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Marta García (racing driver)

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is López.
Marta García
García in 2019
NationalitySpain Spanish
Full nameMarta García López
Born (2000-08-09) 9 August 2000 (age 24)
Dénia, Spain
F1 Academy
Years active2023
Car number15
EngineAutotecnica
Former teamsPrema Racing
Starts21 (21 entries)
Championships1
Wins7
Podiums12
Poles5
Fastest laps6
Best finish1st in 2023
Previous series
2019–2022
2017
2016–2017		W Series
SMP F4 Championship
Spanish F4 Championship
Championship titles
2023F1 Academy

Marta García López (born 9 August 2000) is a Spanish racing driver who currently competes in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship with Iron Dames. She most recently competed in F1 Academy for the team in 2023, becoming the inaugural champion of the series with two races to spare. She is a race winner in the W Series and won titles including the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy and the Trofeo delle Industrie in 2015, the oldest kart race in the world.

Personal life

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Marta García López was born in Dénia, Spain on 9 August 2000.[1][2]

Career

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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.[3][4][5]

F4 Spanish Championship

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In 2016, García made her single-seater debut as a guest driver for Drivex in the second half of the F4 Spanish Championship.[6]

In 2017 she joined MP Motorsport to contest the full F4 Spanish Championship. Her best race result was a fifth place at Circuito de Jerez and she finished the season in ninth overall.[7] She also participated in a single round of the SMP F4 Championship.[5]

Formula One

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In 2017, García joined the Renault Sport Academy but was dropped after one season.[4][5][6][8]

W Series

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In 2019, she took part in the inaugural W Series, finishing fourth in the championship. She took one victory and one pole position at the Norisring event.[9]

Garcia was set to contest the 2020 championship before it was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] A ten-event eSports series was held on iRacing in its place, with García taking second place in the championship.[11]

García competing in W Series at the Circuit of the Americas in October 2021.

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

She returned for the 2022 W Series, racing for the CortDAO W Series Team, and was sixth in the points standings with one pole and one podium when the series ended early for financial reasons.

In early 2023, W Series announced the series was no longer running, at which point she was now racing in F1 Academy. She left W Series with one win, four podiums, and two poles.[13]

F1 Academy

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García won the inaugural F1 Academy championship.

On 21 March 2023, García was confirmed to be driving in the newly launched all-female F1 Academy series, for the Prema Racing team.[14][15]

Garcia began the season at the Red Bull Ring, taking pole position for races 1 and 3, then winning those races. At Circuit Ricardo Tormo, García qualified in pole position for races one and two; however, she was later judged to have track limit infringements during the first qualifying session and lost pole position for race one.[16]

During the final round at Circuit of the Americas in race one of three of the weekend, García secured the inaugural F1 Academy championship.[17] She ended the season with seven wins and five poles, the most of any driver on that lineup.

Formula Regional European Championship

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García driving in FRECA in 2024

Following García's success in F1 Academy, she received a fully-funded seat in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship with Prema Racing.[17] However, in April, she announced that she would switch to Iron Dames for the season to partner Mercedes junior Doriane Pin, as the Italian team makes its debut in the series.[18]

Formula E

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García made her debut in Formula E machinery when she took part in the Berlin rookie test with the ERT Formula E Team in May 2024.[19] In November of the same year, she took part in the 2024-25 pre-season women's test with Porsche Formula E Team.[20] She placed 8th in the test.[21]

GT racing

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On August 19, 2024, the Iron Dames announced García would make her GT racing debut in the Ligier European Series.[22] She finished second on track in race 1, but a penalty dropped her to fifth. She won the second race, and finished with the fastest lap in both races.[23] In the season finale, she qualified third for both races. She was taken out in race 1 while battling for a podium position, but came away from race 2 with the victory.[24]

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2010 Copa de Campeones — Alevín NC
2011 WSK Master Series — 60 Mini AV Racers
Spanish Championship — Alevín 8th
Italian Championship — 60 Mini 40th
WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini AV Racers NC
Copa de Campeones — Alevín 3rd
2012 Spanish Championship — Cadet 10th
WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini Luxor Racing Team 4th
Copa de Campeones — Cadete 17th
2013 42° Trofeo delle Industrie — KF3 34th
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — KFJ NC
WSK Master Series — KFJ Garcia Pino 31st
WSK Euro Series — KFJ M2 Racing Karts NC
Spanish Championship — KF3 2nd
CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ AV Racers Intnal 25th
CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ Garcia, Francisco NC
CIK-FIA International Super Cup — KFJ Garcia, Francisco 9th
WSK Final Cup — KFJ Garcia Pino 25th
2014 South Garda Winter Cup — KFJ NC
Rotax Max Wintercup — Rotax Max Junior 26th
Rotax Euro Challenge — Junior 23rd
Rotax International Open — Junior 10th
WSK Champions Cup — KFJ Zanardi Strakka Racing 21st
WSK Super Master Series — KFJ 38th
Spanish Championship — KFJ 2nd
CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ Zanardi Strakka Racing NC
CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ Garcia, Francisco NC
CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy 14th
WSK Final Cup — KFJ Garcia Francisco 23rd
2015 South Garda Winter Cup — KFJ 15th
Rotax Max Wintercup — Rotax Max Junior 23rd
42° Trofeo delle Industrie — KF3 1st
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — KFJ 14th
WSK Super Master Series — KFJ GARCIA FRANCISCO 10th
WSK Gold Cup — KFJ 14th
Spanish Championship — Junior 5th
CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ Garcia, Francisco 4th
CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ 13th
CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy 1st
WSK Final Cup — KFJ GARCIA FRANCISCO 9th
2016 Rotax Max Wintercup — Rotax Max Senior 23rd
WSK Super Master Series — KFJ Evokart Srl 9th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK Marquez, Vicente 4th
CIK-FIA International Super Cup — KZ2 Evokart Srl NC
2018 Spanish Championship — KZ2 5th
CIK-FIA European Championship — KZ2 unomatricula k-team NC

Racing record

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Career summary

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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 21 7 5 6 12 278 1st
2024 Formula Regional European Championship Iron Dames 20 0 0 0 0 0 28th
Ligier European Series - JS2 R Iron Dames by M Racing 4 2 0 3 2 71 8th

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

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

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(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 SMP F4 Championship results

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(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 Pos Points
2017 MP Motorsport SOC
1 		SOC
2 		SOC
3 		SMO
1 		SMO
2 		SMO
3 		AHV
1 		AHV
2 		AHV
3 		AUD
1 		AUD
2 		AUD
3 		MSC1
1
17 		MSC1
2
Ret 		MSC1
3
6 		MSC2
1 		MSC2
2 		MSC2
3 		ASS
1 		ASS
2 		ASS
3 		17th 8

Complete W Series results

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(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

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(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
Ret 		USA
3
3 		1st 278

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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(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 DC Points
2024 Iron Dames HOC
1
24 		HOC
2
25 		SPA
1
21 		SPA
2
15 		ZAN
1
24 		ZAN
2
22 		HUN
1
20 		HUN
2
Ret 		MUG
1
31 		MUG
2
27 		LEC
1
18 		LEC
2
20 		IMO
1
23 		IMO
2
17 		RBR
1
23 		RBR
2
14 		CAT
1
29 		CAT
2
24 		MNZ
1
20 		MNZ
2
24 		28th 0

References

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  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. ^ "Trofeo delle Industrie: the oldest race in the world". Vroomkart.com. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b kartcom (2017-04-04). "Marta García et Christian Lundgaard intègrent la Renault Sport Academy". Kartcom (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  5. ^ a b c Wood, Ida (2017-12-08). "Marta Garcia loses Renault F1 backing after one season". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  6. ^ a b Becker, Florian (2017-04-02). "Frauenpower bei Renault: Mit Marta Garcia kommt Ersatz für Carmen Jorda". Motorsport-Magazin.com (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  7. ^ "Marta Garcia dropped by Renault after one season in Spanish F4". www.motorsport.com. 2017-12-07. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  8. ^ Ávila, Diego (2017-04-03). "Marta García, la joven promesa que llega a la Renault Sport Academy". Actualidad Motor (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  9. ^ "W Series: Marta Garcia wins in Norisring with Jamie Chadwick third". BBC. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  10. ^ "W Series cancels 2020 season but reveals plans for F1 support races in 2021 | Formula 1®".
  11. ^ "W Series Esports League Ends On A High At Silverstone". W Series. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  12. ^ "W Series introduces new team structure from this season".
  13. ^ "W Series: All-female championship enters administration after failing to secure funding". BBC. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  14. ^ Wood, Ida (2023-03-21). "Prema adds W Series race-winner Marta Garcia to F1 Academy line-up". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "Round 2 qualifying results amended". F1 Academy. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  17. ^ a b "F1 Academy Champion Marta Garcia to receive FRECA seat". www.formula1.com. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  18. ^ Wood, Ida (18 April 2024). "Iron Dames to enter FREC with Garcia and Pin as driver line-up". Formula Scout. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  19. ^ "ERT Announce F1 Academy Champion Marta García For Their Berlin Rookie Test". The Official Home of Formula E. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  20. ^ "Gabriela Jílková and Marta García to test the Porsche 99X Electric". Porsche Newsroom. 2024-10-18. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  21. ^ "Pulling Fastest In Formula E's First Women's Test". Formula E. 2024-11-08. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  22. ^ "IRON DAMES | IRON DAME MARTA GARCIA TO MAKE HER DEBUT IN THE LIGIER EUROPEAN SERIES AT SPA". IRON DAMES. 2024-08-19. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  23. ^ "Marta García takes debut victory in Ligier European Series | GRR". www.goodwood.com. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  24. ^ RACERS (2024-10-21). "Marta García takes second win in two Ligier European Series weekends". Racers. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
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