Carmen Jordá

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Carmen Jordá (2014)

Carmen Jordá (born May 28, 1988 in Alcoi ) is a Spanish automobile racing driver . She drove in the GP3 series from 2012 to 2014 .

Career

Jordá began her motorsport career in karting in 1998 , where she was active until 2003. In 2005, Jordá made her formula racing debut in the Formula Master Junior, which she finished in seventh place. In 2006 she stayed in the series and finished ninth. She also took part in two races of the Spanish Formula 3 championship this season. In 2007 Jordá switched completely to the Spanish Formula 3 championship. With a twelfth place as the best result, she remained without points in her debut season. Since she started in an older vehicle model, she also took part in the Copa classification, which she finished in fourth place.

In 2008, Jordá stayed in the Spanish Formula 3 Championship and competed for Campos Racing . With a ninth place as the best result, she finished 22nd overall as the worst driver of her team, while her team-mate Germán Sánchez won the championship title. Jordá finished eighth in the Copa classification, which her teammate Natacha Gachnang won . In 2009, Jordá competed for various teams in the championship, which from this season was called the European F3 Open . A ninth place was again her best result and she was 21st in the championship. In the Copa classification she finished sixth. In addition, Jordá started three races in the Le Mans Series in the LMP2 class in 2009 .

In 2010 , Jordá moved to the North American Indy Lights for Andersen Racing . She took part in five of thirteen races and at the end of the season she finished in tenth place as the best result in 16th place in the drivers' standings. After taking part in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo in 2011, she received a cockpit at Ocean Racing Technology in the GP3 series for the 2012 season . Jordá became the first woman, along with Vicky Piria and Alice Powell , to take part in a GP3 race. Jordá remained without points and finished the season in 28th place overall. In 2013 , Jordá stayed in the GP3 series and switched to Bamboo Engineering . There she replaced Roberto La Rocca , who lost his cockpit after uncertain sponsorship before the start of the season. In contrast to their teammates Lewis Williamson and Melville McKee , who had achieved podium finishes, Jordá remained without points. She was 30th in the drivers' championship. In 2014 , Jordá played her third GP3 season for Koiranen GP . Jordá remained without points and lost her cockpit to Dean Stoneman two events before the end of the season . Stoneman achieved two victories in these events. Jordá was 29th overall at the end of the season.

In February 2015, the Lotus F1 Team announced that Jordá will take over the position of development driver for the team with immediate effect. In 2016 , Jordá stayed with Lotus’s successor team , the Renault Sport F1 Team, in the same position.

statistics

Career stations

  • 1998-2003: karting
  • 2005: Formula Master Junior (7th place)
  • 2006: Formula Master Junior (9th place)
  • 2006: Spanish Formula 3
  • 2007: Spanish Formula 3
  • 2008: Spanish Formula 3 (22nd place)
  • 2009: European F3 Open (21st place)
  • 2009 : Le Mans Series , LMP2
  • 2010 : Indy Lights (16th place)
  • 2011: Lamborghini Super Trofeo

Individual results in the GP3 series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th Points rank
2012 Ocean Racing Technology SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA     0 28.
20th 21st DNF 21st 13 DNF DNQ DNQ 20th DNF 24 * DNF 26th 23 21st 19th    
2013 bamboo engineering SpainSpain ESP SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE     0 30th
22nd 18th DNF 21st 23 19th DSQ 24 22nd 22nd 19th 19th 18th 17th DNF 23    
2014 Koiranen GP SpainSpain ESP AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA RussiaRussia RUS United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 0 29
DNF DNF 20th 21st 24 17th DNF 22nd 25th 25th 17th DNF 20th 21st        

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “Carmen Jordá” ( Memento of May 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (gp3series.com; accessed on March 10, 2012)
  2. ↑ “Jorda and Cregan join Ocean for squad's maiden GP3 campaign” (autosport.com on March 10, 2012)
  3. ↑ Jamie O'Leary: “Carmen Jorda replaces Roberto la Rocca in Bamboo GP3 team”. autosport.com, March 12, 2013, accessed March 12, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: “Carmen Jorda lands final Koiranen seat in GP3”. paddockscout.com, April 17, 2014, accessed April 17, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Lotus F1 team signs Carmen Jorda to development driver role. autosport.com, February 26, 2015, accessed February 26, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: Renault's second guard: PR blonde and Mercedes test pilot. Motorsport-Total.com, February 3, 2016, accessed February 3, 2016 .

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personal data
SURNAME Jordá, Carmen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Alcoi , Spain