Sergio Hernández (racing driver)
Sergio Hernández von Reckowski is a Spanish racing driver, best known for having competed in the World Touring Car Championship. He won the WTCC Independents' Trophy in 2008 and 2010.
Career
Early years
Hernández's career started in karting in 1998, lasting until 2001 when he moved up to Portuguese Formula BMW. Later in the year he also raced in Spanish Formula SuperToyota, as well as still driving in some karting events, although this stopped at the start of 2002.In 2002 he debuted in Spanish Formula Three, driving for the Azteca team, where he would stay for 2003. In 2003 he also drove for Azteca in British Formula 3, driving some races. He also drove part of the World Series Light season. He remained in Spanish F3 for 2004, only moving to the Campos team. He got a taste of World Series by Nissan, driving part of the season for the Saulnier team.
GP2 Series
In 2005 he drove in the GP2 Series, partnered with Juan Cruz Álvarez, although Campos struggled throughout the season. He moved to Durango for 2006, partnering Lucas di Grassi, but results were even more sparse. During the GP2 season finale at Valencia, he drove for the Trident Racing team, replacing Ricardo Risatti who had himself replaced the injured Pastor Maldonado for three race meetings.World Touring Car Championship
Proteam Motorsport (2007–2008; 2010)
Hernández switched to touring cars in 2007, racing a BMW 320si for Proteam Motorsport in the 2007 World Touring Car Championship season. He finished 20th in the drivers' standings that season after participating in nine of the eleven rounds.He continued to race for Proteam in 2008 alongside Stefano D'Aste. He took his first outright podium finish at the 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, finishing third behind Tom Coronel and Augusto Farfus in the drying conditions of race one. That year he won the Independents' Trophy for the first time.
He rejoined Proteam in 2010 after BMW reduced their involvement in the series.
BMW Team Italy–Spain (2009)
In 2009 he joined the works BMW Team Italy-Spain, replacing Félix Porteiro as teammate to Alessandro Zanardi..
He failed to get through to Q2 for the Race of Brazil but started ahead of his teammate. He finished in the points in his first race as a works driver. While letting his teammate pass during qualifying for the Race of Morocco, Hernández clashed with fellow BMW driver Andy Priaulx and finished the session nineteenth. Hernández retired from race two on the opening lap and his stranded car brought out the safety car. After qualifying for the Race of France, he was one of seven drivers who had their times from Q2 deleted for exceeding the engine rev limit on theirs cars. He finished fifth in race one but a collision with Porteiro on the first lap put Hernández out of the race and his BMW 320si caught fire, Porteiro was issued with a drive–through penalty for his involvement. He started on pole position for the reversed grid race at the Race of Spain but dropped down to sixth by the end of the race. Hernández took his first overall WTCC victory in race two of the Race of the Czech Republic, having started on the second row and passed pole sitter Yvan Muller on the third lap. Race one of the Race of Portugal saw Hernandez and the Lada of Jaap van Lagen, who started 17th and 18th respectively tangle after the rolling start, pitching Hernandez in the concrete barrier. He was subsequently taken to hospital for checks on his ankle and was unable to start race two. Contact from SEAT Sport driver Jordi Gené during race two of the Race of Italy spun Hernández and dropped him down the order and he eventually finished eleventh. He finished the season eleventh in the drivers' championship as the fourth best BMW factory driver and one place ahead of his teammate. In December 2009, BMW announced it was to reduce its involvement in the WTCC from five cars to two. ROAL Motorsport would no longer be involved with the German manufacturer, leaving Hernández to find a seat himself for 2010.
Racing record
Complete GP2 Series results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | DC | Points |
| 2005 | Campos Racing | IMO FEA 11 | IMO SPR 8 | CAT FEA Ret | CAT SPR 18 | MON FEA 8 | NÜR FEA 15 | NÜR SPR 5 | MAG FEA 13 | MAG SPR 14 | SIL FEA 16 | SIL SPR 12 | HOC FEA Ret | HOC SPR 19 | HUN FEA Ret | HUN SPR 18 | IST FEA Ret | IST SPR NC | MNZ FEA Ret | MNZ SPR 7 | SPA FEA Ret | SPA SPR 20 | BHR FEA 15 | BHR SPR 18 | 20th | 3 |
| 2006 | Durango | VAL FEA Ret | VAL SPR Ret | IMO FEA Ret | IMO SPR 13 | NÜR FEA 12 | NÜR SPR Ret | CAT FEA Ret | CAT SPR 13 | MON FEA 8 | SIL FEA 10 | SIL SPR EX | MAG FEA 14 | MAG SPR 11 | HOC FEA 10 | HOC SPR Ret | HUN FEA Ret | HUN SPR Ret | IST FEA 11 | IST SPR 10 | MNZ FEA 13 | MNZ SPR Ret | 23rd | 1 | ||
| 2007 | Trident Racing | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MAG FEA | MAG SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | NÜR FEA | NÜR SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | IST FEA | IST SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | VAL FEA Ret | VAL SPR 19 | 36th | 0 |
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
| 2007 | Proteam Motorsport | BMW 320si | BRA 1 14 | BRA 2 Ret | NED 1 | NED 2 | ESP 1 10 | ESP 2 8 | FRA 1 14 | FRA 2 Ret | CZE 1 | CZE 2 | POR 1 Ret | POR 2 DNS | SWE 1 Ret | SWE 2 22 | GER 1 14 | GER 2 17 | GBR 1 18 | GBR 2 16 | ITA 1 19 | ITA 2 17 | MAC 1 21 | MAC 2 15 | 20th | 1 | ||
| 2008 | Scuderia Proteam Motorsport | BMW 320si | BRA 1 14 | BRA 2 15 | MEX 1 17 | MEX 2 15 | ESP 1 23 | ESP 2 12 | FRA 1 17 | FRA 2 17 | CZE 1 15 | CZE 2 13 | POR 1 Ret | POR 2 15 | GBR 1 13 | GBR 2 8 | GER 1 10 | GER 2 7 | EUR 1 9 | EUR 2 10 | ITA 1 14 | ITA 2 13 | JPN 1 12 | JPN 2 3 | MAC 1 12 | MAC 2 Ret | 16th | 9 |
| 2009 | BMW Team Italy-Spain | BMW 320si | BRA 1 6 | BRA 2 10 | MEX 1 9 | MEX 2 5 | MAR 1 14 | MAR 2 Ret | FRA 1 5 | FRA 2 Ret | ESP 1 8 | ESP 2 6 | CZE 1 5 | CZE 2 1 | POR 1 Ret | POR 2 DNS | GBR 1 16 | GBR 2 9 | GER 1 8 | GER 2 5 | ITA 1 7 | ITA 2 11 | JPN 1 Ret | JPN 2 12 | MAC 1 10 | MAC 2 11 | 11th | 36 |
| 2010 | Scuderia Proteam Motorsport | BMW 320si | BRA 1 13 | BRA 2 10 | MAR 1 14 | MAR 2 Ret | ITA 1 12 | ITA 2 16 | BEL 1 13 | BEL 2 9 | POR 1 9 | POR 2 17 | GBR 1 16 | GBR 2 12 | CZE 1 11 | CZE 2 11 | GER 1 10 | GER 2 13 | ESP 1 19 | ESP 2 15 | JPN 1 11 | JPN 2 Ret | MAC 1 11 | MAC 2 9 | 16th | 9 |
Complete International Superstars Series results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
| 2011 | Campos Racing | BMW M3 | MNZ R1 Ret | MNZ R2 Ret | VNC R1 | VNC R2 | ALG R1 9 | ALG R2 Ret | DON R1 | DON R2 | MIS R1 | MIS R2 | SPA R1 | SPA R2 | MUG R1 | MUG R2 | VAL R1 | VAL R2 | 27th | 2 |