Esteban Guerrieri (born 19 January 1985) is an Argentine racing driver currently competing in the FIA TCR World Tour for the GOAT Racing Honda team. His early career in single-seaters saw him become Formula Renault Eurocup champion in 2003, finish third in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2010, and claim the runner-up spot in Indy Lights in 2011 and 2012. In the WTCR touring car series, he was the most successful driver in terms of race wins and was overall runner-up in 2019. He also won the Nürburgring 24 Hours in the TCR class in 2020.
Early career
Formula racing After graduating from karts, Guerrieri competed in various Formula Renault 2000 championships from 2001 to 2003. He won the Formula Renault 2000 Masters series in 2003, with 124 points and three wins from eight races in total.
For 2004, Guerrieri took the large step up to Formula 3000, driving for BCN Competición. He performed well in his début year, finishing tied on 28 points in seventh place with compatriot and fellow rookie José María López. His best result came at the Hockenheim round of the season, where he finished in third place.
Despite this impressive showing, Guerrieri was unable to get a drive when F3000 changed into the GP2 Series for 2005, and spent that year and 2006 in the Formula 3 Euro Series, both seasons with Manor Motorsport. He finished fourth in the standings, with 58 points, two wins and two pole positions.
He competed in British Formula 3 for 2007 with Ultimate Motorsport Team finishing thirteenth overall in the final standings. Returning for 2008, he achieved the best result for him and his team with a second place on Monza, the third race of the year. After that race, he moved to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. He took his first FR3.5 win in the final race of the season. He did however return to F3 at the Bucharest meeting taking a pair of fourth positions.
In 2009, Guerrieri drove for various teams in the Superleague Formula series, winning two races in the process. For 2010, he returned to Formula Renault 3.5 full-time, although budgetary concerns caused him to miss races.
In August 2010, Guerrieri revealed that he had a priority contract with the Virgin Racing Formula One team for a race seat, providing that he could raise $8 million. Guerrieri's manager has held discussions with the Argentine Interior Minister on the subject of possible government funding. The Argentine government previously provided financial support to compatriot José María López's attempts to enter Formula One.
For 2011, Guerrieri went to the United States with the ultimate goal of racing in the IndyCar Series, starting with Indy Lights. During the 2011 Indy Lights season, Guerrieri drove for Sam Schmidt Motorsports. He finished the season runner-up to teammate Josef Newgarden with three wins. In 2012, he again finished second in the championship behind his teammate Tristan Vautier, taking three wins, including the Indianapolis 500 support race. Due to budget constraints, he moved back to Argentina for 2013.
Touring car career
Argentina In 2013, Guerrieri switched to the Argentinian touring car series Turismo Carretera to drive a Dodge for Oil Competición. He also raced in Top Race V6 for Midas Racing Team.
Having previously raced as a guest driver in various TC 2000 races between 2009 and 2011, winning the 200 km de Buenos Aires in 2011, Guerrieri joined the Toyota team for the 2014 Súper TC 2000 season. He finished 16th in the 2014 drivers' standings, before finishing eighth in 2015 with a single win, and then seventh with another victory in 2016. Guerrieri moved from Toyota to Citroën for the 2017 season, resulting 11th in the championship with one win.
World Touring Cars
In August 2016, Guerrieri got a chance from Campos Racing to compete in the Argentinian round of the World Touring Car Championship with a Chevrolet Cruze TC1 car. Guerrieri was successful on his first appearance as he finished the main race in sixth and scored the fastest lap of all during the weekend.
For the 2017 season, Guerrieri became a full-time driver at Campos Racing, driving the team's only car. During the first seven rounds, he won the opening races in Marrakech and China. With three rounds remaining in the season, the Honda factory squad signed him to replace the injured Tiago Monteiro. He then took pole position and main race victory in the final round at Qatar, ending up fourth in the drivers' standings.
After the series became the World Touring Car Cup in 2018, Guerrieri remained at Honda, now with Münnich Motorsport running the cars. In 2018 he won at Nürburgring and Macau to place third in the standings. For the following season, he took four wins to finish as championship runner-up; he was recognised by TouringCarTimes as the best driver of the WTCR season. Guerrieri won four times again in 2020, breaking the record for most wins in WTCR, and finished fourth in the drivers' cup. He scored five podiums, although no wins, across the 2021 and 2022 seasons, finishing them sixth and eighth overall respectively. No driver managed to match or surpass Guerrieri's tally of ten wins, and as the WTCR ended after 2022, Guerrieri became the series' most successful driver in terms of victories.
Guerrieri joined the FIA TCR World Tour in 2024 with the GOAT Racing Honda team.
Hypercar career
For 2023, Guerrieri would move to the Floyd Vanwall Racing Team in the World Endurance Championship, driving a Vanwall Vandervell 680 alongside Tom Dillmann and Jacques Villeneuve. The team's best and only points finish of eighth being at the opening round. Guerrieri had a spin during the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps before Villeneuve crashed out. Guerrieri failed to finish his debut 24 Hours of Le Mans as the Vanwall's engine failed on lap 165, the team having been hampered with power and suspension issues up to that point. Guerrieri was the only Vanwall driver to compete at every round and finished the season in 16th place. With the Vanwall team's failure to gain entry to the 2024 season, Guerrieri returned to touring cars.
Racing record
Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2000Formula Renault Argentina? 12 23 1 6 115 1st 2001Formula Renault 2000 EurocupLucidi Motorsport 10 0 0 0 1 54 10th 2002 Formula Renault 2000 Germany Jenzer Motorsport 14 4 1 0 6 222 3rd Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup 2 0 0 0 0 2 27th 2003Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Cram Competition 12 4 2 0 7 217 2ndFormula Renault 2000 Masters 8 3 2 3 4 124 1stFormula Renault 2.0 Germany 2 0 0 0 0 30 25th 2004Formula 3000 InternationalBCN Competición 10 0 0 0 1 287thFormula Renault V6 EurocupCram Competition 2 0 0 0 0 2 26th 2005Formula 3 Euro Series Team Midland Euroseries 20 0 0 1 0 12 16thMasters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC 2006Formula 3 Euro Series Manor Motorsport 19 2 2 1 6 58 4th Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 21st 2007British Formula 3 Ultimate Motorsport 22 0 0 0 0 46 13th Formula 3 Euro Series 2 0 0 0 0 0 NCMasters of Formula 31 0 0 0 0 0 18thFormula Renault 3.5 SeriesFortec Motorsport2 0 0 0 0 0 NCMacau Grand PrixSignature Plus1 0 0 0 0 N/A 15th 2008Formula Renault 3.5 SeriesUltimate Signature 12 1 2 0 2 62 8th British Formula 3 Ultimate Motorsport 8 0 0 2 2 63 12th 2009 Superleague Formula Al Ain 2 1 0 0 1 135† 19th† Sevilla FC 2 0 0 0 0 253† 9th†Olympiacos CFP 6 1 1 1 2 300† 6th†Formula Renault 3.5 SeriesRC Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 15 19thTC 2000Renault Lo Jack Team 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2010Formula Renault 3.5 SeriesISR Racing 14 6 3 4 8 123 3rd Auto GP Charouz-Gravity Racing 2 0 0 0 0 5 18th TC 2000 Toyota Team Argentina 1 0 1 1 1 0 NC 2011Firestone Indy LightsSam Schmidt Motorsports 14 3 6 3 6 459 2ndTC 2000Toyota Team Argentina 1 1 1 1 1 0 NC 2012Firestone Indy LightsSam Schmidt Motorsports 12 3 0 1 9 453 2nd 2013Top Race Midas Racing Team 11 0 0 0 1 ? 10th Turismo Carretera Oil Competición14000018132nd 2014 Top Race Guido Guidi Competición 2 0 0 0 0 0 -Master de Pilotos-10---05thTC Mouras-1000000Súper TC 2000Toyota Team Argentina1301016616th 2015 Súper TC 2000 Toyota Team Argentina 12 3 0 2 9 453 2nd 2016 TC 2000 Escudería Río de la Plata 1 0 0 0 0 0 NCWorld Touring Car ChampionshipCampos Racing20000918thSúper TC 2000Toyota Team Argentina141002111.57thTurismo CarreteraDonto Racing110010 NC‡2017Súper TC 2000Citroën Total Racing Team20100296.5011thWorld Touring Car ChampionshipCampos Racing1420332414thCastrol Honda World Touring Car Team611122018World Touring Car CupALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport3020162673rdStock Car BrasilHERO Motorsport II400001329thInternational GT OpenHonda Racing Team JAS10000926th 2019World Touring Car CupALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport30433103492nd 2020 World Touring Car Cup ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport 16 4 2 0 5 188 4th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - TCR Team Castrol Honda Racing11001N/A 1st 2021 World Touring Car Cup ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport 15 0 1 0 3 164 6th TCR South America Touring Car Championship Squadra Martino 2 0 1 0 1 41 19th 2022 World Touring Car Cup ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport 16 0 0 1 2 149 7th TCR South America Touring Car Championship Squadra Martino110017619th 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Floyd Vanwall Racing Team 7 0 0 0 0 6 16th 24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar10000N/ADNF TCR South America Touring Car Championship Bratton Tito Bessone Team 4 1 0 1 2 115 13th TCR World Tour 4 0 0 0 0 26 21st2024 TCR World Tour GOAT Racing 14 1 0 1 7 291 4th TCR Italy Touring Car Championship 2 0 0 1 1 0 NC‡TCR South America Touring Car Championship4101218611th 2025 TCR World Tour GOAT Racing 20 2 1 2 6 385 3rdTCR Australia Touring Car Series400010NC‡2026TCR South America Touring Car ChampionshipHonda YPF RacingTCR World TourGOAT Racing 2 0 0 0 0 28 13th* Reference: † – Team standings. ‡ As he was a guest driver, Guerrieri was ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress.
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 DC Points 2004 BCN F3000 IMO CAT MON NUR MAG SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ 7th 28
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2005 Team Midland Euroseries Dallara F305/034 Toyota HOC1 HOC2 PAU1 PAU2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 MON2 OSC1 OSC2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 LAU1 LAU2 HOC1 HOC2 16th 12 2006 Manor Motorsport Dallara F305/020 Mercedes HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 OSC1 OSC2 BRH1 BRH2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 CAT1 CAT2 LMS1 LMS2 HOC1 HOC2 4th 58 2007 Ultimate Motorsport Mygale M07/002 Mercedes HOC1 HOC2 BRH1 BRH2 NOR1 NOR2 MAG1 MAG2 MUG1 MUG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 CAT1 CAT2 NOG1 NOG2 HOC1 HOC2 NC† 0† † As Guerrieri was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points 2007 Fortec Motorsport MOZ1 MOZ2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MON1 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 DON1 DON2 MAG1 MAG2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 39th 0 2008 Ultimate Signature MOZ1 MOZ2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LEM1 LEM2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 8th 62 2009 RC Motorsport CAT1 CAT2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 LEM1 LEM2 ALG1 ALG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ALC1 ALC2 19th 15 2010 ISR Racing ALC1 ALC2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 BRN1 BRN2 MAG1 MAG2 HUN1 HUN2 HOC1 HOC2 SIL1 SIL2 CAT1 CAT2 3rd 123
Superleague Formula Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Pts Ref 2009 Al AinUltimate Motorsport MAG MAG ZOL ZOL 19th 135 Sevilla FCUltimate Motorsport DON DON 9th 253 Olympiacos CFPGU-Racing International EST EST MNZ MNZ JAR JAR 6th300
Super Final Results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ref 2009 Al AinUltimate Motorsport MAG ZOL Sevilla FCUltimate Motorsport DON Olympiacos CFPGU-Racing International EST MNZ JAR
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