Borja García


Borja García is a Spanish racing driver. He last competed in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, having last driven for Alex Caffi Motorsport in a part-time effort in 2018. He was the 2004 Spanish Formula Three champion, and raced in the inaugural GP2 Series season.

Career

Garcia was born in Valencia. His career started in karting in 1993, where he stayed until 1999. He moved up to Spanish Formula Toyota in 2000, comfortably winning the title, before moving to Formula Nissan 2000 in 2001 with the Campos team, who now race in GP2 Series. He stayed in Nissan 2000 for 2002, driving for both the Esuela Lois and Venturini teams, whilst also racing some of the Spanish Formula Three season for the GTA team.
He raced the full Spanish F3 season in 2003 with the same team, before moving to the Racing Engineering outfit in 2004 with whom he won the title. Due to his success he stayed with the team as they moved to GP2 Series for 2005, where he partnered with Neel Jani.
In 2006 he raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series championship for the RC Motorsport team, finishing second overall behind Alx Danielsson. He returned to GP2 in 2007, driving for Durango. He moved back to FR3.5 for 2008.
He was the driver of the Sevilla FC entry in the Superleague Formula for the 2008 season. He was the driver for all the rounds and Sevilla finished 10th in points with one win at the 2008 Donington round.
In 2009 he moved to the Atlantic Championship, where he would finish in seventh in the championship having scored 3 podium finishes.
Garcia made his stock car racing debut in 2013, when he entered the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series season finale round at Le Mans for Ford Autolix Competition and would score a podium finish in his very first race in the series. He made his full season debut the following year, finishing fifth in the championship and scoring a victory at Nürburgring after Garcia overtook pole sitter Ander Vilariño in the opening lap. After competing part-time in 2015, Garcia returned to full-time competition in 2016 with SPV Racing and later Double T by MRT Nocentini, finishing 11th overall in the standings with 4 podium finishes.
In 2017, Garcia began the season by sweeping both races in his home race in Valencia. He followed it up with two more victories at Venray and Hockenheim before ended up finishing third in the standings.

Racing record

Complete GP2 Series results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617181920212223DCPoints
2005Racing EngineeringIMO
FEA
Ret		IMO
SPR
10		CAT
FEA
Ret		CAT
SPR
10		MON
FEA
10		NÜR
FEA
Ret		NÜR
SPR
EX		MAG
FEA
Ret		MAG
SPR
12		SIL
FEA
17		SIL
SPR
9		HOC
FEA
17		HOC
SPR
5		HUN
FEA
11		HUN
SPR
Ret		IST
FEA
3		IST
SPR
5		MNZ
FEA
Ret		MNZ
SPR
10		SPA
FEA
6		SPA
SPR
2		BHR
FEA
19		BHR
SPR
17		14th17.5
2007DurangoBHR
FEA
8		BHR
SPR
4		CAT
FEA
5		CAT
SPR
14		MON
FEA
16		MAG
FEA
12		MAG
SPR
20		SIL
FEA
20		SIL
SPR
17		NÜR
FEA
19		NÜR
SPR
12		HUN
FEA
5		HUN
SPR
5		IST
FEA
5		IST
SPR
4		MNZ
FEA
Ret		MNZ
SPR
19		SPA
FEA
16		SPA
SPR
17		VAL
FEA
5		VAL
SPR
4		10th28

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617DCPoints
2006RC MotorsportZOL
1
3		ZOL
2
2		MON
1
DNQ		IST
1
2		IST
2
Ret		MIS
1
5		MIS
2
17		SPA
1
4		SPA
2
1		NÜR
1
2		NÜR
2
6		DON
1
6		DON
2
3		LMS
1
11		LMS
2
3		CAT
1
23		CAT
2
9		2nd107
2008RC MotorsportMNZ
1
6		MNZ
2
Ret		SPA
1
Ret		SPA
2
15		MON
1
11		SIL
1		SIL
2		HUN
1		HUN
2		NÜR
1		NÜR
2		LMS
1		LMS
2		EST
1		EST
2		CAT
1		CAT
2		24th5

Superleague Formula

2008

2010

NASCAR

Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1