Adrián Vallés

For the pole vaulter, see Adrián Vallés (athlete).
Adrián Vallés
Nationality Spanish
Born (1986-06-03) 3 June 1986
Teulada, Alicante (Spain)
Previous series
2008, 2008–09
200809
2008
200607
2006, 2008
2003
2003
2002
2002
2001
GP2 Asia Series
Superleague Formula
Le Mans Series
Formula One test driver
GP2 Series
World Series Lights
Spanish F3
Formula Junior 1600 Spain
Formula Nissan 2000
Formula Toyota 1300 Spain
Championship titles
2009
2002
Superleague Formula
Formula Junior 1600 Spain

Adrián Vallés Escortell (born 3 June 1986 in Teulada, Alicante) is a Spanish race car driver.

Career

After a strong karting career, he drove in Spanish Formula Three, before moving to the World Series by Nissan in 2004. The series was renamed World Series by Renault in 2005 while he continued in the series, finishing 2nd in the standings with two race wins. In 2006 he started racing in the GP2 Series with Campos Racing, and also tested for the MF1 Racing Formula One team on 19 September.[1] The team was bought out by Spyker and on 30 January 2007 Vallés was named the team's official reserve driver.

He returned to GP2 for 2008, driving for the FMS International team in the GP2 Asia Series. He remained with the team for the first round of the 2008 GP2 Series season, but then switched to BCN Competicion. He elected to miss the final round of the season at Monza to focus on his sportscar commitments.[2] Vallés returned to the GP2 Asia Series, by replacing Chris van der Drift (racing for A1 Team New Zealand at their home round of the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season at Taupo Motorsport Park) at Trident Racing for the third round of the season in Bahrain.[3] Vallés and van der Drift would later team up to be the drivers for Epsilon Euskadi in the 2009 World Series by Renault season.

Additionally, Vallés has begun a sportscar career in 2008 with Epsilon Euskadi by driving in the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 2008 1000km of Silverstone.

He moved on to team management in 2013 with his AV Formula team entering the 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season with Arthur Pic and Yann Cunha as their drivers.

Formula One

Adrian took part in testing at Silverstone in September 2006 testing for 2007 team Spyker although at the time they were Midland F1. He was then confirmed at test driver for Midland for 2006. He tested for Spyker in 2007.

Superleague Formula

On 8 November 2009, Valles clinched the 2009 title with a solid fourth place for Liverpool in the final race of the season in Jarama.[4][5]

Racing record

Vallés driving for BCN Competicion at the Magny-Cours round of the 2008 GP2 Series season.

Career summary

Season Series Team No. Races Poles Wins Points Position
2001 Formula Toyota 1300 Spain 8 3rd
2002 Formula Junior 1600 Spain Escuela Lois 12 10 8 198 1st
Formula Nissan 2000 Escuela Lois 6 1 0 38 10th
2003 World Series Light Escuela Lois Circuit 16 2 3 126 4th
Formula 3 Spain Meycom Sport 1 0 0 0 N/A
2004 World Series by Nissan Pons Racing 18 0 0 56 10th
2005 World Series by Renault Pons Racing 5 17 1 2 116 2nd
2006 GP2 Series Campos Racing 24 21 0 0 7 18th
Formula One Midland F1 Test Driver
2007 Formula One Spyker F1 40 Test Driver
2008 GP2 Asia Series FMS International 16 10 0 0 19 7th
GP2 Series FMS International 19 2 0 0 0 21st
BCN Competicion 26 16 0 0 5
Le Mans Series Epsilon Euskadi (LMP1) 2 0 0 0 N/A
Le Mans 24 Hours Epsilon Euskadi (LMP1) 1 0 0 0 DNF
Superleague Formula Liverpool F.C. 21 12 2 2 325 4th
2008–09 GP2 Asia Series Trident Racing 27 2 0 0 0 40th
2009 World Series by Renault Epsilon Euskadi 21 8 0 0 19 17th
Superleague Formula Liverpool F.C. 21 15 0 2 412 1st

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points
2005 Pons Racing ZOL
1

6
ZOL
2

6
MON
1

3
VAL
1

4
VAL
2

2
LMS
1

13
LMS
2

7
BIL
1

10
BIL
2

6
OSC
1

5
OSC
2

7
DON
1

1
DON
2

2
EST
1

Ret
EST
2

Ret
MNZ
1

1
MNZ
2

2
2nd 116
2009 Epsilon Euskadi CAT
1

3
CAT
2

4
SPA
1

DNS
SPA
2

Ret
MON
1

8
HUN
1

16
HUN
2

Ret
SIL
1

12
SIL
2

14
BUG
1
BUG
2
ALG
1
ALG
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
ALC
1
ALC
2
17th 19

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2006 Campos Racing VAL
FEA

3
VAL
SPR

Ret
SMR
FEA

9
SMR
SPR

Ret
EUR
FEA

Ret
EUR
SPR

14
ESP
FEA

18
ESP
SPR

16
MON
FEA

Ret
GBR
FEA

9
GBR
SPR

Ret
FRA
FEA

15
FRA
SPR

13
GER
FEA

18
GER
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

Ret
HUN
SPR

7
TUR
FEA

Ret
TUR
SPR

14
ITA
FEA

Ret
ITA
SPR

11
18th 7
2008 FMS International ESP
FEA

18
ESP
SPR

11
21st 5
BCN Competicion TUR
FEA

10
TUR
SPR

Ret
MON
FEA

4
MON
SPR

16
FRA
FEA

15
FRA
SPR

12
GBR
FEA

22
GBR
SPR

14
GER
FEA

15
GER
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

Ret
HUN
SPR

19
EUR
FEA

11
EUR
SPR

Ret
BEL
FEA

13
BEL
SPR

13
ITA
FEA

WD
ITA
SPR

WD

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2008 FMS International UAE1
FEA

4
UAE1
SPR

Ret
IND
FEA

2
IND
SPR

5
MAL
FEA

Ret
MAL
SPR

20
BHR
FEA

5
BHR
SPR

Ret
UAE2
FEA

Ret
UAE2
SPR

10
7th 19
2008–09 Trident Racing CHN
FEA
CHN
SPR
UAE
FEA
UAE
SPR
BHR1
FEA

Ret
BHR1
SPR

19
QAT
FEA
QAT
SPR
MAL
FEA
MAL
SPR
BHR2
FEA
BHR2
SPR
40th 0

Superleague Formula

(key)

2008–2009

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Operator 1 2 3 4 5 6 Position Points
2008 Liverpool F.C. Hitech Junior DON NÜR ZOL EST VAL JER 4th 325
5 3 14 14 1 6 1 12 9 4 7 15
2009 Liverpool F.C. Hitech Junior MAG ZOL DON EST MOZ JAR 1st 412
1 6 3 3 6 6 2 9 4 5 7 4

2009 Super Final Results

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6
2009 Liverpool F.C.
Hitech Junior Team
MAG
1
ZOL
N/A
DON
DNQ
EST
3
MOZ
N/A
JAR
3

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2008 Spain Epsilon Euskadi Spain Ángel Burgueño
Spain Miguel Ángel de Castro
Epsilon Euskadi EE1-Judd LMP1 189 DNF DNF

References

  1. F1 News > Spyker MF1 reveals third driver roster
  2. "BCN down to one at Monza". crash.net. 12 September 2008. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
  3. "Trident names new pairing.". crash.net. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  4. "Liverpool takes title, Galatasaray wins". Autosport.com. 8 November 2009. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
  5. "Valles hopes title is first of many". Autosport.com. 8 November 2009. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Davide Rigon
(Beijing Guoan)
Superleague Formula champion
(Liverpool F.C.)

2009
Succeeded by
Davide Rigon
(R.S.C. Anderlecht)
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