Augusto Farfus

Augusto Celestino Farfus dos Santos Jr. (born 3 September 1983) is a Brazilian professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver. He lives in Monaco. Farfus won the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge alongside Nicky Catsburg, the 24 Hours of Daytona twice in 2019 and 2020, as well as the 24 Hours of Nurburgring four times across different classes. Farfus is also the overall winner of the 2018 FIA GT World Cup.

Early years

Born in Curitiba, Farfus first tasted racing in minibike races and won the local championships in 1991.

Like many drivers, Farfus' motorsport career began with karting. In 1992, at the age of nine, he won the Paraná state championship (cadet class), and mainly competed in São Paulo states championship from 1993 to 1998. In 1999 he succeeded in both winning the Italian Winter Cup and finishing runner-up in the North American Championship. He is married to Elirane Johnsson.

Formula racing

In 2000, Farfus moved to Italy and competed in the Formula Renault Italian championship and the Eurocup series for the next two years, winning the Eurocup in 2001.

For 2002, Farfus joined Draco Racing in Euro Formula 3000. In 2003, he won the Euro Formula 3000 Championship aged just 20 years old.

Touring cars

Alfa Romeo From 2004 to 2006, Farfus was a factory Alfa Romeo (N.Technology) driver in the European Touring Car Championship and later, the World Touring Car Championship.

In the 2006 season, Farfus fought for the title against Andy Priaulx and Jörg Müller until the final race in Macau, but a string of bad results and too many retirements meant he ended the season in third place.

BMW Farfus driving a BMW 320si (BMW Team Germany) at Curitiba in the 2007 World Touring Car Championship season. Before the 2007 season, Farfus switched to the Schnitzer BMW-run squad, BMW Team Germany, alongside the German, 2006 season runner-up, Jörg Müller. He temporarily led the championship during the season, but ended this season in fourth place as Priaulx won. He continued with the team through the 2008 season and into 2009. He scored six wins in 2009, missing out on the title to SEAT's Gabriele Tarquini at the final meeting In 2010, BMW's participation in the WTCC was limited to a two-car line-up, as Farfus joined Andy Priaulx at the Racing Bart Mampaey team. Farfus scored no wins, however he won race 2 at Okayama on the road, but he and teammate Priaulx were disqualified by running a non-homologated gearbox that did not conform to the technical regulations. On 5 December 2010, BMW announced it was withdrawing from the WTCC, but would continue to supply customer teams with its 320TC car.

On 25 January 2011, it was announced that Farfus would contest the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup with BMW, which would also include its former WTCC drivers Andy Priaulx, Jörg Müller and Dirk Muller.

Hyundai On 3 December 2018, it was announced that Farfus would join Hyundai for the 2019 World Touring Car Cup season, partnering the series's inaugural driver's champion, Gabriele Tarquini, Norbert Michelisz and Nicky Catsburg.

Racing record Career summary † As Farfus was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. Season still in progress.

Complete Euro Formula 3000 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 DC Points 2002 Draco Junior Team VLL PER MOZ SPA DON BRN DIJ JER CAG 9th 8 2003 Draco Junior Team NÜR MAG PER MOZ SPA DON BRN JER CAG 1st 60Source:

24 Hours of Daytona results Pro 668 12th 12thSource:

Complete European 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 DC Pts 2004 AutoDelta Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo 156 MNZ1 MNZ2 VAL1 VAL2 MAG1 MAG2 HOC1 HOC2 BRN1 BRN2 DON1 DON2 SPA1 SPA2 IMO1 IMO2 OSC1 OSC2 DUB1 DUB2 6th 54Source:

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 2005 Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 ITA1 ITA2 FRA1 FRA2 GBR1 GBR2 SMR1 SMR2 MEX1 MEX2 BEL1 BEL2 GER1 GER2 TUR1 TUR2 ESP1 ESP2 MAC1 MAC2 4th 65 2006 N.Technology Alfa Romeo 156 ITA1 ITA2 FRA1 FRA2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 CZE1 CZE2 TUR1 TUR2 ESP1 ESP2 MAC1 MAC2 3rd 64 2007 BMW Team Germany BMW 320si BRA1 BRA2 NED1 NED2 ESP1 ESP2 FRA1 FRA2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 SWE1 SWE2 GER1 GER2 GBR1 GBR2 ITA1 ITA2 MAC1 MAC2 4th 71 2008 BMW Team Germany BMW 320si BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 ESP1 ESP2 FRA1 FRA2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 EUR1 EUR2 ITA1 ITA2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 6th 63 2009 BMW Team Germany BMW 320si BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 MAR1 MAR2 FRA1 FRA2 ESP1 ESP2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 ITA1 ITA2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 3rd 113 2010 BMW Team RBM BMW 320si BRA1 BRA2 MAR1 MAR2 ITA1 ITA2 BEL1 BEL2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 CZE1 CZE2 GER1 GER2 ESP1 ESP2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 7th 167Sources:

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

Complete World Touring Car Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points 2020 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 LEC SPA LEC MNZ ALG NC† 0†Source: † As Farfus was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.