Gabriel Ponce de León (born 14 March 1979 in

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) is an Argentine racing driver. He has run in different series, with major success in

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and

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. He won the

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championship in 1998. He debuted in the

championship the following year in the Ford YPF team of

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. Win three titules, in 2001, 2003 and 2005. He was in the team until 2011. He remained in the series for two more years with Fiat Argentina and Honda Argentina factory-backed teams. Since 2002, Ponce de León has been Turismo Carretera driver, where he was vice-champion in 2010. He has also competed in

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, including with the Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina team. He was third in the 2007 championship. TC2000 Ford YPF 2006 Ford Focus

Career

*1996: Formula Renault Argentina *1997: Formula Renault Argentina *1998: Formula Renault Argentina (Champion), TC 2000 (Ford Escort Zetec, YPF Ford) *1999: TC2000 (Ford Escort Zetec, YPF Ford) *2000: TC2000 (Ford Escort Zetec, YPF Ford) *2001: TC2000 (Ford Escort Zetec, YPF Ford) (Champion) *2002: TC2000 (Ford Escort Zetec, YPF Ford); Turismo Carretera (Ford) *2003: TC2000 (Ford Focus Zetecc, YPF Ford) (Champion); Turismo Carretera (Ford) *2004: TC2000 (Ford Focus Zetecc, YPF Ford), won the

200 km de Buenos Aires The 200 km de Buenos Aires is a 200-kilometre touring car race held annually mostly at Autódromo Juan y Óscar Gálvez in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The race is part of TC2000 Championship The TC2000 (''Turismo Competición 2000'', ...

; Turismo Carretera (Ford) *2005: TC2000 (Ford Focus-YPF Ford) (Champion), Turismo Carretera (Ford); TRV6 (Ford) *2006: TC2000 (Ford Focus-YPF Ford); Turismo Carretera (Ford); TRV6 (Ford) *2007: TC2000 (Ford Focus-YPF Ford); Turismo Carretera (Ford); TRV6 (Ford) *2008: TC2000 (Ford Focus-Ford YPF); Turismo Carretera (Ford); TRV6 (Ford) *2009: TC2000 (Ford Focus-Ford YPF); Turismo Carretera (Ford); TRV6 (Ford) *2010: TC2000 (Ford Focus-Ford YPF); Turismo Carretera (Ford) (Vice-champion) *2011: TC2000 (Fiat Linea, Equipo Fiat Oil Combustibles); Turismo Carretera (Ford); Turismo Nacional Clase 3 (Fiat Línea) *2012: Súper TC 2000 (Honda Civic IX, Honda Petrobras); Turismo Carretera (Ford) *2013: Turismo Carretera (Ford); TRV6 (Volkswagen) *2014: Turismo Carretera (Ford) *2015: Turismo Carretera (Ford); , won the 200 km of Buenos Aires (Súper TC 2000; Toyota Corolla, guest driver) *2016: Turismo Carretera (Ford) *2017: Turismo Carretera (Ford); TRV6 (Toyota) *2018: Turismo Carretera (Ford); TRV6 (Toyota) *2019: Turismo Carretera (Ford); TRV6 (Toyota) *2020: Turismo Carretera (Ford)

References

External links

Official site
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