Adrián Vallés Escortell (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish race car driver.
| Adrián Vallés | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Spanish |
| Full name | Adrián Vallés Escortell |
| Born | 3 June 1986 Teulada, Alicante, Spain |
| Previous series | |
| 2008, 2008–09 2008–09 2008 2006–07 2006, 2008 2003 2003 2002 2002 2001 | GP2 Asia Series Superleague Formula Le Mans Series Formula One test driver GP2 Series World Series Lights Spanish F3 Formula Junior 1600 Spain Formula Nissan 2000 Formula Toyota 1300 Spain |
| Championship titles | |
| 2009 2002 | Superleague Formula Formula Junior 1600 Spain |
Career edit
Vallés was born in Teulada, Alicante. After a strong karting career, he drove in Spanish Formula Three, before moving to the World Series by Nissan in 2004. The series was renamed World Series by Renault in 2005 while he continued in the series, finishing 2nd in the standings with two race wins. In 2006 he started racing in the GP2 Series with Campos Racing, and also tested for the MF1 Racing Formula One team on 19 September.[1] The team was bought out by Spyker and on 30 January 2007 Vallés was named the team's official reserve driver.
He returned to GP2 for 2008, driving for the FMS International team in the GP2 Asia Series. He remained with the team for the first round of the 2008 GP2 Series season, but then switched to BCN Competicion. He elected to miss the final round of the season at Monza to focus on his sportscar commitments.[2] Vallés returned to the GP2 Asia Series, by replacing Chris van der Drift (racing for A1 Team New Zealand at their home round of the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season at Taupo Motorsport Park) at Trident Racing for the third round of the season in Bahrain.[3] Vallés and van der Drift would later team up to be the drivers for Epsilon Euskadi in the 2009 World Series by Renault season.
Additionally, Vallés has begun a sportscar career in 2008 with Epsilon Euskadi by driving in the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 2008 1000km of Silverstone.
He moved on to team management in 2013 with his AV Formula team entering the 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season with Arthur Pic and Yann Cunha as their drivers.
Formula One edit
Adrian took part in testing at Silverstone in September 2006 testing for 2007 team Spyker although at the time they were Midland F1. He was then confirmed at test driver for Midland for 2006. He tested for Spyker in 2007.
On 3 February 2010, the Spanish press said that Adrián Vallés could be the partner of Argentine driver José María López in the USF1 team.[4][5] Later, the Spaniard would not reach an agreement when the American team went bankrupt even before it was created.
Superleague Formula edit
On 8 November 2009, Valles clinched the 2009 title with a solid fourth place for Liverpool in the final race of the season in Jarama.[6][7]
Racing record edit
Career summary edit
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F.Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Formula Toyota 1300 Spain | ? | 8 | 1 | 2 | ? | 6 | ? | 3rd |
| 2002 | Formula Junior 1600 Spain | Escuela Lois Circuit | 12 | 8 | 10 | ? | 11 | 198 | 1st |
| Formula Nissan 2000 Series | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 10th | ||
| 2003 | World Series Lights | Escuela Lois Circuit | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 126 | 4th |
| Spanish Formula Three Championship | Pons Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 2004 | World Series by Nissan | Pons Racing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 10th |
| 2005 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Pons Racing | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 116 | 2nd |
| 2006 | GP2 Series | Campos Racing | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16th |
| Formula One | Spyker MF1 Racing | Test Driver | |||||||
| 2007 | Formula One | Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 Team | Test Driver | ||||||
| 2008 | GP2 Series | Fisichella Motor Sport International | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21st |
| GP2 Asia Series | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7th | ||
| Le Mans Series | Epsilon Euskadi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
| Superleague Formula | Liverpool F.C. | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 325 | 4th | |
| 2008–09 | GP2 Asia Series | Trident Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2009 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Epsilon Euskadi | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 17th |
| Superleague Formula | Liverpool F.C. | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 412 | 1st | |
| 2010 | Superleague Formula | Sporting CP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 329 | 15th |
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Pons Racing | ZOL 1 6 |
ZOL 2 6 |
MON 1 3 |
VAL 1 4 |
VAL 2 2 |
LMS 1 13 |
LMS 2 7 |
BIL 1 10 |
BIL 2 6 |
OSC 1 5 |
OSC 2 7 |
DON 1 1 |
DON 2 2 |
EST 1 Ret |
EST 2 Ret |
MNZ 1 1 |
MNZ 2 2 |
2nd | 116 |
| 2009 | Epsilon Euskadi | CAT 1 3 |
CAT 2 4 |
SPA 1 DNS |
SPA 2 Ret |
MON 1 8 |
HUN 1 16 |
HUN 2 Ret |
SIL 1 12 |
SIL 2 14 |
BUG 1 |
BUG 2 |
ALG 1 |
ALG 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
ALC 1 |
ALC 2 |
17th | 19 |
Complete GP2 Series results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Campos Racing | VAL FEA 3 |
VAL SPR Ret |
IMO FEA 9 |
IMO SPR Ret |
NÜR FEA Ret |
NÜR SPR 14 |
CAT FEA 18 |
CAT SPR 16 |
MON FEA Ret |
SIL FEA 9 |
SIL SPR Ret |
MAG FEA 15 |
MAG SPR 13 |
HOC FEA 18 |
HOC SPR Ret |
HUN FEA Ret |
HUN SPR 7 |
IST FEA Ret |
IST SPR 14 |
MNZ FEA Ret |
MNZ SPR 11 |
18th | 7 |
| 2008 | Fisichella Motor Sport International | CAT FEA 18 |
CAT SPR 11 |
21st | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| BCN Competición | IST FEA 10 |
IST SPR Ret |
MON FEA 4 |
MON SPR 16 |
MAG FEA 15 |
MAG SPR 12 |
SIL FEA 22 |
SIL SPR 14 |
HOC FEA 15 |
HOC SPR Ret |
HUN FEA Ret |
HUN SPR 19 |
VAL FEA 11 |
VAL SPR Ret |
SPA FEA 13 |
SPA SPR 13 |
MNZ FEA WD |
MNZ SPR WD |
Complete GP2 Asia Series results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | FMS International | DUB1 FEA 4 |
DUB1 SPR Ret |
SEN FEA 2 |
SEN SPR 5 |
SEP FEA Ret |
SEP SPR 20 |
BHR FEA 5 |
BHR SPR Ret |
DUB2 FEA Ret |
DUB2 SPR 10 |
7th | 19 | ||
| 2008–09 | Trident Racing | SHI FEA |
SHI SPR |
DUB FEA |
DUB SPR |
BHR1 FEA Ret |
BHR1 SPR 19 |
LSL FEA |
LSL SPR |
SEP FEA |
SEP SPR |
BHR2 FEA |
BHR2 SPR |
40th | 0 |
Superleague Formula edit
(key)
2008–2009 edit
(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Operator | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Position | Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Liverpool F.C. | Hitech Junior | DON | NÜR | ZOL | EST | VAL | JER | 4th | 325 | ||||||
| 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |||||
| 2009 | Liverpool F.C. | Hitech Junior | MAG | ZOL | DON | EST | MOZ | JAR | 1st | 412 | ||||||
| 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | |||||
2009 Super Final results edit
- Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Liverpool F.C. Hitech Junior Team |
MAG 1 |
ZOL N/A |
DON DNQ |
EST 3 |
MOZ N/A |
JAR 3 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results edit
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Epsilon Euskadi
|
Ángel Burgueño Miguel Ángel de Castro
|
Epsilon Euskadi EE1-Judd | LMP1 | 189 | DNF | DNF |
References edit
- ^ F1 News > Spyker MF1 reveals third driver roster
- ^ "BCN down to one at Monza". crash.net. 12 September 2008. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
- ^ "Trident names new pairing". crash.net. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
- ^ "Adrián Vallés, el fichaje 'bomba' de la Fórmula 1 - MARCA.com". www.marca.com. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ Car, Por Redacción; Driver (3 February 2010). "Adrián Vallés, último español con opciones en la F1". Car and Driver (in European Spanish). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "Liverpool takes title, Galatasaray wins". Autosport.com. 8 November 2009. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
- ^ "Valles hopes title is first of many". Autosport.com. 8 November 2009. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
External links edit
- Official website
- Adrián Vallés career summary at DriverDB.com