Juan Fernández (racing driver)

Juan Fernández Garcia (born February 13, 1930 in Sabadell ) is a former Spanish racing car driver .

Racing career

Juan Fernández was active in sports car racing for many years . In the early 1970s, he drove regularly in the sports car world championship and competed a total of six times in the Le Mans 24-hour race . He made his debut in 1970 and his best result was fifth overall in 1973 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1970	Escuderia Montjuich	Ferrari 512S	José Juncadella		failure	accident
1972	Escuderia Montjuich	Porsche 908/03	Francesco Torredemer	Eugenio Baturone	failure	accident
1973	Escuderia Montjuich - Tergal	Porsche 908/03	Francisco Torredemer	Bernard Chenevière	Rank 5
1974	Écurie Tibidabo	Porsche 908/03	Francisco Torredemer	Bernard Tramont	failure	Gearbox damage
1977	Escuderia Montjuich	Porsche 934	Raphael Tarradas	Eugenio Baturone	failure	Engine failure
1981	Team Lola	Lola T600	Emilio de Villota	Guy Edwards	Rank 15

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
1969	Nick Gold	Porsche 906	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
					DNF
1970	Escuderia Montjuich	Ferrari 512S	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
										DNF
1972	Escuderia Montjuich	Porsche 908	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
			6th	DNF							DNF
1973	Porsche Club Romand Escuderia Montjuich	Porsche 908	DAY	VAL	DIJ	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
				9	8th	DNF				5
1974	Écurie Tibidabo Porsche Club Romand	Porsche 908 Porsche Carrera RSR	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
							DNF	16
1981	Lola	Lola T600	DAY	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	BRH
										15th

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909413-06-3 .

Web links

• Juan Fernández at the Driver Database
• Juan Fernández at Racing Sports Cars