Fermín Vélez

Spanish racing driver

Fermín Vélez Bisbe (April 3, 1959 – March 31, 2003)^[1] 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.^[2] 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	Repsol Silk Cut Racing	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	Ref
1996	Team Scandia	WDW	PHX 19	INDY 21								22nd	60	^[3]
1996–1997	Team Scandia	NHM	LVS	WDW 9	PHX 14	INDY 10	TXS 25	PPIR	CLT	NH2	LV2	26th	82	^[4]

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

Indianapolis 500 results

Year^[5]	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1996	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	28	21	Scandia
1997	Dallara	Oldsmobile	29	10	Scandia

References

^ "Motorsport Memorial - Fermín Vélez". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
^ "Indianapolis Motor Speedway". www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
^ "Fermín Vélez – 1996 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
^ "Fermín Vélez – 1997 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
^ "Driver Stats". IndianapolisMotorSpeedway.com. Retrieved 2016-07-30.