[15], (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap. In 2012, he won the (super) TC2000 championship for a third time, with privateer team PSG16. Jose Manuel has 5 jobs listed on their profile. [1] He won 10 races that year and clinched his first World Touring Car Championship. [4] He also drove for Cram in Italian Formula Renault that year, where he became champion, taking four wins, beating Robert Kubica to the crown. He also competed in selected races of the FIA GT Championship in 2008 for the ACA Argentina team.[4]. Complications in USF1's progress and uncertainty over whether USF1 would be able to stay in F1 for 2010 caused rumours to surface that López was in talks with rival team Campos, in order to secure his place in F1. On 4 March, Karun Chandhok completed the 2010 grid by signing for Campos (later renamed as the Hispania Racing F1 Team), leaving López without a race drive.[9]. In 2015, José María López expected to have more difficulties "I am aware the competition is going to be much stronger because the other drivers are going to know me, they will push harder and you can see this already how Honda is pushing more, the Chevrolet drivers and the same in my Citroën team. On 16 December 2013 he joined the Citroën Total WTCC team for the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season. [10] He took both Yokohama Independents' Trophy victories and scored an overall victory in race two.[11]. For 2011 he switched to Fiat. José María "Pechito" López (born 26 April 1983) is an Argentine race car driver who is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Toyota Gazoo Racing and 2014–2016 World Touring Car Champion.He raced in the 2006 GP2 Series for the Super Nova team, and previously for the DAMS team, and the CMS team in Formula 3000.He was also at Renault F1 as a test driver. In the early part of 2007, López raced in the American Le Mans Series, racing a Ferrari 430 GT for Corsa Motorsports/White Lightning in the 12 Hours of Sebring, and for Risi Competizione at St. Petersburg. ), (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap), (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap). [7] Former F1 driver Carlos Reutemann, a close friend of US F1 principal Peter Windsor and a leading politician in Argentina, helped put the funding package together for López. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Jose Manuel’s connections and jobs at similar companies. In November 2009 López confirmed that he had a deal in place with the new US F1 Team to race in the 2010 Formula One season, provided he secured an eight million-dollar sponsorship package. [8] On 2 March 2010, he was freed from his contract due to US F1 not being able to attempt to race. López raced in the inaugural season of the GP2 Series in 2005, making him one of only a select few drivers in the series who had previous experience of a full season in Formula 3000, the series which GP2 replaced. View Jose Manuel López García’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Jose Manuel Lopez Garcia. He finished ninth in the standings racing for the DAMS team. José Manuel López García Procurement Lead - CORTEVA Gijón. [4] He stayed in the series for the 2002 season driving for Cram Competition, finishing in fourth position, taking one victory. In that year he was granted the Platinum Konex Award as the best racing driver of the last decade in Argentina. In 2015 he repeated the feat, again winning 10 races and the championship. Diseño y mecanizado de moldes Albatera. ",[13] yet he still dominated the first part of the season competition[14] with his team-mates on the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC. In 2014, he moved to the Citroën team, and became 2014 World Touring Car Champion, clinching the title at Suzuka, thanks to his dominant race car -the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC that got 17 victories out of 23 races[12]-, but also dominating his two team-mates : Yvan Muller and the circuit races rookie Sébastien Loeb. [2] In 2016, he again retained the title with eight wins. José Manuel López García. This was confirmed by his manager in late February. 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López also joined the Turismo Carretera in 2008 and the Top Race V6 in 2009; he became TRV6 champion in 2009. José María "Pechito" López (born 26 April 1983) is an Argentine race car driver who is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Toyota Gazoo Racing and 2014–2016 World Touring Car Champion. He was 5th that year, won the drivers' title in 2008, and successfully defended this crown in 2009. He was also at Renault F1 as a test driver. [6], López was announced as a driver for US F1 on 25 January 2010. [3], López began in karting, before moving to the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup in 2001, finishing in 17th position, taking one pole position and one fastest lap. Jose Manuel López García F1 Performance Engineer at McLaren Racing Woking. Oct 29, 2018 - Haas F1 Team: At The Circuit - Jose Manuel Lopez (VIDEO) He made his World Touring Car Championship début with Wiechers-Sport at the 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, substituting for their regular driver Fredy Barth.

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