José Manuel "Manu" Sapag (born September 28, 1995, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine motor racing driver.

Racing career Sapag began his career in 2014 in the Fórmula Metropolitana, and the next year, he reached a podium. In 2016, he made his debut in TC 2000 and returned to compete in the Fórmula Metropolitana, where he won for the first time.

In 2017, Sapag participated in competitions of several championships, highlighting his participation in the TC 2000 season and his victory on the fifth round. He repeated participation in the next season, achieving a victory again.

Sapag made his debut in the Súper TC 2000 as the guest of Federico Iribarne in the 200 km de Buenos Aires 2018. That same year, he made his international debut in TCR Europe Touring Car Series and 24H TCE Series. He besides race the Top Race Series season.

In 2019, Sapag was invited again for the 200 km de Buenos Aires, this time by Marcelo Ciarrocchi, and also raced as a starting driver on the last two races, always for the Citroën Total Racing team. He finished seventh in the championship TC 2000 with two wins.

The next year, Sapag became a Súper TC 2000 driver with Equipo FDC and Monti Motorsport. Outside his country, he raced in the TCR Europe and World Touring Car Cup with Target Competition, in the latter as a guest driver for two rounds.

In 2021, Sapag did not return to Europe. He remained in the Argentine Super TC 2000 and Top Race V6 championships. In the Super TC 2000, he raced with the Honda factory team but scored only one point, while in the Top Race V6 he managed to win a sprint race. Besides, Sapag obtained a pole position and four podiums in the inaugural season of TCR South America. The following year, he finished fourth in TCR South America with one victory.

Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles Podiums Points Position 2014 Fórmula Metropolitana CB Sport 3 0 0 0 0 2 31st 2015 Fórmula Metropolitana CB Racing 13 0 1 0 1 59 9th 2016 TC2000 PSG-16 Team 9 0 0 0 0 25.5 27th Fórmula 4 Nueva Generación Becerra Racing 3 0 0 0 0 25.5 22nd Fórmula Metropolitana CB Racing 29 1 0 1 7 197.5 7th 2017 Top Race Series JLS Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 1 30th Top Race Junior - 2 0 0 0 0 9 26th TC2000 PSG16 Team 20 1 1 0 2 88 15th Fórmula Renault 2.0 Argentina Litoral Group 12 0 0 0 3 191 12th Fórmula Renault Plus Aimar Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 12 42nd 2018 Súper TC2000 Citroën Total Racing 1 0 0 0 0 - TCR Europe Touring Car Series Baporo Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 31st 24H TCE Series - TCR 1 0 0 0 0 ?? Fiat Competizione - 1 0 0 0 0 18 27th TC2000 Citroën Total Racing Team PSG 14 1 0 1 3 275 6th Top Race Series Pfening Competición121 0 0 1 76 7th 2019 24H TCE Series - TCR Baporo Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 ?? Súper TC2000 Citroën Total Racing 3 0 0 0 0 - Top Race V6 MS Sportteam 12 0 0 0 0 11 14th TC2000 Citroën Total Racing Team PSG 12 2 2 2 4 194 7th 2020 Súper TC2000 FDCMonti Motorsport 1300000NC Top Race V6 Lincoln Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 6 16th World Touring Car Cup Target Competition 6 0 0 0 0 - TCR Europe Touring Car Series 6 0 0 0 0 36 20th TCR Ibérico 4 0 0 0 0 0 20th 2021 Súper TC2000 Puma Energy Honda Racing 22 0 0 0 0 1 19th Top Race V6 Lincoln Motorsport 14 1 0 0 4 99 8th TCR South America Touring Car Championship Squadra Martino 10 0 1 0 4 138 4th2022 Top Race V6 Lincoln Motorsport 20 0 0 0 1 103 10th TCR South America Touring Car Championship PMO Motorsport 12 1 1 1 3 346 4th 2023 Top Race V6 Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina 18 0 0 0 4 128 6th TCR South America Touring Car Championship Toyota Team Argentina 18 0 0 0 2 212 10th TCR World Tour 4 0 0 0 0 5 46th Source:

Racing record Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results (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 DC Points 2018 Baporo Motorsport CUPRA León TCR LEC1 LEC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 ASS1 ASS2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT2 31st 0 2020 Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR LEC1 LEC2 ZOL1 ZOL2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT2 SPA1 SPA2 JAR1 JAR2 20th 36

Complete World Touring Car Cup results (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 DC Points 2020 Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR BEL1 BEL2 GER1 GER2 SVK1 SVK2 SVK3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 ESP1 ESP2 ESP3 ARA1 ARA2 ARA3 NC‡ 0‡ ‡ As Sapag was a Wildcard entry, he was ineligible to score points.

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