Marco Barba

Marco Antonio Barba López (born 10 November 1985 in Seville) is a Spanish former racing driver and brother to Álvaro Barba.

Career

Formula Junior 1600 Barba began his racing career in 2003 in the Spanish Formula Junior 1600 series, taking a single podium and two pole positions to finish the year in 12th place. He stayed in the championship the following year, taking eight podiums, including six race wins to finish runner–up behind current GP2 Series driver Michael Herck.

Formula Three In 2004, Barba made his debut in the Spanish Formula Three Championship, racing in the rounds at Valencia and Barcelona. The following year, he stepped up to the championship full-time with Campos Racing, competing in the Copa de España class for older generation Dallara chassis. He took nine class podiums, including two class wins, to finish third in the standings, with teammate Arturo Llobell winning the title. In the overall championship standings he finished in 10th place. He also contested two races in the Italian Formula Three Championship for Team Ghinzani. Despite only taking part in two races, he scored enough points to be classified 10th in the final standings.

In 2006 and 2007, Barba raced in the main class of the series, firstly with Campos Racing before moving on to the TEC Auto team. During this period, he secured 14 podium places, including four race wins, and finished as runner–up to teammate Máximo Cortés in the 2007 season, losing out on the title by just four points.

For 2010, Barba rejoined the series, which is now known as the European F3 Open Championship. Driving for Cedars Motorsport, he won the title at the penultimate round of the season in Jerez.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series In September 2006, Barba made his debut in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series at Donington Park, driving for Jenzer Motorsport alongside his older brother Álvaro. He contested the final six races of the season but failed to score a point.

Barba graduated to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series full-time in 2008, racing for the Italian Draco Racing squad alongside fellow team newcomer Bertrand Baguette. Although he failed to take a podium place, he finished in the points in nine races and was classified 14th in the championship standings.

Barba remained with the team for the 2009 season, and along with Baguette earned Draco the team championship, with Baguette also winning the driver's championship. Barba ended up ninth overall, recording a best result of two second places, with both coming at the Hungaroring.

International GT Open In July 2008, Barba teamed up with his brother Álvaro to race a Mosler MT900R in the International GT Open event held at the newly constructed Valencia Street Circuit.

GP3 Series In July 2010, Barba made his debut in the GP3 Series at the Hungaroring, replacing the injured Simon Trummer at Jenzer Motorsport. After retiring from the feature race, he recovered to finish 19th in the sprint event.

Auto GP In March 2011, it was announced that Barba would join the Auto GP championship, racing for his former Formula Three team Campos Racing.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2003 Spanish Formula Junior 1600 Escuela Lois Circuit ? 0 2 ? 1 ? 12th 2004 Spanish Formula Junior 1600 Escuela Lois Circuit 12 6 6 ? 8 117 2nd Spanish Formula 3 Championship GTA Motor Competición 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC† Adrián Campos Motorsport20000 2005 Spanish Formula 3 Championship - Copa de EspañaCampos Racing 15 2 2 ? 9 79 3rd Spanish Formula 3 Championship 15 0 0 0 0 27 10th Italian Formula 3 Championship Team Ghinzani 2 0 0 0 0 18 10th 2006 Spanish Formula 3 Championship Campos Racing 15 1 0 0 5 67 7th Formula Renault 3.5 Series Jenzer Motorsport 6 0 0 0 0 0 41st 2007 Spanish Formula 3 Championship Escuderia TEC-Auto 16 3 0 0 9 113 2nd 2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series International DracoRacing 17 0 0 0 0 24 14th International GT Open - GTA MC Competicion 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series International DracoRacing 17 0 2 0 2 50 9th 2010 European F3 Open Championship Cedars Motorsport 15 6 3 8 11 154 1st GP3 Series Jenzer Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 35th 2011 Auto GP Series Campos Racing600001615th 2014 Formula Acceleration 1 Acceleration Team Spain400001019th † As he was a guest driver, Barba was ineligible to score points.

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 ZOL1 ZOL2 MON1 IST1 IST2 MIS1 MIS2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 DON1 DON2 LMS1 LMS2 CAT1 CAT2 41st 0 2008 International DracoRacing MNZ1 MNZ2 SPA1 SPA2 MON124† SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BUG1 BUG2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 14th 24 2009 International DracoRacing CAT1 CAT2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 BUG1 BUG2 ALG1 ALG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ALC1 ALC2 9th 50 † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.