Esteban Garcia de Rontero (born 7 December 1970) is a Spanish-Swiss entrepreneur, sailor, racing stable owner and car racing driver.

Entrepreneur

García is the founder of the Realstone real estate fund. He currently serves as a board member for the company, which was founded in Lausanne in 2004.

Sailing

García is passionate about sailing and in 2009, as skipper of the Realstone TP52 Matador, he won the TP class of the Royal Regatta of Palma de Mallorca. Since 2013, he has managed Realtime Sailing, a professional sailing team that participates in ocean racing. He also organizes the Realstone Cup on Lake Geneva, launched in 2010.

Racing career In addition to the sailing team, García also runs a motorsport racing team. His driving career began in 2013 in the V de V Challenge Monoplace. With the switch to sports car and GT racing, his first successes came. He finished the 2018 Gulf 12 Hours in the Ligier JS P3 in third place in the prototype class and the 2020 European Le Mans Series in fifth place in the LMP3 classification. In 2021, he made his debut in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Together with Loïc Duval and Norman Nato, he finished 17th in the final standings in the Oreca 07.

Racing record Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2013 V de V Challenge Monoplace Sports Promotion600005038th 2015 V de V Challenge Monoplace Sports Promotion20000841st 2016 V de V Challenge Monoplace Sports Promotion9000015918th 2018 V de V Endurance Series – LMP3 Graff6100111112th Gulf 12 Hours – Prototype10001N/A3rd 2019 European Le Mans Series – LMP3 Realteam Racing6011031.57th Ultimate Cup Series – Challenge Proto-LMP3 RealTeam300014616th Ultimate Cup Series – Challenge Proto-LMP3-U1000183rd 2020 European Le Mans Series – LMP3 Realteam Racing41121505th Le Mans Cup – LMP3200000NC† 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP2 Realteam Racing600005010th European Le Mans Series – LMP2100000NC† 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP210000N/A12th † As he was a guest driver, Garcia was ineligible to score points.

References

External links Esteban Garcia career summary at DriverDB.com Esteban Garcia at RacingSportsCars.com