Dani Clos

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Dani Clos

Daniel "Dani" Clos Álvarez (born October 23, 1988 in Barcelona ) is a Spanish racing driver . He drove in the GP2 series from 2009 to 2013 .

Career

Dani Clos in the 2009 GP2 series
Dani Clos in the 2011 GP2 series

Clos was active in karting from 1999 to 2005 . In 2004, Clos also started in the Spanish Formula Junior, in which he immediately finished fourth overall. In the following two seasons, Clos was active in the Italian Formula Renault and in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup . After he finished 17th overall in the Italian Formula Renault in 2005, he won the championship title a year later. In the 2006 Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, Clos finished seventh overall with three wins. In 2007 he switched to the Formula 3 Euro Series and achieved twelfth place in the overall standings for Signature Plus . In the 2008 Formula 3 Euro Series season , Clos moved to the Prema Powerteam and was 14th in the overall standings.

In 2008, Clos also took part in Formula 1 test drives for Williams . Although he did not win a race in the Formula 3 Euro Series , he was signed by Racing Engineering for the 2009 GP2 series . After scoring no points on the first nine race weekends, he achieved a podium finish in the last race of the season. Clos benefited from some punishments for the drivers placed in front of him. At the end of the season he finished 21st overall. Clos also took part in some Formula Renault 3.5 races. In the GP2 Asia Series season 2009/2010 Clos appeared for Trident Racing to two races. At the end of the season he finished 27th overall. In 2010 he contested his second season in the European GP2 series as a teammate of Christian Vietoris for Racing Engineering. With a third place at the season opener, he got off to a good start in the new season and won his first race in the GP2 series in the sprint race in Istanbul . At Spa-Francorchamps he had to pause the sprint race due to a sprained vertebra that he sustained in an accident in the main race. With a few places in the top positions, he finished fourth overall at the end of the season and was ahead of his teammate, who was ninth. In 2011 Clos stayed with Racing Engineering and competed for the racing team in the GP2 Asia and GP2 series. He finished the season of the GP2 Asia Series with a win in the last run in ninth place in the drivers' standings. In the GP2 series he finished eighth overall with two second places as the best results. Internally, he was beaten by Vietoris, who finished seventh, although his teammate did not take part in all races. After the season he started for Rapax at the GP2 Final 2011 and finished twelfth. He then completed a Formula 1 test drive for HRT .

In 2012 , Clos received a contract with HRT as a test driver and in this role took part in training on several Grand Prix weekends. In addition, he returned to the GP2 series for two race weekends for Barwa Addax . In 2013 Clos was initially without a cockpit. At the end of July he received a GP2 cockpit at MP Motorsport . With a second place as the best result, he finished the season in 18th place overall.

Personal

Clos is in a relationship with the daughter of the former soccer player Christo Stoitschkow .

statistics

Career stations

  • 2011 : GP2 Asia Series (9th place)
  • 2011 : GP2 series (8th place)
  • 2011 : Formula 1 (test driver)
  • 2012 : GP2 series (28th place)
  • 2012 : Formula 1 (test driver)
  • 2013 : GP2 series (18th place)

Individual results in the Formula 3 Euro Series

year team engine 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th Points rank
2007 Signature plus Mercedes Benz GermanyGermany HO1 United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRH GermanyGermany NOR FranceFrance LIKE ItalyItaly MUG NetherlandsNetherlands ZAN GermanyGermany ONLY SpainSpain CAT FranceFrance NOG GermanyGermany HO2 13 13.
9 9 11 DNF DNF 10 11 10 7th 11 DNF DNF 7th 5 12 4th 12 10 8th 5
2008 Prema Powerteam Mercedes Benz GermanyGermany HO1 ItalyItaly MUG FranceFrance PAU GermanyGermany NOR NetherlandsNetherlands ZAN GermanyGermany ONLY United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRH SpainSpain CAT FranceFrance LMS GermanyGermany HO2 16.5 14th
DNF 7th 8th 9 6th 3 21st DNF 15th 15th DNF DNF 16 14th 6th 16 6th 2 9 11

Individual results in the Formula Renault 3.5 championship

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th Points rank
2009 Epsilon Euskadi SpainSpain CAT BelgiumBelgium SPA MonacoMonaco MON HungaryHungary HUN United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL FranceFrance BUG PortugalPortugal ALG GermanyGermany ONLY SpainSpain ALC 5 25th
                  10 * 17th DNF 9        

Individual results in the GP2 Asia series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th Points rank
2009/2010 Trident Racing United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE BahrainBahrain BRN BahrainBahrain BRN 0 27.
    DNF 13     14th 12
2011 Racing engineering United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE ItalyItaly ITA         8th 9.
DNF 22nd 7th 1        

Individual results in the GP2 series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23 24 Points rank
2009 Racing engineering SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON TurkeyTurkey DOOR United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN European UnionEuropean Union EUR BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA PortugalPortugal POR         4th 21st
DNF 19th DNF DNF 12 7th 13 DNF 16 8th 11 11 DNF DNF 10 DNF 15th DNF 9 3        
2010 Racing engineering SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON TurkeyTurkey DOOR SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE         51 4th
3 6th 3 DNF 8th 1 5 7th 3 3 4th 6th 16 7th DNF DNS DNF 12 4th 4th        
2011 Racing engineering TurkeyTurkey DOOR SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA             30th 8th.
8th 15th 6th 2 DNF 18th 4th 5 6th 2 7th DNF 10 DNF 6th 6th 13 7th            
2012 Barwa Addax team MalaysiaMalaysia MAS BahrainBahrain BRN BahrainBahrain BRN SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA SingaporeSingapore SIN 0 28.
    19 * 11 DNF DNF                                    
2013 MP Motorsport MalaysiaMalaysia MAS BahrainBahrain BRN SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA SingaporeSingapore SIN United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE     23 18th
                        14th DNF 20th 19th 18th 9 10 21st 5 2    

Individual evidence

  1. "Perez wins turbulent sprint" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 29, 2010)
  2. ^ "Vietoris and Clos continue with Racing Engineering" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 27, 2011)
  3. ^ "GP2 - Rapax with two new drivers" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on November 5, 2011)
  4. "HRT: Clos honorable pulls out of the affair" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 15, 2011)
  5. "Clos becomes test driver at HRT" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 13, 2012)
  6. "GP2 - Clos replaces Kral at Addax" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on April 18, 2012)
  7. Timo Pape: "http://www.motorsport-total.com/formelsport/news/2013/07/clos-steig-bei-mp-motorsport-ein-ghirelli- geht-zu-lazarus-13072501.html ". Motorsport-Total.com, July 25, 2013, accessed July 25, 2013 .
  8. ^ "Formula 1 - Clos plans to enter Formula 1" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on March 14, 2011)

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