Félix Serrallés

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.

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.

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.

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.

Formula Three

On 4 January 2012, it was announced that Serrallés had rejoined Fortec Motorsports for a season in the British Formula 3 Championship. 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. He added a second victory a week later at Monza, winning the second race of the meeting in torrential rain.

Indy Lights In 2015, Serallés drove 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 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 British Formula 3 Championship 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 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

† As Serrallés was a guest driver, he was inelligble for points

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 11th 104 2014 Team West-Tec F3 Mercedes SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 MSC1 MSC2 MSC3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 12th 82 2015 kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport Mercedes SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 ALG1 ALG2 ALG3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 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 Ref 2015 Belardi Auto Racing STP STP LBH ALA ALA IMS IMS INDY TOR TOR MIL IOW MOH MOH LAG LAG 7th 225 2016 Carlin STP STP PHX ALA ALA IMS IMS INDY RDA RDA IOW TOR TOR MOH MOH WGL LAG LAG 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 Ref 2017 AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 Pro MISQR MISCR BRHQR BRHCR ZOLQR ZOLCR HUNQR HUNCR NÜRQR NÜRCR 15th 19 2018 AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Pro ZOL1 ZOL2 BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 HUN1 HUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 11th 19