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JOSE MARIA
LOPEZ
Argentine race car driver (born 1983)
Career Note
José María "Pechito" López is an Argentine race car driver who is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Akkodis ASP. He is three-time World Touring Champion with Citroën in 2014, 2015 and 2016, and two-time World Endurance Champion with Toyota Gazoo Racing in 2020 and 2021, also becoming that last year the second Argentine driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans since José Froilán González in 1954.
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Career Constellation
Each season is a star: sized by overall wins, positioned by championship rank, coloured by primary class. Gold ring marks championship-winning campaigns; silver ring marks top-three finishes.
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Every Race · 69 entries
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FIA driver categorisation per event: Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, or Member. Sourced from Al Kamel entry-list PDFs.
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Questions about this driver
Circuits · 5 min read
Why doesn't the WEC race at Silverstone anymore?
The WEC last raced at [Silverstone](/circuits/silverstone) in September 2019 and has not returned since. The 6 Hours of Silverstone hosted 8 WEC rounds between 2012 and 2019, making it the championship's longest-running British venue. The 2019 race produced one of the WEC's most controversial results when both Toyota TS050 Hybrids were stripped of their finishing positions in a post-race technical inspection, handing the win to a Rebellion Racing privateer that had finished a lap down. The fixture was dropped from the 2020 calendar and never reinstated.
Drivers · 5 min read
Who is Kamui Kobayashi?
[Kamui Kobayashi](/drivers/kamui-kobayashi) is a Japanese racing driver who has raced for Toyota in the WEC since 2016 and has also been the team principal of its WEC team since 2022. He has 19 overall WEC wins, 18 poles and 2 24 Hours of Le Mans wins, the first in 2021. In 2017 he set a 3:14.791 in Le Mans qualifying, the fastest qualifying lap in the race's history. In 2026 he still drives the No. 7 Toyota, the car he has raced since 2017.
Drivers · 3 min read
Who has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Hypercar era?
Two manufacturers have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans since the Hypercar class arrived in 2021. Toyota won in 2021, 2022 and 2026, and Ferrari won three in a row from 2023 to 2025 with the 499P. Through the 2026 race, Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi are the only drivers to have won it twice in the Hypercar era.
Drivers · 4 min read
Who has the most WEC race fastest laps?
Kamui Kobayashi has the most WEC race fastest laps, with 25. That count credits each race fastest lap to every driver who drove the car that set it, the rule used on WEC Engine's driver pages. Counting only the laps a driver set personally, the leader is Sébastien Buemi with 12.
Drivers · 4 min read
Which driver has the most WEC overall race wins?
Sébastien Buemi has the most overall WEC race wins, with 29 victories. [Buemi](/drivers/sebastien-buemi) has 29, his long-time Toyota team-mate [Brendon Hartley](/drivers/brendon-hartley) 26, [Mike Conway](/drivers/mike-conway) 20 and [Kamui Kobayashi](/drivers/kamui-kobayashi) 19. Buemi, Hartley, Conway, Kobayashi and the retired [Kazuki Nakajima](/drivers/kazuki-nakajima), who has 17, all drove for Toyota in the LMP1-Hybrid era.
Drivers · 4 min read
Which driver has the most WEC pole positions?
The all-time WEC pole list is headed by Kamui Kobayashi on 18 overall poles and Mike Conway on 18. [Kobayashi](/drivers/kamui-kobayashi) and [Conway](/drivers/mike-conway) built their totals together in the [No. 7 Toyota](/teams/toyota-gazoo-racing). [Jose Maria Lopez](/drivers/jose-maria-lopez) has 16, [Brendon Hartley](/drivers/brendon-hartley) 14 and [Sebastien Buemi](/drivers/sebastien-buemi) 11.