Sergio Hernández (racing driver)

Sergio Hernández von Reckowski (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.

For the basketball coach, see Sergio Hernández (basketball).
Sergio Hernández
Hernández at the 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Japan.
NationalitySpanish
Born (1983-12-06) 6 December 1983
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

Career

Early years

Hernández's career started in karting in 1998, lasting until 2001 when he moved up to Portuguese Formula BMW. Later in the year he also raced in Spanish Formula SuperToyota, as well as still driving in some karting events, although this stopped at the start of 2002.

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.

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,[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] That year he won the Independents' Trophy for the first time.

He rejoined Proteam in 2010 after BMW reduced their involvement in the series.[5]

BMW Team Italy–Spain (2009)

In 2009 he joined the works BMW Team Italy-Spain, replacing Félix Porteiro as teammate to Alessandro Zanardi.[6]

Hernández driving for BMW Team Italy-Spain at the 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Japan.

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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11]

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
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References
  1. van de Burgt, Andrew (17 February 2006). "Hernandez secures Durango seat". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  2. Freeman, Glenn (8 February 2007). "Hernandez switches to touring cars". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  3. 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.
  4. Glendenning, Mark (26 October 2008). "Tyre gamble helps Coronel to first win". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  5. 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.
  6. Hernandez joins BMW Team Italy-Spain Archived 2009-01-12 at the Wayback Machine, touringcartimes.com; accessed 17 July 2015.
  7. "ROUNDS 7 & 8 – PAU, FRANCE QUALIFYING UPDATE" (PDF). fiawtcc.com. Eurosport. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  8. 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.
  9. "ROUNDS 11 & 12 – BRNO, CZECH REPUBLIC RACE REPORT" (PDF). fiawtcc.com. Eurosport. 21 June 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  10. English, Steven (5 July 2009). "Tarquini eases to victory at Porto". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  11. Beer, Matt (5 December 2009). "BMW cuts factory line-up to two cars". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 February 2013.

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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
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