FIVE FACTS:

In good company: Moving to Europe in 2002 after success in karting and Formula Renault in Argentina, Guerrieri once raced Hamilton, Ricciardo and Vettel in Formula 3. He was also rapid in Formula 3000, World Series by Renault and Indy Lights before budget constraints hit.

Opportunity knocks: With opportunities to continue racing without a roof over his head limited, a switch to Argentine Súper 2000 via the Turismo Carretera series provided salvation in 2013.

One-off wonder: Following domestic success, Guerrieri made his WTCC debut with a one-off appearance at home in 2016 and set the fastest lap of all during the Termas de Río Hondo weekend. That set plans in motion to race in the WTCC full time in 2017.

Dream start: Guerrieri began WTCC 2017 with victory on the Marrakech streets for the privateer Campos team and he triumphed again at Ningbo before he was recruited by the factory Honda squad to replace the injured Tiago Monteiro for the final three events of the season. He didn’t disappoint, winning the Qatar finale from pole. He’s been a Honda Racing family member ever since. He claimed two WTCR wins in 2018 on his way to third in the final table and fought for the 2019 crown, losing out to Norbert Michelisz during a dramatic season finale in Malaysia.

Did you know? “When I was five I asked my mother to jump in a go-kart and when I was seven I asked her to change me to a bilingual school because Ayrton Senna said that to be a professional driver you need to know how to manage a computer and how to speak English. Most days when I was 12 or 13, I woke up and would say to my mother I go to school now but when I am asked to race in Europe you let me go. And she said: ‘I will let you go but now you have to go to school’. I already said that before it happened so when it happened, she had to let me go! In fact, I finished my secondary school in 2016. I left the school when I was 15 and I had two years to do and I went back and did it. I like tennis but, in the future, I would like to study marketing or public relations.”

CAREER SO FAR:

1994: 2, Metropolitan Karting Championship (Buenos Aires) 50cc

1996: 1, Metropolitan Karting Championship 100cc

1997: 2, Metropolitan Karting Championship 125cc Junior, Won opening round of South American Karting Championship 125cc

2000: 1 (2 wins), Argentinian Formula Renault 1.6 (youngest ever champion aged 15)

2001: European Formula Renault 2.0.

2002: 3 (4 wins), German Formula Renault 2.0; 1 (2 wins) Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series;

2003: 1 (3 wins) European Formula Renault 2.0; 2 (4 wins) Italian Formula Renault 2.0

2004: 6, International Formula 3000 (tied on points with José María López)

2005: 15, Formula 3 Euroseries

2006: 4 (2 wins), Formula 3 Euroseries; tested Mercedes-Benz DTM car

2007: 13, British Formula 3 Championship

2008: 12, British Formula 3 Championship; 8 (1 win), World Series by Renault 3.5

2009: 6 (2 wins), Superleague Formula

2010: 6 (6 wins), World Series by Renault 3.5; 3, Buenos Aires 200 Kilometres

2011: 2 (3 wins), Indy Lights; 1, Buenos Aires 200 Kilometres

2012: 2 (3 wins), Indy Lights

2013: Turismo Carretera; Top Race V6

2014: Súper TC2000 (Toyota Corolla)

2015: 8 (1 win), Súper TC2000 (Toyota Corolla)

2016: 5, Súper TC2000; 18, FIA World Touring Car Championship (Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1)

2017: 4, WTCC (Honda Civic WTCC); 4, WTCC Trophy (Campos Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1); 11, Súper TC2000

2018: 3 (2 wins), WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup presented by OSCARO (Honda Civic Type R TCR)

2019: 2 (4 wins), WTCR (Honda Civic Type R TCR)

2020: 4 (4 wins), WTCR (Honda Civic Type R TCR)