Adrián Vallés

Adrián Vallés
Adrián Vallés
Nationality	Spanish
Full name	Adrián Vallés Escortell
Born	3 June 1986 (age 38); Teulada, Alicante, Spain
Previous series
2008, 2008–09; 2008–09; 2008; 2006–07; 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) is a Spanish race car driver.

Career

Vallés was born in Teulada, Alicante. 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.

On 3 February 2010, the Spanish press said that Adrián Vallés could be the partner of Argentine driver José María López in the USF1 team.^[4]^[5] Later, the Spaniard would not reach an agreement when the American team went bankrupt even before it was created.

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.^[6]^[7]

Racing record

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

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F.Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2001	Formula Toyota 1300 Spain	?	8	1	2	?	6	?	3rd
2002	Formula Junior 1600 Spain	Escuela Lois Circuit	12	8	10	?	11	198	1st
2002	Formula Nissan 2000 Series	Escuela Lois Circuit	6	0	1	0	2	38	10th
2003	World Series Lights	Escuela Lois Circuit	16	3	2	2	4	126	4th
2003	Spanish Formula Three Championship	Pons Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2004	World Series by Nissan	Pons Racing	16	0	0	1	3	46	10th
2005	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Pons Racing	17	2	1	1	6	116	2nd
2006	GP2 Series	Campos Racing	21	0	0	2	1	9	16th
2006	Formula One	Spyker MF1 Racing	Test Driver
2007	Formula One	Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 Team	Test Driver
2008	GP2 Series	Fisichella Motor Sport International	18	0	0	1	0	5	21st
	GP2 Asia Series	Fisichella Motor Sport International	10	0	0	0	1	19	7th
	Le Mans Series	Epsilon Euskadi	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Epsilon Euskadi	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Superleague Formula	Liverpool F.C.	12	2	2	1	3	325	4th
2008–09	GP2 Asia Series	Trident Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2009	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Epsilon Euskadi	8	0	0	0	1	19	17th
2009	Superleague Formula	Liverpool F.C.	15	2	0	1	7	412	1st
2010	Superleague Formula	Sporting CP	6	0	0	0	0	329	15th

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	IMO FEA 9	IMO SPR Ret	NÜR FEA Ret	NÜR SPR 14	CAT FEA 18	CAT SPR 16	MON FEA Ret	SIL FEA 9	SIL SPR Ret	MAG FEA 15	MAG SPR 13	HOC FEA 18	HOC SPR Ret	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 7	IST FEA Ret	IST SPR 14	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR 11	18th	7
2008	Fisichella Motor Sport International	CAT FEA 18	CAT SPR 11																				21st	5
2008	BCN Competición			IST FEA 10	IST SPR Ret	MON FEA 4	MON SPR 16	MAG FEA 15	MAG SPR 12	SIL FEA 22	SIL SPR 14	HOC FEA 15	HOC SPR Ret	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 19	VAL FEA 11	VAL SPR Ret	SPA FEA 13	SPA SPR 13	MNZ FEA WD	MNZ SPR WD		21st	5

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	DUB1 FEA 4	DUB1 SPR Ret	SEN FEA 2	SEN SPR 5	SEP FEA Ret	SEP SPR 20	BHR FEA 5	BHR SPR Ret	DUB2 FEA Ret	DUB2 SPR 10			7th	19
2008–09	Trident Racing	SHI FEA	SHI SPR	DUB FEA	DUB SPR	BHR1 FEA Ret	BHR1 SPR 19	LSL FEA	LSL SPR	SEP FEA	SEP 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
2008	Liverpool F.C.	Hitech Junior	5	3	14	14	1	6	1	12	9	4	7	15	4th	325
2009	Liverpool F.C.	Hitech Junior	MAG		ZOL		DON		EST		MOZ		JAR		1st	412
2009	Liverpool F.C.	Hitech Junior	1	6	3	3	6	6	2	9	4	5	7	4	1st	412

2009 Super Final results

Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.

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	Epsilon Euskadi	Ángel Burgueño Miguel Ángel de Castro	Epsilon Euskadi EE1-Judd	LMP1	189	DNF	DNF

References

^ F1 News > Spyker MF1 reveals third driver roster
^ "BCN down to one at Monza". crash.net. 12 September 2008. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
^ "Trident names new pairing". crash.net. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
^ "Adrián Vallés, el fichaje 'bomba' de la Fórmula 1 - MARCA.com". www.marca.com. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
^ Car, Por Redacción; Driver (3 February 2010). "Adrián Vallés, último español con opciones en la F1". Car and Driver (in European Spanish). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
^ "Liverpool takes title, Galatasaray wins". Autosport.com. 8 November 2009. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
^ "Valles hopes title is first of many". Autosport.com. 8 November 2009. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009.

External links

Official website
Adrián Vallés career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Davide Rigon (Beijing Guoan)	Superleague Formula champion (Liverpool F.C.) 2009	Succeeded by Davide Rigon (R.S.C. Anderlecht)

[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] "Adrián Vallés, el fichaje 'bomba' de la Fórmula 1 - MARCA.com". www.marca.com. Retrieved 22 April 2022.

[5] Car, Por Redacción; Driver (3 February 2010). "Adrián Vallés, último español con opciones en la F1". Car and Driver (in European Spanish). Retrieved 22 April 2022.

[6] "Liverpool takes title, Galatasaray wins". Autosport.com. 8 November 2009. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009.

[7] "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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