Marta García (racing driver)

Marta García López (born 9 August 2000) is a Spanish professional racing driver who is set to compete in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship with Prema Racing.

She most recently competed in F1 Academy for the team in 2023, becoming the inaugural champion of the series with two races to spare.

Marta García López was born in Dénia, Spain on 9 August 2000.

She is not related to fellow Spanish racing driver Belén García.

She initially qualified in 7th place for the opening round of the season at the Red Bull Ring, but retired on lap 12 with when her car developed mechanical problems.

Four non-points finishes and only a single podium followed, which left García 12th in the standings at the end of the season.

She returned for the 2022 W Series, racing for the CortDAO W Series Team, and was 6th in the points standings when the series ended early for financial reasons.

In early 2023, W Series announced the series was no longer running.

On 21 March 2023, García was confirmed to be driving in the newly launched all-female F1 Academy series, for the Prema Racing team.

On 5 May 2023, at Circuit Ricardo Tormo, García qualified in pole position for races one and two; however, she was later judged to have track limit infringements during the first qualifying session and lost pole position for race one.

On 21 October 2023, at the Circuit of the Americas in race one of three of the weekend, García secured the inaugural F1 Academy championship.

On 26 October 2023, it was announced Garcia had received a fully-funded seat with Prema Racing for the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship.

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

* Season still in progress

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

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

(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)

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

She is a race winner in the W Series and won titles including the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy and the Trofeo delle Industrie in 2015, the oldest kart race in the world.

Marta García started her motorsports career in kart racing, where she won titles including the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy in 2015 and the Trofeo delle Industrie of 2015, the oldest kart race in the world, which has previously been won by many Formula 1 champions, such as Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel.

In 2016, García made her single-seater debut as a guest driver for Drivex in the second half of the F4 Spanish Championship.

In 2017 she joined MP Motorsport to contest the full F4 Spanish Championship.

Her best race result was a fifth place at Circuito de Jerez and she finished the season in ninth overall.

She also participated in a single round of the SMP F4 Championship.

In 2017, García joined the Renault Sport Academy but was dropped after one season.

In 2019, she took part in the inaugural W Series, finishing 4th in the championship.

She started from pole position and won the race at the Norisring event.

Marta was set to contest the 2020 championship before it was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A 10-event eSports series was held on iRacing in its place, with García taking second place in the championship.

García participated in the 2021 W Series season, driving for the newly formed Puma W Series Team.