Oscar Alberto Hidalgo Forcelledo (born 9 October 1982 in
Puebla
Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...
) is a Mexican
auto racing
Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition.
Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...
driver. His father, also named Oscar, was a racing driver as well, and competed in the
1989 480km of Mexico, the final round of the
1989 World Sportscar Championship season
The 1989 World Sportscar Championship season was the 37th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1989 FIA World Sports Prototype Championship, which was open to Group C1 Sports Prototypes, Group C2 Sports Prot ...
.
Career
Hidalgo finished third in the 2004
Formula Renault 2000 de America
The Panam GP Series is the replacement of the Mexican Formula Three Championship. In 2002 began as Mexican Formula Renault, but in 2005 started an internationalization process in Central America and North of South America. In 2008, the series fe ...
series.
[http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/7135/career/ Career statistics at Driver Database] He then finished runner-up in 2005. He finished 11th in the
2006 season.
He competed at two rounds of the 2007 season.
The series was cancelled during the 2008 season.
Hidalgo raced for the
Wiechers-Sport
Wiechers-Sport is a German auto racing team which is based in Nienburg. The team was first established in 1999, competing in German touring cars. The team currently competes in the World Touring Car Championship.
World Touring Car Championship
B ...
team at his local round of the
2006 World Touring Car Championship season
The 2006 World Touring Car Championship season was the third season of FIA World Touring Car Championship motor racing. It featured a ten event, twenty race series which commenced on 2 April 2006 and ended on 19 November. The series was open to ...
, the
Race of Mexico. He finished the two races in 24th and 14th place.
References
External links
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Living people
1982 births
Sportspeople from Puebla
Mexican racing drivers
Latin America Formula Renault 2000 drivers
World Touring Car Championship drivers