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.
| Félix Juan Serrallés | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Puerto Rican |
| Born | June 24, 1992 Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Blancpain GT Series career | |
| Debut season | 2017 |
| Current team | AKKA ASP |
| Racing licence |  FIA Gold |
| Car number | 87 |
| Starts | 12 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 15th in 2017 |
| Previous series | |
| 2017 2015-16 2013-14 2012-13 2012 2011 2011 2010-11 2009–10 | Blancpain GT Series Indy Lights 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 |
| Awards | |
| 2010 | Team USA Scholarship |
Early years
editFélix 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
editKarting
editSerrallés 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
editAfter 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
editIn 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
editSerrallés 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
edit
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
editIn 2015 Serallés drives for Belardi Auto Racing in the Indy Lights Series.
Racing record
editCareer summary
edit† As Serrallés was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results
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| 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
edit| 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 |
Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results
edit| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | AKKA ASP | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Pro | MIS QR 5 | MIS CR 4 | BRH QR 4 | BRH CR 27 | ZOL QR 5 | ZOL CR 24 | HUN QR 15 | HUN CR Ret | NÜR QR Ret | NÜR CR 19 | 15th | 19 |
| 2018 | AKKA ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Pro | ZOL 1 9 | ZOL 2 4 | BRH 1 5 | BRH 2 6 | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | 11th | 19 |
References
edit- ^ "Bio". felixserralles.com. Felix Serralles. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
- ^ "BFGoodrich / Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda 2010". Driver Database. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
- ^ "Protyre Formula Renault UK Finals Series 2011". Driver Database. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
- ^ "2012 Toyota Racing Series Manfield Race 2" (PDF). Toyota Racing Series. Toyota Racing Management. February 14, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
- ^ Hornsby, Tom (January 4, 2012). "Serralles signs for Fortec". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on March 19, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
- ^ "Serralles impresses with victory on Oulton Park debut". Motorsport.com. Top Motorsport. April 7, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Carter, Nick (April 15, 2012). "Serralles scores British F3 win number two at Monza". British Formula 3 Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. Archived from the original on May 8, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
External links
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- Official website
- Félix Serrallés career summary at DriverDB.com
- Félix Serrallés on X
