José María López

José María López ( born April 26, 1983 in Río Tercero ) is an Argentine racing driver. 2008 and 2009, he came Argentine touring car champion.

Career

2001 López began his formula racing career in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. In his first season he reached the 17th place in the overall standings. A year later, the Argentines went again in this formula and finished fourth. In addition, López began in the Italian Formula Renault, where he was in his inaugural season at first champion. In 2003, López in the Formula Renault V6 Eurocup, where he was starting for DAMS champion. In 2004, Lopez was driving a few races in this series. 2003 he has also participated in test drives for the Renault Formula 1 team, but he could not convince.

His main focus, however, was the 2004 International Formula 3000 Championship. López was of CMS performance, which was supervised by Coloni Motorsport, obliged. His teammate, Mathias Lauda, ​​son of three- time Formula 1 World Champion Niki Lauda. López could win a race and finished sixth overall. In addition, the Argentines drove a race in the FIA GT Championship.

2005 moved López in the GP2 Series, the successor series of the formula 3000th As teammate racer Fairuz Fauzy of Malay as he went in 2003 for DAMS at the start. López won the sprint race at the Circuit de Catalunya and finished ninth overall. 2006 remained López in the GP2 series. Together with his team-mate Fairuz Fauzy, he moved from DAMS for Super Nova Racing. López was pleased with three podiums, but he did not win a race. In the overall standings, he eventually finished in tenth place.

2007 returned López GP2 his back and moved to the Argentine TC 2000, a touring car racing series. He also competed in one race in the American Le Mans Series. One year later, López won the championship title of the TC 2000, he successfully defended in 2009.

In 2010 he was already a regular driver at the newly registered team U.S. F1 in Formula 1 under contract. After weeks of speculation about the failure of U.S. motorsport project López broke his contract finally on again.

Career stations

• 2001: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup ( 17th)
• 2002: Italian Formula Renault (Master), Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup (4th place )
• 2003: Formula Renault V6 Eurocup (Master)
• 2004: Formula 3000 ( 6th place)
• 2005: GP2 Series (No. 9)
• 2006: GP2 Series (No. 10)
• 2007: Argentine TC 2000 ( 5th place)
• 2008: Argentine TC 2000 (Master)
• 2009: Argentine TC 2000 (Master)