Fermín Vélez

Fermín Vélez Bisbe(April 3, 1959 – March 31, 2003)was a Spanish sports car racing driver, two-time winner of the12 Hours of Sebringand two-timeWorld Sportscar ChampionshipGroup C2 champion.

Vélez was a driver in theIndy Racing League,racing in the1996–1997seasons with six career starts, including two at theIndianapolis 500.Born inBarcelona, Spain,Vélez died there ofcancer.

Vélez is honoured by the24H Seriessportscar race at theCircuit de Barcelona-CatalunyainMontmeló,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 956B	Gr.C1	349	4th	4th
1987	Spice Engineering	Gordon Spice Philippe de Henning	Spice-Fiero SE86C- Cosworth	Gr.C2	321	6th	1st
1989	Chamberlain Engineering	Nick Adams Luigi Taverna	Spice SE89C- Cosworth	Gr.C2	244	DNF	DNF
1990	Spice Engineering	Tim Harvey Chris Hodgetts	Spice SE90C- Cosworth	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	LMP1	332	8th	1st

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races inboldindicate pole position) (Races initalicsindicate 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
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

Indianapolis 500 results

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