Augusto Farfus

Augusto Farfus Jr.
Nationality Brazilian
Born September 3, 1983 (1983-09-03) (age 28)
Curitiba (Brazil)
2012 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
Current team BMW
Previous series
2000
2001
2002-03
2004
2005-10		 Italian Formula Renault
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Euro Formula 3000
ETCC
WTCC
Championship titles
2001
2003		 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Euro Formula 3000
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years 2010
Teams BMW Motorsport
Best finish 19th
Class wins 0

Augusto Farfus Jr. (born 3 September 1983 in Curitiba) is a Brazilian auto racing driver. He presently lives in Monaco.

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Early years

Farfus first tasted racing in minibike races and won the local championships in 1991.

Like many drivers, his motorsport career began with karting. In 1992, at the age of 9 years, he won the Paraná state championship (cadet class), and mainly competed in São Paulo states championship from 1993 to 1998. In 1999 he succeeded in both winning the Italian Winter Cup and finishing runner-up in the North American Championship. He is married to Elirane Johnsson.

Formula racing

In 2000 Farfus moved to Italy and competed in the Formula Renault Italian championship and the Eurocup series for the next two years, winning the Eurocup in 2001.

For 2002 he joind Draco Racing in Euro Formula 3000. In 2003 he won the Euro Formula 3000 Championship aged just 20 years old.

Touring cars

Alfa Romeo

From 2004 to 2006 Farfus was a factory Alfa Romeo (N.Technology) driver in the European Touring Car Championship and later, the World Touring Car Championship.

In the 2006 season Farfus fought for the title against Andy Priaulx and Jörg Müller until the final race in Macau, but his outdated Alfa Romeo 156 wasn't up to the pace, and Farfus ended the season in 3rd place.

BMW

Before the 2007 season, he switched to the Schnitzer BMW-run squad, BMW Team Germany, alongside the German, 2006 season runner-up, Jörg Müller. He temporarily led the championship during the season, but ended this season in 4th place as Priaulx won. He has continued with the team through the 2008 season and into 2009. He scored six wins in 2009, missing out on the title to SEAT's Gabriele Tarquini at the final meeting[1] In 2010, BMW's participation in the WTCC was limited to a two-car line-up, as Farfus joined Andy Priaulx at the Racing Bart Mampaey team. Farfus scored no wins, however he won race 2 at Okayama on the road, but he and teammate Priaulx were disqualified by running a non-homologated gearbox that did not conform to the technical regulations. On December 5 2010, BMW announced it was withdrawing from the WTCC, but would continue to supply customer teams with its 320TC car.[2]

On 25 January 2011, it was announced that Farfus would contest the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup with BMW, which would also include its former WTCC drivers Andy Priaulx, Jorg Muller and Dirk Muller.[3]

Racing record

Complete WTCC results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2005 Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 ITA
1
3		 ITA
2
9		 FRA
1
8		 FRA
2
5		 GBR
1
4		 GBR
2
4		 SMR
1
5		 SMR
2
5		 MEX
1
9		 MEX
2
10		 BEL
1
DSQ		 BEL
2
4		 GER
1
9		 GER
2
5		 TUR
1
8		 TUR
2
2		 ESP
1
NC		 ESP
2
7		 MAC
1
1		 MAC
2
3		 4th 65
2006 N.Technology Alfa Romeo 156 ITA
1
8		 ITA
2
1		 FRA
1
21		 FRA
2
12		 GBR
1
22		 GBR
2
11		 GER
1
6		 GER
2
2		 BRA
1
3		 BRA
2
Ret		 MEX
1
2		 MEX
2
1		 CZE
1
Ret		 CZE
2
15		 TUR
1
9		 TUR
2
20		 ESP
1
1		 ESP
2
5		 MAC
1
5		 MAC
2
Ret		 3rd 64
2007 BMW Team Germany BMW 320si BRA
1
3		 BRA
2
1		 NED
1
5		 NED
2
2		 ESP
1
22		 ESP
2
10		 FRA
1
7		 FRA
2
1		 CZE
1
4		 CZE
2
2		 POR
1
9		 POR
2
6		 SWE
1
16		 SWE
2
9		 GER
1
7		 GER
2
1		 GBR
1
11		 GBR
2
Ret		 ITA
1
7		 ITA
2
Ret		 MAC
1
26		 MAC
2
DNS		 4th 71
2008 BMW Team Germany BMW 320si BRA
1
DSQ		 BRA
2
6		 MEX
1
11		 MEX
2
10		 ESP
1
Ret		 ESP
2
20		 FRA
1
1		 FRA
2
6		 CZE
1
4		 CZE
2
3		 POR
1
Ret		 POR
2
10		 GBR
1
Ret		 GBR
2
6		 GER
1
1		 GER
2
6		 EUR
1
7		 EUR
2
8		 ITA
1
Ret		 ITA
2
8		 JPN
1
6		 JPN
2
2		 MAC
1
4		 MAC
2
11		 6th 63
2009 BMW Team Germany BMW 320si BRA
1
5		 BRA
2
6		 MEX
1
2		 MEX
2
4		 MAR
1
12		 MAR
2
6		 FRA
1
2		 FRA
2
2		 ESP
1
4		 ESP
2
1		 CZE
1
Ret		 CZE
2
Ret		 POR
1
8		 POR
2
1		 GBR
1
8		 GBR
2
1		 GER
1
5		 GER
2
1		 ITA
1
NC		 ITA
2
8		 JPN
1
8		 JPN
2
1		 MAC
1
8		 MAC
2
1		 3rd 113
2010 BMW Team RBM BMW 320si BRA
1
6		 BRA
2
6		 MAR
1
10		 MAR
2
Ret		 ITA
1
2		 ITA
2
4		 BEL
1
9		 BEL
2
8		 POR
1
4		 POR
2
5		 GBR
1
6		 GBR
2
8		 CZE
1
4		 CZE
2
5		 GER
1
2		 GER
2
2		 ESP
1
18		 ESP
2
8		 JPN
1
DSQ		 JPN
2
DSQ		 MAC
1
6		 MAC
2
5		 7th 167

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Class No Tyres Car Team Co-Drivers Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2010 GT2 78 D BMW M3 GT2
BMW 4.0L V8		 BMW Motorsport Jörg Müller
Uwe Alzen		 320 19th 6th
2011 GTE
Pro		 55 D BMW M3 GT2
BMW 4.0L V8		 BMW Motorsport Jörg Müller
Dirk Werner		 276 DNF DNF

External links

References

  1. ^ Farfus: Wins nice but I'd rather have a title
  2. ^ Beer, Matt (5 December 2010). "BMW pulls works team out of WTCC". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88576. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 
  3. ^ English, Steven (24 January 2011). "Full BMW ILMC campaign for Farfus". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89061. Retrieved 25 January 2011. 
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Felipe Massa		 Eurocup Formula Renault champion
2001		 Succeeded by
Eric Salignon
Preceded by
Jaime Melo		 Euro Formula 3000 champion
2003		 Succeeded by
Nicky Pastorelli
Preceded by
Jörg Müller		 Guia Race winner
2005 Race 1		 Succeeded by
Duncan Huisman
Preceded by
Robert Huff		 Guia Race winner
2009 Race 2		 Succeeded by
Robert Huff