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

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starts for A1 Team Mexico that winter and then drove in the

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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

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debut for HVM Racing at

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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

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, with a best finish of eighth. He returned to Indy Lights in

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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

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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

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Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

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Indy Lights

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Juan Pablo 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