Borja García (racing driver) explained

Borja García
Nationality: Spain
Birth Date:15 December 1982
Birth Place:Valencia
Racing Licence: FIA Silver
Current Series:NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
First Year:2013
Starts:44
Wins:5
Poles:6
Fastest Laps:7
Best Finish:3rd
Year:2017
Last Finish:35th in 2018
Prev Series:NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
Superleague Formula
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
GP2 Series
Spanish F3 Championship
World Series by Nissan
Prev Series Years:20132018

2008, 2010
2006, 2008
2005, 2007
20032004
2001–2002
Titles:Spanish F3 Champion
Title Years:2004

Borja García Menéndez (born 15 December 1982 in Valencia) is a Spanish racing driver. He last competed in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, having last driven for Alex Caffi Motorsport in a part-time effort in 2018. He was the 2004 Spanish Formula Three champion, and raced in the inaugural GP2 Series season.

Career

Garcia was born in Valencia. His career started in karting in 1993, where he stayed until 1999. He moved up to Spanish Formula Toyota in 2000, comfortably winning the title, before moving to Formula Nissan 2000 in 2001 with the Campos team, who now race in GP2 Series. He stayed in Nissan 2000 for 2002, driving for both the Esuela Lois and Venturini teams, whilst also racing some of the Spanish Formula Three season for the GTA team.

He raced the full Spanish F3 season in 2003 with the same team, before moving to the Racing Engineering outfit in 2004 with whom he won the title. Due to his success he stayed with the team as they moved to GP2 Series for 2005, where he partnered with Neel Jani.

In 2006 he raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series championship for the RC Motorsport team, finishing second overall behind Alx Danielsson. He returned to GP2 in 2007, driving for Durango. He moved back to FR3.5 for 2008.

He was the driver of the Sevilla FC entry in the Superleague Formula for the 2008 season. He was the driver for all the rounds and Sevilla finished 10th in points with one win at the 2008 Donington round.

In 2009 he moved to the Atlantic Championship, where he would finish in seventh in the championship having scored 3 podium finishes.

Garcia made his stock car racing debut in 2013, when he entered the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series season finale round at Le Mans for Ford Autolix Competition and would score a podium finish in his very first race in the series. He made his full season debut the following year, finishing fifth in the championship and scoring a victory at Nürburgring after Garcia overtook pole sitter Ander Vilariño in the opening lap.[1] After competing part-time in 2015, Garcia returned to full-time competition in 2016 with SPV Racing and later Double T by MRT Nocentini, finishing 11th overall in the standings with 4 podium finishes.[2]

In 2017, Garcia began the season by sweeping both races in his home race in Valencia.[3] He followed it up with two more victories at Venray and Hockenheim before ended up finishing third in the standings.[4] [5]

Racing record

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617181920212223DCPoints
2005Racing EngineeringIMO
FEA

IMO
SPR

CAT
FEA

CAT
SPR

MON
FEA

NÜR
FEA

NÜR
SPR

MAG
FEA

MAG
SPR

SIL
FEA

SIL
SPR

HOC
FEA

HOC
SPR

HUN
FEA

HUN
SPR

IST
FEA

IST
SPR

MNZ
FEA

MNZ
SPR

SPA
FEA

SPA
SPR

BHR
FEA

BHR
SPR

14th17.5
2007DurangoBHR
FEA

BHR
SPR

CAT
FEA

CAT
SPR

MON
FEA

MAG
FEA

MAG
SPR

SIL
FEA

SIL
SPR

NÜR
FEA

NÜR
SPR

HUN
FEA

HUN
SPR

IST
FEA

IST
SPR

MNZ
FEA

MNZ
SPR

SPA
FEA

SPA
SPR

VAL
FEA

VAL
SPR

10th28

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617DCPoints
2006RC MotorsportZOL
1

ZOL
2

MON
1

IST
1

IST
2

MIS
1

MIS
2

SPA
1

SPA
2

NÜR
1

NÜR
2

DON
1

DON
2

LMS
1
LMS
2
CAT
1

CAT
2

2nd107
2008RC MotorsportMNZ
1

MNZ
2

SPA
1

SPA
2

MON
1

SIL
2
HUN
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
LMS
1
LMS
2
EST
1
EST
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
24th5

Superleague Formula

2008

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

2010

NASCAR

(key) (

Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1 results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112Pts
2013Ford Autolix Competition19FordNOGNOGDIJDIJBRHBRHTOUTOUMNZMNZBUG
BUG
25th142
20141VAL
VAL
BRH
BRH
TOU
TOU
NÜR
NÜR
UMB
UMB
BUG
BUG
5th588
2015Active Racing CompetitionFordVAL
VAL
VENVENBRHBRHTOUTOUUMBUMBZOLZOL30th75
2016SPV RacingFordVAL
VAL
VEN
VEN
BRH
BRH
TOU
TOU
11th480
Double T by MRT Nocenti6FordADR
ADR
7ZOL
ZOL
2017Alex Caffi Motorsport1FordVAL
VAL
3rd600
Racers Motorsport7FordBRH
BRH
VEN
VEN
HOC
HOC
FRA
FRA
ZOL
ZOL
2018Alex Caffi Motorsport1FordVAL
VAL
FRAFRABRHBRHTOUTOUHOCHOCZOLZOL35th64

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Garcia, Villarino battle to the end at Nurburgring NASCAR Euro race. Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. 20 July 2014. 16 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Enters Two Cars, Borja Garcia Leads The Title Charge. remususa.com. REMUS. 20 April 2016. 16 August 2019. 16 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190816091739/https://remususa.com/blog/Enters-Two-Cars-Enters-NASCAR/. dead.
  3. Web site: Borja Garcia Sweeps Valencia NASCAR Foes. speedsport.com. Speed Sport. 9 April 2017. 16 August 2019.
  4. Web site: Garcia Nabs First Euro Series Oval Victory. speedsport.com. Speed Sport. 16 July 2017. 16 August 2019.
  5. Web site: Borja Garcia scores inaugural NASCAR win at Hockenheimring. Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. 30 July 2017. 16 August 2019.