Louis Delétraz

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Louis Delétraz (2016)

Louis Delétraz (born April 22, 1997 in Geneva ) is a Swiss automobile racing driver . His father is the automobile racing driver Jean-Denis Delétraz . He has been competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship since 2017 . In 2020 he will be working as a test and reserve driver at Haas F1 .

Career

Louis Delétraz at the Formula 2 race in Spielberg 2018
Louis Delétraz at the Formula 2 race in Spielberg 2019

Delétraz began his motorsport career in karting in 2008 , where he remained active until 2011. Among other things, he won the Swiss Vega Trofeo twice . 2009 in the Super Mini class , 2011 in the Junior class . 2012 changed Delétraz in Formula racing and entered the Formula BMW Talent Cup , a competition to training. He finished fourth with a win.

In 2013 Delétraz received a cockpit in the Northern European Formula Renault at Josef Kaufmann Racing . With a fifth place as best result he was 19th in the overall standings, while his teammate Dennis Olsen third overall was. In 2014 Delétraz stayed with Josef Kaufmann Racing in the Northern European Formula Renault. He won a race and was on the podium five times. He finished the season in second place. With 242 to 258 points he was defeated by Ben Barnicoat . He also made six guest starts in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup . Four times for AVF and twice for Josef Kaufmann Racing. In 2015, Delétraz was accepted into BMW 's sponsorship program and competed in his third season in North European Formula Renault for Josef Kaufmann Racing. He won nine out of sixteen races and won the championship. He prevailed against his teammate Kevin Jörg with 378 to 305 points . In addition, Delétraz competed for Josef Kaufmann Racing in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. In this he was second behind Jack Aitken with three wins and 193 to 206 points . Delétraz also took part in a Formula Renault 3.5 race weekend for Comtec Racing .

In 2016 Delétraz moved to Fortec Motorsport in Formula V8 3.5 , the former Formula Renault 3.5. He won the season opener in Alcañiz and a race in Le Castellet . Delétraz went into the last race of the season as championship leader. He finished fourth and thus lost the championship to Tom Dillmann , who won the race. With 230 to 237 points, Delétraz finished second overall. He also started for Carlin at the last race weekend of the GP2 series in 2016 . In addition, Delétraz contested a few races in the ADAC GT Masters , making his debut in GT racing. In 2017 Delétraz got a regular cockpit at Racing Engineering in the FIA Formula 2 Championship , the former GP2 series. From the race weekend in Belgium, he moved to Rapax . His best race result was a 4th place, in the driver standings he finished 17th at the end of the season. In 2018 he switched to the Charouz Racing System team . He finished the season in tenth place.

Delétraz made his debut in a Formula 1 car at a Pirelli tire test in Abu Dhabi in 2018 for Haas F1 . In 2020 he was announced as a test and reserve driver for the team. The planned announcement as part of the Australian Grand Prix could not take place because the Grand Prix was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

statistics

Career stations

Individual results in Formula Renault 3.5 / Formula V8 3.5

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th Points rank
2015 Comtec Racing SpainSpain ALC MonacoMonaco MON BelgiumBelgium SPA HungaryHungary HUN AustriaAustria SPI United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LMS SpainSpain JRZ 0 29
15th DNF
2016 Fortec Motorsport SpainSpain ALC HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium SPA FranceFrance LEC United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL AustriaAustria SPI ItalyItaly MNZ SpainSpain JER SpainSpain CAT 230 2.
1 5 3 4th 3 DNF 6th 1 10 6th 2 4th 2 3 11 2 2 4th

Individual results in the GP2 series / 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
2016 Carlin SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON AzerbaijanAzerbaijan AZE AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN GermanyGermany GER BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA MalaysiaMalaysia MAS United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 0 26th
DNF 17th
2017 Racing engineering BahrainBahrain BRN SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON AzerbaijanAzerbaijan AZE AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA SpainSpain ESP United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 16 17th
20th 12 11 14th 15th 16 DNF 16 17th 13 12 13 10 12
Rapax 14th 12 7th 4th 17th 12 10 DNF
2018 Charouz Racing System 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 74 10.
13 9 DNF 10 DNF 10 4th 2 6th 2 DNF DNF 4th 5 17th 9 18th 13 13 11 12 13 6th 6th
2019 Carlin 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 92 8th.
5 5 DNF DNF 12 11 7th 2 NC 7th 7th DNF 7th 2 DNF 13 C. C. DNF 8th 3 14th 4th 5
Legend
colour abbreviation meaning
gold - victory
silver - 2nd place
bronze - 3rd place
green - Placement in the points
blue - Classified outside the point ranks
violet DNF Race not finished (did not finish)
NC not classified
red DNQ did not qualify
DNPQ failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black DSQ disqualified
White DNS not at the start (did not start)
WD withdrawn
Light Blue PO only participated in the training (practiced only)
TD Friday test driver
without DNP did not participate in the training (did not practice)
INJ injured or sick
EX excluded
DNA did not arrive
C. Race canceled
  no participation in the World Cup
other P / bold Pole position
SR / italic Fastest race lap
* not at the finish,
but counted due to the distance covered
() Streak results
underlined Leader in the overall standings

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Paul Hensby: Louis Deletraz: “It's really important for my future to do well this year”. thecheckeredflag.co.uk, April 23, 2015, accessed July 19, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Josef Kaufmann Racing sign Deletraz for sophomore NEC campaign. paddockscout.com, February 10, 2014, accessed July 19, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Gruz David: Final FR2.0 NEC race canceled, Barnicoat celebrates title. paddockscout.com, September 21, 2014, accessed July 19, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Deletraz remains with Josef Kaufmann Racing for dual campaign in FR2.0. paddockscout.com, January 16, 2015, accessed July 19, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Louis Deletraz set for Formula Renault 3.5 debut with Comtec at Spielberg. paddockscout.com, July 3, 2015, accessed July 19, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Peter Mills: Formula Renault 2.0 standout Deletraz joins Fortec for F3.5 V8. autosport.com, November 16, 2015, accessed November 5, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Glenn Freeman: Louis Delétraz makes 2017 GP2 move with Racing Engineering. autosport.com, December 16, 2016, accessed February 25, 2017 .
  8. ↑ David Gruz: De Vries, Deletraz switch places for rest of season F2. motorsport.com, August 23, 2017, accessed April 30, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: F2 newcomer Charouz signs Fuoco, Deletraz. motorsport.com, December 14, 2017, accessed April 30, 2018 .
  10. ^ Fittipaldi and Delétraz Confirmed as Official Test and Reserve Drivers. March 26, 2020, accessed on March 26, 2020 .

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personal data
SURNAME Delétraz, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva , Switzerland