Carlos Huertas

Carlos Huertas (born 22 June 1991) is a Colombian former racing driver. He has previously competed in the IndyCar Series, Formula Renault 3.5, and the British Formula 3 Championship.

Racing career Born in Bogotá, Huertas began his career in Formula BMW UK in 2007 with Räikkönen Robertson Racing where he finished thirteenth. He finished fifth in the World Final race. In 2008, he returned to Räikkönen Robertson but moved to the FBMW Europe series. He finished ninth in the championship. In 2009, he moved to the British Formula 3 Championship with Räikkönen Robertson and finished seventh in points with two podium finishes. He also finished twelfth in the Macau Grand Prix. He returned to British F3 and Räikkönen Robertson in 2010 but dropped to tenth in points, but recorded four podium finishes. In 2011, he remained for a third year in British F3 but switched teams to Carlin Motorsport. Huertas improved to third in the championship points and captured his first series win.

2012 saw Huertas move to Formula Renault 3.5 with Fortec Motorsports. He finished sixteenth in points with a best finish of fourth in the season opener. Huertas switched teams to Carlin in 2013 and improved to 14th in points and captured his first win at Ciudad del Motor de Aragón. It was announced that he would test an IndyCar Series car for Panther Racing in 2014. He was later announced as a driver with Dale Coyne Racing.

Huertas won his first race in a very eventful 2014 Grand Prix of Houston by running more laps in one stint than anybody else. Four days later, the car was found to have an illegally large fuel tank as well as a rear wing infringement. Huertas and the team were each fined $5,000, but the win stood.

Huertas withdrew from the 2015 Indianapolis 500 race due to an inner ear infection and has not competed in IndyCar since.

Racing record

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points 2012 Fortec Motorsports ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MSC1 MSC2 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 16th 35 2013 Carlin Motorsport MNZ1 MNZ2 ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 MSC1 MSC2 RBR1 RBR2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 14th 30

IndyCar Series Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points Ref 2014 Dale Coyne Racing 18 Dallara DW12 Honda STP LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET TXS HOU HOU POC IOW TOR TOR MDO MIL SNM FON 20th 314 2015 STP NLA LBH ALA IMS INDYWth DET DET TXS TOR FON MIL IOW MDO POC SNM 36th 31

Indianapolis 500 Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 2014 Dallara Honda2117 Dale Coyne Racing 2015 Dallara Honda Wth Dale Coyne Racing