José María López

For the Spanish rally driver, see Pepe López. For the Spanish racing cyclist, see José María López Caño. For the vagabond, see José María López Lledín. For the Spanish military officer, see José María López Valencia.

José María López
López at the 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan
Nationality	Argentine
Born	(1983-04-26) 26 April 1983 (age 41) Río Tercero, Argentina
World Touring Car Championship career
Debut season	2013
Current team	Citroën Racing
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	37
Former teams	Wiechers-Sport
Starts	71
Wins	29
Podiums	48
Poles	20
Fastest laps	29
Best finish	1st in 2014, 2015, 2016
Formula E career
Debut season	2016–17
Car number	7
Former teams	DS Virgin Racing, Geox Dragon Racing
Starts	33
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	2
Poles	0
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	9th in 2016–17
Finished last season	21st
Previous series
2012–13 2008–13 2008–13 2008 2007–11 2007 2005–06 2004 2003–04 2003, 2005–06 2002 2001–02	Super TC 2000 Top Race V6 Turismo Carretera FIA GT Championship TC 2000 Championship American Le Mans Series GP2 Series International Formula 3000 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup Formula One testing Formula Renault Italia FR2000 Eurocup
Championship titles
2019–2021 2014–2016 2012 2009 2008–09 2003 2002	FIA World Endurance Championship WTCC Super TC 2000 Top Race V6 TC 2000 Championship Formula Renault V6 Eurocup Formula Renault Italia

José María "Pechito" López (born 26 April 1983) is a veteran Argentine race car driver who is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Akkodis ASP. He is three-time World Touring Champion with Citroën in 2014, 2015 and 2016, and two-time World Endurance Champion with Toyota Gazoo Racing in 2020 and 2021, also becoming that last year the second Argentine driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans since José Froilán González in 1954.

López raced in the 2006 GP2 Series for the Super Nova team, and previously for the DAMS team, and the CMS team in Formula 3000. He was also at Renault F1 as a test driver. He was supposed to make his Formula One debut in 2010 for US F1 Team but the team shut down before contesting a single race. On 16 December 2013 he joined the Citroën Total WTCC team for the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season.^[1] He won 10 races that year and clinched his first World Touring Car Championship. In 2015 he repeated the feat, again winning 10 races and the championship.^[2] In 2016, he again retained the title with eight wins.^[3]

Career

Early career

López began in karting, before moving to the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup in 2001, finishing in 17th position, taking one pole position and one fastest lap.^[4] He stayed in the series for the 2002 season driving for Cram Competition, finishing in fourth position, taking one victory.^[4] He also drove for Cram in Italian Formula Renault that year, where he became champion, taking four wins, beating Robert Kubica to the crown. He moved on to the Formula Renault V6 Eurocup in 2003, making his first association with the DAMS team, winning the title with five race wins.^[4]

Formula 3000 and GP2

In 2004 López moved up to International Formula 3000 with the CMS team, finishing sixth overall.^[4] He also continued in the V6 Eurocup that year, driving in four races.

López raced in the inaugural season of the GP2 Series in 2005, making him one of only a select few drivers in the series who had previous experience of a full season in Formula 3000, the series which GP2 replaced. He finished ninth in the standings racing for the DAMS team.^[4] For 2006 he moved to the Super Nova Racing team, finishing tenth in the standings.^[4]

Return to Argentina

López won the opening round of the 2010 TC 2000 season in Punta del Este, Uruguay.

In the early part of 2007, López raced in the American Le Mans Series, racing a Ferrari 430 GT for Corsa Motorsports/White Lightning in the 12 Hours of Sebring, and for Risi Competizione at St. Petersburg.

López also returned to Argentina in 2007 to race in TC 2000, the country's major production-based touring car championship. He was 5th that year, won the drivers' title in 2008, and successfully defended this crown in 2009. López also joined the Turismo Carretera in 2008 and the Top Race V6 in 2009; he became TRV6 champion in 2009. He narrowly lost out on winning the 2009 Turismo Carretera title after crashing out on an oilspill on the 18th lap of the final race of the season, thereby losing the unique opportunity to win three different championships in the same season.

He also competed in selected races of the FIA GT Championship in 2008 for the ACA Argentina team.^[4]

Formula One

López was a member of the Renault Driver Development programme between 2004 and 2006, and was test driver for Renault F1 during the 2006 season.

In November 2009 López confirmed that he had a deal in place with the new US F1 Team to race in the 2010 Formula One season, provided he secured an eight million-dollar sponsorship package.^[5] Sources close to López claimed he already had eighty percent of the funds needed to secure his place in the team.^[6]

López was announced as a driver for US F1 on 25 January 2010.^[7] Former F1 driver Carlos Reutemann, a close friend of US F1 principal Peter Windsor and a leading politician in Argentina, helped put the funding package together for López. Complications in USF1's progress and uncertainty over whether USF1 would be able to stay in F1 for 2010 caused rumours to surface that López was in talks with rival team Campos, to secure his place in F1. This was confirmed by his manager in late February.^[8] On 2 March 2010, he was freed from his contract due to US F1 not being able to attempt to race. On 4 March, Karun Chandhok completed the 2010 grid by signing for Campos (later renamed as the Hispania Racing F1 Team), leaving López without a race drive.^[9]

Return to Argentina

In 2010, López remained driving for Honda in the Argentine TC 2000 championship, finishing 6th. In that year he was granted the Platinum Konex Award as the best racing driver of the last decade in Argentina. For 2011 he switched to Fiat. In 2012, he won the (super) TC2000 championship for a third time, with privateer team PSG16.

López's Citroën C-Elysée WTCC in the 2014 WTCC season.

World Touring Car Championship

He made his World Touring Car Championship début with Wiechers-Sport at the 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, substituting for their regular driver Fredy Barth.^[10] He took both Yokohama Independents' Trophy victories and scored an overall victory in race two.^[11]

In 2014, he moved to the Citroën team, and became 2014 World Touring Car Champion, clinching the title at Suzuka, thanks to his dominant race car -the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC that got 17 victories out of 23 races^[12]-, but also dominating his two team-mates : Yvan Muller and the circuit races rookie Sébastien Loeb. José María López finished the season with ten victories, close to the Yvan Muller's record.

In 2015, José María López expected to have more difficulties "I am aware the competition is going to be much stronger because the other drivers are going to know me, they will push harder and you can see this already how Honda is pushing more, the Chevrolet drivers and the same in my Citroën team.",^[13] yet he still dominated the first part of the season competition^[14] with his team-mates on the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC.

Formula E

In July 2016, López was confirmed as DS Virgin Racing's second driver for the third season of the FIA Formula E Championship and finished ninth in the Drivers' championship. He returned to Formula E for the 2017–18 campaign at the Marrakesh round for Dragon Racing, replacing the outgoing Neel Jani.^[15]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2001	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	Lucidi Motorsport	10	2	1	1	2	24	17th
2002	Formula Renault 2000 Italia	Cram Competition	10	4	5	4	7	205	1st
	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup		6	1	1	0	3	100	4th
2003	Formula Renault V6 Eurocup	DAMS	18	5	8	8	12	354	1st
2004	Formula Renault V6 Eurocup		4	0	1	0	0	2	27th
	International Formula 3000 Championship	CMS Performance	10	0	0	2	2	28	6th
2005	GP2 Series	DAMS	22	1	0	0	3	36	9th
2006	GP2 Series	Super Nova Racing	21	0	1	1	3	30	10th
2007	TC 2000 Championship	Honda Racing	11	3	2	3	5	104	5th
	American Le Mans Series – GT2	Risi Competizione	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2008	TC 2000 Championship	Honda Petrobras	14	4	8	3	5	174	1st
	Turismo Carretera	HAZ Racing Team	13	0	0	0	0	109.5	15th
	FIA GT Championship – GT1	Escudería ACA Argentina	4	0	0	0	0	6	19th
2009	TC 2000 Championship	Equipo Petrobras	13	4	9	7	7	158	1st
	Turismo Carretera	HAZ Racing Team	16	2	5	5	5	196.75	2nd
	Top Race V6	Sportteam V6	12	5	8	7	6	57	1st
2010	TC 2000 Championship	Equipo Petrobras	13	1	2	3	4	83	6th
	Turismo Carretera	Oil Competición	10	0	0	0	0	28.5	36th
	Top Race V6 Copa América	AS Racing	3	0	1	0	0	33	22nd
	Top Race V6 Torneo Clausura	Oil Competición	6	0	0	0	2	5	3rd
	FIA GT1 World Championship	Young Driver AMR	2	0	1	0	0	10	37th
2011	TC 2000 Championship	Equipo Fiat Oil Combustibles	11	1	2	1	4	149	5th
	Turismo Carretera	Oil Competición	10	0	0	0	0	28.5	36th
	Top Race V6		12	0	0	2	4	70	2nd
2012	Súper TC2000	Pro Racing	13	4	6	6	5	203.5	1st
	Turismo Carretera	Oil Competición	14	0	1	1	0	95	23rd
	Top Race V6	Tauro Guidi Team	8	0	1	1	0	0	25th
2013	Súper TC2000	Equipo Petronas	12	1	1	2	5	147	5th
	Turismo Carretera	Oil C5N Competición	14	1	4	2	4	367.25	9th
	Top Race V6	PSG16	11	2	5	5	8	78	2nd
	World Touring Car Championship	Wiechers-Sport	2	1	0	0	1	35	15th
2014	World Touring Car Championship	Citroën Total WTCC	23	10	7	11	17	462	1st
2015	World Touring Car Championship		24	10	7	9	19	475	1st
	Stock Car Brasil	Red Bull Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2016	World Touring Car Championship	Citroën Racing	22	7	4	8	10	381	1st
2016–17	Formula E	DS Virgin Racing	10	0	0	0	2	65	9th
2017	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP1	Toyota Gazoo Racing	8	0	3	0	2	84.5	6th
	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP1		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Súper TC2000	Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2017–18	Formula E	Dragon Racing	12	0	0	1	0	14	17th
2018	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP1	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
	Súper TC2000	Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2018–19	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP1	Toyota Gazoo Racing	8	2	1	1	6	157	2nd
	Formula E	GEOX Dragon	13	0	0	0	0	3	21st
2019	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP1	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1	0	1	0	1	N/A	2nd
2019–20	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP1		8	4	3	1	4	207	1st
2020	DTM Trophy	TGR Ring Racing	4	0	0	0	0	12	17th
	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP1	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1	0	1	0	1	N/A	3rd
2021	FIA World Endurance Championship – Hypercar		6	3	4	1	3	173	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans – Hypercar		1	1	1	0	1	N/A	1st
	Súper TC2000	Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2022	FIA World Endurance Championship – Hypercar	Toyota Gazoo Racing	6	2	1	1	3	133	3rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans – Hypercar		1	0	0	1	1	N/A	2nd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship – DPi	Ally Cadillac	2	0	0	0	0	566	17th
2023	FIA World Endurance Championship – Hypercar	Toyota Gazoo Racing	7	4	3	0	5	145	2nd
	European Le Mans Series – LMP2	Cool Racing	6	0	2	0	1	69	6th
	24 Hours of Le Mans – Hypercar	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2024	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGT3	Akkodis ASP Team	7	0	0	0	0	0	32nd
	FIA World Endurance Championship – Hypercar	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1	0	0	0	0	36	16th
	24 Hours of Le Mans – Hypercar		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
	TCR South America Touring Car Championship	Toyota Team Argentina

^† As López was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
2004	CMS Performance	IMO Ret	CAT 6	MON 3	NÜR 5	MAG Ret	SIL 4	HOC 6	HUN 8	SPA 3	MNZ Ret	6th	28

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	DC	Points
2005	DAMS	IMO FEA 2	IMO SPR 11	CAT FEA 6	CAT SPR 1	MON FEA Ret	NÜR FEA 13	NÜR SPR 14	MAG FEA 2	MAG SPR Ret	SIL FEA 9	SIL SPR DNS	HOC FEA 13	HOC SPR 10	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR Ret	IST FEA 6	IST SPR 7	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR Ret	SPA FEA 10	SPA SPR 8	BHR FEA 4	BHR SPR 4	9th	36
2006	Super Nova International	VAL FEA 5	VAL SPR Ret	IMO FEA Ret	IMO SPR 19^†	NÜR FEA 4	NÜR SPR 3	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR Ret	MON FEA NC	SIL FEA Ret	SIL SPR 14	MAG FEA 3	MAG SPR Ret	HOC FEA 7	HOC SPR 2	HUN FEA 8	HUN SPR Ret	IST FEA 9	IST SPR 11	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR Ret			10th	30

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2010	Young Driver AMR	Aston Martin DBR9	ABU QR	ABU CR	SIL QR	SIL CR	BRN QR	BRN CR	PRI QR	PRI CR	SPA QR	SPA CR	NÜR QR	NÜR CR	ALG QR	ALG CR	NAV QR	NAV CR	INT QR	INT CR	SAN QR Ret	SAN CR 5	37th	10

Complete World Touring Car Championship 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	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Pos.	Pts
2013	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320 TC	ITA 1	ITA 2	MAR 1	MAR 2	SVK 1	SVK 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	AUT 1	AUT 2	RUS 1	RUS 2	POR 1	POR 2	ARG 1 5	ARG 2 1	USA 1	USA 2	JPN 1	JPN 2	CHN 1	CHN 2	MAC 1	MAC 2	15th	35
2014	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	MAR 1 1	MAR 2 2	FRA 1 4	FRA 2 1	HUN 1 2	HUN 2 6	SVK 1 2	SVK 2 C	AUT 1 3	AUT 2 1	RUS 1 1	RUS 2 Ret	BEL 1 2	BEL 2 1	ARG 1 1	ARG 2 1	BEI 1 3	BEI 2 4	CHN 1 1	CHN 2 3	JPN 1 1	JPN 2 6	MAC 1 1	MAC 2 5	1st	462
2015	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	ARG 1 1	ARG 2 2	MAR 1 1	MAR 2 3	HUN 1 1	HUN 2 6	GER 1 1	GER 2 2	RUS 1 2	RUS 2 12	SVK 1 2	SVK 2 2	FRA 1 3	FRA 2 1	POR 1 1	POR 2 5	JPN 1 1	JPN 2 Ret	CHN 1 1	CHN 2 3	THA 1 1	THA 2 3	QAT 1 1	QAT 2 8	1st	475
2016	Citroën Racing	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	FRA 1 6	FRA 2 1	SVK 1 5	SVK 2 1	HUN 1 13	HUN 2 1	MAR 1 2	MAR 2 1	GER 1 1	GER 2 1	RUS 1 5	RUS 2 8	POR 1 5	POR 2 5	ARG 1 5	ARG 2 1	JPN 1 4	JPN 2 2	CHN 1 4	CHN 2 1	QAT 1 9	QAT 2 3			1st	381

Complete Formula E results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Chassis	Powertrain	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos	Points
2016–17	DS Virgin Racing	Spark SRT01-e	DS Virgin DSV-02	HKG Ret	MRK 10	BUE 10	MEX 6	MCO Ret	PAR 2	BER 4	BER 5	NYC	NYC	MTL Ret	MTL 3		9th	65
2017–18	Dragon Racing	Spark SRT01-e	Penske EV-2	HKG	HKG	MRK 6	SCL Ret	MEX 12	PDE 8	RME 17†	PAR 10	BER 18	ZUR 12	NYC Ret	NYC Ret		17th	14
2018–19	GEOX Dragon	Spark SRT05e	Penske EV-3	ADR Ret	MRK 11	SCL 9	MEX 17	HKG 11	SYX Ret	RME 16	PAR 13	MCO 10	BER 20	BRN DSQ	NYC 12	NYC Ret	21st	3

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2017	Toyota Gazoo Racing	LMP1	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid)	SIL 13	SPA	LMS Ret	NÜR 3	MEX 4	COA 4	FUJ 2	SHA 4	BHR 4	6th	84.5
2018–19	Toyota Gazoo Racing	LMP1	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid)	SPA 2	LMS 2	SIL DSQ	FUJ 1	SHA 1	SEB 2	SPA 6	LMS 2		2nd	157
2019–20	Toyota Gazoo Racing	LMP1	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid)	SIL 1	FUJ 2	SHA 3	BHR 1	COA 3	SPA 1	LMS 3	BHR 1		1st	207
2021	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Hypercar	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid)	SPA 3	ALG 2	MNZ 1	LMS 1	BHR 1	BHR 2				1st	173
2022	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Hypercar	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid)	SEB Ret	SPA 1	LMS 2	MNZ 3	FUJ 2	BHR 1				3rd	133
2023	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Hypercar	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid)	SEB 1	ALG 9	SPA 1	LMS Ret	MNZ 1	FUJ 1	BHR 2			2nd	145
2024	Akkodis ASP Team	LMGT3	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8	QAT 16	IMO 15	SPA 14		SÃO 11	COA 11	FUJ 12	BHR Ret		32nd	0
	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Hypercar	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	Toyota 3.5L Turbo V6 (Hybrid)				LMS 2						16th	36

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2017	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Nicolas Lapierre Yuji Kunimoto	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	LMP1	160	DNF	DNF
2018	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	LMP1	386	2nd	2nd
2019	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	LMP1	385	2nd	2nd
2020	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	LMP1	381	3rd	3rd
2021	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	Hypercar	371	1st	1st
2022	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	Hypercar	380	2nd	2nd
2023	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	Hypercar	103	DNF	DNF
2024	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Kamui Kobayashi Nyck de Vries	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	Hypercar	311	2nd	2nd

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	No.	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2022	Ally Cadillac	48	DPi	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	DAY 5	SEB 6	LBH	LGA	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	PET	17th	566

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2023	Cool Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 4	LEC 4	ARA 5	SPA 3	POR 4	ALG 7	6th	69

References

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4. http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/106/career/ Career statistics at Driver Database
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External links

• Official website
• José María López career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ryan Briscoe	Italian Formula Renault Championship Champion 2002	Succeeded by Franck Perera
Preceded by Inaugural	Formula Renault V6 Eurocup Champion 2003	Succeeded by Giorgio Mondini
Preceded by Juan Manuel Silva Ezequiel Bosio	Winner of the 200 km de Buenos Aires 2008 With: Anthony Reid	Succeeded by Norberto Fontana Ricardo Mauricio
Preceded by Matías Rossi	TC 2000 Championship Champion 2008–2009	Succeeded by Norberto Fontana
Preceded by Emiliano Spataro	Top Race V6 Champion 2009	Succeeded by Guido Falaschi (Copa América) Agustín Canapino (Close Tournament)
Preceded by Matías Rossi	Súper TC 2000 Championship Champion 2012	Succeeded by Matías Rossi
Preceded by Yvan Muller	World Touring Car Championship Champion 2014, 2015, 2016	Succeeded by Thed Björk
Preceded by Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Fernando Alonso	World Endurance Drivers Champion 2019–20, 2021 With: Mike Conway & Kamui Kobayashi	Succeeded by Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa
Preceded by Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Kazuki Nakajima	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2021 With: Mike Conway & Kamui Kobayashi	Succeeded by Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa