Esteban García (racing driver)

Esteban Garcia
Garcia in 2021
NationalitySwitzerland Swiss
Full nameEsteban Garcia de Rontero
Racing licence FIA Bronze
Previous series
2021
2020
2019–2021
2019
2018
2013, 2015–2016		FIA World Endurance Championship
Le Mans Cup
European Le Mans Series
Ultimate Cup Series
V de V Endurance Series
V de V Challenge Monoplace

Esteban Garcia de Rontero (born 7 December 1970) is a Spanish-Swiss entrepreneur, sailor, racing stable owner and car racing driver.

Entrepreneur

Garcia was the founder of the Realstone real estate fund. He currently serves as a board member for the company, which was founded in Lausanne in 2004.[1][2]

Sailing

Garcia is passionate about sailing and in 2009, as skipper of the Realstone TP52 Matador, he won the TP class of the Royal Regatta of Palma de Mallorca.[3] Since 2013, he has managed Realtime Sailing, a professional sailing team that participates in ocean racing. He also organizes the Realstone Cup on Lake Geneva, launched in 2010.[4]

Racing career

In addition to the sailing team, Garcia also runs a motorsport racing team. His driving career began in 2013 in the V de V Challenge Monoplace. With the switch to sports car and GT racing, his first successes came. He finished the 2018 Gulf 12 Hours in the Ligier JS P3 in third place in the prototype class[5] and the 2020 European Le Mans Series in fifth place in the LMP3 classification. In 2021, he made his debut in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Together with Loïc Duval and Norman Nato, he finished 17th in the final standings in the Oreca 07.[6][7]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2013 V de V Challenge Monoplace Sports Promotion 6 0 0 0 0 50 38th
2015 V de V Challenge Monoplace Sports Promotion 2 0 0 0 0 8 41st
2016 V de V Challenge Monoplace Sports Promotion 9 0 0 0 0 159 18th
2018 V de V Endurance Series - LMP3 Graff 6 1 0 0 1 111 12th
Gulf 12 Hours - Prototype 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
2019 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 Realteam Racing 6 0 1 1 0 31.5 7th
Ultimate Cup Series - Challenge Proto-LMP3 RealTeam 3 0 0 0 1 46 16th
Ultimate Cup Series - Challenge Proto-LMP3-U 1 0 0 0 1 8 3rd
2020 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 Realteam Racing 4 1 1 2 1 50 5th
Le Mans Cup - LMP3 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Realteam Racing 6 0 0 0 0 50 10th
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 12th

† As he was a guest driver, Garcia was ineligible to score points.

References

  1. ^ "REALSTONE". realstone.ch. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Realstone kauft in der Romandie weiter zu". Handelszeitung (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  3. ^ "El "Realstone Matador" recupera el liderato en la clase TP52". as.com. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  4. ^ "From the Realstone Cup to Realteam Sailing: 10 fascinating years aboard the D35". realteamsailing.ch. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Gulf 12 Hours". racingsportscars.com. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  6. ^ "All Results of Esteban Garcia". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  7. ^ Filip Cleeren (22 August 2021). "Full 2021 Le Mans 24 Hours race results". motorsport.com. Retrieved 21 December 2022.