Luis Díaz (racing driver)

Luis Díaz in the HPD ARX-03b at the Petit Le Mans 2012

Luis Miguel Díaz Castell (born December 1, 1977 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican racing driver .

Career in motorsport

After starting out in karting , Díaz's monoposto career began in 1997 in the Mexican Formula 3 championship. In 1998, after six victories this season, he won the overall ranking of this championship. He came to the United States in the early 2000s and raced in the Atlantic Championship and the Indy Lights . The permanent switch to the Champ Car series did not succeed despite a few deployments.

In 2004 Díaz switched to sports car racing . For Chip Ganassi Racing he drove a Lexus Riley in the Grand-Am Sports Car Series and finished the season in 10th place in the overall standings (champion Massimiliano Papis ). 2005 (behind the overall winners Max Angelelli and Wayne Taylor ) and 2006 (behind Jörg Bergmeister ) each achieved second place in the final classification of the championship.

In 2005 he was a member of the Mexican team that finished 11th in the A1GP series . From 2007 , he drove in the American Le Mans Series for the team of his friend and compatriot Adrián Fernández . In 2009 the duo won the overall ranking in the LMP2 class. this year he finished the Sebring 12-hour race in third place in the final standings. His only appearance so far at the 24 Hours of Le Mans was in 2012 , when the HPD ARX-03b rolled out on the racetrack due to a lack of petrol and failed.

By the end of the 2016 season, he celebrated nine overall and 15 class wins in 102 sports car starts.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2012	Level 5 motorsports	HPD ARX-03b	Scott Tucker	Christophe Bouchut	failure	no petrol

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2007	Lowe's Fernandez Racing	Lola B06 / 43	Adrián Fernández		Rank 3
2008	Lowe's Fernandez Racing	Acura ARX-01b	Adrián Fernández		Disqualified
2009	Lowe's Fernandez Racing	Acura ARX-01b	Adrián Fernández		Rank 4
2010	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Ricardo González	Patrick Kelly	Rank 19
2011	Level 5 motorsports	Lola B11 / 40	Ryan Hunter-Reay		Rank 20
2012	Level 5 motorsports	HPD ARX-03b	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Scott Tucker	failure	malfunction
2013	Level 5 motorsports	HPD ARX-03b	Simon Pagenaud	Scott Tucker	Rank 7

Web links

Commons : Luis Díaz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Luis Díaz at the Driver Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mexican Formula 3 Championship 1998
2. ↑ Grand-Am Sports Car Series 2004