Sergio Canamasas

Sergio Canamasas Español (born 30 April 1986) is a Spanish former racing driver.

Career Canamasas began racing kart racing in 2000 and in 2005 he won the Inter-A Championship.

Formula Three Canamasas made his Formula racing debut in 2007, racing in the Spanish Formula Three Championship for the Cetea Sport team. He took part in the final eight races of the season and was entered into the secondary Copa de España class for the older Dallara F300 chassis. He took a single class podium in the final round in Barcelona to finish eighth in the standings. The following season, Canamasas moved up to the main class with the team, but failed to score a point in the fourteen races he contested.

For 2009, Canamasas continued in the series when it became known as the European F3 Open Championship, moving to the Emiliodevillota.com team. He finished the season in sixth place overall after taking podium places at Jarama, Jerez and Barcelona.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series Sergio Canamasas at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault round.

In March 2010, Canamasas took part in all three Formula Renault 3.5 Series pre-season tests at Barcelona, Jerez and Motorland Aragón, driving for Fortec Motorsport, ISR Racing and SG Formula. A week before the start of the season, he was confirmed at the new FHV Interwetten.com team, racing alongside 2009 European F3 Open champion Bruno Méndez. He failed to score a point in the 16 races he competed in, the only full-time driver who failed to do so. His best race result was a 14th-place finish in the second Magny–Cours race.

After testing for various teams during the off-season, Canamasas drove for new team BVM-Target in the 2011 season, racing alongside fellow second-year driver Daniel Zampieri. He finished eighth in the drivers' championship with a best finish of third at the Hungaroring, and also taking a pole position for the second race at the circuit.

GP2 Series Canamasas began 2012 without a drive, but was signed by the Lazarus team to compete in the eighth round of the GP2 Series, alongside Giancarlo Serenelli and replacing Fabrizio Crestani. He did not score any points from the ten races in which he competed. In 2014, Canamasas switched to Trident and took his first podium in GP2 by finishing third in the sprint race at Monaco. Canamasas was disqualified from the sprint race in Monza for reckless driving that resulted in the retirements of numerous drivers, including his teammate Johnny Cecotto Jr.

Formula 2 Canamasas returned to Trident for the 2017 Formula 2 season. He switched to Rapax before the Spielberg round. After the Budapest round, Canamasas left the series. He explained his decision to step away by citing a lack of professionalism on the part of the circuit's medical staff in an incident that almost cost his father his life.

Racing record

Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2007 Spanish Formula 3 Championship – Copa de España Cetea Sport 8 0 0 ? 1 9 8th 2008 Spanish Formula 3 Championship Cetea Sport 14 0 0 0 0 0 29th 2009 European F3 Open Championship emiliodevillota.com 16 0 0 1 3 54 6th 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series FHV Interwetten.com 16 0 0 0 0 0 25th 2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series BVM–Target 17 0 1 2 1 69 8th 2012 GP2 Series Venezuela GP Lazarus 10 0 0 0 0 0 27th 2013 GP2 Series EQ8 Caterham Racing 22 0 0 0 0 3 25th Formula One Caterham F1 TeamTest driver 2014 GP2 Series Trident 19 0 0 0 1 29 14th 2015 GP2 Series MP Motorsport 6 0 0 0 1 27 15th Daiko Team Lazarus 11 0 0 0 0 Hilmer Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 2016 GP2 Series Carlin 20 0 0 0 0 17 19th 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship Trident 8 0 0 0 0 21 14th Rapax 6 0 0 0 0

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 2010 FHV Interwetten.com ALC1 ALC2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 BRN1 BRN2 MAG1 MAG2 HUN1 HUN2 HOC1 HOC2 SIL1 SIL2 CAT1 CAT2 25th 0 2011 BVM–Target ALC1 ALC2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 MON121† NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 8th 69 † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete GP2 Series/FIA Formula 2 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)