Sergio Hernández

Sergio Hernández von Rekowski (born 6 December 1983, Xàbia) is a Spanish racing driver, best known for having competed in the World Touring Car Championship. He won the WTCC Independents' Trophy in 2008 and 2010.

Career

Early years Hernández's career started in karting in 1998, lasting until 2001 when he moved up to formula racing with Portuguese Formula BMW and Spanish Formula Toyota.

In 2002, Hernández debuted in Spanish Formula Three, driving for the Azteca team, where he would stay for 2003. In 2003, he also drove for Azteca in British Formula 3, driving some races. He also drove part of the World Series Light season. He remained in Spanish F3 for 2004, only moving to the Campos team. He got a taste of World Series by Nissan, driving part of the season for the Saulnier team.

GP2 Series In 2005, Hernández drove in the GP2 Series, partnered with Juan Cruz Álvarez, although Campos struggled throughout the season. He moved to Durango for 2006, partnering Lucas di Grassi, but results were even more sparse. During the GP2 season finale at Valencia, he drove for the Trident Racing team, replacing Ricardo Risatti who had himself replaced the injured Pastor Maldonado for three race meetings.

World Touring Car Championship

Proteam Motorsport (2007–2008; 2010) Hernández switched to touring cars in 2007, racing a BMW 320si for Proteam Motorsport in the 2007 World Touring Car Championship season. He finished 20th in the drivers' standings that season after participating in nine of the eleven rounds.

Hernández continued to race for Proteam in 2008 alongside Stefano D'Aste. He took his first outright podium finish at the 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, finishing third behind Tom Coronel and Augusto Farfus in the drying conditions of race one. That year, he won the Independents' Trophy for the first time.

Hernández rejoined Proteam in 2010 after BMW reduced their involvement in the series.

BMW Team Italy–Spain (2009) In 2009, Hernández joined the works BMW Team Italy-Spain, replacing Félix Porteiro as teammate to Alessandro Zanardi.

Hernández driving for BMW Team Italy-Spain at the 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Japan. Hernández failed to get through to Q2 for the Race of Brazil but started ahead of his teammate. He finished in the points in his first race as a works driver. While letting his teammate pass during qualifying for the Race of Morocco, Hernández clashed with fellow BMW driver Andy Priaulx and finished the session nineteenth. Hernández retired from race two on the opening lap and his stranded car brought out the safety car. After qualifying for the Race of France, he was one of seven drivers who had their times from Q2 deleted for exceeding the engine rev limit on theirs cars. He finished fifth in race one but a collision with Porteiro on the first lap put Hernández out of the race and his BMW 320si caught fire, Porteiro was issued with a drive–through penalty for his involvement. He started on pole position for the reversed grid race at the Race of Spain but dropped down to sixth by the end of the race. Hernández took his first overall WTCC victory in race two of the Race of the Czech Republic, having started on the second row and passed pole sitter Yvan Muller on the third lap. Race one of the Race of Portugal saw Hernandez and the Lada of Jaap van Lagen, who started 17th and 18th respectively tangle after the rolling start, pitching Hernández in the concrete barrier. He was subsequently taken to hospital for checks on his ankle and was unable to start race two. Contact from SEAT Sport driver Jordi Gené during race two of the Race of Italy spun Hernández and dropped him down the order and he eventually finished eleventh. He finished the season eleventh in the drivers' championship as the fourth best BMW factory driver and one place ahead of his teammate. In December 2009, BMW announced it was to reduce its involvement in the WTCC from five cars to two. ROAL Motorsport would no longer be involved with the German manufacturer, leaving Hernández to find a seat himself for 2010.

Racing record

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 2002 Azteca Motorsport ALB1 ALB2 JER1 JER2 EST1 EST2 VAL JER1 JER2 JAR1 JAR2 CAT1 CAT2 9th 109 2003 Azteca Motorsport ALB1 ALB2 JAR1 JAR2 JER1 JER2 EST1 EST2 VAL1 VAL2 JER CAT1 CAT2 7th 103 2004 Adrián Campos Motorsport ALB1 ALB2 JAR1 JAR2 JER1 JER2 EST1 EST2 VAL1 VAL2 JER1 JER2 CAT1 CAT2 6th 41

Complete British Formula Three Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete World Series Lights results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete World Series by Nissan 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 22 23 DC Points 2005 Campos Racing IMOFEA IMOSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA NÜRFEA NÜRSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SPAFEA SPASPR BHRFEA BHRSPR 20th 3 2006 Durango VALFEA VALSPR IMOFEA IMOSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA SILFEA SILSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 23rd 1 2007 Trident Racing BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SPAFEA SPASPR VALFEA VALSPR 36th 0

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 Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si BRA1 BRA2 NED1 NED2 ESP1 ESP2 FRA1 FRA2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 SWE1 SWE2 GER1 GER2 GBR1 GBR2 ITA1 ITA2 MAC1 MAC2 20th 1 2008 Scuderia Proteam Motorsport 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 16th 9 2009 BMW Team Italy-Spain 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 11th 36 2010 Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si BRA1 BRA2 MAR1 MAR2 ITA1 ITA2 BEL1 BEL2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 CZE1 CZE2 GER1 GER2 ESP1 ESP2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 16th 9

Complete International Superstars Series 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 DC Points 2011 Campos Racing BMW M3 (E92) MNZR1 MNZR2 VNCR1 VNCR2 ALGR1 ALGR2 DONR1 DONR2 MISR1 MISR2 SPAR1 SPAR2 MUGR1 MUGR2 VALR1 VALR2 27th 2