Augusto Farfus

Augusto Celestino Farfus dos Santos Jr. is a Brazilian professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver. He lives in Monaco.

Early years

Born in Curitiba, Farfus first tasted racing in minibike races and won the local championships in 1991.
Like many drivers, Farfus' motorsport career began with karting. In 1992, at the age of 9 years, he won the Paraná state championship, and mainly competed in São Paulo states championship from 1993 to 1998. In 1999 he succeeded in both winning the Italian Winter Cup and finishing runner-up in the North American Championship. He is married to Elirane Johnsson.

Formula racing

In 2000, Farfus moved to Italy and competed in the Formula Renault Italian championship and the Eurocup series for the next two years, winning the Eurocup in 2001.
For 2002, Farfus joined Draco Racing in Euro Formula 3000. In 2003, he won the 2003 [Euro Formula 3000 season|Euro Formula 3000 Championship] aged just 20 years old.

Touring cars

Alfa Romeo

From 2004 to 2006, Farfus was a factory Alfa Romeo driver in the European Touring Car Championship and later, the World Touring Car Championship.
In the 2006 [World Touring Car Championship season|2006 season], Farfus fought for the title against Andy Priaulx and Jörg Müller until the final race in Macau, but a string of bad results and too many retirements meant he ended the season in third place.

BMW

Before the 2007 season, Farfus switched to the Schnitzer BMW-run squad, BMW Team Germany, alongside the German, 2006 season runner-up, Jörg Müller. He temporarily led the championship during the season, but ended this season in 4th place as Priaulx won. He continued with the team through the 2008 season and into 2009. He scored six wins in 2009, missing out on the title to SEAT's Gabriele Tarquini at the final meeting In 2010, BMW's participation in the WTCC was limited to a two-car line-up, as Farfus joined Andy Priaulx at the Racing Bart Mampaey team. Farfus scored no wins, however he won race 2 at Okayama on the road, but he and teammate Priaulx were disqualified by running a non-homologated gearbox that did not conform to the technical regulations. On 5 December 2010, BMW announced it was withdrawing from the WTCC, but would continue to supply customer teams with its 320TC car.
On 25 January 2011, it was announced that Farfus would contest the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup with BMW, which would also include its former WTCC drivers Andy Priaulx, Jörg Müller and Dirk Muller.

Hyundai

On 3 December 2018, it was announced that Farfus would join Hyundai for the 2019 World Touring Car Cup season, partnering the series's inaugural driver's champion, Gabriele Tarquini, Norbert Michelisz and Nicky Catsburg.