Nerea Martí (born 2 January 2002) is a

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. She previously raced in GT CER (Spanish Championship) with BMW Promotion Motorsport, W Series and

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Career

Karting

Martí began karting aged nine through her father's rental kart track. Late in her karting career, she was contracted to Fórmula de Campeones in an attempt to step up into professional racing.

Lower formulae

Martí made her single-seater debut in Spanish Formula 4 in

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, scoring a podium in her first event. A pair of seventh places late in the season would see her finish 16th in the standings and 2nd in the female trophy behind

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W Series

In 2020, Martí qualified for the second edition of the W Series, a

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championship exclusively for women. The season was eventually cancelled as a result of the

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, after which she opted to race in the Spanish Karting Championship, where she finished 8th in the KZ category.

2021

Martí would eventually make her W Series debut in

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. She achieved her first and only podium of the season at the

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, but finished 4th in the standings—as the best rookie—having scored points in all eight rounds.

2022

Martí qualified on

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for the first race of the 2022 season, at the

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. It was her first W Series pole position.

FIA Formula 3

Martí was selected to take part in a one-day

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test at

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in November 2021, alongside fellow W Series driver

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and

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racers

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and

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F1 Academy

Martí was announced as a driver for

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for the inaugural F1 Academy season. She was disqualified in the first race of the first round at

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, but for the second and third race at the same round she managed a P4 and P5 finish respectively, earning her 15 points and taking her to 8th in the championship standings. Martí remained in Campos Racing for

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with support from

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. At the first round at

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in Race 1, Martí was running in fourth but was tagged by

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in the final lap and finished in 14th. In Race 2, she finished the race in fourth but was promoted to third after race winner

was given a post-race 20-second time penalty for crossing the finishing line twice.

Formula E

Martí drove for Andretti in the 2024

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women's test, alongside

teammate

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. She placed 13th in the test.

Personal life

Martí is married to footballer Hugo Duro.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

^* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 Spanish 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 Formula Winter 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 NACAM Formula 4 Championship results

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

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martí, Nerea Spanish racing drivers Spanish female racing drivers 2002 births Living people Spanish F4 Championship drivers W Series drivers F1 Academy drivers People from Horta Nord Sportspeople from the Province of Valencia Campos Racing drivers 21st-century Spanish sportswomen NACAM F4 Championship drivers Formula Winter Series drivers