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.
| Borja García | |
|---|---|
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| Nationality |  Spanish |
| Born | 15 December 1982 Valencia |
| NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career | |
| Debut season | 2013 |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver |
| Starts | 44 |
| Wins | 5 |
| Poles | 6 |
| Fastest laps | 7 |
| Best finish | 3rd in 2017 |
| Finished last season | 35th in 2018 |
| Previous series | |
| 2013–2018 2008, 2010 2006, 2008 2005, 2007 2003–2004 2001–2002 | NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Superleague Formula Formula Renault 3.5 Series GP2 Series Spanish F3 Championship World Series by Nissan |
| Championship titles | |
| 2004 | Spanish F3 Champion |
Career
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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
editComplete GP2 Series results
edit(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 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Racing Engineering | IMO FEA Ret |
IMO SPR 10 |
CAT FEA Ret |
CAT SPR 10 |
MON FEA 10† |
NÜR FEA Ret |
NÜR SPR EX |
MAG FEA Ret |
MAG SPR 12 |
SIL FEA 17 |
SIL SPR 9 |
HOC FEA 7 |
HOC SPR 5 |
HUN FEA 11 |
HUN SPR Ret |
IST FEA 3 |
IST SPR 5 |
MNZ FEA Ret |
MNZ SPR 10 |
SPA FEA 6 |
SPA SPR 2 |
BHR FEA 19 |
BHR SPR 17 |
14th | 17.5 |
| 2007 | Durango | BHR FEA 8 |
BHR SPR 4 |
CAT FEA 5 |
CAT SPR 14 |
MON FEA 16† |
MAG FEA 14 |
MAG SPR 20† |
SIL FEA 20† |
SIL SPR 17 |
NÜR FEA 19 |
NÜR SPR 12 |
HUN FEA 5 |
HUN SPR 5 |
IST FEA 5 |
IST SPR 4 |
MNZ FEA Ret |
MNZ SPR 19 |
SPA FEA 16 |
SPA SPR 17 |
VAL FEA 5 |
VAL SPR 4 |
10th | 28 |
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
edit(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 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | RC Motorsport | ZOL 1 3 |
ZOL 2 2 |
MON 1 DNQ |
IST 1 2 |
IST 2 Ret |
MIS 1 5 |
MIS 2 17 |
SPA 1 4 |
SPA 2 1 |
NÜR 1 2 |
NÜR 2 6 |
DON 1 6 |
DON 2 3 |
LMS 1 11 |
LMS 2 3 |
CAT 1 23 |
CAT 2 9 |
2nd | 107 |
| 2008 | RC Motorsport | MNZ 1 6 |
MNZ 2 Ret |
SPA 1 Ret |
SPA 2 15 |
MON 1 11 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
LMS 1 |
LMS 2 |
EST 1 |
EST 2 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
24th | 5 |
Superleague Formula
edit2008
edit(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Operator | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Position | Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Sevilla FC | GTA Motor Competición | DON | NÜR | ZOL | EST | VAL | JER | 10th | 262 | ||||||
| 10 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 11 | |||||
2010
edit| Year | Team | Operator | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Position | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Sporting CP | Reid Motorsport | SIL |
ASS |
MAG |
JAR |
NÜR |
ZOL |
BRH |
ADR |
POR |
ORD |
NAV |
15th | 329 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 11 | X | 18 | 5 | X | 11 | 5 | X | 18 | 13 | X | 12 | 7 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||
NASCAR
edit(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
edit| NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1 results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | NWES | Pts | |||
| 2013 | Ford Autolix Competition | 19 | Ford | NOG | NOG | DIJ | DIJ | BRH | BRH | TOU | TOU | MNZ | MNZ | BUG 2 |
BUG 16 |
25th | 142 | |||
| 2014 | 1 | VAL 21 |
VAL 2 |
BRH 5 |
BRH 4 |
TOU 8 |
TOU 6 |
NÜR 1** |
NÜR 2 |
UMB 4 |
UMB 4 |
BUG 20 |
BUG 11 |
5th | 588 | |||||
| 2015 | Active Racing Competition | Ford | VAL 4 |
VAL 9 |
VEN | VEN | BRH | BRH | TOU | TOU | UMB | UMB | ZOL | ZOL | 30th | 75 | ||||
| 2016 | SPV Racing | Ford | VAL 3* |
VAL 3 |
VEN 3 |
VEN 2 |
BRH 5 |
BRH 4 |
TOU 8 |
TOU 16 |
11th | 480 | ||||||||
| Double T by MRT Nocenti | 6 | Ford | ADR 23 |
ADR 22 |
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| 7 | ZOL 22 |
ZOL 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Alex Caffi Motorsport | 1 | Ford | VAL 1** |
VAL 1* |
3rd | 600 | |||||||||||||
| Racers Motorsport | 7 | Ford | BRH 2 |
BRH 9 |
VEN 2 |
VEN 1** |
HOC 1** |
HOC 6 |
FRA 9 |
FRA 15 |
ZOL 6 |
ZOL 6 | ||||||||
| 2018 | Alex Caffi Motorsport | 1 | Ford | VAL 5 |
VAL 5 |
FRA | FRA | BRH | BRH | TOU | TOU | HOC | HOC | ZOL | ZOL | 35th | 64 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Garcia, Villarino battle to the end at Nurburgring NASCAR Euro race". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Enters Two Cars, Borja Garcia Leads The Title Charge". remususa.com. REMUS. 20 April 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Borja Garcia Sweeps Valencia NASCAR Foes". speedsport.com. Speed Sport. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Garcia Nabs First Euro Series Oval Victory". speedsport.com. Speed Sport. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Borja Garcia scores inaugural NASCAR win at Hockenheimring". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
External links
edit- Official website
- Borja García driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Borja García career summary at DriverDB.com