Ãlvaro Barba
Álvaro Barba López (born 17 February 1984 in Seville ) is a Spanish racing driver. He is a brother of the racer Marco Barba.
Career
Barba began his motorsport career in karting in 1999 and remained active until 2002 in this sport. In 2002 he moved to Formula racing and immediately became vice-champion of the Spanish Formula Junior. In 2003, he joined both the Light World Series, where he finished tenth, and also in the Spanish Formula 3 Championship, where he finished in twelfth place overall at. In 2004, he stayed in the Spanish Formula 3, he moved to Campos Racing and improved to eighth in the drivers' standings. He also took part in two races of the Italian Formula 3 Championship. In 2005 he won three races and finished fifth in the overall standings. His brother Marco was one of his teammates this season.
In 2006, Barba in the World Series by Renault to Jenzer Motorsport. He came in only two races in the points and ended his first season in 26th place overall. In the last three race weekends, his brother Marco was his teammate. 2007 joined the Spaniards to International Draco Racing. While his teammate Miloš Pavlović was third, Barba finished with a win in ninth place in the drivers' standings. In 2008 he was with Draco Racing replaced by his brother Marco. Álvaro Barba moved to Prema Power Team and was team mate of his compatriot Miguel Molina. Barba could not keep up with his teammates again. While Molina fourth in the championship, was Barba reached the tenth place in the standings with four podium finishes. He also took part in two races of the International GT Open.
2009 left Barba formula racing completely and switched to AF Corse in the FIA GT Championship, in which he alternated with Niki Cadei in the cockpit of a Ferrari F430 GTC. The two achieved a class victory in Portimao and finished fifth in GT2. 2010 Barba joined in the International GT Open, and together with Pierre Kaffer a team. After the fifth race weekend of the two led with four wins in the overall standings.