Julián Leal

Ómar Julián Leal Covelli (born May 11, 1990 in Bucaramanga) is a Colombian former professional racing driver. He has also competed with an Italian licence in the GP2 Series.

Career Formula Renault 2.0 Leal began his racing career in 2006 in the Formula Renault 2.0 PanamGP series, scoring two podium finishes in seven races to finish ninth in the standings. He also took part in two races of the series the following year.

Euroseries 3000 The following season, Leal moved to Europe to compete in the Euroseries 3000 championship. Driving for the Italian Durango team, he finished ninth in the Euroseries standings and eleventh in the Italian Formula 3000 championship, which ran as part of the main series.

Leal continued in the championship in 2008, finishing sixth in the Euroseries after securing four podium places in fifteen races. In September of that year, he won the Italian Formula 3000 championship at Misano, beating both Fabio Onidi and Nicolas Prost to the title by a single point.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series At the end of 2008, Leal took part in Formula Renault 3.5 Series testing at Paul Ricard and Valencia, driving for both Draco Racing and Prema Powerteam. In December 2008, it was announced that Leal had signed with Prema Powerteam for the 2009 season. He had a testing first season in the category, with a podium at the Hungaroring being his only points–scoring finish, as he wound up 20th in the standings.

In the off–season, Leal tested for both Prema and Mofaz Racing at the Circuit de Catalunya and in December 2009, it was announced that he would drive for Draco Racing in the 2010 season, partnering Formula Renault graduate Nathanaël Berthon. He again finished the season in 20th position after struggling to match his rookie team–mate, with his best race result being a fourth place at the first race in Brno.

Auto GP In March 2010, it was announced that Leal would also compete in the new Auto GP championship, competing for the Italian team Trident Racing. He finished seventh in the final standings, with the highlight of his season coming at the penultimate round at the brand–new Circuito de Navarra, where he won the first race after starting from pole position.

GP2 Series Leal driving for Rapax at the Monza round of the 2011 GP2 Series season.

In November 2010, Leal tested a GP2 Series car for the first time, taking part in the post–season test at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, and in January 2011 it was announced that he had signed with the Rapax Team to contest the GP2 Asia Series season, lining–up alongside Fabio Leimer. He had initially signed to contest only the Asia series, but in March 2011 it was confirmed that he would stay with the team for the main 2011 championship, in which he finished 27th.

Leal switched to the Trident Racing team for the non-championship season finale at Yas Marina, and remained with the outfit for the 2012 season, where he was partnered with Stéphane Richelmi. He scored his first series points and finished 21st in the championship.

Leal moved to Racing Engineering for the 2013 season, his teammate for the second time was champion of that year Fabio Leimer. He scored a total of 62 points, including two sprint race podiums leaving him 12th in the championship. For 2014, he moved to British squad Carlin alongside Felipe Nasr. He finished on the podium in both races at the first round but ultimately would finish 10th in the final standings on 68 points.

Leal continued with Carlin for 2015.

Racing record

Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2006 Formula Renault 2.0 PanamGP Penix Unico 7 0 0 0 2 72 9th 2007 Formula Renault 2.0 PanamGP ? 2 0 0 0 0 16 17th Euroseries 3000Durango 16 0 0 0 0 13 9th Italian Formula 3000 8 0 0 0 0 8 11th 2008 Euroseries 3000 Durango 15 0 1 0 4 38 6th Italian Formula 3000 8 0 1 0 4 35 1st 2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Prema Powerteam 17 0 0 0 1 11 20th 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series International DracoRacing 17 0 0 0 0 11 20th Auto GP Trident Racing 12 1 1 1 1 21 9th 2011 GP2 Series Rapax 18 0 0 0 0 0 27th GP2 Asia Series 4 0 0 0 0 0 26th GP2 Final Trident Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 22nd 2012 GP2 Series Trident Racing 24 0 0 0 0 9 21st 2013 GP2 Series Racing Engineering 22 0 0 0 2 62 12th 2014 GP2 Series Carlin 22 0 0 1 2 68 10th Formula One Caterham F1 TeamTest driver 2015 GP2 Series Carlin 16 0 0 0 0 38 14th 2016 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 SMP Racing 4 0 0 0 2 60 6th

Complete Euroseries 3000/Auto GP 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 DC Points 2007 Durango VALFEA VALSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR MUGFEA MUGSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR CATFEA CATSPR 10th 14 2008 Durango VALFEA VALSPR SPAFEA SPASPR VALFEA VALSPR MUGFEA MUGSPR MISFEA MISSPR JERFEA JERSPR CATFEA CATSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR 6th 38 2010 Trident Racing BRN1 BRN2 IMO1 IMO2 SPA1 SPA2 MAG1 MAG2 NAV1 NAV2 MNZ1 MNZ2 9th 21

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 Prema Powerteam CAT1 CAT2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 BUG1 BUG2 ALG1 ALG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ALC1 ALC2 20th 11 2010 International Draco Racing ALC1 ALC2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 BRN1 BRN2 MAG1 MAG2 HUN1 HUN2 HOC1 HOC2 SIL1 SIL2 CAT1 CAT2 20th 11 Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete GP2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete GP2 Asia Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 DC Points 2011 Rapax YMCFEA YMCSPR IMOFEA IMOSPR 26th 0

Complete GP2 Final results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 DC Points 2011 Trident Racing YMCFEA YMCSPR 22nd 0

Complete European Le Mans Series results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2016 SMP Racing LMP2 BR Engineering BR01 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL IMO RBR LEC SPA EST 6th 60