Barba began his single seater career in 2002 driving in the Spanish Formula Junior 1600 series, where he finished runner up to fellow countryman Adrián Vallés. In 2003 he moved up to the Spanish Formula Three Championship, the first of three seasons in the category. During his time in the series he accumulated nine podium positions, including three race wins, with his best season coming in 2005 when he finished 5th in the championship. He also raced in that year's Marlboro Masters event at Zandvoort, finishing in 24th place.
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
In 2003 Barba raced a full season in the World Series Lights championship, which acted as a support event to the World Series by Nissan. Barba took two podium positions during the year to finish 10th overall.
In 2006 he stepped up to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series with the Swiss team Jenzer Motorsport, taking nine points to finish his debut season 26th overall. He joined top Italian team International DracoRacing for the 2007 season, taking two podium positions, including his first race win at Donington Park. He finished the season 8th overall.
For 2008, Barba continued in the World Series, this time switching to the Italian squad Prema Powerteam,[1] with his brother Marco taking over his seat at Draco Racing.[2] After taking a podium in the opening event of the season, he took a further three podium places and a fastest lap to be classified 10th in the championship.
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Alvaro Barba Lopez a born 17 February 1984 in Seville is a Spanish racing driver and brother to fellow racer Marco Barba Alvaro BarbaNationalitySpanishFull nameAlvaro Barba LopezBorn 1984 02 17 17 February 1984 age 39 Seville SpainRelated toMarco BarbaInternational GT Open careerDebut season2008Current teamAdvanced EngineeringCar numberTBCFormer teamsMC CompeticionPrevious series200220032003 052006 082008 09Spanish Formula Junior 1600World Series LightsSpanish F3 ChampionshipFormula Renault 3 5 SeriesInternational GT Open Contents 1 Career 1 1 Formula Junior and Spanish Formula Three 1 2 Formula Renault 3 5 Series 1 3 International GT Open 2 Career results 2 1 Career summary 2 2 Complete Formula Renault 3 5 Series results 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksCareer EditFormula Junior and Spanish Formula Three Edit Barba began his single seater career in 2002 driving in the Spanish Formula Junior 1600 series where he finished runner up to fellow countryman Adrian Valles In 2003 he moved up to the Spanish Formula Three Championship the first of three seasons in the category During his time in the series he accumulated nine podium positions including three race wins with his best season coming in 2005 when he finished 5th in the championship He also raced in that year s Marlboro Masters event at Zandvoort finishing in 24th place Formula Renault 3 5 Series EditIn 2003 Barba raced a full season in the World Series Lights championship which acted as a support event to the World Series by Nissan Barba took two podium positions during the year to finish 10th overall Barba driving for Draco Racing in the Donington Park round of the 2007 Formula Renault 3 5 Series season In 2006 he stepped up to the Formula Renault 3 5 Series with the Swiss team Jenzer Motorsport taking nine points to finish his debut season 26th overall He joined top Italian team International DracoRacing for the 2007 season taking two podium positions including his first race win at Donington Park He finished the season 8th overall For 2008 Barba continued in the World Series this time switching to the Italian squad Prema Powerteam 1 with his brother Marco taking over his seat at Draco Racing 2 After taking a podium in the opening event of the season he took a further three podium places and a fastest lap to be classified 10th in the championship International GT Open Edit In July 2008 he teamed up with his brother to race a Mosler MT900R in the International GT Open event held at the brand new Valencia Street Circuit and in December 2008 it was announced that Barba will race for the Advanced Engineering team in the 2009 season 3 Career results EditCareer summary Edit Season Series Team Races Wins Podiums Poles F Laps Points Position2002 Spanish Formula Junior 1600 Escuela Lois 12 3 9 1 0 134 2nd2003 Spanish Formula Three Championship Meycom Sport 11 0 1 0 0 68 16thWorld Series Lights Escuela Lois Circuit 15 0 2 0 2 63 10th2004 Spanish Formula Three Championship Adrian Campos Motorsport 14 0 2 0 0 31 8thSpanish Formula Three Championship Winter Series 2 0 1 0 0 N A 3rdItalian Formula Three Championship Team Ghinzani 2 0 1 0 0 12 15th2005 Spanish Formula Three Championship Campos Racing 15 3 6 2 2 81 5thMasters of Formula 3 Hitech Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 24th2006 Formula Renault 3 5 Series Jenzer Motorsport 17 0 0 0 0 9 26th2007 Formula Renault 3 5 Series International Draco Racing 17 1 2 0 4 64 8th2008 Formula Renault 3 5 Series Prema Powerteam 17 0 4 0 1 58 10thInternational GT Open GTA MC Competicion 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC2009 FIA GT Championship GT2 AF Corse 8 1 3 1 1 34 4th2010 International GT Open AF Corse 16 4 9 4 2 90 1stLe Mans Series 1 0 0 1 0 9 21stSpanish GT Championship 1 44th2011 International GT Open Autorlando Sport 16 2 6 1 1 118 12thEurocup Megane Trophy Equipe Verschuur 2 0 1 0 0 0 NC2012 International GT Open Villois Racing 15 4 7 3 0 76 3rd2013 International GT Open GTS Ombra Racing 8 1 1 0 0 14 22nd2014 International GT Open Drivex School 2 0 0 0 0 7 12thInternational GT Open GTS Ombra Racing 4 1 2 0 1 18 14thItalian GT Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC2015 International GT Open AERT 7 0 1 0 0 8 11thComplete Formula Renault 3 5 Series results Edit 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 Points2006 Jenzer Motorsport ZOL1Ret ZOL27 MON1Ret IST122 IST2Ret MIS1Ret MIS213 SPA16 SPA212 NUR1Ret NUR214 DON122 DON223 LMS115 LMS2Ret CAT1Ret CAT215 26th 92007 International DracoRacing MNZ1Ret MNZ2Ret NUR14 NUR25 MON119 HUN1Ret HUN2Ret SPA1Ret SPA217 DON11 DON2Ret MAG112 MAG211 EST13 EST26 CAT118 CAT2Ret 9th 642008 Prema Powerteam MNZ1Ret MNZ22 SPA1DNS SPA210 MON114 SIL13 SIL28 HUN1Ret HUN25 NUR1Ret NUR23 BUG1NC BUG212 EST12 EST2Ret CAT16 CAT2Ret 10th 58Notes Edit This name uses Spanish naming customs the first or paternal family name is Barba and the second or maternal family name is Lopez References Edit Alvaro Barba and Prema together in the 2008 World Series by Renault Championship formula3 cc 2008 01 10 Archived from the original on 2011 07 06 Retrieved 2008 02 13 Baguette to join Barba at Draco italiaracing net 2007 11 24 Retrieved 2008 02 13 Alvaro Barba to Take Part in 2009 International GT Open with AE gtsport es Retrieved 2009 02 04 External links EditOfficial website Career details Sporting positionsPreceded byJoel CamathiasMarcel Fassler International GT Open champion2010with Pierre Kaffer Succeeded bySoheil Ayari Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alvaro Barba amp oldid 1114482985, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
