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Adrián Vallés

{{Short description|Spanish racing driver}}

{{for|the pole vaulter|Adrián Vallés (athlete)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Adrián Vallés

| image =

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| nationality = {{flagicon|ESP}} Spanish

| full_name = Adrián Vallés Escortell

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|6|3}}

| birth_place = Teulada, Alicante, Spain

| related to =

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| current team =

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| starts =

| wins =

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| year = 2005

| prev series = 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

| prev series years = 2008, 2008–09
2008–09
2008
{{f1|2006}}–07
2006, 2008
2003
2003
2002
2002
2001

| titles = Superleague Formula
Formula Junior 1600 Spain

| title years = 2009
2002

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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.[http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns17478.html F1 News > Spyker MF1 reveals third driver roster] 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.{{cite news |title=BCN down to one at Monza |publisher=crash.net |url=http://www.crash.net/motorsport/gp2/news/168860-0/content.html |date=12 September 2008 |accessdate=12 September 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915040230/http://www.crash.net/motorsport/gp2/news/168860-0/content.html |archivedate=15 September 2008 |url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news |title=Trident names new pairing. |publisher=crash.net |url=http://www.crash.net/motorsport/gp2/news/173415-0/trident_names_new_pairing.html |date=21 January 2009 |accessdate=21 January 2009}} 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 {{F1|2007}} team Spyker although at the time they were Midland F1. He was then confirmed at test driver for Midland for {{F1|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.{{Cite web |title=Adrián Vallés, el fichaje 'bomba' de la Fórmula 1 - MARCA.com |url=https://www.marca.com/2010/02/03/motor/formula1/1265186365.html?a=187445ab9d0e1565e5242207db94c331&t=1285346384 |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=www.marca.com}}{{Cite web |last=Car |first=Por Redacción |last2=Driver |date=2010-02-03 |title=Adrián Vallés, último español con opciones en la F1 |url=http://www.caranddriver.es/formula-1/a15691/adrian-valles-ultimo-espanol-con-opciones-en-la-f1/ |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=Car and Driver |language=es-ES}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80083 |title=Liverpool takes title, Galatasaray wins |date=8 November 2009 |work=Autosport.com |accessdate=11 November 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091111100157/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80083 |archivedate=11 November 2009 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80086 |title=Valles hopes title is first of many |date=8 November 2009 |work=Autosport.com |accessdate=11 November 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091111111631/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80086 |archivedate=11 November 2009 |url-status=live}}

Racing record

Image:Adrian Valles 2008 GP2 Magny-Cours.jpg at the Magny-Cours round of the 2008 GP2 Series season.]]

=Career summary=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"

! Season

! Series

! Team

! Races

! Wins

! Poles

! F.Laps

! Podiums

! Points

! Position

2001

|align=left| Formula Toyota 1300 Spain

|align=left| ?

| 8

| 1

| 2

| ?

| 6

| ?

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 3rd

rowspan=2 | 2002

|align=left| Formula Junior 1600 Spain

|rowspan=2 align=left| Escuela Lois Circuit

| 12

| 8

| 10

| ?

| 11

| 198

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 1st

align=left| Formula Nissan 2000 Series

| 6

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 2

| 38

| 10th

rowspan=2 | 2003

|align=left| World Series Lights

|align=left| Escuela Lois Circuit

| 16

| 3

| 2

| 2

| 4

| 126

| 4th

align=left nowrap| Spanish Formula Three Championship

|align=left| Pons Racing

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| NC

2004

|align=left| World Series by Nissan

|align=left| Pons Racing

| 16

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 3

| 46

| 10th

2005

|align=left| Formula Renault 3.5 Series

|align=left| Pons Racing

| 17

| 2

| 1

| 1

| 6

| 116

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2nd

rowspan=2 | 2006

|align=left| GP2 Series

|align=left| Campos Racing

| 21

| 0

| 0

| 2

| 1

| 9

| 16th

align=left| Formula One

|align=left| Spyker MF1 Racing

| colspan=7 | Test Driver

2007

|align=left| Formula One

|align=left| Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 Team

| colspan=7 | Test Driver

rowspan=5 | 2008

|align=left| GP2 Series

|rowspan=2 align=left nowrap| Fisichella Motor Sport International

| 18

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 5

| 21st

align=left| GP2 Asia Series

| 10

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 19

| 7th

align=left| Le Mans Series

|rowspan=2 align=left| Epsilon Euskadi

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| NC

align=left| 24 Hours of Le Mans

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| NC

align=left| Superleague Formula

|align=left| Liverpool F.C.

| 12

| 2

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 325

| 4th

2008–09

|align=left| GP2 Asia Series

|align=left| Trident Racing

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| NC

rowspan=2 | 2009

|align=left| Formula Renault 3.5 Series

|align=left| Epsilon Euskadi

| 8

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 19

| 17th

align=left| Superleague Formula

|align=left| Liverpool F.C.

| 15

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 7

| 412

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 1st

2010

|align=left| Superleague Formula

|align=left| 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)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! DC

! Points

2005

! nowrap| Pons Racing

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL
1
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL
2
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MON
1
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VAL
1
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| VAL
2
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LMS
1
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LMS
2
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BIL
1
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BIL
2
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OSC
1
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OSC
2
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DON
1
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DON
2
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| EST
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| EST
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MNZ
1
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MNZ
2
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 116

2009

! nowrap| Epsilon Euskadi

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAT
1
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAT
2
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SPA
1
{{small|DNS}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON
1
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN
1
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HUN
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
1
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
2
{{small|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)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! 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

! nowrap| Campos Racing

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| VAL
FEA
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VAL
SPR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IMO
FEA
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IMO
SPR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR
SPR
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAT
FEA
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAT
SPR
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
FEA
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL
SPR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAG
FEA
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAG
SPR
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
FEA
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
SPR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HUN
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN
SPR
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IST
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IST
SPR
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MNZ
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MNZ
SPR
{{small|11}}

! 18th

! 7

rowspan=2| 2008

! nowrap| Fisichella Motor Sport International

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAT
FEA
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAT
SPR
{{small|11}}

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

!rowspan=2| 21st

!rowspan=2| 5

nowrap| BCN Competición

|

|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IST
FEA
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IST
SPR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON
FEA
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON
SPR
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAG
FEA
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAG
SPR
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
FEA
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
SPR
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
FEA
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
SPR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HUN
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN
SPR
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| VAL
FEA
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VAL
SPR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA
FEA
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA
SPR
{{small|13}}

| MNZ
FEA
WD

| MNZ
SPR
WD

|

==Complete GP2 Asia Series results==

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! DC

! Points

2008

! nowrap| FMS International

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DUB1
FEA
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DUB1
SPR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SEN
FEA
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SEN
SPR
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SEP
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SEP
SPR
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BHR
FEA
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BHR
SPR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DUB2
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DUB2
SPR
{{small|10}}

!

!

! 7th

! 19

nowrap| 2008–09

! nowrap| Trident Racing

| SHI
FEA

| SHI
SPR

| DUB
FEA

| DUB
SPR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BHR1
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BHR1
SPR
{{small|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)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Team

! Operator

!colspan=2|1

!colspan=2|2

!colspan=2|3

!colspan=2|4

!colspan=2|5

!colspan=2|6

! Position

! Points

rowspan=2|2008

!rowspan=2 nowrap|Liverpool F.C.

!rowspan=2 nowrap|Hitech Junior

!colspan=2| DON

!colspan=2| NÜR

!colspan=2| ZOL

!colspan=2| EST

!colspan=2| VAL

!colspan=2| JER

|rowspan=2| 4th

|rowspan=2| 325

style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3

|style="background:#efcfff;"| 14

|style="background:#efcfff;"| 14

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 12

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 9

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 7

|style="background:#efcfff;"| 15

rowspan=2|2009

!rowspan=2 nowrap|Liverpool F.C.

!rowspan=2 nowrap|Hitech Junior

!colspan=2| MAG

!colspan=2| ZOL

!colspan=2| DON

!colspan=2|EST

!colspan=2| MOZ

!colspan=2| JAR

|style="background:#ffffbf;" rowspan=2| 1st

|style="background:#ffffbf;" rowspan=2| 412

style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 9

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 7

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4

==2009 Super Final results==

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

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align:center"

! Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

2009

| nowrap|Liverpool F.C.
Hitech Junior Team

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| MAG
{{small|1}}

| ZOL
N/A

|style="background:#ffcfcf;"| DON
{{small|DNQ}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| EST
{{small|3}}

| MOZ
N/A

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| JAR
{{small|3}}

=24 Hours of Le Mans results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
Year

! Team

! Co-Drivers

! Car

! Class

! Laps

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|Class
Pos.|Class Position}}

2008

|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|ESP}} Epsilon Euskadi

|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|ESP}} Ángel Burgueño
{{flagicon|ESP}} Miguel Ángel de Castro

|align="left" nowrap| Epsilon Euskadi EE1-Judd

| LMP1

| 189

| DNF

| DNF

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{official website|http://www.adrianvalles.com}}
  • {{DriverDB driver|adrian-valles}}

{{s-start}}

{{s-sports}}

{{succession box|title=Superleague Formula champion
(Liverpool F.C.)| before = Davide Rigon
(Beijing Guoan)| after = Davide Rigon
(R.S.C. Anderlecht)| years = 2009}}

{{s-end}}

{{Superleague Formula Liverpool F.C.}}

{{Superleague Formula champions}}

{{Superleague Formula teams}}

{{Campos Racing}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Valles, Adrian}}

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