Julian Leal

Julian Leal (2014)

Omar Julian Leal Covelli (born May 11, 1990 in Bucaramanga ) is a Colombian racing car driver . Leal used the name Omar Leal early in his career . Since 2010 he starts under the name Julian Leal . He contested a few races with an Italian racing license. He competed in the GP2 series from 2011 to 2015 .

Career

Leal began his motorsport career in 2006 in the Pan-American Formula Renault and finished ninth overall. In 2007 he started in two other races in this championship, but his main focus was on the Euroseries 3000 , in which he competed for Durango . At the end of the season he finished tenth overall. In 2008 Leal stayed with Durango in the Euroseries 3000. With four podium finishes, Leal improved to sixth place in the drivers' standings this season and also won the Italian Formula 3000 championship, which included eight Euroseries 3000 races.

In 2009 Leal switched to Formula Renault 3.5 for the Prema Powerteam . He only managed to score points in one race as third. In the overall ranking he finished 20th. In 2010 Leal competed in the Formula Renault 3.5 for the International DracoRacing championship team. He used the name Julian Leal from this season . In contrast to his teammate Nathanaël Berthon , who finished the season in seventh place, Leal won no race and finished 20th overall. Parallel to his involvement in Formula Renault 3.5, Leal competed in the Auto GP , the former Euroseries 3000, for Trident Racing in the 2010 season . With a win he finished ninth in the drivers' championship at the end of the season.

Leal in the GP2 series for Rapax in Monza 2011

In 2011, Leal initially planned to switch to the GP3 series . However, he received an offer from the Rapax team for the 2011 season of the GP2 Asia series , which he accepted. At the end of the season he finished 26th overall. In March Leal was eventually also for the 2011 season of the GP2 Series obliged by Rapax. While his team-mate Fabio Leimer decided a race for himself, Leal remained without points and finished 27th overall. After the season he started for Trident Racing at the 2011 GP2 Final and finished 22nd. In 2012 , Leal stayed with Trident and completed his second season in the GP2 series. He finished 21st in the drivers' standings and was therefore defeated by his team-mate Stéphane Richelmi , who was 18th.

In 2013 , Leal switched to Racing Engineering within the GP2 series . In Spa-Francorchamps , Leal finished second in the sprint race for the first time in his GP2 career on the podium. At the following sprint race in Monza , a third place was followed by another podium finish. While his team mate Fabio Leimer won the championship with 201 points, Leal finished the overall standings in twelfth place with 62 points. For his fourth GP2 season, Leal changed racing team again. It started for Carlin in 2014 . Leal started the season with a second and third place at the season opener in as-Sachir . He did not get any further podium placements and was tenth in the overall classification. With 68 to 224 points he was defeated by his team-mate Felipe Nasr . In 2015 , Leal stayed with Carlin in the GP2 series. He left the championship prematurely after the eighth event and was 14th in the drivers' standings.

nationality

Leal is a Colombian citizen. In the first half of 2011 he competed with an Italian license. Otherwise he started under the Colombian flag.

statistics

Career stations

2006: Pan-American Formula Renault (9th place) 2007: Euroseries 3000 (10th place) 2007: Pan-American Formula Renault (17th place) 2008: Euroseries 3000 (6th place) 2009 : Formula Renault 3.5 (20th place)

2010 : Formula Renault 3.5 (20th place) 2010 : Auto GP (9th place) 2011 : GP2 Asia Series (26th place) 2011 : GP2 series (27th place) 2012 : GP2 series (21st place)

2013 : GP2 series (12th place) 2014 : GP2 series (10th place) 2014 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2015 : GP2 series (14th place)

Individual results in the GP2 series

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
2011	Rapax	DOOR		ESP		MON		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA								0	27.
		19th	DNF	17th	14th	DNF	DNF	11	9	22nd	21st	14th	9	20th	DNF	DNF	DNF	16	DNF
2012	Trident Racing	MAS		BRN		BRN		ESP		MON		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		9	21st
		15th	15th	12	17th	15th	14th	24	17th	21st	DNF	12	8th	20th	17th	21st	12	16	15th	7th	9	10	8th	11	16
2013	Racing engineering	MAS		BRN		ESP		MON		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		UAE				62	12.
		5	DNF	19th	16	13	25 *	DNF	14th	8th	4th	22nd	12	15th	21st	6th	2	5	3	DNF	12	16	10
2014	Carlin	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE				68	10.
		2	3	4th	5	DNF	16	13	7th	5	5	16	18th	DNF	15th	13	10	14th	17th	9	17th	12	11
2015	Carlin	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE				38	14th
		8th	5	DNF	16	6th	5	14th	22nd	9	12	16	15th	4th	11	12	9

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Draco completes World Series lineup" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 8, 2009)
2. ↑ “Leal in Auto GP with Trident Racing” ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsport.com on March 18, 2010)  
3. ↑ "GP2 - Leal actually wanted to start in GP3" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on March 14, 2011)
4. ↑ “JULIAN LEAL JOINS RAPAX IN 2011 GP2 SERIES” (gp2series.com on March 11, 2011)
5. ↑ “Trident Racing with Leal and Richelmi” (gp2series.com on October 27, 2011)
6. ^ "GP2 - Leal 2012 regular driver at Trident" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on December 20, 2011)
7. ↑ Annika Kläsener: "GP2 - Leal grabs the steering wheel for Racing Engineering". Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 16, 2013, accessed January 16, 2013 . 
8. ↑ Robert Seiwert: "GP2 - Leal changes to traditional Carlin stable". 4th year in the GP2. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 9, 2014, accessed January 9, 2014 . 
9. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "Leal extends with Carlin". Motorsport-Total.com, November 26, 2014, accessed December 27, 2014 . 
10. ^ "Julian Leal" (gp2series.com; accessed March 8, 2011)

Web links

Commons : Julian Leal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Julian Leal
• Career statistics of Julian Leal (English)