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.
| Marta García | |
|---|---|
 García in 2019 | |
| Nationality |  Spanish |
| Full name | Marta García López |
| Born | 9 August 2000 Dénia, Spain |
| F1 Academy | |
| Years active | 2023 |
| Car number | 15 |
| Engine | Autotecnica |
| Former teams | Prema Racing |
| Starts | 21 (21 entries) |
| Championships | 1 |
| Wins | 7 |
| Podiums | 12 |
| Poles | 5 |
| Fastest laps | 6 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2023 |
| Previous series | |
| 2019–2022 2017 2016–2017 | W Series SMP F4 Championship Spanish F4 Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2023 | F1 Academy |
Personal life
editMarta García López was born in Dénia, Spain on 9 August 2000.[1][2]
Career
editMarta 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
editIn 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
editIn 2017, García joined the Renault Sport Academy but was dropped after one season.[4][5][6][8]
W Series
editIn 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 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
edit
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
edit
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
editGarcía 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
editOn 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
editKarting career summary
edit| 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
editCareer summary
edit| 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
edit(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
edit(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
edit(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
edit(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
edit- ^ "Marta Garcia Profile - Bio, News, High-Res Photos & High Quality Videos". www.motorsport.com. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Marta Garcia". Prema Racing. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Trofeo delle Industrie: the oldest race in the world". Vroomkart.com. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ a b kartcom (2017-04-04). "Marta García et Christian Lundgaard intègrent la Renault Sport Academy". Kartcom (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ a b c Wood, Ida (2017-12-08). "Marta Garcia loses Renault F1 backing after one season". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Marta Garcia dropped by Renault after one season in Spanish F4". www.motorsport.com. 2017-12-07. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "W Series: Marta Garcia wins in Norisring with Jamie Chadwick third". BBC. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ "W Series cancels 2020 season but reveals plans for F1 support races in 2021 | Formula 1®".
- ^ "W Series Esports League Ends On A High At Silverstone". W Series. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "W Series introduces new team structure from this season".
- ^ "W Series: All-female championship enters administration after failing to secure funding". BBC. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ^ Wood, Ida (2023-03-21). "Prema adds W Series race-winner Marta Garcia to F1 Academy line-up". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Round 2 qualifying results amended". F1 Academy. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
- ^ a b "F1 Academy Champion Marta Garcia to receive FRECA seat". www.formula1.com. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (18 April 2024). "Iron Dames to enter FREC with Garcia and Pin as driver line-up". Formula Scout. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Gabriela Jílková and Marta García to test the Porsche 99X Electric". Porsche Newsroom. 2024-10-18. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
- ^ "Pulling Fastest In Formula E's First Women's Test". Formula E. 2024-11-08. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Marta García takes debut victory in Ligier European Series | GRR". www.goodwood.com. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ RACERS (2024-10-21). "Marta García takes second win in two Ligier European Series weekends". Racers. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
External links
edit
- Official website
- Marta García career summary at DriverDB.com
- Marta García on Twitter