Antonio García

García driving for Cheever Racing in 2008

Antonio García (born June 5, 1980) is a Spanish racing driver from Madrid.

After a childhood in karting, García began racing cars in Formula Renault Campus in 1997. In 1998 he moved to the new Open Fortuna by Nissan series. The series changed its name to World Series by Nissan in 1999 and in 2000, García was the series champion with Campos Motorsport. This success saw García have a part-time opportunity to race in International Formula 3000 in 2001 and make his sports car debut in FIA GT. In 2002 he returned full time to World Series by Nissan, was a test driver for Minardi, and finished 12th in FIA GT. In 2003 he moved full-time to the European Touring Car Championship driving a Ravaglia Motorsport BMW to 8th place in points. He improved to 7th place with the same team in 2004. The series became the World Touring Car Championship in 2005 and he finished 9th in points.

2011 Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype

He made his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut in 2006 but did not participate in any racing full-time. He returned to full-time action in 2007 competing in the Le Mans Series in the Team Modena Aston Martin DBR9, finishing 6th in points. García signed on with the Cheever Racing team in the Rolex Sports Car Series in 2008, but the team struggled with their new Coyote/Fabcar and García only finished 21st in points. He also participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the factory Aston Martin Racing DBR9 which won the GT1 class. He joined Brumos Racing in 2009 to win the 24 Hours of Daytona with teammates David Donohue, Darren Law, and Buddy Rice. He has signed on with Corvette Racing to compete in the full season of the American Le Mans Series in 2009.^[1]

For 2012, Garcia will compete in a full American Le Mans Series season with Corvette Racing and also most Rolex Sports Car Series events with Spirit of Daytona Racing.

García is a good friend of Formula One champion Fernando Alonso from their days together in karting. Alonso attended the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans as a guest of García. García now races for Spirit of Daytona Racing in the Rolex Sports Car Series in the number 90 Daytona Prototype.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2006	LMGT1	62	M	Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0L V12	Russian Age Racing Team Modena	David Brabham Nelson Piquet, Jr.	343	9th	4th
2007	LMGT1	59	M	Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0L V12	Team Modena	Jos Menten Christian Fittipaldi	318	17th	10th
2008	LMGT1	009	M	Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0L V12	Aston Martin Racing	David Brabham Darren Turner	344	13th	1st
2009	LMGT1	63	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	342	15th	1st
2010	LMGT2	63	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet 5.5L V8	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	225	DNF	DNF
2011	LMGTE-PRO	73	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet 5.5L V8	Corvette Racing	Olivier Beretta Tommy Milner	314	11th	1st

References

External links

• Official Website
• Grand Am driver bio

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