Filip Salaquarda

Filip Salaquarda (born January 11, 1984, in Prague) is a professional racing driver from the Czech Republic.

Career

Early career After an early career in karting, Salaquarda began his racing career in 2000 in his native Czech Republic, competing in the Ford Puma Cup where he finished in third place. A year later he stepped up to the Škoda Octavia Cup, finishing the year 13th in the standings.

In 2002, Salaquarda made his single–seater debut in the Formula BMW ADAC series in Germany. In his first season in the category, he was classified in 21st place. The following year, he improved to 13th overall, taking a podium place in the final round at Hockenheim.

Formula Three In 2004, Salaquarda graduated to Formula Three, racing in the German championship with the family ISR Racing team. He finished the season in 11th place with 42 points. 2005 saw him move up to the Formula 3 Euro Series, the first of three seasons in the category. He failed to score a point in his first two seasons, whilst in 2007 a switch to HBR Motorsport saw him score three points.

In 2005, Salaquarda contested the famous end–of–season Macau Grand Prix whilst in 2006 and 2007 he also took part in the Masters of Formula 3 non–championship races.

F3000 International Masters In June 2006, Salaquarda made an appearance at the Oschersleben round of the F3000 International Masters season. Driving for the Charouz Racing System team, he finished both races in second place. Despite only taking part in those two races, he scored enough points to finish 12th in the standings.

A1 Grand Prix In April 2007, Salaquarda made his A1 Grand Prix debut for A1 Team Czech Republic in Shanghai, taking over the seat from Jaroslav Janiš. After finishing 17th in the sprint race he took the final points–paying position in the main event by finishing tenth. The following season, Salaquarda took part in the final six races of the campaign, taking a best race result of 11th place, also in Shanghai.

International Formula Master Towards the end of 2007, Salaquarda took part in the final round of the International Formula Master season at Monza with ISR Racing. The following year he took part in a full season in the series, taking a best result of sixth in the opening race of the year at Valencia to finish in 24th position.

Le Mans Series In May 2009, Salaquarda made a one–off appearance in the Le Mans Series, taking part in the Spa–Francorchamps 1000km event. He was entered in the GT1 class for IPB Spartak Racing, racing alongside Peter Kox and countryman Erik Janiš. They finished the race second in class, behind the winning Luc Alphand Aventures Chevrolet Corvette C6.R, and 15th overall.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series Later the same month, Salaquarda made his debut in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, joining the RC Motorsport team at the third round of the season in Monaco. After the race, in which he finished 21st, he left the team to join Prema Powerteam, who he remained with for the rest of the season. His best race result came in the sprint event at Portimão, where he finished in tenth place. He finished the season in 27th place overall.

Salaquarda continued in the series in 2010, competing for ISR Racing who took over the entry of RC Motorsport. He finished the season classified in 11th place, taking a double–pole position at his home round in Brno and podium places at Brno and Magny–Cours.

Other series In 2008, Salaquarda originally signed to race for Brooks Associates Racing in the Atlantic Championship in the United States, but the deal fell through at the last minute when the driver funding fell through

Salaquarda also made his GP2 test debut in October 2009, driving two days for Trident Racing at the Jerez circuit in Spain.

Racing record

Career summary

† – Team standings.

Complete Formula BMW ADAC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete ATS Formel 3 Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2004 Team I.S.R. Dallara F303 Opel HOC1 HOC2 OSC11 OSC12 ASS1 ASS2 LAU11 LAU12 NÜR11 NÜR12 SAC1 SAC2 NÜR21 NÜR22 LAU21 LAU22 OSC21 OSC22 11th 42

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2005 Team ISR Dallara F305/046 Spiess-Opel HOC1 HOC2 PAU1 PAU2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 MON2 OSC1 OSC2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 LAU1 LAU2 HOC1 HOC2 23rd 0 2006 Team ISR Dallara F306/009 Spiess-Opel HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 OSC1 OSC2 BRH1 BRH2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 CAT1 CAT2 LMS1 LMS2 HOC1 HOC2 22nd 0 2007 HBR Motorsport Dallara F306/009 Mercedes HOC1 HOC2 BRH1 BRH2 NOR1 NOR2 MAG1 MAG2 MUG1 MUG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 CAT1 CAT2 NOG1 NOG2 HOC1 HOC2 17th 3 Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete International Formula Master results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete A1 Grand Prix results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2006–07 Czech Republic NEDSPR NEDFEA CZESPR CZEFEA BEISPR BEIFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA RSASPR RSAFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA SHASPR SHAFEA GBRSPR GBRSPR 12th 27 2007–08 NEDSPR NEDFEA CZESPR CZEFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA ZHUSPR ZHUFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA RSASPR RSAFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA SHASPR SHAFEA GBRSPR GBRSPR 19th 10

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (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 2009 RC Motorsport CAT1 CAT2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 27th 1 Prema Powerteam HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 BUG1 BUG2 ALG1 ALG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ALC1 ALC2 2010 ISR Racing ALC1 ALC2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 BRN1 BRN2 MAG1 MAG2 HUN1 HUN2 HOC1 HOC2 SIL1 SIL2 CAT1 CAT2 11th 44 2011 Pons Racing ALC1 ALC2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 MON1 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 34th 0

Complete Superleague Formula results

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

Super Final Results Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship. Year Team 1 22011Czech Republic AC Sparta Prague HOL BEL

FIA GT competition results

GT1 World Championship results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points 2012 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 NOGQR5 NOGCR6 ZOLQR13 ZOLCR3 NAVQR10 NAVQR9 SVKQR1 SVKCR4 ALGQR12 ALGCRRet SVKQR7 SVKCR6 MOSQR9 MOSCRRet NURQR8 NURCR1 DONQRRet DONCR8 7th 84

FIA GT Series results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points 2013 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Pro-Am NOGQRDNS NOGCRDNS ZOLQR9 ZOLCR12 ZANQRRet ZANQRRet SVKQR13 SVKCR9 NAVQR NAVCR TBAQR TBACR 13th 34

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points 2014 Scuderia Villorba Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Pro NOGQR NOGCR BRHQR BRHCR ZANQR ZANCR SVKQR SVKCR ALGQR ALGCR ZOLQR ZOLCR 22nd 13 Bhaitech McLaren MP4-12C GT3 BAKQR BAKCR 2015 ISR Audi R8 LMS ultra Pro NOGQR NOGCR BRHQR BRHCR ZOLQR ZOLCR MOSQR MOSCR ALGQR ALGCR MISQR MISCR ZANQR ZANCR 16th 26 2016 ISR Audi R8 LMS Pro MISQR MISCR BRHQR BRHCR NÜRQR NÜRCR HUNQR HUNCR CATQR CATCR 19th 10 2017 ISR Audi R8 LMS Pro MISQR MISCR BRHQR BRHCR ZOLQR ZOLCR HUNQR HUNCR NÜRQR NÜRCR 12th 21