Background
His father is Benito Guerra, Senior, a vintage racing driver like Louisiana Carrera Panamericana and Notary public in Mexico City, his mother is Mercedes Guerra (née Latapí), a Certified Public Accountants.
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Education
He finished 14th on the 2008 Rally México, winning the Group North category. He finished 15th overall and fourth in PWRC on the 2010 Rally México. He finished fourth in PWRC in Portugal, fourth in Australia and third in Spain.
At the end of the season Guerra, Junior. finished sixth overall, scoring 47 WRC points.
Career
2006 – 2010
Guerra, Junior. made his World Rally Championship debut on his home event Rally Mexico in 2006, finishing the event in 26th. In 2007 he started both Rally Mexico and Rally Argentina, but retired from both with mechanical problems. 2011
He began 2011 by finishing 11th overall on Rally Mexico, and then committed to a PWRC programme.
2012
So, Guerra, Junior. became the first Mexican rally driver to got a World Championship, and the second Mexican to earn a title in the world of motorsport.
Race of Champions
Guerra, Junior. said: “This is a great end-of-season challenge and it’s fantastic for my career to be part of Republic of China 2012. I’m very excited to compete with all of these great drivers and join Team Americas with Ryan Hunter-Reay.
See you all in Bangkok!”
Therefore, the Team Americas is eliminated in the first round because Hunter-Reay is defeated in two of his three rounds. 2013
Due to lack of sponsorship Guerra, Junior. did not participate in Monaco and Sweden rallies but in his country México he started with Citroën Racing, a privateer team in the WRC in 2013, with his co-driver Borja Rozada.
* Season still in progress.
PWRC results
WRC-2 results.
Achievements
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In 2012 he won the Production World Rally Championship (PWRC) and became a World Champion. In 2009 he won the Spanish Production title, winning the Spanish gravel title outright in 2010. Benito and his co-driver Borja Rozada, won in México, Argentina and España rallies, plus a second place in Germany, thereby the Mexican-Spaniard duo got the PWRC world championship with 109 points, over the Argentinian team Marcos Ligato and Rubén García (88 points). Until then only Pedro Rodríguez(†) was the only one who has achieved in 1970 and 1971 at the World Sportscar Championship with JW-Porsche. As of the 2012, PWRC champion Benito Guerra, Junior. is invited to participate in the 25th edition of the Race of Champions, from 14 to 16 December in Bangkok along with racing legends like Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel. His teammate of Team Americas is the Texan Ryan Hunter-Reay, 2012 IndyCar Series champion. In the Nations Cup race Guerra beats Jorge Lorenzo and the Republic of China Champion of Champions of 2011, Sébastien Ogier but is defeated by Andy Priaulx, due to a penalty. Foreign the Champion of Champions event Guerra, Junior. bears little fortune and is eliminated in first round. At the end the overall winner of the Republic of China 2012 is the F1 driver Romain Grosjean. On his very first race in the WRC, as a rookie in the category, Guerra gets a great result entering in the top-ten of the Mexican rally, thus he gets his first four points for the championship ending at 8th overall position behind the winner Sébastien Ogier for 12:49.8 minutes.
