsport | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 8th | |
| align=left | Spanish Formula Three Championship - Winter Series | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 3rd | |||
| align=left | Italian Formula Three Championship | align=left | Team Ghinzani | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15th | |
| 2005 | align=left | Spanish Formula Three Championship | align=left | Campos Racing | 15 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 81 | 5th |
| align=left | Masters of Formula 3 | align=left | Hitech Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th | |
| 2006 | align=left | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | align=left | Jenzer Motorsport | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 26th |
| 2007 | align=left | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | align=left | International Draco Racing | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 64 | 8th |
| 2008 | align=left | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | align=left | Prema Powerteam | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 10th |
| align=left | International GT Open - GTA | align=left | MC Competicion | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 2009 | align=left | FIA GT Championship - GT2 | align=left | AF Corse | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 4th |
| 2010 | align=left | International GT Open | AF Corse | 16 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 90 | 1st | |
| align=left | Le Mans Series | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 21st | |||
| align=left | Spanish GT Championship | align=left | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1 | 44th | |
| 2011 | align=left | International GT Open | align=left | Autorlando Sport | 16 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 118 | 12th |
| align=left | Eurocup Mégane Trophy | align=left | Equipe Verschuur | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 2012 | align=left | International GT Open | align=left | Villois Racing | 15 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 76 | 3rd |
| 2013 | align=left | International GT Open - GTS | align=left | Ombra Racing | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 22nd |
| 2014 | align=left | International GT Open | align=left | Drivex School | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12th |
| align=left | International GT Open - GTS | Ombra Racing | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14th | ||
| align=left | Italian GT Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
| 2015 | align=left | International GT Open | align=left | AERT | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11th |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)