Marc Carol Ybarra (born 14 February 1985) is a Spanish
auto racing
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Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...
driver.
Career
Carol competed in the
Formula BMW
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Junior Cup Iberia in 2001, where he finished fourth.
[http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/4249/career/ Career statistics at Driver Database] He also won the Spanish
Citroën Saxo
The Citroën Saxo was a supermini produced by the French manufacturer Citroën from 1996 to 2004. It was sold in Japan as the Citroën Chanson, because Honda had registered the "Saxo" name. As a badge engineered variant of the Peugeot 106 (whi ...
Cup that year.
In 2002 he finished fifth in the Spanish Formula Junior 1600 series.
Carol won the Spanish SEAT León Supercopa in 2004,
[ ] and he was rewarded with a one-off drive for
SEAT Sport
Cupra Racing, formerly known as SEAT Sport, is the high-performance motorsport subsidiary of the Spanish automobile manufacturer SEAT, founded in 1985, succeeding the "SEAT Special Vehicles department" which had been formed in 1971 with the miss ...
in the 2005
World Touring Car Championship
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at the
Race of Spain at
Circuit Ricardo Tormo
Circuit Ricardo Tormo, also known as ''Circuit de Valencia'' and officially named ''Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo'', is a motorsport race track located in Cheste (Valencian Community, Spain) and built in 1999. The track is n ...
.
He finished the first race tenth, and the second race in eighth, scoring one championship point.
Carol returned to the Supercopa in 2007, finishing thirteenth.
He also competed in the
Spanish GT Championship
The Spanish GT Championship / Iber GT (''Campeonato de España de GT / Iber GT'') was a Spanish auto racing series founded in 1999 and organised by the GT Sport Organización. The series runs multiple classes of grand tourer cars in events aroun ...
in 2007 and 2008.
Carol also won the Spanish Endurance Championship in 2008.
He currently leads the SEAT León Supercopa in 2009.
Racing record
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
(
key
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Notes
References
External links
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1985 births
Living people
Spanish racing drivers
World Touring Car Championship drivers
Cupra Racing drivers