Fermín Vélez

Fermín Vélez (April 3, 1959 – March 31, 2003) was a Spanish sports car racing driver, two-time winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring and two-time World Sportscar Championship Group C2 champion.

Vélez was a driver in the Indy Racing League, racing in the 1996–1997 seasons with six career starts, including two at the Indianapolis 500.[1] Born in Barcelona, Spain, Vélez died there of cancer.

Vélez is honoured by the 24H Series sportscar race at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, where the race is called the Fermin Vélez Trophy.

Motorsports career results

24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1986 John Fitzpatrick Racing Emilio de Villota
George Fouché		 Porsche 956 C Gr.C1 48 4th 4th
1987 Spice Engineering Gordon Spice
Philippe de Henning		 Spice SE86C - Ford Gr.C2 321 6th 1st
1989 Chamberlain Engineering Jesús Pareja
Hervé Regout		 Spice SE88C - Ford Gr.C2 244 DNF DNF
1990 Spice Engineering Tim Harvey
Chris Hodgetts		 Spice SE90C - Ford Gr.C1 308 18th 18th
1996 Rocketsports Yvan Muller
Andy Evans		 Ferrari 333 SP WSC 31 DNF DNF
1998 Doyle-Risi Racing Eric van de Poele
Wayne Taylor		 Ferrari 333 SP WSC 332 12th 1st

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 11 DC Points
1988 Barcelona Motorsport JER
DNQ		 VAL
13		 PAU
DNQ		 SIL
DNQ		 MNZ
 PER
14		 BRH
DNQ		 BIR
12		 BUG
15		 ZOL
 DIJ
 NC 0

American open wheel

(key)

IndyCar Series
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
1996 Team Scandia WDW PHX
19		 INDY
21		 22nd 60
1996–1997 Team Scandia NHM LVS WDW
9		 PHX
14		 INDY
10		 TXS
25		 PPIR CLT NH2 LV2 26th 82
Years Teams Races Poles Wins Podiums
(non-win)		 Top 10s
(non-podium)		 Indianapolis 500
wins		 Championships
2 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0

Indy 500 results[2]
Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
1996 Lola Ford-Cosworth 28 21 Scandia
1997 Dallara Oldsmobile 29 10 Scandia

References
  1. "Indianapolis Motor Speedway". www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  2. "Driver Stats". IndianapolisMotorSpeedway.com. Retrieved 2016-07-30.


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