José María López
José María López was born on April 26, 1983. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About José María López
José María "Pechito" López (born 26 April 1983) 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. López raced in the 2006 GP2 Series for the Super Nova team, and previously for the DAMS team, and the CMS team in Formula 3000. He was also at Renault F1 as a test driver. He was supposed to make his Formula One debut in 2010 for US F1 Team but the team shut down before contesting a single race. On 16 December 2013, he joined the Citroën Total WTCC team for the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season. He won ten races that year and clinched his first World Touring Car Championship. In 2015, he repeated the feat, again winning ten races and the championship. In 2016, he again retained the title with eight wins.