Juan Pablo García (born October 4, 1987) is a Mexican racing driver.
Racing career
Early career
Garcia began his professional career in
Formula Renault 2000 de America in 2006. He made two
A1 Grand Prix
A1 Grand Prix (A1GP) was a "single-make" open-wheel auto racing series that ran from 2005 until 2009. It was unique in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themselves or a team, the usual format in most for ...
starts for
A1 Team Mexico that winter and then drove in the
British Formula 3 Championship
The British Formula Three Championship was an international motor racing series that took place primarily in the United Kingdom with a small number of events in mainland Europe. It was a junior-level feeder formula that used small single seat ...
National Class, finishing 7th. In 2008 he drove in
Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup
The Formula Renault Northern European Cup (formerly Formula Renault 2.0 NEC) was a Formula Renault, Formula Renault 2.0 championship originally held in Northern Europe (Germany, Netherlands and Belgium), but has expanded over the years to the whol ...
, finishing 16th, and
Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup where he failed to score.
Indy Lights
In August 2009 he signed on to make his
Indy Lights
Indy NXT, previously Indy Lights, is an American developmental automobile racing series sanctioned by IndyCar, currently known as Firestone Indy NXT Series for sponsorship reasons. Indy Lights is the highest step on the Road to Indy, a progra ...
debut for
HVM Racing at
Infineon Raceway
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after being inactive for much of the year. 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.
However, he left the team and the series after the fourth race of the season, the
Freedom 100
The Freedom 100 was an automobile race held annually at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, as part of the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires. The event was a support race for the IndyCar Series Indianapolis 500, and since 2 ...
, with a best finish of eighth. He returned to Indy Lights in
2012
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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
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with
Team Moore Racing
Team Moore Racing was an auto racing team that competed in the Firestone Indy Lights series. It was owned by former racer Tom Wood and Mark Moore and is based in Pittsboro, Indiana.
The team was formed in 2007 with Wood driving. However, after t ...
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
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.
Racing record
American open–wheel racing results
(
key)
Indy Lights
References
External links
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1987 births
Mexican racing drivers
A1 Team Mexico drivers
Latin America Formula Renault 2000 drivers
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers
Formula Renault Eurocup drivers
British Formula Three Championship drivers
Indy Lights drivers
Living people
HVM Racing drivers
Team Moore Racing drivers
Belardi Auto Racing drivers
Arrow McLaren SP drivers
Fluid Motorsport Development drivers
Motopark Academy drivers
Racing drivers from Mexico City