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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Espinar.
Belén García
García in 2021
NationalitySpain Spanish
Full nameBelén García Espinar
Born (1999-07-26) 26 July 1999 (age 25)
L'Ametlla del Vallès, Spain[1]
Formula Regional European Championship career
Debut season2021
Current teamG4 Racing
Car number72
Starts8 (8 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish39th in 2021
Previous series
2019F4 Spanish Championship
Championship titles
2019F4 Spain - Female Trophy

Belén García Espinar (born 26 July 1999 in L'Ametlla del Vallès) is a Spanish female racing driver and pole vaulter. She currently competes in the W Series.[2][3]

She is not related to Marta García.

Biography

Belén García was born and raised in L'Ametlla del Vallès, a small village near the city of Barcelona. Her parents José Luis and Pilar run motorsport timing company Al Kamel Systems, her father also being a professional rally driver.[1]

In conjunction with her racing, García is also a competitively-registered pole vaulter with Club Atlètic Granollers.[4]

Career

Karting

García began karting in 2015 in the Spanish Karting Championship, where she finished 10th in 2018 in the Senior-KZ2 class.[5]

Lower formulae

She made her professional single-seater debut a year later, competing in the 2019 F4 Spanish Championship for Global Racing Service. She became the first woman to win a Formula 4 race in Europe at just her second attempt at the Circuito de Navarra, but only managed a best result of seventh after that. She eventually finished the season 15th overall on equal points with Nerea Martí, thus beating her to the female trophy on countback.[6] She also received a call-up to race for Team Spain at the 2019 FIA Motorsport Games, as their representative in the Formula 4 Cup, where she finished 6th, from 12th on the grid.[7]

W Series

The Catalan driver qualified for the W Series, a Formula 3 championship for women, in 2020.[8][9] She was set to twin this with participation in selected rounds of another Formula 3 championship, the Formula Renault Eurocup.[10] However, following the cancellation of the 2020 W Series and the withdrawal of Global Racing Service from the 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she was left without a drive for the season.[11] She then opted for a temporary return to karting, finishing 7th overall in the KZ category of the Spanish Karting Championship, ahead of former Formula 1 driver Roberto Merhi.[12] García also raced in the final round of the Spanish Endurance Championship at Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, driving for NM Racing Team along with her father, in a Ginetta G55 GT4. They finished 6th in race 1 and 10th in race 2 overall but were ineligible for championship points.

In 2021, García made her debut in the W Series, while also racing part-time in the Formula Regional European Championship with G4 Racing as preparation.[13] She starred in the W Series season-opening round at the Red Bull Ring, where she qualified 3rd, dropped to 9th after running wide at turn 6, and then climbed back up to finish the race 4th.[14] However, she was unable to replicate such performance in the remainder of the year, eventually finishing 10th in the standings with 28 points.

García continued racing in the W Series for 2022. Paired with fellow Spanish driver Nerea Martí at the Quantfury team,[15] García proved a much more consistent force, as she scored points in six of the seven rounds that took place before the season was called off in October due to financial issues.[16] She secured her first series podium at Le Castellet in July with 2nd place,[17] and finished the season fifth in the standings, ahead of Martí.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2015 Spanish Karting Championship — Senior NM CA Performance ?
2016 Spanish Karting Championship — Senior NM CA Performance ?
2017 Spanish Karting Championship — Senior NM Racing Team 16th
2018 Spanish Karting Championship — Senior-KZ2 NM Racing Team 10th
2020 Spanish Karting Championship — KZ Belén García Espinar 7th
FIA Karting World Championship — KZ2 CRG Srl 91st

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2019 F4 Spanish Championship Global Racing Service 21 1 0 0 1 35 15th
FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup Team Spain 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
2020 Campeonato de España de Resistencia - GT NM Racing Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2021 W Series Scuderia W 8 0 0 0 0 28 10th
Formula Regional European Championship G4 Racing 8 0 0 0 0 0 39th
2022 W Series Quantfury W Series Team 7 0 0 0 1 58 5th
Le Mans Cup - LMP3 CD Sport

† As García was a guest driver, she was ineligible to score points.

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2019 Global Racing Service NAV
1
15 		NAV
2
1 		NAV
3
7 		LEC
1
10 		LEC
2
15 		LEC
3
13 		ARA
1
15 		ARA
2
13 		ARA
3
10 		CRT
1
14 		CRT
2
11 		CRT
3
10 		JER
1
8 		JER
2
12 		JER
3
10 		ALG
1
7 		ALG
2
13 		ALG
3
8 		CAT
1
18 		CAT
2
12 		CAT
3
14 		15th 35

Complete FIA Motorsport Games results

Year Entrant Cup Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2019 Spain Team Spain Formula 4 12th 12th 6th

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2021 G4 Racing IMO
1
23 		IMO
2
22 		CAT
1
27 		CAT
2
29 		MCO
1 		MCO
2 		LEC
1
30 		LEC
2
24 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		VAL
1
29 		VAL
2
27 		MUG
1 		MUG
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		39th 0

Complete W Series results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2021 Scuderia W RBR1
4 		RBR2
9 		SIL
17† 		HUN
8 		SPA
14 		ZAN
8 		COA1
12 		COA2
7 		10th 28
2022 Quantfury W Series Team MIA1
7 		MIA2
4 		CAT
7 		SIL
8 		LEC
2 		HUN
13 		SIN
4 		5th 58

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

References

  1. ^ a b "Pertiguista y campeona de España de Fórmula 4" (in Spanish). Superdeporte. 20 November 2019.
  2. ^ "W Series announces 18 drivers for 2020 season". W Series. 19 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Belén García Espinar DATOS DEL ATLETA. - Real Federación Española de Atletismo - RFEA.es" (in European Spanish). Real Federación Española de Atletismo. 20 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Pole Vault & Racing". Belén García Espinar on YouTube. 22 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Resultados - Campeonato SR-KZ2 - CEK 2018" (PDF). Karting - RFEDA (in Spanish).
  6. ^ "Belén García, la primera mujer que vence en la F4: "Hay hombres que no les gusta competir ante nosotras"" (in Spanish). El Español. 12 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Belén García acaba sexta en la final de Fórmula 4, a tan sólo dos segundos del bronce" (in Spanish). Marca. 5 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Tres pilotos españolas en las W Series 2020: Belén Garcia y Nerea Martí, junto a Marta García" (in Spanish). The Champions Voice. 23 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Belén García Espinar: entrevista exclusiva a la piloto" (in Spanish). Actualidad Motor. 17 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Belen Garcia to race in F.Renault Eurocup as W Series preparation". Racers – Behind the Helmet. 11 March 2020.
  11. ^ Wood, Elliot (3 July 2020). "Global Racing Service drops out of Formula Renault Eurocup". Formula Scout.
  12. ^ "Resultados - Campeonato KZ - CEK 2020" (PDF). Karting - RFEDA (in Spanish).
  13. ^ "Belen Garcia adds part-time FREC campaign alongside W Series". Formula Scout. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Alice Powell takes back-to-back W Series wins 685 days apart". Formula Scout. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  15. ^ "NEREA MARTI AND BELEN GARCIA TO RACE FOR QUANTFURY TEAM". W Series. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  16. ^ "W Series cancels rest of 2022 season, aims for 2023 revival". The Race. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  17. ^ "W Series Paul Ricard: Chadwick holds off Visser to take seventh consecutive win". Autosport. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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