Borja García

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Borja García
Nationality Flag of Spain Spanish
Date of Birth December 15, 1982 (1982-12-15) (age 25)
2008 GP2 Series
Debut season 2005
Current team Durango
Car No. 26
Former teams Racing Engineering
Starts 39
Wins 0
Poles 0
Best finish 10th in 2007
Previous series
2001-2002
2003-2004
2005
2006
World Series by Nissan
Spanish F3 Championship
GP2 Series
World Series by Renault
Championship titles
2004 Spanish F3 Champion

Borja García (born December 15, 1982) is a Spanish race car driver. He raced in the 2005 GP2 Series for the Racing Engineering team, and was the 2004 Spanish Formula Three champion.

Garcia was born in Valencia. His career started in karting in 1993, where he stayed until 1999. He moved up to Spanish Formula Toyota in 2000, comfortably winning the title, before moving to Formula Nissan 2000 in 2001 with the Campos team, who now race in GP2 Series. He stayed in Nissan 2000 for 2002, driving for both the Esuela Lois and Venturini teams, whilst also racing some of the Spanish Formula Three season for the GTA team.

He raced the full Spanish F3 season in 2003 with the same team, before moving to the Racing Engineering outfit in 2004 with whom he won the title. Due to his success he stayed with the team as they moved to GP2 Series for 2005, where he partnered with Neel Jani.

In 2006 he raced in the World Series by Renault championship for the RC Motorsport team. He returned to GP2 in 2007, driving for Durango.

In 2008, Garcia has been linked to a testing role at Williams F1, alongside Nico Hülkenberg.

[edit] GP2 Series Record

Season Team Name No. Races Poles Wins Points Final Placing
2005 Racing Engineering 19 22 0 0 17.5 14th
2007 Durango 26 21 0 0 28 10th

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