Félix Serrallés

Félix Juan Serrallés
Nationality Puerto Rico Puerto Rican
Born (1992-06-24) June 24, 1992
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Indy Lights career
Debut season 2015
Current team Carlin
Car no. 4
Starts 34
Wins 3
Poles 0
Fastest laps 4
Best finish 7th in 2015
Previous series
2014
2012–13
2012
2011
2011
2010–11
2009–10		 FIA European Formula 3 Championship
Toyota Racing Series
British Formula 3 Championship
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault UK
Formula Renault UK Winter Cup
Skip Barber National Championship

Félix Juan Serrallés IV (born June 24, 1992) is a Puerto Rican racing driver. After gathering two second-place finishes in the Caribbean Karting Championship, Serrallés joined the Skip Barber National Championship and finished third. Afterwards, he was recruited by Fortec Motorsport and moved to Europe, where he debuted in the Formula Renault. By 2012, Serrallés had fully adapted to formula racing, remaining in the run for the British Formula 3 Championship until the final race of the season and eventually finishing third. After being sidelined by a back injury for most of 2013, he joined Team West-Tec for the 2014 season of the European Formula 3 Championship.

Early years

Félix Juan Serrallés IV was born on 24 June 1992 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He is the grandson of Puerto Rican Don Q rum magnate Félix Juan Serrallés, Jr., the president of Destilería Serrallés headquartered in the same town and grandson of the late Puerto Rican entrepreneur, industrialist and inventor Efraín D. Vassallo Ruíz of Industrias Vassallo fame.

Career

Karting

Serrallés began his racing career in karting at the age of ten and was runner-up in the Caribbean Championship in both 2004 and 2005.[1]

Skip Barber National Championship

After winning a scholarship in 2009 Skip Barber Shootout, Serrallés became a Mazdaspeed Development Driver and had a season in Skip Barber National Championship, where he finished third with two wins.[2]

Formula Renault

In 2010, Serrallés raced in Europe, taking part in the Formula Renault UK Winter Cup for Fortec Motorsport as a guest driver. He continued his collaboration with Fortec into 2011 and the Formula Renault Eurocup, scoring eight points-scoring finishes on his way to twelfth place in the series standings. He also appeared in Formula Renault UK in twelve of the season's twenty races as a guest driver and the Formula Renault UK Finals Series, where he claimed two podiums and finished eighth overall.[3]

Toyota Racing Series

Serrallés contested the Toyota Racing Series in January and February 2012 with Giles Motorsport, finishing ninth in the championship with a win at the New Zealand Grand Prix meeting at Manfield.[4]

Formula Three

Felix Serralles in F3 - Hockenheimring 2014

On 4 January 2012, it was announced that Serrallés had rejoined Fortec Motorsports for a season in the British Formula 3 Championship.[5] At the opening round of the season at Oulton Park, Serrallés qualified on the front row for the third race of the meeting, and after beating Carlin's Jack Harvey off the grid, Serrallés held his own in the lead and eventually claimed victory, becoming the first Puerto Rican to win in the series.[6] He added a second victory a week later at Monza, winning the second race of the meeting in torrential rain.[7]

Indy Lights

In 2015 Serallés drives for Belardi Auto Racing in the Indy Lights Series.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2009 Skip Barber National Championship 4 0 0 0 0 40 10th
2010 Skip Barber National Championship 14 2 0 5 8 376 3rd
U.S. F2000 National Championship Liberty Motorsports 4 0 0 0 0 N/A NC†
F2000 Championship Series GTP Motorsports 4 0 0 0 0 N/A NC†
Formula Renault UK Winter Series Fortec Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 N/A NC†
2011 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Fortec Motorsports 14 0 0 0 0 41 12th
Formula Renault UK 12 0 0 0 2 N/A NC†
Formula Renault UK Finals Series 6 0 0 0 2 68 8th
2012 Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 12 1 0 0 2 547 8th
British Formula 3 Fortec Motorsports 28 5 3 5 13 299 3rd
2013 FIA European Formula 3 Championship Fortec Motorsports 29 0 0 1 2 104 11th
British Formula 3 3 0 0 0 0 15 10th
2014 FIA European Formula 3 Championship Team West-Tec 33 0 0 0 0 82 12th
2015 Indy Lights Belardi Auto Racing 16 1 0 2 2 225 7th
Masters of Formula 3 Jo Zeller Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 12th
FIA European Formula 3 Championship kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 0 33rd
2016 Indy Lights Carlin 18 2 0 2 5 311 6th

† As Serrallés was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 DC Points
2013 Fortec Motorsports Mercedes MNZ
1
6		 MNZ
2
7		 MNZ
3
15		 SIL
1
8		 SIL
2
DNS		 SIL
3
4		 HOC
1
2		 HOC
2
5		 HOC
3
2		 BRH
1
16		 BRH
2
15		 BRH
3
16		 RBR
1
Ret		 RBR
2
22		 RBR
3
13		 NOR
1
4		 NOR
2
6		 NOR
3
Ret		 NÜR
1
8		 NÜR
2
8		 NÜR
3
12		 ZAN
1
Ret		 ZAN
2
Ret		 ZAN
3
15		 VAL
1
Ret		 VAL
2
Ret		 VAL
3
Ret		 HOC
1
11		 HOC
2
DSQ		 HOC
3
Ret		 11th 104
2014 Team West-Tec F3 Mercedes SIL
1
7		 SIL
2
15		 SIL
3
10		 HOC
1
8		 HOC
2
8		 HOC
3
Ret		 PAU
1
6		 PAU
2
8		 PAU
3
13		 HUN
1
7		 HUN
2
8		 HUN
3
7		 SPA
1
11		 SPA
2
Ret		 SPA
3
4		 NOR
1
8		 NOR
2
11		 NOR
3
13		 MSC
1
9		 MSC
2
10		 MSC
3
Ret		 RBR
1
14		 RBR
2
Ret		 RBR
3
Ret		 NÜR
1
12		 NÜR
2
Ret		 NÜR
3
7		 IMO
1
8		 IMO
2
8		 IMO
3
9		 HOC
1
9		 HOC
2
11		 HOC
3
Ret		 12th 82
2015 kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport Mercedes SIL
1
 SIL
2
 SIL
3
 HOC
1
 HOC
2
 HOC
3
 PAU
1
 PAU
2
 PAU
3
 MNZ
1
 MNZ
2
 MNZ
3
 SPA
1
 SPA
2
 SPA
3
 NOR
1
 NOR
2
 NOR
3
 ZAN
1
 ZAN
2
 ZAN
3
 RBR
1
 RBR
2
 RBR
3
 ALG
1
 ALG
2
 ALG
3
 NÜR
1
18		 NÜR
2
Ret		 NÜR
3
15		 HOC
1
 HOC
2
 HOC
3
 33rd 0

Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points
2015 Belardi Auto Racing STP
13		 STP
8		 LBH
3		 ALA
6		 ALA
4		 IMS
9		 IMS
11		 INDY
11		 TOR
DSQ		 TOR
7		 MIL
1		 IOW
10		 MDO
10		 MDO
5		 LAG
13		 LAG
8		 7th 225
2016 Carlin STP
1		 STP
4		 PHX
7		 ALA
2		 ALA
15		 IMS
7		 IMS
5		 INDY
6		 RDA
3		 RDA
14		 IOW
1		 TOR
2		 TOR
10		 MDO
4		 MDO
10		 WGL
7		 LAG
8		 LAG
5		 6th 311

References

  1. ↑ "Bio". felixserralles.com. Felix Serralles. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "BFGoodrich / Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda 2010". Driver Database. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "Protyre Formula Renault UK Finals Series 2011". Driver Database. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "2012 Toyota Racing Series Manfield Race 2" (PDF). Toyota Racing Series. Toyota Racing Management. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  5. ↑ Hornsby, Tom (4 January 2012). "Serralles signs for Fortec". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "Serralles impresses with victory on Oulton Park debut". Motorsport.com. Top Motorsport. 7 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  7. ↑ Carter, Nick (15 April 2012). "Serralles scores British F3 win number two at Monza". British Formula 3 Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
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