Álvaro Barba

Álvaro Barba
NationalitySpain Spanish
Full nameÁlvaro Barba López
Born (1984-02-17) 17 February 1984 (age 40)
Seville, Spain
Related toMarco Barba
International GT Open career
Debut season2008
Current teamAdvanced Engineering
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car numberTBC
Former teamsMC Competicion
Previous series
2002
2003
2003–05
2006–08
2008–09		Spanish Formula Junior 1600
World Series Lights
Spanish F3 Championship
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
International GT Open

Álvaro Barba López[a] (born 17 February 1984 in Seville) is a former Spanish racing driver and brother to fellow racer Marco Barba.

Career

Formula Junior and Spanish Formula Three

Barba began his single seater career in 2002 driving in the Spanish Formula Junior 1600 series, where he finished runner up to fellow countryman Adrián Vallés. In 2003 he moved up to the Spanish Formula Three Championship, the first of three seasons in the category. During his time in the series he accumulated nine podium positions, including three race wins, with his best season coming in 2005 when he finished 5th in the championship. He also raced in that year's Marlboro Masters event at Zandvoort, finishing in 24th place.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

In 2003 Barba raced a full season in the World Series Lights championship, which acted as a support event to the World Series by Nissan. Barba took two podium positions during the year to finish 10th overall.

Barba driving for Draco Racing in the Donington Park round of the 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season.

In 2006 he stepped up to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series with the Swiss team Jenzer Motorsport, taking nine points to finish his debut season 26th overall. He joined top Italian team International DracoRacing for the 2007 season, taking two podium positions, including his first race win at Donington Park. He finished the season 8th overall.

For 2008, Barba continued in the World Series, this time switching to the Italian squad Prema Powerteam,[1] with his brother Marco taking over his seat at Draco Racing.[2] After taking a podium in the opening event of the season, he took a further three podium places and a fastest lap to be classified 10th in the championship.

International GT Open

In July 2008, he teamed up with his brother to race a Mosler MT900R in the International GT Open event held at the brand new Valencia Street Circuit, and in December 2008, it was announced that Barba will race for the Advanced Engineering team in the 2009 season.[3]

Career results

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Podiums Poles F.Laps Points Position
2002 Spanish Formula Junior 1600 Escuela Lois 12 3 9 1 0 134 2nd
2003 Spanish Formula Three Championship Meycom Sport 11 0 1 0 0 68 16th
World Series Lights Escuela Lois Circuit 15 0 2 0 2 63 10th
2004 Spanish Formula Three Championship Adrian Campos Motorsport 14 0 2 0 0 31 8th
Spanish Formula Three Championship - Winter Series 2 0 1 0 0 N/A 3rd
Italian Formula Three Championship Team Ghinzani 2 0 1 0 0 12 15th
2005 Spanish Formula Three Championship Campos Racing 15 3 6 2 2 81 5th
Masters of Formula 3 Hitech Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 24th
2006 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Jenzer Motorsport 17 0 0 0 0 9 26th
2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series International Draco Racing 17 1 2 0 4 64 8th
2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Prema Powerteam 17 0 4 0 1 58 10th
International GT Open - GTA MC Competicion 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2009 FIA GT Championship - GT2 AF Corse 8 1 3 1 1 34 4th
2010 International GT Open AF Corse 16 4 9 4 2 90 1st
Le Mans Series 1 0 0 1 0 9 21st
Spanish GT Championship ? ? ? ? ? ? 1 44th
2011 International GT Open Autorlando Sport 16 2 6 1 1 118 12th
Eurocup Mégane Trophy Equipe Verschuur 2 0 1 0 0 0 NC
2012 International GT Open Villois Racing 15 4 7 3 0 76 3rd
2013 International GT Open - GTS Ombra Racing 8 1 1 0 0 14 22nd
2014 International GT Open Drivex School 2 0 0 0 0 7 12th
International GT Open - GTS Ombra Racing 4 1 2 0 1 18 14th
Italian GT Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2015 International GT Open AERT 7 0 1 0 0 8 11th

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 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 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points
2006 Jenzer Motorsport ZOL
1
Ret 		ZOL
2
7 		MON
1
Ret 		IST
1
22 		IST
2
Ret 		MIS
1
Ret 		MIS
2
13 		SPA
1
6 		SPA
2
12 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
14 		DON
1
22 		DON
2
23 		LMS
1
15 		LMS
2
Ret 		CAT
1
Ret 		CAT
2
15 		26th 9
2007 International DracoRacing MNZ
1
Ret 		MNZ
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
4 		NÜR
2
5 		MON
1
19 		HUN
1
Ret 		HUN
2
Ret 		SPA
1
Ret 		SPA
2
17 		DON
1
1 		DON
2
Ret 		MAG
1
12 		MAG
2
11 		EST
1
3 		EST
2
6 		CAT
1
18 		CAT
2
Ret 		9th 64
2008 Prema Powerteam MNZ
1
Ret 		MNZ
2
2 		SPA
1
DNS 		SPA
2
10 		MON
1
14 		SIL
1
3 		SIL
2
8 		HUN
1
Ret 		HUN
2
5 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
3 		BUG
1
NC 		BUG
2
12 		EST
1
2 		EST
2
Ret 		CAT
1
6 		CAT
2
Ret 		10th 58

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Barba and the second or maternal family name is López.

References

  1. ^ "Alvaro Barba and Prema together in the 2008 World Series by Renault Championship". formula3.cc. 10 January 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
  2. ^ "Baguette to join Barba at Draco". italiaracing.net. 24 November 2007. Archived from the original on 22 December 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
  3. ^ "Álvaro Barba to Take Part in 2009 International GT Open with AE". gtsport.es. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
Sporting positions
Preceded by International GT Open champion
2010
with Pierre Kaffer 		Succeeded by