Juan Pablo García (racing driver)

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

Juan Pablo García
NationalityMexico Mexican
Born (1987-10-04) October 4, 1987 (age 37)
Mexico City
Firestone Indy Lights career
Debut season2009
Current teamSchmidt Peterson Motorsports
Car number10
Former teamsBelardi Auto Racing
HVM Racing
Michael Crawford Motorsports
Jensen MotorSport
Jeffrey Mark Motorsports
Team Moore Racing
Starts31
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish6th 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

Racing career

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Early career

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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

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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

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American open–wheel racing results

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(key)

Indy Lights

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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
Belardi Auto Racing HOU
8
FON
6
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

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  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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