Sergio Hernández (racing driver)

Sergio Hernández
Sergio Hernández
	Hernández at the 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Japan.
Nationality	Spanish
Full name	Sergio Hernández von Rekowski
Born	6 December 1983 (age 40); Xàbia, Spain
Previous series
2011; 2007–2010; 2007; 2006–08; 2005–07; 2004; 2003; 2003; 2002–04; 2001	Superstars Series; WTCC; Le Mans Series; Spanish GT Championship; GP2 Series; World Series by Nissan; British Formula 3; World Series Light; Spanish Formula Three; Formula BMW Iberia
Championship titles
2008; 2010	WTCC Independents Trophy; WTCC Independents Trophy

Sergio Hernández von Rekowski (born 6 December 1983, Xàbia) is a Spanish racing driver, best known for having competed in the World Touring Car Championship. He won the WTCC Independents' Trophy in 2008 and 2010.

Career

Early years

Hernández's career started in karting in 1998,^[1] lasting until 2001 when he moved up to formula racing with Portuguese Formula BMW and Spanish Formula Toyota.^[2]

In 2002 he debuted in Spanish Formula Three, driving for the Azteca team, where he would stay for 2003. In 2003 he also drove for Azteca in British Formula 3, driving some races. He also drove part of the World Series Light season. He remained in Spanish F3 for 2004, only moving to the Campos team. He got a taste of World Series by Nissan, driving part of the season for the Saulnier team.^{[citation needed]}

GP2 Series

In 2005 he drove in the GP2 Series, partnered with Juan Cruz Álvarez, although Campos struggled throughout the season. He moved to Durango for 2006,^[3] partnering Lucas di Grassi, but results were even more sparse. During the GP2 season finale at Valencia, he drove for the Trident Racing team, replacing Ricardo Risatti who had himself replaced the injured Pastor Maldonado for three race meetings.

World Touring Car Championship

Proteam Motorsport (2007–2008; 2010)

Hernández switched to touring cars in 2007, racing a BMW 320si for Proteam Motorsport in the 2007 World Touring Car Championship season.^[4] He finished 20th in the drivers' standings that season after participating in nine of the eleven rounds.

He continued to race for Proteam in 2008 alongside Stefano D'Aste.^[5] He took his first outright podium finish at the 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, finishing third behind Tom Coronel and Augusto Farfus in the drying conditions of race one.^[6] That year he won the Independents' Trophy for the first time.

He rejoined Proteam in 2010 after BMW reduced their involvement in the series.^[7]

BMW Team Italy–Spain (2009)

In 2009 he joined the works BMW Team Italy-Spain, replacing Félix Porteiro as teammate to Alessandro Zanardi.^[8]

He failed to get through to Q2 for the Race of Brazil but started ahead of his teammate. He finished in the points in his first race as a works driver. While letting his teammate pass during qualifying for the Race of Morocco, Hernández clashed with fellow BMW driver Andy Priaulx and finished the session nineteenth. Hernández retired from race two on the opening lap and his stranded car brought out the safety car. After qualifying for the Race of France, he was one of seven drivers who had their times from Q2 deleted for exceeding the engine rev limit on theirs cars.^[9] He finished fifth in race one but a collision with Porteiro on the first lap put Hernández out of the race and his BMW 320si caught fire, Porteiro was issued with a drive–through penalty for his involvement.^[10] He started on pole position for the reversed grid race at the Race of Spain but dropped down to sixth by the end of the race. Hernández took his first overall WTCC victory in race two of the Race of the Czech Republic, having started on the second row and passed pole sitter Yvan Muller on the third lap.^[11] Race one of the Race of Portugal saw Hernandez and the Lada of Jaap van Lagen, who started 17th and 18th respectively tangle after the rolling start, pitching Hernandez in the concrete barrier. He was subsequently taken to hospital for checks on his ankle and was unable to start race two.^[12] Contact from SEAT Sport driver Jordi Gené during race two of the Race of Italy spun Hernández and dropped him down the order and he eventually finished eleventh. He finished the season eleventh in the drivers' championship as the fourth best BMW factory driver and one place ahead of his teammate. In December 2009, BMW announced it was to reduce its involvement in the WTCC from five cars to two. ROAL Motorsport would no longer be involved with the German manufacturer, leaving Hernández to find a seat himself for 2010.^[13]

Racing record

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	Campos Racing	IMO FEA 11	IMO SPR 8	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR 18	MON FEA 8	NÜR FEA 15	NÜR SPR 5	MAG FEA 13	MAG SPR 14	SIL FEA 16	SIL SPR 12	HOC FEA Ret	HOC SPR 19	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 18	IST FEA Ret	IST SPR NC	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR 7	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR 20	BHR FEA 15	BHR SPR 18	20th	3
2006	Durango	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR Ret	IMO FEA Ret	IMO SPR 13	NÜR FEA 12	NÜR SPR Ret	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR 13	MON FEA 8	SIL FEA 10	SIL SPR EX	MAG FEA 14	MAG SPR 11	HOC FEA 10	HOC SPR Ret	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR Ret	IST FEA 11	IST SPR 10	MNZ FEA 13	MNZ SPR Ret			23rd	1
2007	Trident Racing	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MAG FEA	MAG SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	NÜR FEA	NÜR SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	IST FEA	IST SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR 19			36th	0

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	DC	Points
2007	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	BRA 1 14	BRA 2 Ret	NED 1	NED 2	ESP 1 10	ESP 2 8	FRA 1 14	FRA 2 Ret	CZE 1	CZE 2	POR 1 Ret	POR 2 DNS	SWE 1 Ret	SWE 2 22	GER 1 14	GER 2 17	GBR 1 18	GBR 2 16	ITA 1 19	ITA 2 17	MAC 1 21	MAC 2 15			20th	1
2008	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	BRA 1 14	BRA 2 15	MEX 1 17	MEX 2 15	ESP 1 23	ESP 2 12	FRA 1 17	FRA 2 17	CZE 1 15	CZE 2 13	POR 1 Ret	POR 2 15	GBR 1 13	GBR 2 8	GER 1 10	GER 2 7	EUR 1 9	EUR 2 10	ITA 1 14	ITA 2 13	JPN 1 12	JPN 2 3	MAC 1 12	MAC 2 Ret	16th	9
2009	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si	BRA 1 6	BRA 2 10	MEX 1 9	MEX 2 5	MAR 1 14	MAR 2 Ret	FRA 1 5	FRA 2 Ret	ESP 1 8	ESP 2 6	CZE 1 5	CZE 2 1	POR 1 Ret	POR 2 DNS	GBR 1 16	GBR 2 9	GER 1 8	GER 2 5	ITA 1 7	ITA 2 11	JPN 1 Ret	JPN 2 12	MAC 1 10	MAC 2 11	11th	36
2010	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	BRA 1 13	BRA 2 10	MAR 1 14	MAR 2 Ret	ITA 1 12	ITA 2 16	BEL 1 13	BEL 2 9	POR 1 9	POR 2 17	GBR 1 16	GBR 2 12	CZE 1 11	CZE 2 11	GER 1 10	GER 2 13	ESP 1 19	ESP 2 15	JPN 1 11	JPN 2 Ret	MAC 1 11	MAC 2 9			16th	9

Complete International Superstars Series 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	DC	Points
2011	Campos Racing	BMW M3 (E92)	MNZ R1 Ret	MNZ R2 Ret	VNC R1	VNC R2	ALG R1 9	ALG R2 Ret	DON R1	DON R2	MIS R1	MIS R2	SPA R1	SPA R2	MUG R1	MUG R2	VAL R1	VAL R2	27th	2

References

^ Ribes, I. (13 February 2009). "El piloto de coches Sergio Hernández se "desnuda" en Xàbia". Las Provincias. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
^ Ziegler, Stefan (11 June 2008). "Privatier-Weltmeister Sergio Hernández im Porträt". Motorsport Total. Motorsport.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
^ van de Burgt, Andrew (17 February 2006). "Hernandez secures Durango seat". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
^ Freeman, Glenn (8 February 2007). "Hernandez switches to touring cars". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
^ Meissner, Johan (10 January 2008). "Proteam confirms D'Aste and Hernández". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
^ Glendenning, Mark (26 October 2008). "Tyre gamble helps Coronel to first win". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
^ Meissner, Johan (18 February 2010). "Sergio Hernández returns to Proteam". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
^ Hernandez joins BMW Team Italy-Spain Archived 2009-01-12 at the Wayback Machine, touringcartimes.com; accessed 17 July 2015.
^ "ROUNDS 7 & 8 – PAU, FRANCE QUALIFYING UPDATE" (PDF). fiawtcc.com. Eurosport. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Veltman, Rob (17 May 2009). "Menu wins chaotic second race at Pau". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
^ "ROUNDS 11 & 12 – BRNO, CZECH REPUBLIC RACE REPORT" (PDF). fiawtcc.com. Eurosport. 21 June 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ English, Steven (5 July 2009). "Tarquini eases to victory at Porto". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
^ Beer, Matt (5 December 2009). "BMW cuts factory line-up to two cars". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 February 2013.

External links

Media related to Sergio Hernández at Wikimedia Commons

Sergio Hernández official website (in Spanish)
Sergio Hernández career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Stefano D'Aste	World Touring Car Championship Independents' Trophy winner 2008	Succeeded by Tom Coronel
Preceded by Tom Coronel	World Touring Car Championship Independents' Trophy winner 2010	Succeeded by Kristian Poulsen

[1] Ribes, I. (13 February 2009). "El piloto de coches Sergio Hernández se "desnuda" en Xàbia". Las Provincias. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

[2] Ziegler, Stefan (11 June 2008). "Privatier-Weltmeister Sergio Hernández im Porträt". Motorsport Total. Motorsport.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

[3] van de Burgt, Andrew (17 February 2006). "Hernandez secures Durango seat". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 February 2013.

[4] Freeman, Glenn (8 February 2007). "Hernandez switches to touring cars". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 February 2013.

[5] Meissner, Johan (10 January 2008). "Proteam confirms D'Aste and Hernández". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.

[6] Glendenning, Mark (26 October 2008). "Tyre gamble helps Coronel to first win". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 February 2013.

[7] Meissner, Johan (18 February 2010). "Sergio Hernández returns to Proteam". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.

[8] Hernandez joins BMW Team Italy-Spain Archived 2009-01-12 at the Wayback Machine, touringcartimes.com; accessed 17 July 2015.

[9] "ROUNDS 7 & 8 – PAU, FRANCE QUALIFYING UPDATE" (PDF). fiawtcc.com. Eurosport. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[10] Veltman, Rob (17 May 2009). "Menu wins chaotic second race at Pau". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.

[11] "ROUNDS 11 & 12 – BRNO, CZECH REPUBLIC RACE REPORT" (PDF). fiawtcc.com. Eurosport. 21 June 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[12] English, Steven (5 July 2009). "Tarquini eases to victory at Porto". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 February 2013.

[13] Beer, Matt (5 December 2009). "BMW cuts factory line-up to two cars". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 February 2013.

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