Juan Manuel Correa

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Juan Manuel Correa at the Formula 2 race in Spielberg 2019

Juan Manuel Correa (born August 9, 1999 in Quito ) is an Ecuadorian - American racing driver . He has been competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship since 2019 . After a serious accident on August 31, 2019 on the sidelines of the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps , in which the Frenchman Anthoine Hubert was killed, Correa is in rehabilitation .

Career

Juan Manuel Correa at the first GP3 ​​race in Spielberg 2018

Correa began his motorsport career in karting in 2008 , where he remained active until 2015. Among other things, he won the final of the Rotax-Max-Junioren-Challenge in 2013 and he finished fifth in the European Kart Championship in 2015.

2016 Correa moved to the single-seater racing and was the Prema Powerteam for the German Formula 4 Championship contracted. With a podium finish, he finished the season in tenth place overall. He also contested some races of the Italian Formula 4 championship in 2016 with the Prema Powerteam . He won three races and was sixth overall. In 2017 Correa stayed with Prema Powerteam in the German Formula 4 championship. He also made his debut for Jenzer Racing in the GP3 series , which he entered during the 2018 season.

In the 2019 season Correa rose to Formula 2 , where he competes with the Sauber Junior Team By Charouz.

During the race at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on August 31, 2019, he was involved in the fatal accident of Anthoine Hubert . After an evasive maneuver due to a blown tire by Giuliano Alesi at the exit of the Raidillon de l'Eau Rouge, Hubert hit the barrier, whereupon his vehicle was thrown back. Correa could not evade and caught Hubert's vehicle at a speed of around 270 km / h with his racing car. Despite immediate medical help, Hubert succumbed to his injuries in the hospital on the same day. Correa and Alesi were taken to a Liège hospital, where Correa was not in danger of death on the evening of the accident, but had broken legs and a spinal injury as a result of the accident. Alesi got away with no significant injuries and was not hospitalized.

Personal

Correa owns the nationalities of Ecuador and the United States . He starts primarily with a US racing license, but sometimes also with an Italian one .

statistics

Career stations

Individual results in the German Formula 4 championship

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
2016 Prema Powerteam GermanyGermany OS1 GermanyGermany SAC GermanyGermany LAU GermanyGermany OS2 AustriaAustria SPI GermanyGermany ONLY NetherlandsNetherlands ZAN GermanyGermany HOC 91 10.
DNF 6th 20th 6th 9 6th 12 9 11 5 9 3 DNF 18th 11 6th 4th 30th 6th 9 4th DNF DNF 30th
2017 Prema Powerteam GermanyGermany OS1 GermanyGermany LAU AustriaAustria SPI GermanyGermany OS2 GermanyGermany ONLY GermanyGermany SAC GermanyGermany HOC 76 9.
5 5 4th DNF 8th 11 11 2 DNF 19th 4th 17th 13 15th 7th      

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
2017 Jenzer Motorsport SpainSpain ESP AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA SpainSpain ESP United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 0 21st
                15th DNF DNF C. 15th 16 12 12
2018 Jenzer Motorsport SpainSpain ESP FranceFrance FRA AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA RussiaRussia RUS United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 42 12.
8th 4th 9 12 19th 13 DNF 15th 7th 5 11 10 17th DNF 9 5 8th 6th

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula 2 Championship

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
2019 Sauber Junior Team by Charouz BahrainBahrain BRN AzerbaijanAzerbaijan AZE SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON FranceFrance FRA AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA RussiaRussia RUS United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 36 13.
16 18th 7th 2 DNF 15th 16 * 12 7th 2 11 10 12 10 14th 14th C. C. INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Formula 2 2019: an overview of all drivers and teams. Retrieved April 30, 2019 .
  2. ^ A b Juan Manuel Correa. premapowerteam, accessed on September 2, 2017 .
  3. ^ A b Peter Allen: Prema signs Juan Manuel Correa to F4 squad. paddockscout.com, February 9, 2016, accessed September 2, 2017 .
  4. ^ Peter Allen: Correa gets second season with Prema F4 squad. paddockscout.com, January 6, 2017, accessed September 2, 2017 .
  5. ↑ David Gruz: Correa to make GP3 debut with Jenzer. motorsport.com, August 23, 2017, accessed September 2, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Team - Sauber Junior Team By Charouz. Retrieved April 30, 2019 (American English).
  7. ^ Ruben Zimmermann: Formula 2 accident: broken legs and spinal injuries in Correa. Motorsport-Total.com, September 1, 2019, accessed September 1, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Stefan Ehlen: Anthoine Hubert dies after a Formula 2 accident in Spa. Motorsport.com, August 31, 2019, accessed August 31, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Juan Manuel Correa. gp3series.com, accessed September 2, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Formula 2 2019: an overview of all drivers and teams. Retrieved April 30, 2019 .

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personal data
SURNAME Correa, Juan Manuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ecuadorian-American racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1999
PLACE OF BIRTH Quito , Ecuador