Félix Serrallés

Félix Juan Serrallés
Félix Juan Serrallés
Nationality	Puerto Rican
Born	June 24, 1992 (age 32); 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

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	British Formula 3 Championship	Fortec Motorsports	28	5	3	5	13	299	3rd
2012	Toyota Racing Series	Giles Motorsport	12	1	0	0	2	547	8th
2013	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Fortec Motorsports	29	0	0	1	2	104	11th
2013	British Formula 3 Championship	Fortec Motorsports	3	0	0	0	0	15	10th
2014	FIA Formula 3 European 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 Formula 3 European Championship	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	0	33rd
2016	Indy Lights	Carlin	18	2	0	2	5	311	6th
2017	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	AKKA ASP	10	0	0	0	0	19	15th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		5	1	1	0	1	41	6th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2018	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	AKKA ASP Team	4	0	0	0	0	19	11th

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

Complete FIA Formula 3 European 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

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

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

^ "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

Official website
Félix Serrallés career summary at DriverDB.com
Félix Serrallés on Twitter

[1] "Bio". felixserralles.com. Felix Serralles. Retrieved April 15, 2012.

[2] "BFGoodrich / Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda 2010". Driver Database. Retrieved April 15, 2012.

[3] "Protyre Formula Renault UK Finals Series 2011". Driver Database. Retrieved April 15, 2012.

[4] "2012 Toyota Racing Series Manfield Race 2" (PDF). Toyota Racing Series. Toyota Racing Management. February 14, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2012.

[5] 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.

[6] "Serralles impresses with victory on Oulton Park debut". Motorsport.com. Top Motorsport. April 7, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[7] 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.

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