José Manuel Sapag

José Manuel Sapag (born September 28, 1995 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine motor racing driver.

Manu Sapag in 2019.

Racing career

Sapag began his career in 2014 in the Fórmula Metropolitana, and the following year he reached a podium. In 2016 he made his debut in TC 2000 and returned to compete in the Fórmula Metropolitana, where he won for the first time.[1]

In 2017 he participated in competitions of several championships, highlighting his participation in the TC 2000 season and his victory on the fifth round.[2] He repeated participation in the following season, achieving a victory again.[1]

He made his debut in the Súper TC 2000 as the guest of Federico Iribarne in the 200 km de Buenos Aires 2018. That same year he made his international debut in TCR Europe Touring Car Series and 24H TCE Series. He also race the Top Race Series season.[1]

In 2019 he was invited again for the 200 km de Buenos Aires, this time by Marcelo Ciarrocchi, and also raced as a starting driver on the last two races, always for the Citroën Total Racing team.[3][4] He finished seventh in the championship TC 2000 with two wins.[1]

The following year he became a full-time Súper TC 2000 driver with Equipo FDC.[5] Outside his country, he raced in the TCR Europe and World Touring Car Cup with Target Competition, in the latter as a guest driver for two rounds.[6][7]

Racing record

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car 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 DC Points
2018 Baporo Motorsport CUPRA León TCR LEC
1		 LEC
2		 ZAN
1		 ZAN
2		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 ASS
1		 ASS
2		 MNZ
1
Ret		 MNZ
2
11		 CAT
1		 CAT
2		 31st 0
2020 Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR LEC
1		 LEC
2		 ZOL
1		 ZOL
2		 MNZ
1		 MNZ
2		 CAT
1
12		 CAT
2
8		 SPA
1
13		 SPA
2
Ret		 JAR
1
18		 JAR
2
13		 20th 36

Complete World Touring Car Cup 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
2020 Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR BEL
1		 BEL
2		 GER
1		 GER
2		 SVK
1		 SVK
2		 SVK
3		 HUN
1
20		 HUN
2
15		 HUN
3
18		 ESP
1		 ESP
2		 ESP
3		 ARA
1
19		 ARA
2
Ret		 ARA
3
DNS		 NC‡ 0‡

‡ As Sapag was a Wildcard entry, he was ineligible to score points.

References
  1. "José Manuel Sapag | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  2. "TC2000: Sapag se impuso en Río Cuarto". Mundo D (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  3. "Gárriz y Sapag, las apuestas de Citroën para los 200Km de Buenos Aires". Lmneuquen.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  4. "Sapag correrá en Citroen en el Súper TC20000". Los Andes (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  5. "El Equipo FDC confirmó a Manu Sapag para la temporada 2020". Los Andes (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  6. "José Manuel Sapag joins Target Competition for TCR Europe and WTCR outings". TouringCarTimes. 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  7. "Sapag becomes the latest talent to join the Argentina express in WTCR". Eurosport. 2020-10-13. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
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