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Revision as of 15:28, 21 October 2023

Marta García
Marta García in 2019
NationalitySpain Spanish
Full nameMarta García López
Born (2000-08-09) 9 August 2000 (age 24)
Denia, Spain
F1 Academy career
Debut season2023
Current teamPrema Racing
Car number15
EngineAutotecnica
Starts19 (19 entries)
Championships1
Wins7
Podiums11
Poles5
Fastest laps6
Best finish1st in 2023
Previous series
20192022
2017
20162017
W Series
SMP F4 Championship
Spanish F4 Championship

Marta García López (born 9 August 2000)[1][2] is a Spanish professional racing driver.[3]

Personal life

Marta García López was born in Dénia, Spain on 9 August 2000.

She is not related to fellow Spanish racing driver Belén García.[citation needed]

Career

Marta García started her motorsports career in kart racing, where she won titles including the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy in 2015 and the Trofeo delle Industrie of 2015, the oldest kart race in the world, which has previously been won by many Formula 1 champions, such as Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel.[4]

W Series

In 2019, she took part in the inaugural W Series, finishing 4th in the championship. She started from pole position and won the race at the Norisring event.[5]

Marta was set to contest the 2020 championship before it was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] A 10-event eSports series was held on iRacing in its place, with Garcia taking second place in the championship.[7]

García participated in the 2021 W Series season, driving for the newly formed Puma W Series Team.[8] She initially qualified in 7th place for the opening round of the season at the Red Bull Ring, but retired on lap 12 with when her car developed mechanical problems. Four non-points finishes and only a single podium followed, which left García 12th in the standings at the end of the season.

She returned for the 2022 W Series, racing for the CortDAO W Series Team.

F1 Academy

On 21 March 2023, Garcia was confirmed to be driving in the newly launched all-female F1 Academy series, for the Prema Racing team.[9]

On 5 May 2023, at circuit Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Garcia qualified in pole position for races 1 and 2; however, she was later judged to have track limit infringements during the first qualifying session and lost pole position for race 1.[10]

On 21 October 2023, at the Circuit of the Americas in race 1 of 3 of the weekend Garcia secured the inaugral F1 Academy championship.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2016 F4 Spanish Championship Drivex 11 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2017 F4 Spanish Championship MP Motorsport 20 0 0 0 0 70 9th
SMP F4 Championship 3 0 0 0 0 8 17th
2019 W Series Hitech GP 6 1 1 0 2 66 4th
2021 W Series Puma W Series Team 7 0 0 0 1 21 12th
2022 W Series CortDAO W Series Team 7 0 1 0 1 45 6th
2023 F1 Academy Prema Racing 18 6 4 5 10 235 1st*

As García was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress

Marta García competing in W Series in Austin, Texas in October of 2021.

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2016 Drivex NAV
1
NAV
2
NAV
3
ALC
1
ALC
2
ALC
3
ALG
1
ALG
2
ALG
3
VAL
1

5
VAL
2

5
VAL
3

6
CAT
1

5
CAT
2

6
JAR
1

8
JAR
2

8
JAR
3

7
JER
1

5
JER
2

7
JER
3

5
NC† 0
2017 MP Motorsport ALC
1

10
ALC
2

6
ALC
3

6
NAV1
1

9
NAV1
2

12
NAV1
3

7
CAT
1

8
CAT
2

9
JER
1

6
JER
2

5
JER
3

13†
NAV2
1

7
NAV2
2

10
NAV2
3

6
NOG
1

8
NOG
2

10
NOG
3

7
EST
1

11
EST
2

9
EST
3

8
9th 70

As García was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points.

Complete W Series results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2019 Hitech GP HOC
3
ZOL
4
MIS
6
NOR
1
ASS
9
BRH
8
4th 66
2021 Puma W Series Team RBR1
Ret
RBR2
12
SIL
12
HUN
7
SPA
3
ZAN
18
COA1
15
COA2
DNS
12th 21
2022 CortDAO W Series Team MIA1
11
MIA2
9
CAT
6
SIL
18
LEC
6
HUN
4
SIN
3
6th 45

Complete F1 Academy results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2023 Prema Racing RBR
1

1
RBR
2

7
RBR
3

1
CRT
1

6
CRT
2

5
CRT
3

1
CAT
1

3
CAT
2

2
CAT
3

3
ZAN
1

Ret
ZAN
2

2
ZAN
3

4
MON
1

1
MON
2

6
MON
3

5
LEC
1

6
LEC
2

1
LEC
3

1
USA
1

1
USA
2

USA
3

1st* 235*

* Season still in progress

References

  1. ^ "Marta Garcia Profile - Bio, News, High-Res Photos & High Quality Videos". www.motorsport.com. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Marta Garcia". Prema Racing. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Marta Garcia, a girl from the cover of HelloMonaco, takes P3 in W-Series race". HelloMonaco. 7 May 2019. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Trofeo delle Industrie: the oldest race in the world". Vroomkart.com. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  5. ^ "W Series: Marta Garcia wins in Norisring with Jamie Chadwick third". BBC. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  6. ^ "W Series cancels 2020 season but reveals plans for F1 support races in 2021 | Formula 1®".
  7. ^ "W Series Esports League Ends On A High At Silverstone". W Series. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  8. ^ "W Series introduces new team structure from this season".
  9. ^ Wood, Ida (2023-03-21). "Prema adds W Series race-winner Marta Garcia to F1 Academy line-up". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  10. ^ "Round 2 qualifying results amended". F1 Academy. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-05.