Marta García López (born 9 August 2000) is a Spanish racing driver who last competed in the 2025 Le Mans Cup with Iron Dames in GT3. She previously competed in F1 Academy for the team in 2023, becoming the inaugural champion of the series with two races to spare. She is a race winner in the W Series and won karting titles including the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy and the Trofeo delle Industrie in 2015.
Personal life Marta García López was born in Dénia, Spain on 9 August 2000.
Career García started her motorsports career in kart racing, where she won titles including the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy and the Trofeo delle Industrie in 2015, which had previously been won by three Formula One World Drivers' Champions: Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, and Sebastian Vettel.
F4 Spanish Championship In 2016, García made her single-seater debut as a guest driver for Drivex in the second half of the F4 Spanish Championship.
In 2017, García joined MP Motorsport to contest the full F4 Spanish Championship. Her best race result was a fifth place at Circuito de Jerez and she finished the season in ninth overall. She also participated in a single round of the SMP F4 Championship.
Formula One
In 2017, García joined the Renault Sport Academy but was dropped after one season.
W Series In 2019, García took part in the inaugural W Series, finishing fourth in the championship. She took one victory and one pole position at the Norisring event.
García was set to contest the 2020 championship before it was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A ten-event eSports series was held on iRacing in its place, with García taking second place in the championship.
García joined the newly-formed Puma team for the 2021 W Series season. She initially qualified in seventh place for the opening round of the season at the Red Bull Ring, but retired on lap twelve with when her car developed mechanical problems. Four non-points finishes and only a single podium followed, which left García twelfth in the standings at the end of the season.
García returned for the 2022 W Series, racing for the CortDAO W Series Team, and was sixth in the points standings with one pole and one podium when the series ended early for financial reasons.
In early 2023, W Series announced the series was no longer running, at which point she was now racing in F1 Academy. García left W Series with one win, four podiums, and two poles.
F1 Academy
On 21 March 2023, García was confirmed to be driving in the newly launched all-female F1 Academy series, for the Prema Racing team.
García began the season at the Red Bull Ring, taking pole position for races 1 and 3, then winning those races. At Circuit Ricardo Tormo, García qualified in pole position for races one and two; however, she was later judged to have track limit infringements during the first qualifying session and lost pole position for race one.
During the final round at Circuit of the Americas in race one of three of the weekend, García secured the inaugural F1 Academy championship. She ended the season with seven wins and five poles, the most of any driver on that lineup.
Formula Regional European Championship
Following García's success in F1 Academy, she received a fully-funded seat in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship with Prema Racing. However, in April, she announced that she would switch to Iron Dames for the season to partner Mercedes junior Doriane Pin, as the Italian team made its debut in the series.
Formula E García made her debut in Formula E machinery when she took part in the Berlin rookie test with the ERT Formula E Team in May 2024. In November of the same year, she took part in the 2024-25 pre-season women's test with Porsche Formula E Team. She placed eighth in the test.
García returned to the 2025-26 pre-season women's test in October 2025 with Lola Yamaha ABT.
GT racing On August 19, 2024, the Iron Dames announced García would make her GT racing debut in the Ligier European Series. She finished second on track in race 1, but a penalty dropped her to fifth. She won the second race, and finished with the fastest lap in both races. In the season finale, she qualified third for both races. García was taken out in race 1 while battling for a podium position, but came away from race 2 with the victory.
Karting record
Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition2010Copa de Campeones — AlevínNC2011WSK Master Series — 60 MiniAV RacersSpanish Championship — Alevín8thItalian Championship — 60 Mini40thWSK Final Cup — 60 MiniAV RacersNCCopa de Campeones — Alevín3rd2012Spanish Championship — Cadet10thWSK Final Cup — 60 MiniLuxor Racing Team4thCopa de Campeones — Cadete17th201342° Trofeo delle Industrie — KF334thAndrea Margutti Trophy — KFJNCWSK Master Series — KFJGarcia Pino31stWSK Euro Series — KFJM2 Racing KartsNCSpanish Championship — KF32ndCIK-FIA European Championship — KFJAV Racers Intnal25thCIK-FIA World Championship — KFJGarcia, Francisco NCCIK-FIA International Super Cup — KFJGarcia, Francisco9thWSK Final Cup — KFJGarcia Pino25th2014South Garda Winter Cup — KFJNCRotax Max Wintercup — Rotax Max Junior26thRotax Euro Challenge — Junior23rdRotax International Open — Junior10thWSK Champions Cup — KFJZanardi Strakka Racing21stWSK Super Master Series — KFJ38thSpanish Championship — KFJ2ndCIK-FIA European Championship — KFJZanardi Strakka RacingNCCIK-FIA World Championship — KFJGarcia, Francisco NCCIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy14thWSK Final Cup — KFJGarcia Francisco23rd2015South Garda Winter Cup — KFJ15thRotax Max Wintercup — Rotax Max Junior23rd42° Trofeo delle Industrie — KF31stAndrea Margutti Trophy — KFJ14thWSK Super Master Series — KFJGARCIA FRANCISCO10thWSK Gold Cup — KFJ14thSpanish Championship — Junior5thCIK-FIA European Championship — KFJGarcia, Francisco4thCIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ 13thCIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy1stWSK Final Cup — KFJGARCIA FRANCISCO9th2016Rotax Max Wintercup — Rotax Max Senior23rdWSK Super Master Series — KFJEvokart Srl9thCIK-FIA European Championship — OKMarquez, Vicente4thCIK-FIA International Super Cup — KZ2 Evokart SrlNC2018Spanish Championship — KZ25thCIK-FIA European Championship — KZ2unomatricula k-teamNC
Racing record
Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2016 F4 Spanish Championship Drivex 11 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2017 F4 Spanish Championship MP Motorsport 20 0 0 0 0 70 9th SMP F4 Championship 3 0 0 0 0 8 17th 2019 W Series Hitech GP 6 1 1 0 2 66 4th 2021 W Series Puma W Series Team 7 0 0 0 1 21 12th 2022 W Series CortDAO W Series Team 7 0 1 0 1 45 6th 2023 F1 Academy Prema Racing2175612278 1st2024 Formula Regional European Championship Iron Dames200000028th Ligier European Series - JS2 R Iron Dames by M Racing420320NC†2025 Le Mans Cup - GT3 Iron Dames71112634th2026Ligier European Series - JS P4Petrogold † As García was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points.
Complete F4 Spanish Championship results (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 18 19 20 Pos Points 2016 Drivex NAV1 NAV2 NAV3 ALC1 ALC2 ALC3 ALG1 ALG2 ALG3 VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 CAT1 CAT2 JAR1 JAR2 JAR3 JER1 JER2 JER3 NC† 0 2017 MP Motorsport ALC1 ALC2 ALC3 NAV11 NAV12 NAV13 CAT1 CAT2 JER1 JER2 JER3 NAV21 NAV22 NAV23 NOG1 NOG2 NOG3 EST1 EST2 EST3 9th 70 † As García was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points.
Complete SMP F4 Championship results (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 18 19 20 21 Pos Points 2017 MP MotorsportSOC1SOC2SOC3SMO1SMO2SMO3AHV1AHV2AHV3AUD1AUD2AUD3 MSC11 MSC12 MSC13MSC21MSC22MSC23ASS1ASS2ASS3 17th 8
Complete W Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points 2019 Hitech GP HOC ZOL MIS NOR ASS BRH 4th 66 2021 Puma W Series Team RBR1 RBR2 SIL HUN SPA ZAN COA1 COA2 12th 21 2022 CortDAO W Series Team MIA1 MIA2 CAT SIL LEC HUN SIN 6th 45
Complete F1 Academy results (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 18 19 20 21 DC Points2023 Prema Racing RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 CRT1 CRT2 CRT3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 COA1 COA2 COA31st278
Complete Formula Regional European Championship results (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 18 19 20 DC Points 2024 Iron Dames HOC1 HOC2 SPA1 SPA2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HUN1 HUN2 MUG1 MUG2 LEC1 LEC2 IMO1 IMO2 RBR1 RBR2 CAT1 CAT2 MNZ1 MNZ2 28th 0
Complete Le Mans Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate the fastest lap) Year EntrantCarClass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DC Points 2025 Iron DamesPorsche 911 GT3 R (992)GT3 BAR LEC LMS LMS SPA SIL POR 4th 63
Complete Ligier European Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate the fastest lap) Year EntrantCarClass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points 2024 Iron Dames by M RacingLigier JS2 R JS2 R CAT1 CAT2 LEC1 LEC2 LMS SPA1 SPA2 MUG1 MUG2 POR1 POR2 NC 0
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