Pepe Oriola

Pepe Oriola
NationalitySpanish
Full nameJosep Oriola Vila
Born (1994-07-09) 9 July 1994 (age 30)
Barcelona, Spain
World Touring Car Cup career
Debut season2011
Current teamCampos Racing
Car number74
Former teamsTuenti Racing Team
SUNRED Engineering
Craft-Bamboo Racing
Starts150
Wins20
Poles3
Fastest laps20
Best finish2nd in 2015
Previous series
2010
2009–2010
WTCC
SEAT León Eurocup Spain
Championship titles
2021TCR South America Touring Car Championship

Josep "Pepe" Oriola Vila (born 9 July 1994) is a Spanish racing driver. He became the youngest driver to race in the World Touring Car Championship when he competed in the 2011 season. Oriola is not only the youngest driver to start a WTCC race at the age of 16, he’s also the youngest to be on the podium and to have won a race. Feats he achieved in Brazil in 2011 and Morocco in 2013 respectively. His record of being the youngest driver ever to compete, score championship points and win a race in the prestigious WTCC remains to this day. In 2018 he competed in the World Touring Car Cup and finish 6th in a close title fight till the last rounds in Macau. In 2019 he switches from factory driver of CUPRA to Hyundai Motorsport. Oriola also won the 1st ever 24h race of only TCR Cars in Spa Francorchamps in 2019 with the team Red Camel-Jordans. He is part of the team Changan Ford in China Touring Car Championship CTCC where in 2019 won 3 races.