Daniel Juncadella

**Daniel Juncadella**
Nation:	Spain
DTM
First race:	Hockenheim I 2013
Teams (manufacturers)
	2013–2015 Mücke • 2016, 2018 HWA (all Mercedes ) • 2019 R-Motorsport ( Aston Martin )
statistics
Podiums:	2
Overall wins:	-
Points:	147
	As of July 7, 2019

Daniel Juncadella Perez-Sala (born May 7, 1991 in Barcelona ) is a Spanish racing driver . He drove in the Formula 3 Euro Series from 2010 to 2012 and won the overall standings last season. In 2012 he also became the European Formula 3 champion . From 2013 to 2016 and 2018 he competed for Mercedes-Benz in the DTM , in 2019 he switched to Aston Martin .

Career

Beginnings in karting and formula racing (2004-2009)

Juncadella began his motorsport career in karting in 2004 , where he was active until 2006. In 2007 he switched to the single-seater racing and made his first experiences in the Formula Master Junior , where he immediately won the runner-up. He also competed in six German Formula BMW races and was 23rd in the overall standings.

In 2008, Juncadella was accepted into the Red Bull funding program and competed for the entire season in European Formula BMW, which emerged from the merger of the German and British Formula BMWs, for EuroInternational . The Spaniard won two races and was fourth overall. He also competed in six American Formula BMW races for the Euro Junior Team , one of which he won. He finished fourth at the Formula BMW World Finals.

In 2009 Juncadella stayed with EuroInternational in the European Formula BMW and won a race. At the end of the season he finished second in the overall standings behind his teammate Felipe Nasr , who had dominated the season and become champion. Although he won the runner-up title, Red Bull ended the collaboration with him.

Formula 3 Euro Series (2010–2012)

Juncadella at the Formula 3 Euro Series at the Hockenheimring (2010)

In 2010 Juncadella started for the Prema Powerteam in the Formula 3 Euro Series . After he had achieved the first pole position of the season, his first podium finish in the Formula 3 Euro Series followed with second place in the Sunday race at the Hockenheimring . After a weaker phase in the middle of the season, he regularly scored points towards the end of the season and won the season finale at the Hockenheimring. He finished eighth overall. He also started for Tech 1 Racing at five race weekends of the 2010 season of the newly founded GP3 series and at the end of the season finished in 14th place overall with a second place as the best result. He also made guest starts in the British Formula 3 championship .

Juncadella in Zandvoort 2011

In 2011 , Juncadella contested his second season in the Formula 3 Euro Series for the Prema Powerteam as a team-mate of Roberto Merhi . He started the season with two third places and one win on the first race weekend. Four more victories followed in the next races. While Merhi was champion with 406 points, Juncadella finished the season with 280 points in third. In addition, Juncadella also took part in the 2011 FIA Formula 3 Trophy . He won the Macau Grand Prix and was also third in this category, while Merhi took the title again.

In 2012 , Juncadella started again in the Formula 3 Euro Series for the Prema Powerteam. Juncadella won five races and won the championship with a total of eleven podium finishes. He also won in this season , the European Formula 3 Championship to the several races of the Formula 3 Euro Series included. In this, Juncadella also won five races. In addition, Juncadella won the Formula 3 Masters in Zandvoort .

DTM (since 2013)

Mücke Motorsport (2013-2015)

In 2013 , Juncadella started in the DTM in a Mercedes from Mücke Motorsport . In his debut race, he was twelfth. At the EuroSpeedway Lausitz he scored points for the first time with a sixth place. One race later at the Norisring , he improved one more time and finished fourth. He finished the season in 16th place overall and thus prevailed internally against Pascal Wehrlein .

In 2014 , Juncadella stayed with Mücke in the DTM. With a fourth place as the best result, he was 18th in the drivers' championship. In addition, Juncadella acted as a reserve driver for the Formula 1 racing team Force India . In this role he took part in Friday training sessions.

In 2015 Juncadella completed his third DTM season for Mücke Motorsport. He chose 12th as his starting number. With a fifth place as the best result, he reached 20th place in the overall ranking. He also drove for Rowe Racing in the Blancpain Endurance Series , where he finished seventh in the pro standings. Furthermore, Juncadella returned to formula racing in 2015 for three races . For Emilio de Villota Motorsport , he made two guest starts in the Euroformula Open , where he finished third and fourth. For Fortec Motorsport he competed in the Macau Grand Prix. After finishing second in qualifying, he damaged his car so badly in the qualifying race that he was unable to start the Grand Prix.

HWA (2016-2018)

For the 2016 DTM season , Juncadella switched to HWA within the Mercedes teams . With an eighth and ninth place, he finished the season in 24th place overall.

After he had no longer received an operational cockpit in the DTM for the 2017 season , he stepped back into the class of test driver from Mercedes. In addition, Juncadella competed in the Blancpain Endurance Series in 2017 . There he competed with Felix Serralles and Tristan Vautier , who was represented for a race by Renger van der Zande during the season . The team achieved a win of the season and Juncadella was tied with Serralles sixth in the drivers' championship.

For the season 2018 returned Juncadella in the DTM, where he competes again for HWA. In Nuremberg he achieved his first pole position on Sunday and also his first podium finish in the DTM in third place in the race. In Zandvoort he reached another pole position on Saturday. Unlike at the Norisring, this time he managed to hold onto first position and win the race. This made him the 37th driver and, after Miguel Molina, the second Spaniard to win at least one DTM race. In Spielberg on Saturday he took pole position for the third time this season, but fell out of the points in the race. He finished the season with 61 points as the worst Mercedes driver in 15th place overall.

After Mercedes left the DTM at the end of the 2018 season, Juncadella was hired as test and substitute driver for HWA for the FIA Formula E championship for the 2018/19 season .

R-Motorsport (since 2019)

For 2019 Juncadella received an operational cockpit at R-Motorsport , where he will drive one of four vehicles from DTM newcomer Aston Martin . After eight of 18 races, he finished 15th in the overall ranking with three points.

Personal

Daniel Juncadella comes from a Catalan family. His father Javier Juncadella , active in racing himself and successful as a rally and hill climb driver , was one of five children of the textile industrialist José Maria Juncadella and the well-known Spanish writer Mercedes Salisachs . His father's brother, José Juncadella , was also a racing driver, founder of the Escuderia Montjuich and held a leading position in the family empire. Mercedes, his father's sister, married Àlex Soler-Roig , who competed in Formula 1 in the early 1970s and is therefore his uncle. Another uncle is Luis Pérez-Sala , married to a sister of his mother's.

Juncadella speaks Spanish, English and German.

statistics

Career stations

2004–2006: karting
2007: Formula Master Junior (2nd place)
2007: German Formula BMW (23rd place)
2008: European Formula BMW (4th place)
2009: European Formula BMW (2nd place)
2010 : Formula 3 Euro Series (8th place)
2010 : GP3 series (14th place)

2011 : Formula 3 Euro Series (3rd place)
2011 : FIA Formula 3 Trophy (3rd place)
2012 : Formula 3 Euro Series (champions)
2012 : European Formula 3 (champions)
2013 : DTM (16th place)
2013 : Formula 1 (test driver)
2014 : DTM (18th place)
2014 : Formula 1 (test driver)

2015 : DTM (20th place)
2015 : Blancpain Endurance Series , Pro (7th place)
2016 : DTM (24th place)
2017 : DTM (test driver)
2017: Blancpain Endurance Series (6th place)
2018 : DTM (15th place)
2019 : DTM

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2010	Tech 1 racing	Spain ESP		Turkey DOOR		Spain ESP		United Kingdom GBR		Germany GER		Hungary HUN		Belgium BEL		Italy ITA		10	14th
2010	Tech 1 racing	11	11					DNF	DNF	8th	2			5	DSQ	22nd	DNF	10	14th

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	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	Points	rank
2010	Prema Powerteam	Mercedes Benz	France LEC		Germany HO1		Spain VAL		Germany NOR		Germany ONLY		Netherlands ZAN		United Kingdom BRH		Germany OSC		Germany HO2											35	8th.
2010	Prema Powerteam	Mercedes Benz	4th	7th	8th	2	9	9	10 *	6th	12	10	DNF	9	6th	3	4th	6th	8th	1										35	8th.
2011	Prema Powerteam	Mercedes Benz	France LEC			Germany HO1			Netherlands ZAN			Austria SPI			Germany NOR			Germany ONLY			United Kingdom SIL			Spain VAL			Germany HO2			280	3.
2011	Prema Powerteam	Mercedes Benz	3	3	1	6th	1	4th	5	7th	12	2	6th	1	DNF	3	11	2	4th	1	3	2	8th	4th	3	2	7th	6th	3	280	3.
2012	Prema Powerteam	Mercedes Benz	Germany HO1			United Kingdom BRH			Austria SPI			Germany NOR			Germany ONLY			Netherlands ZAN			Spain VAL			Germany HO2						240	1.
2012	Prema Powerteam	Mercedes Benz	1	DNF	1	2	12	8th	7th	8th	1	DSQ	11	2	1	8th	DSQ	6th	2	1	2	7th	2	13 *	DNF	4th				240	1.

Statistics in the DTM

These statistics include all of the driver's participations in the DTM .

general overview

As of July 7, 2019

season	team	Manufacturer	vehicle	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	Item
2013	Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	DTM AMG Mercedes C Coupé	10	-	-	-	-	-	21st	16.
2014	Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	DTM AMG Mercedes C Coupé	10	-	-	-	-	-	22nd	18th
2015	Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	Mercedes-AMG C 63 DTM	18th	-	-	-	-	-	26th	20th
2016	HWA	Mercedes	Mercedes-AMG C 63 DTM	18th	-	-	-	-	2	6th	24.
2018	HWA	Mercedes	Mercedes-AMG C 63 DTM	20th	1	-	1	3	4th	61	15th
2019	R motorsport	Aston Martin	Aston Martin Vantage DTM	8th	-	-	-	-	-	11	15th
total				84	1	-	1	3	6th	147

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th
2013	Germany HO1	United Kingdom BRH	Austria SPI	Germany LAU	Germany NOR	Russia MOS	Germany ONLY	Germany OSC	Netherlands ZAN	Germany HO2
2013	12	20th	13	6th	4th	18th	DNF	17th	18th	10
2014	Germany HO1	Germany OSC	Hungary HUN	Germany NOR	Russia MOS	Austria SPI	Germany ONLY	Germany LAU	Netherlands ZAN	Germany HO2
2014	19th	DNF	16	13	15th	15th	5	4th	17th	21 *
2015	Germany HO1		Germany LAU		Germany NOR		Netherlands ZAN		Austria SPI		Russia MOS		Germany OSC		Germany ONLY		Germany HO2
2015	DNF	15th	10	6th	10	8th	16	DNF	11	23 *	5	13	10	15th	17th	10	13	13
2016	Germany HO1		Austria SPI		Germany LAU		Germany NOR		Netherlands ZAN		Russia MOS		Germany ONLY		Hungary HUN		Germany HO2
2016	DNF	16 *	DNF	12	18th	DNF	19th	DSQ	8th	12	24	12	17th	9	11	DSQ	21st	20 *
2018	Germany HO1		Germany LAU		Hungary HUN		Germany NOR		Netherlands ZAN		United Kingdom BRH		Italy MIS		Germany ONLY		Austria SPI		Germany HO2
2018	8th	18th	14th	12	10	11	8th	3 ¹	16	12	1 ¹	9	14th	17 ³	15th	17 *	14 ¹	11	14th	15th
2019	Germany HO1		Belgium ZOL		Italy MIS		Germany NOR		Netherlands ASS		United Kingdom BRH		Germany LAU		Germany ONLY		Germany HO2
2019	9	16 *	DNF	DNF	13	14th	6th	10

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Web links

Commons : Daniel Juncadella - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Career statistics from Daniel Juncadella (English)

Individual evidence

↑ "Red Bull squad 2008 with 13 juniors" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 12, 2007)
↑ "Red Bull reduces junior team to six drivers" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 5, 2009)
↑ "Juncadella wants to be the best rookie" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 8, 2010)
↑ "Juncadella drives again for Prema in 2011" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 18, 2011)
^ "F3 Euro Series - Juncadella is loyal to Prema 2012" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 7, 2012)
↑ "DTM - Mercedes: Wehrlein replaces Schumacher". Youngest driver in DTM history. Motorsport-Magazin.com, March 16, 2013, accessed March 16, 2013 .
^ ^A ^b Sven Haidinger: "Officially: Juncadella new Force India replacement driver". Motorsport-Total.com, January 24, 2014, accessed January 24, 2014 .
↑ Robert Seiwert: DTM Mercedes driver 2018: Wehrlein and Juncadella return. Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 8, 2018, accessed May 30, 2018 .
↑ HWA hires Daniel Juncadella as test and substitute driver. Motorsport-Total.com, October 25, 2018, accessed November 21, 2018 .
^ Sven Haidinger: Aston Martin: Habsburg and Juncadella complete the DTM quartet. Motorsport-Total.com, February 19, 2019, accessed March 5, 2019 .
↑ About Mercedes Salisachs
↑ Mercedes Salisachs and the Juncadella family

personal data
SURNAME	Juncadella, Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Juncadella Perez-Sala, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH	May 7, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH	Barcelona , Spain

[1] "Red Bull squad 2008 with 13 juniors" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 12, 2007)

[2] "Red Bull reduces junior team to six drivers" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 5, 2009)

[3] "Juncadella wants to be the best rookie" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 8, 2010)

[4] "Juncadella drives again for Prema in 2011" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 18, 2011)

[5] "F3 Euro Series - Juncadella is loyal to Prema 2012" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 7, 2012)

[6] "DTM - Mercedes: Wehrlein replaces Schumacher". Youngest driver in DTM history. Motorsport-Magazin.com, March 16, 2013, accessed March 16, 2013 .

[LPS-7] A ^b Sven Haidinger: "Officially: Juncadella new Force India replacement driver". Motorsport-Total.com, January 24, 2014, accessed January 24, 2014 .

[8] Robert Seiwert: DTM Mercedes driver 2018: Wehrlein and Juncadella return. Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 8, 2018, accessed May 30, 2018 .

[9] HWA hires Daniel Juncadella as test and substitute driver. Motorsport-Total.com, October 25, 2018, accessed November 21, 2018 .

[10] Sven Haidinger: Aston Martin: Habsburg and Juncadella complete the DTM quartet. Motorsport-Total.com, February 19, 2019, accessed March 5, 2019 .

[11] About Mercedes Salisachs

[12] Mercedes Salisachs and the Juncadella family