Felix Serralles

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Felix Serralles at Spa-Francorchamps in the European Formula 3 Championship 2014

Felix Juan Serralles IV (born June 24, 1992 in Ponce ) is a Puerto Rican racing car driver . He started in Indy Lights from 2015 to 2016 .

Career

Serralles began his motorsport career in karting in 2001 , in which he remained active until 2005. After a break to finish his schooling, Serralles switched to North American formula racing in 2007 and stayed in regional Skip Barber Series until 2009 . In 2009 he also started to drive in the Skip Barber National Championship . In 2010 he won two races in this championship and was third overall. He also started in the US F2000 National Championship and the F2000 Championship Series . In the US F2000 National Championship he finished a race in second place, but since he was a guest starter, he was not included in the ranking. In addition, he made his first experiences in GT racing and individual Formula Ford races in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge and first experiences in Europe as a guest starter in the British Formula Renault winter championship.

In 2011 Serralles moved to Europe. He received a contract with Fortec Motorsport and was used in several series. In the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup , he finished the season with regular points in twelfth place in the drivers' standings. This internally defeated Will Stevens , who was fourth. Serralles also took part as a guest starter in several races of the British Formula Renault. He came home in second place once. In the subsequent winter series of the British Formula Renault he took part as a regular driver and achieved eighth place in the overall classification with two third places. His teammate Oliver Rowland won the series.

In early 2012 Serralles took part in the Toyota Racing Series for Giles Motorsport . While his teammate Nick Cassidy won the championship, Serralles finished the season with a win in eighth place in the drivers' standings. He then received a cockpit at Fortec Motorsport for the 2012 season of the British Formula 3 Championship . He managed to win a race right at the start of the season. With a total of five wins, Serralles was the best Fortec driver and came third in the drivers' standings. He also made six guest starts in the Formula 3 Euro Series . 2013 Serralles appeared again for Giles Motorsport in the Toyota Racing Series. He won two races and came in sixth overall. As the year progressed, Serralles competed in the European Formula 3 championship for Fortec in 2013 . Two second places were his best results. He finished the season as the second best driver in his team in eleventh place. In 2013 , Serralles also took part in a British Formula 3 event for Fortec Motorsport. In 2014 Serralles stayed in the European Formula 3 championship and switched to the West-Tec F3 team , which was new to the championship. With a fourth place as the best result, he was twelfth overall at the end of the season.

In 2015 Serralles returned to North America and competed for Belardi Auto Racing in the Indy Lights . In West Allis he won for the first time. He finished the season in seventh place in the drivers' standings and thus prevailed internally against Juan Piedrahita . After the end of the Indy Lights season, Serralles took part in some Formula 3 races in Europe. For Jo Zeller Racing he competed in the Formula 3 Masters and for Mücke Motorsport in an event of the European Formula 3 Championship. In 2016 Serralles switched to Carlin within Indy Lights . He won the season opener in Saint Petersburg and was victorious in Newton as the season went on . While his teammate Ed Jones won the championship, Serralles was sixth overall.

statistics

Career stations

  • 2013 : British Formula 3 (10th place)
  • 2014 : European Formula 3 (12th place)
  • 2015 : Indy Lights (7th place)
  • 2015 : European Formula 3
  • 2016 : Indy Lights (6th place)

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

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 28 29 30th 31 32 33 Points rank
2013 Fortec Motorsports Mercedes ItalyItaly MON United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL GermanyGermany HO1 United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRH AustriaAustria SPI GermanyGermany NOR GermanyGermany ONLY NetherlandsNetherlands ZAN ItalyItaly VAL GermanyGermany HO2       104 11.
6th 7th 16 8th DNF 4th 2 5 2 16 15th 16 DNF 22nd 13 4th 6th DNF 8th 8th 12 DNF DNF 15th DNF DNF DNF 11 DNF DNF      
2014 Team West-Tec F3 Mercedes United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL GermanyGermany HO1 FranceFrance PAU HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany NOR RussiaRussia MOS AustriaAustria SPI GermanyGermany ONLY ItalyItaly IMO GermanyGermany HO2 82 12.
7th 15th 10 8th 8th DNF 6th 8th 13 7th 8th 7th 11 DNF 4th 8th 11 13 9 10 DNF 14th DNF DNF 12 DNF 7th 8th 8th 9 9 11 DNF
2015 kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport Mercedes United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL GermanyGermany HO1 FranceFrance PAU ItalyItaly MNZ BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany NOR NetherlandsNetherlands ZAN AustriaAustria SPI PortugalPortugal POR GermanyGermany ONLY GermanyGermany HO2 0 -
                                                      18th DNF 15th      

Individual results in the Indy Lights

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th Points rank
2015 Belardi Auto Racing STP LBH BAR INDY GOAL Mil IOW MDO LAG     225 7th
13 8th 3 6th 4th 9 11 11 11 7th 1 10 10 5 13 8th    
2016 Carlin STP PHO BAR INDY ROA IOW GOAL MDO WGL LAG 311 6th
1 4th 7th 2 15th 7th 5 6th 3 17th 1 2 10 4th 10 7th 8th 5

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b “Bio” (felixserralles.com; accessed on April 8, 2012)
  2. ^ "Felix Serralles to make British F3 bow with Fortec" (autosport.com on January 4, 2012)
  3. ↑ “Felix Serralles wins British Formula 3 race three at Oulton Park” (autosport.com on April 7, 2012)
  4. ↑ Michael Höller: "Formula 3 EM - Damon Hills son Josh moves up to the F3". Signature at Fortec Motorsport. Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 28, 2013, accessed March 3, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: “West-Tec confirm Felix Serralles for 2013”. paddockscout.com, December 20, 2013, accessed December 29, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Tony DiZinno: “Indy Lights: Belardi signs Felix Serralles for 2015 program”. nbcsports.com, September 19, 2014, accessed December 29, 2014 .
  7. ^ Peter Allen: Giovinazzi, Russell and Pommer lead Zandvoort Masters of F3 entry. paddockscout.com, September 14, 2015, accessed on September 29, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Peter Allen: ArtLine F3 car to debut at Nurburgring with Schlegelmilch. paddockscout.com, September 24, 2015, accessed September 29, 2015 .
  9. ^ Peter Allen: Felix Serralles teams up with Carlin for the second Indy Lights year. paddockscout.com, January 7, 2016, accessed March 12, 2016 .

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personal data
SURNAME Serralles, Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Serralles, Felix Juan IV
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Puerto Rican racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Ponce , Puerto Rico