Félix Porteiro

Félix Porteiro Pérez (born 26 August 1983 in Castellón, Spain) is a Spanish former racing driver. He competed in GP2 Series in 2006, his best finish was 6th (was second on the road at Silverstone, but a steering rack irregularity caused him to be disqualified).

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, Porteiro 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, Porteiro was replaced by fellow Spaniard Sergio Hernández. Porteiro switched teams with him, moving to the independent Proteam Motorsport. 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 Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F.Laps Podiums Points Position 2000 Formula Super Toyota Spain ? ? ? ? ? ? 83 7th 2001 Spanish Formula Three Championship Escuela Lois Circuit 12 1 2 0 5 131 4th 2002 World Series by Nissan Vergani Racing 14 0 0 0 0 12 19th 2003 World Series by Nissan KTR 17 0 0 0 1 26 14th 2004 World Series by Nissan Porfesa Competicion 16 1 1 0 3 69 7th 2005 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Epsilon Euskadi 17 2 4 2 3 77 5th 2006 GP2 Series Campos Racing 21 0 0 0 0 5 22nd European Touring Car Cup BMW Team Italy-Spain 2 0 0 0 1 6 5th 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship BMW Team Italy-Spain 22 1 1 0 3 32 12th 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship BMW Team Italy-Spain 23 1 0 1 4 51 10th 2009 FIA World Touring Car Championship Scuderia Proteam Motorsport 24 0 0 0 0 10 15th FIA World Touring Car Championship - Independent's Trophy 24 7 3 6 16 220 2nd 2012 Spanish GT Championship - GT Light Porteiro Motorsport 6 0 ? ? 3 14 5th

Complete Spanish Formula Three Championship 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 DC Points 2001 Escuela Lois Circuit VAL1 VAL2 JAR1 JAR2 EST1 EST2 ALB1 ALB2 JAR1 JAR2 VAL1 VAL2 CAT1 CAT2 4th 131

Complete World Series by Nissan/Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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 VALFEA VALSPR IMOFEA IMOSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA SILFEA SILSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 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 BRA1 BRA2 NED1 NED2 ESP1 ESP2 FRA1 FRA2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 SWE1 SWE2 GER1 GER2 GBR1 GBR2 ITA1 ITA2 MAC1 MAC2 12th 32 2008 BMW Team Italy-Spain 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 10th 51 2009 Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 MAR1 MAR2 FRA1 FRA2 ESP1 ESP2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER1 ITA1 ITA2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 15th 10