Augusto Farfus Jr. (born 3 September 1983) is a Brazilian professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver. He lives in Monaco.
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.
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.
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 a string of bad results and too many retirements meant Farfus ended the season in 3rd place.
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]
On 3 December 2018, it was announced that Farfus will join Hyundai for the 2019 World Touring Car Cup season, partnering the series's inaugural driver's champion, Gabriele Tarquini, Norbert Michelisz and Nicky Catsburg.[4]
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| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Draco Junior Team | VLL | PER | MOZ | SPA | DON | BRN | DIJ | JER | CAG | 9th | 8 | |
| 2003 | Draco Junior Team | NÜR | MAG | PER | MOZ | SPA | DON | BRN | JER | CAG | 1st | 60 | |
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| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2017 | BMW Team RLL | Bill Auberlen Alexander Sims Bruno Spengler | BMW M6 GTLM | GTLM | 651 | 12th | 8th |
| 2018 | BMW Team RLL |  Nick Catsburg John Edwards Jesse Krohn | BMW M8 GTE | GTLM | 773 | 18th | 7th |
| 2019 | BMW Team RLL | Connor De Phillippi Philipp Eng Colton Herta | BMW M8 GTE | GTLM | 571 | 10th | 1st |
| 2020 | BMW Team RLL | John Edwards Chaz Mostert Jesse Krohn | BMW M8 GTE | GTLM | 786 | 13th | 1st |
| 2021 | BMW Team RLL | Marco Wittmann John Edwards Jesse Krohn | BMW M8 GTE | GTLM | 769 | 13th | 3rd |
| 2022 | BMW Team RLL | John Edwards Jesse Krohn Connor De Phillippi | BMW M4 GT3 | GTD Pro | 698 | 30th | 7th |
| 2023 | BMW M Team RLL | Philipp Eng Colton Herta Marco Wittmann | BMW M Hybrid V8 | GTP | 768 | 6th | 6th |
| Source:[6] | |||||||
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2018 | BMW Team MTEK |  António Félix da Costa Alexander Sims | BMW M8 GTE | GTE Pro | 223 | DNF | DNF | |
| 2019 | BMW Team MTEK | António Félix da Costa Jesse Krohn | BMW M8 GTE | GTE Pro | 335 | 30th | 10th | |
| 2020 | Aston Martin Racing | Paul Dalla Lana Ross Gunn | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | GTE Am | 333 | 33rd | 8th | |
| 2024 |  Team WRT | Sean Gelael Darren Leung | BMW M4 GT3 | LMGT3 | 280 | 28th | 2nd | |
| Sources:[8] | ||||||||
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(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 | BUR | MOT | 20th | 13 | |
| 2016 | BMW Team Studie | BMW M6 GT3 | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SUG | FUJ | SUZ | CHA | MOT | MOT | NC | 0 | |
| 2017 | BMW Team Studie | BMW M6 GT3 | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | AUT | SUG | FUJ | SUZ | CHA | MOT | NC | 0 | |
| 2022 | BMW Team Studie × CSL | BMW M4 GT3 | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | 25th | 8 | |
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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | BMW Team MTEK | LMGTE Pro | BMW M8 GTE | BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 | SPA | LMS | SIL | FUJ | SHA | SEB | SPA | LMS | 16th | 32 | |
| 2019–20 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Am | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | SIL | FUJ | SHA | BHR | COA | SPA | LMS | BHR | 23rd | 18 | |
| 2021 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Am | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | SPA | ALG | MNZ | LMS | BHR | BHR | 8th | 58 | |||
| 2024 | Team WRT | LMGT3 | BMW M4 GT3 | BMW P58 3.0 L I6 t | QAT | IMO | SPA | LMS | SÃO | COA | FUJ | BHR | 3rd* | 74* | |
| Sources:[20] | |||||||||||||||
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
† As Farfus was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.