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José María López

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José María López
López at the 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan
NationalityArgentina Argentine
Born (1983-04-26) 26 April 1983 (age 41)
Río Tercero, Argentina
World Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2013
Current teamCitroën Racing
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Car number37
Former teamsWiechers-Sport
Starts71
Wins29
Podiums48
Poles20
Fastest laps29
Best finish1st in 2014, 2015, 2016
Formula E career
Debut season2016–17
Car number7
Former teamsDS Virgin Racing, Geox Dragon Racing
Starts33
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums2
Poles0
Fastest laps1
Best finish9th in 2016–17
Finished last season21st
Previous series
2012–13
2008–13
2008–13
2008
2007–11
2007
2005–06
2004
2003–04
2003, 2005–06
2002
2001–02		Super TC 2000
Top Race V6
Turismo Carretera
FIA GT Championship
TC 2000 Championship
American Le Mans Series
GP2 Series
International Formula 3000
Formula Renault V6 Eurocup
Formula One testing
Formula Renault Italia
FR2000 Eurocup
Championship titles
2019-2021

2014–2016
2012
2009
2008–09
2003
2002		FIA World Endurance Championship
WTCC
Super TC 2000
Top Race V6
TC 2000 Championship
Formula Renault V6 Eurocup
Formula Renault Italia

José María "Pechito" López (born 26 April 1983) is a veteran Argentine race car driver who is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Akkodis ASP. He is three-time World Touring Champion with Citroën in 2014, 2015 and 2016, and two-time World Endurance Champion with Toyota Gazoo Racing in 2020 and 2021, also becoming that last year the second Argentine driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans since José Froilán González in 1954.

López raced in the 2006 GP2 Series for the Super Nova team, and previously for the DAMS team, and the CMS team in Formula 3000. He was also at Renault F1 as a test driver. He was supposed to make his Formula One debut in 2010 for US F1 Team but the team shut down before contesting a single race. On 16 December 2013 he joined the Citroën Total WTCC team for the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season.[1] He won 10 races that year and clinched his first World Touring Car Championship. In 2015 he repeated the feat, again winning 10 races and the championship.[2] In 2016, he again retained the title with eight wins.[3]

Career

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Early career

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López began in karting, before moving to the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup in 2001, finishing in 17th position, taking one pole position and one fastest lap.[4] He stayed in the series for the 2002 season driving for Cram Competition, finishing in fourth position, taking one victory.[4] He also drove for Cram in Italian Formula Renault that year, where he became champion, taking four wins, beating Robert Kubica to the crown. He moved on to the Formula Renault V6 Eurocup in 2003, making his first association with the DAMS team, winning the title with five race wins.[4]

Formula 3000 and GP2

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In 2004 López moved up to International Formula 3000 with the CMS team, finishing sixth overall.[4] He also continued in the V6 Eurocup that year, driving in four races.

López raced in the inaugural season of the GP2 Series in 2005, making him one of only a select few drivers in the series who had previous experience of a full season in Formula 3000, the series which GP2 replaced. He finished ninth in the standings racing for the DAMS team.[4] For 2006 he moved to the Super Nova Racing team, finishing tenth in the standings.[4]

Return to Argentina

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López won the opening round of the 2010 TC 2000 season in Punta del Este, Uruguay.

In the early part of 2007, López raced in the American Le Mans Series, racing a Ferrari 430 GT for Corsa Motorsports/White Lightning in the 12 Hours of Sebring, and for Risi Competizione at St. Petersburg.

López also returned to Argentina in 2007 to race in TC 2000, the country's major production-based touring car championship. He was 5th that year, won the drivers' title in 2008, and successfully defended this crown in 2009. López also joined the Turismo Carretera in 2008 and the Top Race V6 in 2009; he became TRV6 champion in 2009. He narrowly lost out on winning the 2009 Turismo Carretera title after crashing out on an oilspill on the 18th lap of the final race of the season, thereby losing the unique opportunity to win three different championships in the same season.

He also competed in selected races of the FIA GT Championship in 2008 for the ACA Argentina team.[4]

Formula One

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López was a member of the Renault Driver Development programme between 2004 and 2006, and was test driver for Renault F1 during the 2006 season.

In November 2009 López confirmed that he had a deal in place with the new US F1 Team to race in the 2010 Formula One season, provided he secured an eight million-dollar sponsorship package.[5] Sources close to López claimed he already had eighty percent of the funds needed to secure his place in the team.[6]

López was announced as a driver for US F1 on 25 January 2010.[7] Former F1 driver Carlos Reutemann, a close friend of US F1 principal Peter Windsor and a leading politician in Argentina, helped put the funding package together for López. Complications in USF1's progress and uncertainty over whether USF1 would be able to stay in F1 for 2010 caused rumours to surface that López was in talks with rival team Campos, in order to secure his place in F1. This was confirmed by his manager in late February.[8] On 2 March 2010, he was freed from his contract due to US F1 not being able to attempt to race. On 4 March, Karun Chandhok completed the 2010 grid by signing for Campos (later renamed as the Hispania Racing F1 Team), leaving López without a race drive.[9]

Return to Argentina

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In 2010, López remained driving for Honda in the Argentine TC 2000 championship, finishing 6th. In that year he was granted the Platinum Konex Award as the best racing driver of the last decade in Argentina. For 2011 he switched to Fiat. In 2012, he won the (super) TC2000 championship for a third time, with privateer team PSG16.

López's Citroën C-Elysée WTCC in the 2014 WTCC season.

World Touring Car Championship

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He made his World Touring Car Championship début with Wiechers-Sport at the 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, substituting for their regular driver Fredy Barth.[10] He took both Yokohama Independents' Trophy victories and scored an overall victory in race two.[11]

In 2014, he moved to the Citroën team, and became 2014 World Touring Car Champion, clinching the title at Suzuka, thanks to his dominant race car -the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC that got 17 victories out of 23 races[12]-, but also dominating his two team-mates : Yvan Muller and the circuit races rookie Sébastien Loeb. José María López finished the season with ten victories, close to the Yvan Muller's record.

In 2015, José María López expected to have more difficulties "I am aware the competition is going to be much stronger because the other drivers are going to know me, they will push harder and you can see this already how Honda is pushing more, the Chevrolet drivers and the same in my Citroën team.",[13] yet he still dominated the first part of the season competition[14] with his team-mates on the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC.

Formula E

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In July 2016, López was confirmed as DS Virgin Racing's second driver for the third season of the FIA Formula E Championship and finished ninth in the Drivers' championship. He returned to Formula E for the 2017-18 campaign at the Marrakesh round for Dragon Racing, replacing the outgoing Neel Jani.[15]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2001 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Lucidi Motorsport 10 2 1 1 2 24 17th
2002 Formula Renault 2000 Italia Cram Competition 10 4 5 4 7 205 1st
Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup 6 1 1 0 3 100 4th
2003 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup DAMS 18 5 8 8 12 354 1st
2004 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup 4 0 1 0 0 2 27th
International Formula 3000 Championship CMS Performance 10 0 0 2 2 28 6th
2005 GP2 Series DAMS 22 1 0 0 3 36 9th
2006 GP2 Series Super Nova Racing 21 0 1 1 3 30 10th
2007 TC 2000 Championship Honda Racing 11 3 2 3 5 104 5th
American Le Mans Series - GT2 Risi Competizione 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2008 TC 2000 Championship Honda Petrobras 14 4 8 3 5 174 1st
Turismo Carretera HAZ Racing Team 13 0 0 0 0 109.5 15th
FIA GT Championship - GT1 Escudería ACA Argentina 4 0 0 0 0 6 19th
2009 TC 2000 Championship Equipo Petrobras 13 4 9 7 7 158 1st
Turismo Carretera HAZ Racing Team 16 2 5 5 5 196.75 2nd
Top Race V6 Sportteam V6 12 5 8 7 6 57 1st
2010 TC 2000 Championship Equipo Petrobras 13 1 2 3 4 83 6th
Turismo Carretera Oil Competición 10 0 0 0 0 28.5 36th
Top Race V6 Copa América AS Racing 3 0 1 0 0 33 22nd
Top Race V6 Torneo Clausura Oil Competición 6 0 0 0 2 5 3rd
FIA GT1 World Championship Young Driver AMR 2 0 1 0 0 10 37th
2011 TC 2000 Championship Equipo Fiat Oil Combustibles 11 1 2 1 4 149 5th
Turismo Carretera Oil Competición 10 0 0 0 0 28.5 36th
Top Race V6 12 0 0 2 4 70 2nd
2012 Súper TC2000 Pro Racing 13 4 6 6 5 203.5 1st
Turismo Carretera Oil Competición 14 0 1 1 0 95 23rd
Top Race V6 Tauro Guidi Team 8 0 1 1 0 0 25th
2013 Súper TC2000 Equipo Petronas 12 1 1 2 5 147 5th
Turismo Carretera Oil C5N Competición 14 1 4 2 4 367.25 9th
Top Race V6 PSG16 11 2 5 5 8 78 2nd
World Touring Car Championship Wiechers-Sport 2 1 0 0 1 35 15th
2014 World Touring Car Championship Citroën Total WTCC 23 10 7 11 17 462 1st
2015 World Touring Car Championship 24 10 7 9 19 475 1st
Stock Car Brasil Red Bull Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2016 World Touring Car Championship Citroën Racing 22 7 4 8 10 381 1st
2016–17 Formula E DS Virgin Racing 10 0 0 0 2 65 9th
2017 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP1 Toyota Gazoo Racing 8 0 3 0 2 84.5 6th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
Súper TC2000 Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2017–18 Formula E Dragon Racing 12 0 0 1 0 14 17th
2018 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
Súper TC2000 Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP1 Toyota Gazoo Racing 8 2 1 1 6 157 2nd
Formula E GEOX Dragon 13 0 0 0 0 3 21st
2019 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1 0 1 0 1 N/A 2nd
2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP1 8 4 3 1 4 207 1st
2020 DTM Trophy TGR Ring Racing 4 0 0 0 0 12 17th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1 0 1 0 1 N/A 3rd
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar 6 3 4 1 3 173 1st
24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar 1 1 1 0 1 N/A 1st
Súper TC2000 Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Toyota Gazoo Racing 6 2 1 1 3 133 3rd
24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar 1 0 0 1 1 N/A 2nd
IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi Ally Cadillac 2 0 0 0 0 566 17th
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Toyota Gazoo Racing 7 4 3 0 5 145 2nd
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Cool Racing 6 0 2 0 1 69 6th
24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar Toyota Gazoo Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2024 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3 Akkodis ASP Team 7 0 0 0 0 0 32nd
FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Toyota Gazoo Racing 1 0 0 0 0 36 16th
24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
TCR South America Touring Car Championship Toyota Team Argentina

† As López was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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(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 DC Points
2004 CMS Performance IMO
Ret 		CAT
6 		MON
3 		NÜR
5 		MAG
Ret 		SIL
4 		HOC
6 		HUN
8 		SPA
3 		MNZ
Ret 		6th 28

Complete GP2 Series results

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(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 DAMS IMO
FEA
2 		IMO
SPR
11 		CAT
FEA
6 		CAT
SPR
1 		MON
FEA
Ret 		NÜR
FEA
13 		NÜR
SPR
14 		MAG
FEA
2 		MAG
SPR
Ret 		SIL
FEA
9 		SIL
SPR
DNS 		HOC
FEA
13 		HOC
SPR
10 		HUN
FEA
Ret 		HUN
SPR
Ret 		IST
FEA
6 		IST
SPR
7 		MNZ
FEA
Ret 		MNZ
SPR
Ret 		SPA
FEA
10 		SPA
SPR
8 		BHR
FEA
4 		BHR
SPR
4 		9th 36
2006 Super Nova International VAL
FEA
5 		VAL
SPR
Ret 		IMO
FEA
Ret 		IMO
SPR
19† 		NÜR
FEA
4 		NÜR
SPR
3 		CAT
FEA
Ret 		CAT
SPR
Ret 		MON
FEA
NC 		SIL
FEA
Ret 		SIL
SPR
14 		MAG
FEA
3 		MAG
SPR
Ret 		HOC
FEA
7 		HOC
SPR
2 		HUN
FEA
8 		HUN
SPR
Ret 		IST
FEA
9 		IST
SPR
11 		MNZ
FEA
Ret 		MNZ
SPR
Ret 		10th 30

Complete GT1 World Championship results

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Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2010 Young Driver AMR Aston Martin DBR9 ABU
QR 		ABU
CR 		SIL
QR 		SIL
CR 		BRN
QR 		BRN
CR 		PRI
QR 		PRI
CR 		SPA
QR 		SPA
CR 		NÜR
QR 		NÜR
CR 		ALG
QR 		ALG
CR 		NAV
QR 		NAV
CR 		INT
QR 		INT
CR 		SAN
QR
Ret
 		SAN
CR
5
 		37th 10

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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(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 Pos. Pts
2013 Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TC ITA
1 		ITA
2 		MAR
1 		MAR
2 		SVK
1 		SVK
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		AUT
1 		AUT
2 		RUS
1 		RUS
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		ARG
1
5 		ARG
2
1 		USA
1 		USA
2 		JPN
1 		JPN
2 		CHN
1 		CHN
2 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		15th 35
2014 Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC MAR
1
1 		MAR
2
2 		FRA
1
4 		FRA
2
1 		HUN
1
2 		HUN
2
6 		SVK
1
2 		SVK
2
C 		AUT
1
3 		AUT
2
1 		RUS
1
1 		RUS
2
Ret 		BEL
1
2 		BEL
2
1 		ARG
1
1 		ARG
2
1 		BEI
1
3 		BEI
2
4 		CHN
1
1 		CHN
2
3 		JPN
1
1 		JPN
2
6 		MAC
1
1 		MAC
2
5 		1st 462
2015 Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC ARG
1
1 		ARG
2
2 		MAR
1
1 		MAR
2
3 		HUN
1
1 		HUN
2
6 		GER
1
1 		GER
2
2 		RUS
1
2 		RUS
2
12 		SVK
1
2 		SVK
2
2 		FRA
1
3 		FRA
2
1 		POR
1
1 		POR
2
5 		JPN
1
1 		JPN
2
Ret 		CHN
1
1 		CHN
2
3 		THA
1
1 		THA
2
3 		QAT
1
1 		QAT
2
8 		1st 475
2016 Citroën Racing Citroën C-Elysée WTCC FRA
1
6 		FRA
2
1 		SVK
1
5 		SVK
2
1 		HUN
1
13 		HUN
2
1 		MAR
1
2 		MAR
2
1 		GER
1
1 		GER
2
1 		RUS
1
5 		RUS
2
8 		POR
1
5 		POR
2
5 		ARG
1
5 		ARG
2
1 		JPN
1
4 		JPN
2
2 		CHN
1
4 		CHN
2
1 		QAT
1
9 		QAT
2
3 		1st 381

Complete Formula E results

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

Year Team Chassis Powertrain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Points
2016–17 DS Virgin Racing Spark SRT01-e DS Virgin DSV-02 HKG
Ret 		MRK
10 		BUE
10 		MEX
6 		MCO
Ret 		PAR
2 		BER
4 		BER
5 		NYC NYC MTL
Ret 		MTL
3 		9th 65
2017–18 Dragon Racing Spark SRT01-e Penske EV-2 HKG HKG MRK
6 		SCL
Ret 		MEX
12 		PDE
8 		RME
17† 		PAR
10 		BER
18 		ZUR
12 		NYC
Ret 		NYC
Ret 		17th 14
2018–19 GEOX Dragon Spark SRT05e Penske EV-3 ADR
Ret 		MRK
11 		SCL
9 		MEX
17 		HKG
11 		SYX
Ret 		RME
16 		PAR
13 		MCO
10 		BER
20 		BRN
DSQ 		NYC
12 		NYC
Ret 		21st 3

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2017 Toyota Gazoo Racing LMP1 Toyota TS050 Hybrid Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid) SIL
13 		SPA LMS
Ret 		NÜR
3 		MEX
4 		COA
4 		FUJ
2 		SHA
4 		BHR
4 		6th 84.5
2018–19 Toyota Gazoo Racing LMP1 Toyota TS050 Hybrid Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid) SPA
2 		LMS
2 		SIL
DSQ 		FUJ
1 		SHA
1 		SEB
2 		SPA
6 		LMS
2 		2nd 157
2019–20 Toyota Gazoo Racing LMP1 Toyota TS050 Hybrid Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid) SIL
1 		FUJ
2 		SHA
3 		BHR
1 		COA
3 		SPA
1 		LMS
3 		BHR
1 		1st 207
2021 Toyota Gazoo Racing Hypercar Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid) SPA
3 		ALG
2 		MNZ
1 		LMS
1 		BHR
1 		BHR
2 		1st 173
2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing Hypercar Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid) SEB
Ret 		SPA
1 		LMS
2 		MNZ
3 		FUJ
2 		BHR
1 		3rd 133
2023 Toyota Gazoo Racing Hypercar Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid) SEB
1 		ALG
9 		SPA
1 		LMS
Ret 		MNZ
1 		FUJ
1 		BHR
2 		2nd 145
2024 Akkodis ASP Team LMGT3 Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8 QAT
16 		IMO
15 		SPA
14 		SÃO
11 		COA
11 		FUJ
12 		BHR
Ret 		32nd 0
Toyota Gazoo Racing Hypercar Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota 3.5L Turbo V6 (Hybrid) LMS
2 		16th 36

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2017 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing France Nicolas Lapierre
Japan Yuji Kunimoto 		Toyota TS050 Hybrid LMP1 160 DNF DNF
2018 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi 		Toyota TS050 Hybrid LMP1 386 2nd 2nd
2019 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi 		Toyota TS050 Hybrid LMP1 385 2nd 2nd
2020 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi 		Toyota TS050 Hybrid LMP1 381 3rd 3rd
2021 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi 		Toyota GR010 Hybrid Hypercar 371 1st 1st
2022 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi 		Toyota GR010 Hybrid Hypercar 380 2nd 2nd
2023 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi 		Toyota GR010 Hybrid Hypercar 103 DNF DNF
2024 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Netherlands Nyck de Vries 		Toyota GR010 Hybrid Hypercar 311 2nd 2nd

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team No. Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
2022 Ally Cadillac 48 DPi Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 DAY
5 		SEB
6 		LBH LGA MDO DET WGL MOS ELK PET 17th 566

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2023 Cool Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
4 		LEC
4 		ARA
5 		SPA
3 		POR
4 		ALG
7 		6th 69

References

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  1. ^ Abbott, Andrew (2013-12-16). "Citroën reveal third car for López". TouringCars.Net. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
  2. ^ "José María López". FIA WTCC. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  3. ^ "Standings". fiawtcc.com. 17 February 2015. Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/106/career/ Career statistics at Driver Database
  5. ^ Pablo Elizalde and Matt Beer (2009-11-21). "Lopez set for USF1 drive". Autosport.com. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  6. ^ "Lopez signs conditional USF1 deal". F1-Live.com. 2009-11-21. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
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  9. ^ Noble, Jonathan (2010-03-04). "Chandhok announced as HRT driver". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Italian Formula Renault Championship
Champion
2002 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Inaugural
 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup
Champion
2003 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the 200 km de Buenos Aires
2008
With: Anthony Reid 		Succeeded by
Preceded by TC 2000 Championship
Champion
2008-2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Top Race V6
Champion
2009 		Succeeded by
Guido Falaschi
(Copa América)
Agustín Canapino
(Close Tournament)
Preceded by Súper TC 2000 Championship
Champion
2012 		Succeeded by
Preceded by World Touring Car Championship
Champion
2014, 2015, 2016 		Succeeded by
Preceded by World Endurance Drivers Champion
2019–20, 2021
With: Mike Conway & Kamui Kobayashi 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
2021
With: Mike Conway & Kamui Kobayashi 		Succeeded by
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