Marta Garcia is a Spanish single-seater racer, currently active in W Series and a former Renault Sport junior.
Her senior career began very early, at sixteen. Her first time out in a single-seater was a Prema test in 2016. That year, she raced in the second half of the Spanish Formula 4 championship. She was eighth overall, with five fifth places as her best result. Her lowest finish was eighth. This followed on from a karting career which included two championship wins in 2015. She started racing at ten.
She intended to race in Formula 3 in 2017, but had another season in F4 instead, driving for MP Motorsport. She was ninth in the Spanish championship, normally finishing in the top ten and with a high point of fifth, at Jerez. Midway through the season, she also raced in Russia, taking part in the Moscow rounds of the SMP F4 championship. She finished two of her three races, with a best finish of sixth.
Marta caught the attention of the Renault Sport development team very quickly and she was signed up as one of their drivers after her 2016 results. This was a short-lived arrangement; they were unconvinced by her performances in 2017 and dropped her at the end of the year.
She returned to karting for a year, competing in Spain and Europe in the KZ2 class. Having lost her Renault support, she struggled financially. As well as getting involved in senior karting again, she enrolled at university.
At the start of 2019, she qualified for the all-female W Series, coming through three rounds of qualification. Her season started well with a third at a wet Hockenheim and she subsequently won one race at Norisring. She was fourth in the championship after a somewhat inconsistent season; Hockenheim and Norisring were here only podium positions.
For 2020, her season was meant to include W Series and Formula Renault Eurocup. W Series was cancelled due to coronavirus and her Eurocup entry did not happen. She will return to W Series in 2021.
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