Juan Pablo García (racing driver)

Juan Pablo García
Juan Pablo García
Nationality	Mexican
Born	October 4, 1987 (age 36); Mexico City
Firestone Indy Lights career
Debut season	2009
Current team	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
Car number	10
Former teams	Belardi Auto Racing; HVM Racing; Michael Crawford Motorsports; Jensen MotorSport; Jeffrey Mark Motorsports; Team Moore Racing
Starts	31
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	6th in 2014
Previous series
2008; 2008; 2007; 2006–07; 2006	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC; Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0; British Formula 3; A1 Grand Prix; Formula Renault 2000 de America

Juan Pablo García (born October 4, 1987) is a Mexican racing driver.

Racing career[edit]

Early career[edit]

Garcia began his professional career in Formula Renault 2000 de America in 2006. He made two A1 Grand Prix starts for A1 Team Mexico that winter and then drove in the British Formula 3 Championship National Class, finishing 7th. In 2008 he drove in Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, finishing 16th, and Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup where he failed to score.

Indy Lights[edit]

In August 2009 he signed on to make his Indy Lights debut for HVM Racing at Infineon Raceway after being inactive for much of the year.^[1] He returned to the team in 2010 and made two late-season road course starts, finishing 6th at Infineon. For 2011 he signed to drive full-time in the series for Jensen MotorSport.^[2] However, he left the team and the series after the fourth race of the season, the Freedom 100, with a best finish of eighth. He returned to Indy Lights in 2012 racing with the Jeffrey Mark Motorsports team. Garcia finished 9th in points with a best finish of 7th (twice). He returned to the series in 2013 with Team Moore Racing for ten races, switching to Belardi Auto Racing for the final two races of the season. He finished eighth in points with a best finish of fourth in the season opener at St. Petersburg.

Racing record[edit]

American open–wheel racing results[edit]

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Indy Lights[edit]

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Rank	Points
2009	HVM Racing	STP1	STP2	LBH	KAN	INDY	MIL	IOW	WGL	TOR	EDM	KTY	MDO	SNM 18	CHI	HMS	31st	12
2010	Michael Crawford Motorsports	STP	ALA	LBH	INDY	IOW	WGL	TOR	EDM	MDO 11	SNM 6	CHI	KTY	HMS			20th	47
2011	Jensen MotorSport	STP 12	ALA 8	LBH 15	INDY 16	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM1	EDM2	TRO	NHM	BAL	KTY	LVS		20th	71
2012	Jeffrey Mark Motorsport	STP 7	ALA 8	LBH 7	INDY 11	DET 9	MIL 11	IOW 14	TOR 8	EDM 9	TRO 10	BAL 9	FON 10				9th	260
2013	Team Moore Racing	STP 4	ALA 8	LBH 6	INDY 9	MIL 5	IOW 6	POC 6	TOR 5	MDO 6	BAL DNS						8th	312
2013	Belardi Auto Racing											HOU 8	FON 6				8th	312
2014	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	STP 7	LBH 8	ALA 7	ALA 6	IND 6	IND 6	INDY 6	POC 4	TOR 8	MDO 10	MDO 6	MIL 7	SNM 4	SNM 9		6th	372

References[edit]

^ HVM Racing to Make Firestone Indy Lights Debut With Garcia Archived 2016-05-13 at the Wayback Machine, IndyCar PR via 1070 the Fan, August 17, 2009, retrieved August 18, 2009
^ "Jensen MotorSport confirms Mexican Driver Juan Pablo Garcia for Indy Lights". jensenmotorsport.com. Jensen MotorSport. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.

External links[edit]

Juan Pablo Garcia career summary at DriverDB.com

[1] HVM Racing to Make Firestone Indy Lights Debut With Garcia Archived 2016-05-13 at the Wayback Machine, IndyCar PR via 1070 the Fan, August 17, 2009, retrieved August 18, 2009

[2] "Jensen MotorSport confirms Mexican Driver Juan Pablo Garcia for Indy Lights". jensenmotorsport.com. Jensen MotorSport. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.

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