Marta García (racing driver)

Marta García López (born 9 August 2000) is a Spanish professional racing driver who most recently competed in F1 Academy for Prema Racing. She became the 2023 F1 Academy champion 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.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is López.
Marta García
Marta García in 2023
NationalitySpain Spanish
Full nameMarta García López
Born (2000-08-09) 9 August 2000
Dénia, Spain
F1 Academy career
Debut season2023
Current teamPrema Racing
Car number15
EngineAutotecnica
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

Personal life

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

She is not related to fellow Spanish racing driver Belén García.

Career

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

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

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

W Series
García during the 2019 W Series, round 14

In 2019, she took part in the inaugural W Series, finishing 4th in the championship. She started from pole position and won the race at the Norisring event.[9]

Marta was set to contest the 2020 championship before it was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] A 10-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 participated in the 2021 W Series season, driving for the newly formed Puma W Series Team.[12] She initially qualified in 7th place for the opening round of the season at the Red Bull Ring, but retired on lap 12 with when her car developed mechanical problems. Four non-points finishes and only a single podium followed, which left García 12th 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 6th in the points standings when the series ended early for financial reasons.

In early 2023, W Series announced the series was no longer running.[13]

F1 Academy

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]

On 5 May 2023, 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]

On 21 October 2023, at the Circuit of the Americas in race one of three of the weekend, García secured the inaugural F1 Academy championship.[17]

Formula Regional European Championship

On 26 October 2023, it was announced Garcia had received a fully-funded seat with Prema Racing for the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship.[17]

Racing record

Career summary
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 Prema Racing

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

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

(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

(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

(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

References
  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. kartcom (2017-04-04). "Marta García et Christian Lundgaard intègrent la Renault Sport Academy". Kartcom (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  5. Wood, Ida (2017-12-08). "Marta Garcia loses Renault F1 backing after one season". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  6. 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. "F1 Academy Champion Marta Garcia to receive FRECA seat". www.formula1.com. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
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