Víctor García (born 10 March 1990 in

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) is a professional

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from

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Career

Karting

García began his

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career in the late 1990s, starting out in the cadet ranks before working his way up to Spanish and European Championship ICA status. The highlight of his career came in 2003 when he won both the Spanish

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and

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District Yamaha championships.

Formula Three

García made his

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debut in late 2006, racing in the final four races of the

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season in the secondary Copa F300 class. The following year he raced a full season in the main Class A, driving for the

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team. He finished the season in eleventh place, taking a podium place at the first round in

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as well as six other points-scoring positions.

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saw García remain in the series for a second full season, racing for

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, who had won the title the previous season with

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. Two podiums at the first round at Jarama saw García lead the championship early on, but his results began to fade and he switched teams mid-season, joining

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outfit

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for the final four rounds. He eventually finished the season in 15th place. García remained in

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for

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, this time switching to the British series with

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. He finished in the points on nine occasions to finish 14th in the standings. Despite finishing seventh in the first race at

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, he was classified in third position due to a number of guest drivers finishing ahead of him, who were ineligible for championship points. During the year, García also took part in the two famous non-championship Formula Three races, the

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, where he took 22nd place, and the

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, where he finished eleventh, the second highest British series runner behind

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. In October 2009, García made his debut in the final

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round of the season at

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with

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. He finished the first race in ninth, just missing out on the reverse-grid

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for the second race, in which he retired.

Formula Renault

, García contested a one-off round of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship at the

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. Driving for Prema Powerteam, he finished fifteenth in the first race before retiring from the second event.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

In late 2009, García took part in Formula Renault 3.5 Series collective testing at

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and

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, driving cars for Prema Powerteam,

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and

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and in February 2010, it was announced that he would drive for new team

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in the 2010 season, partnering

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Anton Nebylitskiy Anton Nikitovich Nebylitskiy ( rus, Анто́н Ники́тович Небыли́цкий, p=ɐnˈton nʲɪˈkʲitəvʲɪtɕ nʲɛbɨˈlʲitskʲɪj; born 11 October 1989, in Moscow) is a professional racing driver from Russia. Career Formula ...

. He finished 24th in points with a best finish of eighth in Race 1 at

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For

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García has signed on to drive in the American

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series with Team Moore Racing. He won the second race of the season at

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Other series

In the

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of 2009, García sampled a GP2 car for the first time, testing for the DPR team at

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in Spain.

Racing record

Career summary

* * Season still in progress. † - As García was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

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

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

( key)

American open–wheel racing results

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

Indy Lights

References

External links

Official site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Victor 1990 births Living people Racing drivers from Madrid Spanish racing drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers Formula 3 Euro Series drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers Indy Lights drivers Spanish GP3 Series drivers Prema Powerteam drivers RP Motorsport drivers Fortec Motorsport drivers Team Moore Racing drivers