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Manu Sapag in 2019.

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

Racing career

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Sapag began his career in 2014 in the Fórmula Metropolitana, and the next 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 next 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 besides 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 next year he became a Súper TC 2000 driver with Equipo FDC and Monti Motorsport.[5][6] 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.[7][8]

In 2021, Sapag did not return to Europe. It remained in the Argentine Super TC 2000 and Top Race V6 championships. In the Super TC 2000 he raced with the Honda factory team but scored only one point, while in the Top Race V6 he managed to win a sprint race. Besides, Sapag obtained a pole position and four podiums in the inaugural season of TCR South America. The following year, he finished fourth in TCR South America with one victory.[1]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2014 Fórmula Metropolitana CB Sport 3 0 0 0 0 2 31st
2015 Fórmula Metropolitana CB Racing 13 0 1 0 1 59 9th
2016 TC2000 PSG-16 Team 9 0 0 0 0 25.5 27th
Fórmula 4 Nueva Generación Becerra Racing 3 0 0 0 0 25.5 22nd
Fórmula Metropolitana CB Racing 29 1 0 1 7 197.5 7th
2017 Top Race Series JLS Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 1 30th
Top Race Junior - 2 0 0 0 0 9 26th
TC2000 PSG16 Team 20 1 1 0 2 88 15th
Fórmula Renault 2.0 Argentina Litoral Group 12 0 0 0 3 191 12th
Fórmula Renault Plus Aimar Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 12 42nd
2018 Súper TC2000 Citroën Total Racing 1 0 0 0 0 -
TCR Europe Touring Car Series Baporo Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 31st
24H TCE Series - TCR 1 0 0 0 0 ? ?
Fiat Competizione - 1 0 0 0 0 18 27th
TC2000 Citroën Total Racing Team PSG 14 1 0 1 3 275 6th
Top Race Series Pfening Competición 12 1 0 0 1 76 7th
2019 24H TCE Series - TCR Baporo Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 ? ?
Súper TC2000 Citroën Total Racing 3 0 0 0 0 -
Top Race V6 MS Sportteam 12 0 0 0 0 11 14th
TC2000 Citroën Total Racing Team PSG 12 2 2 2 4 194 7th
2020 Súper TC2000 FDC
Monti Motorsport 		13 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Top Race V6 Lincoln Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 6 16th
World Touring Car Cup Target Competition 6 0 0 0 0 -
TCR Europe Touring Car Series 6 0 0 0 0 36 20th
TCR Ibérico 4 0 0 0 0 0 20th
2021 Súper TC2000 Puma Energy Honda Racing 22 0 0 0 0 1 19th
Top Race V6 Lincoln Motorsport 14 1 0 0 4 99 8th
TCR South America Touring Car Championship Squadra Martino 10 0 1 0 4 138 4th
2022 Top Race V6 Lincoln Motorsport 20 0 0 0 1 103 10th
TCR South America Touring Car Championship PMO Motorsport 12 1 1 1 3 346 4th
2023 Top Race V6 Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina 18 0 0 0 4 128 6th
TCR South America Touring Car Championship Toyota Team Argentina 18 0 0 0 2 212 10th
TCR World Tour 4 0 0 0 0 5 46th
Source:[1]

Racing record

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Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results

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(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

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(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

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "José Manuel Sapag | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  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. ^ Mendez, Ivan Diaz (2021-02-05). "Sapag se sube al Chevrolet del Monti Motorsport en Buenos Aires". Carburando (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  7. ^ "José Manuel Sapag joins Target Competition for TCR Europe and WTCR outings". TouringCarTimes. 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  8. ^ "Sapag becomes the latest talent to join the Argentina express in WTCR". Eurosport. 2020-10-13. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
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