Félix Porteiro


Félix Porteiro Pérez is a Spanish former racing driver. He competed in GP2 Series in 2006, his best finish was 6th.

Racing career

Single-seaters

In 2001, Porteiro drove in the Spanish Formula Three Championship, finishing fourth in the standings, with one win. In 2002 he began racing in the World Series by Nissan. He finished 18th in the standings in 2002, 14th in 2003 and seventh in 2004. He finished fifth in 2005, when the series became Formula Renault 3.5.
In 2006, Porteiro raced in the GP2 Series with Campos Racing, finishing 22nd in the standings.

Touring cars

Porteiro made his touring car debut near the end of 2006, driving a BMW 320si for ROAL Motorsport at the European Touring Car Cup, finishing fifth. He impressed the team enough to earn a full-time drive in their World Touring Car Championship team, BMW Team Italy-Spain, in 2007. He scored his first ever win at Brno, and finished twelfth in the final standings. In 2008, he got his second win at Oschersleben, ending the year tenth overall.
For 2009, Porteiro he was replaced by fellow Spaniard Sergio Hernández. Porteiro switched teams with him, moving to the independent Proteam Motorsport. He finished second in the Independent's Trophy.
Porteiro was left without a drive for the 2010 season, as Hernández returned to Proteam after ROAL's departure from the WTCC.

Racing record

Complete Spanish Formula Three Championship results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314DCPoints
2001Escuela Lois CircuitVAL
1

2
VAL
2

DNS
JAR
1

10
JAR
2

3
EST
1

2
EST
2

1
ALB
1

5
ALB
2

2
JAR
1

4
JAR
2

C
VAL
1

Ret
VAL
2

15
CAT
1

Ret
CAT
2

10
4th131

Complete GP2 Series results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718192021DCPoints
2006Campos RacingVAL
FEA

Ret
VAL
SPR

Ret
IMO
FEA

10
IMO
SPR

6
NÜR
FEA

16
NÜR
SPR

Ret
CAT
FEA

17
CAT
SPR

Ret
MON
FEA

6
SIL
FEA

8
SIL
SPR

DSQ
MAG
FEA

18
MAG
SPR

10
HOC
FEA

12
HOC
SPR

18
HUN
FEA

Ret
HUN
SPR

12
IST
FEA

19
IST
SPR

Ret
MNZ
FEA

Ret
MNZ
SPR

NC
22nd5