Tomás Saldaña
Tomás Saldaña Ruiz de Velasco (born March 23, 1961 in Bilbao ) is a former Spanish racing car driver .
Racing career
Tomás Saldaña was active as a sports car driver in the 1990s and 2000s . In addition to starting the Interseries in 1991 , he made his first international appearance in the 430 km race in Mexico , a race in the 1991 World Sports Car Championship . With partner François Migault he reached the station - Cougar C26S tenth place in the overall standings. After a few years of racing in the Interseries , Saldaña switched to GT racing and only drove in the BPR Global GT Series and from 1997 in the FIA GT Championship . In the last years of his driving career, which ended with the end of the 2006 season, he was involved in the Spanish GT Championship .
Tomás Saldaña achieved four overall and four class wins in 78 races between 1991 and 2006. He competed seven times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans . The best place in the final ranking was eleventh overall in 1994 .
After the end of his driving career, he worked for Eurosport Spain as a motorsport commentator.
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1992 | Courage Compétition | Cougar C28LM | Denis Morin | Jean-François Yvon | failure | Engine failure |
1993 | Porsche Kremer Racing | Porsche 962CK6 | François Migault | Andy Evans | Rank 13 | |
1994 | Repsol Ferrari España | Ferrari 348 GTC-LM | Alfonso de Orléans-Borbon | Andres Vilariño | Rank 11 | |
1995 | Heico Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT2 | Alfonso de Orléans-Borbon | Miguel Ángel de Castro | failure | accident |
1997 | Kremer Racing | Kremer K8 Spyder | Jürgen Lässig | Carl Rosenblad | failure | Engine failure |
1999 | Kremer Racing | Lola B98 / 10 | Didier de Radiguès | Grant Orbell | failure | Gearbox damage |
2000 | Repsol Racing Engineering | Porsche 996 GT3 R. | Giovanni Lavaggi | Jesús Diez de Villarroel | failure | accident |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th |
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1991 | Courage Compétition | Cougar C26 | SUZ | MON | SIL | LEM | ONLY | LIKE | MEX | AUT |
10 | ||||||||||
1992 | Courage Compétition | Cougar C28 | MON | SIL | LEM | DON | SUZ | LIKE | ||
DNF |
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Individual evidence
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SURNAME | Saldaña, Tomás |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Saldaña Ruiz de Velasco, Tomás (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish car racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1961 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bilbao |