Luis Pérez-Sala

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Luis Pérez-Sala Valls-Taberner (born 15 May 1959) is a Spanish retired racing driver who competed in Formula One, Formula 3, Formula 3000 and Touring Cars. He was also the team principal of HRT Formula 1 Team during the 2012 F1 season.

Pérez-Sala started his racing career in karting before graduating to racing production-based cars in the early 1980s, initially competing in Renault 5s before competing internationally in the Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint Cup in 1983.[1] He competed in the 1984 FIA European Formula 3 Championship in a Ralt-Alfa Romeo, steadily improving across the season and taking a second place at Knutstorp and a fifth at Jarama to place tenth in the season standings. In 1985, he switched to the Italian Formula 3 Championship, finishing seventh overall and scoring a win. The following year, he moved to Formula 3000 with great success, winning races at Birmingham and Enna in 1986 and finishing fourth in that year's championship. He remained in F3000 for the following year, joining the factory Lola team, taking wins at Donington Park and the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit and finishing as runner-up to Stefano Modena in the championship.[2] He became famous for his arguments with Alfonso de Vinuesa, caused by political views:Script error: No such module "Unsubst". the pair were involved in a spectacular crash in the F3000 race at Spa-Francorchamps in 1987.[2]

The Minardi Formula One team signed Pérez-Sala for the 1988 season, alongside compatriot Adrián Campos - the first time two Spanish drivers had raced together as team-mates in F1.[1] He made his debut for them on 3 April 1988, at the season's opening race in Brazil, where he qualified 20th but failed to finish the race when his rear wing collapsed. Over the next five rounds, he continually outpaced Campos, who was replaced by Pierluigi Martini (Pérez-Sala's F3000 team-mate in 1986)[2] from round six of the Championship in Detroit.

Martini and Pérez-Sala were teammates in both 1988 and 1989, with Martini outqualifying, outracing and outscoring Pérez-Sala. Pérez-Sala's only point came from a sixth place in the 1989 British Grand Prix. This was the first F1 points score by a Spanish driver in thirty years, and the first race in Minardi's history in which both of the team's cars finished in the points.[2] Along with the two points Martini scored for finishing fifth in the same race, the pair scored enough points to keep Minardi out of pre-qualifying for the rest of the season. At the end of the 1989 season, after failing to qualify for the season ending Australian Grand Prix (while Martini qualified a brilliant 3rd behind only the McLaren-Honda cars of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost), he left Formula One having started 26 of the 32 Grands Prix that he entered. After his retirement from Formula One, Pérez-Sala became a regular in the Spanish Touring Car Championship, winning the series in 1991 and 1993,[2] before moving into sportscar and endurance racing. He and team-mate Manel Cerqueda won the GTB class title in the Spanish GT Championship in 2003 and 2004, and finished second overall in the championship in 2008 - his last season in competition before retiring.[1]

Since 1990, Pérez-Sala has worked as a commentator and analyst for a number of media outlets, including RTVE, El País and TV3. In addition he is an instructor for racing drivers, and is involved in the Joves Pilots del Circuit de Catalunya programme, an initiative backed by the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and the motorsport authorities in Catalonia whose graduates include Jaime Alguersuari, Miguel Molina, Dani Clos, Albert Costa and Miki Monrás.[1]

In July 2011, Pérez-Sala was recruited as a consultant for the Hispania F1 team, which was founded by former Minardi teammate Campos.[3] On 15 December 2011, it was announced that he would become team principal of HRT, replacing Colin Kolles.[4][5]

Pérez-Sala's nephew, Daniel Juncadella, is also a racing driver, best known for winning the 2011 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three race, and has also competed in the Formula 3 Euro Series.[6]

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

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1986 Pavesi Racing SIL
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		VAL
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PAU
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SPA
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		IMO
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MUG
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PER
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ÖST
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BIR
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BUG
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		JAR
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		4th 24.5
1987 Lola Motorsport SIL
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2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SPA
18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PAU
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DON
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PER
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRH
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BIR
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		IMO
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BUG
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		JAR
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2nd 33

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1988 Lois Minardi Team Minardi M188 Cosworth DFZ V8 BRA
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11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MON
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MEX
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CAN
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DET
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		FRA
NCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GBR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GER
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		HUN
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BEL
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		POR
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ESP
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		JPN
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		AUS
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NC 0
1989 Lois Minardi Team Minardi M188B Cosworth DFR V8 BRA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SMR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MON
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		28th 1
Minardi M189 MEX
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		USA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CAN
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		FRA
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GBR
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GER
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		HUN
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BEL
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		POR
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ESP
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		JPN
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		AUS
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Complete Spanish Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC pts
1995 Team Repsol Nissan Nissan Primera JER
1
7 		JER
2
5 		JAR
1
4 		JAR
2
9 		BAR
1
DNS 		BAR
2
DNS 		EST
1
8 		EST
2
6 		ALB
1
1 		ALB
2
Ret 		CAL
1
2 		CAL
2
1 		ALB
1
5 		ALB
2
4 		JER
1
7 		JER
2
6 		BAR
1
DNS 		BAR
2
DNS 		JAR
1
2 		JAR
2
2 		6th 144
1996 Team Repsol Nissan Nissan Primera JAR
1
8 		JAR
2
DNS 		ALB
1
2 		ALB
2
4 		BAR
1
3 		BAR
2
6 		EST
1
5 		EST
2
5 		CAL
1
1 		CAL
2
1 		JER
1
5 		JER
2
3 		JAR
1
6 		JAR
2
7 		BAR
1
6 		BAR
2
4 		3rd 153

References

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