Camilo Echevarría (born 31 December 1990) is a racing driver from Argentina. Since 2015, he has competed in Turismo Carretera championship.

Career

Karting

Born in Neuquén, Echevarría drove in the 60cc class between 1999 and 2001, winning the regional championship in both 1999 and 2000. In 2000, Echevarría made his debut in the WKA Manufacturers' Cup. In 2001 Echevarría won the national 60cc championship in a Parilla powered kart. After his success, Echevarría graduated into the 100cc and 125cc classes; he was runner up in the national championship for 125cc karts in 2003 and 2005.

Formula racing

Echevarría made his debut in competitive auto racing in 2007. He drove in the Spanish

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, the Master Junior Formula. He was selected by the

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and

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out of a group of 145 drivers to race in the class. Echevarría competed in three races, in which he scored one podium finish. In 2008, Echevarría competed in the Formula BMW Talent Cup at Circuit Ricardo Tormo, near Valencia, where he beat George Katsinis for the victory and achieved a new lap record for the Formula BMW class. The following season Echevarría competed in six races in Formula Renault 1.6 Argentina.

Touring car racing

In 2009, Echevarría also made his debut in the Top Race V6 Junior class. He won two out of thirteen races in a Ford Mondeo, and ended up third in the championship. After this success he graduated into the

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championship, the series inferior to Turismo Carretera. During the season he scored two podium finishes at Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez. Echevarría continued to grow into the TC Pista series, as in 2011, he won his first race in the class and scored a total of five podium finishes to end up third in the standings. He continued to win races in the TC Pista series in 2012 and 2013. In 2014, Echevarría made his debut in the World Touring Car Championship, replacing

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for the Race of Argentina at

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, as Di Sabatino was only scheduled to drive at the European events. He drove a

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for the team. Echevarria finished seventeenth in race one, equating to third in the TC2 class. During race two Echevarria finished sixteenth overall, second in TC2. In 2015 he debut in Turismo Carretera.

Racing record

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Echevarria, Camilo 1990 births Living people People from Neuquén Argentine racing drivers Formula Renault Argentina drivers TC 2000 Championship drivers World Touring Car Championship drivers Turismo Carretera drivers Súper TC 2000 drivers Engstler Motorsport drivers