Adrián Vallés Escortell (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish

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driver.

Career

Vallés was born in Teulada,

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. After a strong karting career, he drove in Spanish Formula Three, before moving to the World Series by Nissan in 2004. The series was renamed World Series by Renault in 2005 while he continued in the series, finishing 2nd in the standings with two race wins. In 2006 he started racing in the GP2 Series with Campos Racing, and also tested for the

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Formula One team on 19 September. The team was bought out by Spyker and on 30 January 2007 Vallés was named the team's official reserve driver. He returned to GP2 for

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, driving for the

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team in the GP2 Asia Series. He remained with the team for the first round of the

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, but then switched to BCN Competicion. He elected to miss the final round of the season at

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to focus on his sportscar commitments. Vallés returned to the GP2 Asia Series, by replacing

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(racing for A1 Team New Zealand at their home round of the

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) at Trident Racing for the third round of the season in Bahrain. Vallés and van der Drift would later team up to be the drivers for Epsilon Euskadi in the

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. Additionally, Vallés has begun a sportscar career in 2008 with Epsilon Euskadi by driving in the

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and the

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. He moved on to team management in 2013 with his AV Formula team entering the

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with Arthur Pic and

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as their drivers.

Formula One

Adrian took part in testing at

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in September 2006 testing for team Spyker although at the time they were

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. He was then confirmed at test driver for

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for . He tested for Spyker in 2007. On 3 February 2010, the Spanish press said that Adrián Vallés could be the partner of Argentine driver José María López in the USF1 team. Later, the Spaniard would not reach an agreement when the American team went bankrupt even before it was created.

Superleague Formula

On 8 November 2009, Valles clinched the 2009 title with a solid fourth place for Liverpool in the final race of the season in Jarama.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Complete GP2 Series results

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

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

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

Superleague Formula

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2008–2009

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

2009 Super Final results

*Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Valles, Adrian 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Alicante Spanish racing drivers Motorsport team owners Euroformula Open Championship drivers GP2 Series drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers Superleague Formula drivers GP2 Asia Series drivers European Le Mans Series drivers World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers Pons Racing drivers Campos Racing drivers Epsilon Euskadi drivers Trident Racing drivers De Villota Motorsport drivers Scuderia Coloni drivers