Marta García López (born 9 August 2000) is a

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who currently competes in the

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with

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in GT3. She most recently competed in

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for the team in

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, becoming the inaugural champion of the series with two races to spare. She is a race winner in the W Series and won titles including the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy and the Trofeo delle Industrie in 2015, the oldest kart race in the world.

Personal life

Marta García López was born in Dénia, Spain on 9 August 2000.

Career

Marta García started her motorsports career in

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, where she won titles including the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy in 2015 and the Trofeo delle Industrie of 2015, the oldest kart race in the world, which has previously been won by many Formula 1 champions, such as

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and

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F4 Spanish Championship

In 2016, García made her single-seater debut as a guest driver for

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in the second half of the F4 Spanish Championship. In 2017 she joined

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to contest the full F4 Spanish Championship. Her best race result was a fifth place at

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and she finished the season in ninth overall. She also participated in a single round of the

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Formula One

In 2017, García joined the Renault Sport Academy but was dropped after one season.

W Series

In 2019, she took part in the inaugural W Series, finishing fourth in the championship. She took one victory and one pole position at the

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event. Garcia was set to contest the 2020 championship before it was cancelled in response to the

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. A ten-event

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series was held on ''

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'' in its place, with García taking second place in the championship. García joined the newly-formed Puma team for the 2021 W Series season. She initially qualified in seventh place for the opening round of the season at the

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, but retired on lap twelve with when her car developed mechanical problems. Four non-points finishes and only a single podium followed, which left García twelfth in the standings at the end of the season. She returned for the 2022 W Series, racing for the CortDAO W Series Team, and was sixth in the points standings with one pole and one podium when the series ended early for financial reasons. In early 2023, W Series announced the series was no longer running, at which point she was now racing in F1 Academy. She left W Series with one win, four podiums, and two poles.

F1 Academy

On 21 March 2023, García was confirmed to be driving in the newly launched all-female

series, for the

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team. Garcia began the season at the

, taking pole position for races 1 and 3, then winning those races. At

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, García qualified in pole position for races one and two; however, she was later judged to have track limit infringements during the first qualifying session and lost pole position for race one. During the final round at

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in race one of three of the weekend, García secured the inaugural F1 Academy championship. She ended the season with seven wins and five poles, the most of any driver on that lineup.

Formula Regional European Championship

Following García's success in F1 Academy, she received a fully-funded seat in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship with

. However, in April, she announced that she would switch to

for the season to partner Mercedes junior

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, as the Italian team makes its debut in the series.

Formula E

García made her debut in

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machinery when she took part in the

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rookie test with the

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in May 2024. In November of the same year, she took part in the 2024-25 pre-season women's test with Porsche Formula E Team. She placed 8th in the test.

GT racing

On August 19, 2024, the

announced García would make her GT racing debut in the

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. She finished second on track in race 1, but a penalty dropped her to fifth. She won the second race, and finished with the fastest lap in both races. In the season finale, she qualified third for both races. She was taken out in race 1 while battling for a podium position, but came away from race 2 with the victory.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

^† As García was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† As García was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points.

Complete SMP F4 Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete W Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete F1 Academy results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Le Mans Cup results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate the fastest lap)

References

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