Borja García (racing driver)

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
Nationality Spanish
Born (1982-12-15) 15 December 1982 (age 41)
Valencia
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career
Debut season2013
Racing licence FIA Silver
Starts44
Wins5
Poles6
Fastest laps7
Best finish3rd in 2017
Finished last season35th in 2018
Previous series
20132018

2008, 2010
2006, 2008
2005, 2007
20032004
2001–2002
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
Superleague Formula
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
GP2 Series
Spanish F3 Championship
World Series by Nissan
Championship titles
2004Spanish F3 Champion

Career

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Garcia's Euro Series car at Venray in 2017

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

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Complete GP2 Series results

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(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

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(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

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2008

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(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

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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

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(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

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NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1 results
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
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

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  1. ^ "Garcia, Villarino battle to the end at Nurburgring NASCAR Euro race". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Borja Garcia Sweeps Valencia NASCAR Foes". speedsport.com. Speed Sport. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Garcia Nabs First Euro Series Oval Victory". speedsport.com. Speed Sport. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Borja Garcia scores inaugural NASCAR win at Hockenheimring". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Spanish Formula Three champion
2004
Succeeded by