Félix Porteiro

Félix Porteiro (born 26 August 1983 in Castellón) is a Spanish racing driver. He competed in GP2 in 2006 and 2007, his best finish was 4th in 2007.

Félix Porteiro
Porteiro at the 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Japan.
Nationality	Spanish
Born	26 August 1983 Castellón (Spain)
Previous series
2007–09 2006 2006 2002–05 2001	WTCC European Touring Car Cup GP2 Series WSN / WSR Spanish Formula Three

Racing career

Single-seaters

In 2001 Porteiro drove in the Spanish Formula Three Championship, finishing fourth in the standings, with one win. In 2002 he began racing in the World Series by Nissan. He finished 18th in the standings in 2002, 14th in 2003 and seventh in 2004. He finished fifth in 2005, when the series became Formula Renault 3.5.

In 2006 he raced in the GP2 Series with Campos Racing, finishing 22nd in the standings.

Touring cars

Porteiro driving the BMW 320si WTCC car at the 2008 WTCC Race of Japan in Okayama.

Porteiro made his touring car debut near the end of 2006, driving a BMW 320si for ROAL Motorsport at the European Touring Car Cup, finishing fifth. He impressed the team enough to earn a full-time drive in their World Touring Car Championship team, BMW Team Italy-Spain, in 2007. He scored his first ever win at Brno, and finished twelfth in the final standings. In 2008, he got his second win at Oschersleben, ending the year tenth overall.

For 2009 he was replaced by fellow Spaniard Sergio Hernández. Porteiro switched teams with him, moving to the independent Proteam Motorsport.[1] He finished second in the Independent's Trophy.

Porteiro was left without a drive for the 2010 season, as Hernández returned to Proteam after ROAL's departure from the WTCC.

Racing record

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Points
2005	Epsilon Euskadi	ZOL 1 5	ZOL 2 9	MON 1 Ret	VAL 1 1	VAL 2 Ret	LMS 1 18	LMS 2 11	BIL 1 20	BIL 2 11	OSC 1 Ret	OSC 2 9	DON 1 6	DON 2 Ret	EST 1 5	EST 2 1	MNZ 1 2	MNZ 2 4	5th	77

Complete GP2 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2006	Campos Racing	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR Ret	IMO FEA 10	IMO SPR 6	NÜR FEA 16	NÜR SPR Ret	CAT FEA 17	CAT SPR Ret	MON FEA 6	SIL FEA 8	SIL SPR DSQ	MAG FEA 18	MAG SPR 10	HOC FEA 12	HOC SPR 18	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 12	IST FEA Ret	IST SPR Ret	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR Ret	22nd	5

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2007	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si	BRA 1 Ret	BRA 2 Ret	NED 1 11	NED 2 8	ESP 1 Ret	ESP 2 19	FRA 1 5	FRA 2 Ret	CZE 1 1	CZE 2 3	POR 1 17	POR 2 18	SWE 1 14	SWE 2 16	GER 1 Ret	GER 2 20	GBR 1 9	GBR 2 2	ITA 1 18	ITA 2 Ret	MAC 1 12	MAC 2 7			12th	32
2008	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si	BRA 1 6	BRA 2 3	MEX 1 16	MEX 2 20	ESP 1 22	ESP 2 10	FRA 1 15	FRA 2 12	CZE 1 2	CZE 2 4	POR 1 8	POR 2 4	GBR 1 6	GBR 2 2	GER 1 8	GER 2 1	EUR 1 10	EUR 2 Ret	ITA 1 Ret	ITA 2 12	JPN 1 Ret	JPN 2 8	MAC 1 14	MAC 2 DNS	10th	51
2009	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	BRA 1 8	BRA 2 7	MEX 1 10	MEX 2 9	MAR 1 13	MAR 2 10	FRA 1 DSQ	FRA 2 17	ESP 1 10	ESP 2 15	CZE 1 7	CZE 2 4	POR 1 14	POR 2 13	GBR 1 14	GBR 2 15	GER 1 Ret	GER 1 15	ITA 1 9	ITA 2 12	JPN 1 14	JPN 2 11	MAC 1 14	MAC 2 12	15th	10

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Félix Porteiro joins Proteam Motorsport

External links

• Félix Porteiro official website