Aleix Alcaraz Roig (born 26 June 1990) is a professional

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from

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Career

Karting

Prior to the start of his racing career, Alcaraz enjoyed a long and illustrious

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career which began in the year 2000, when he won the Spanish District Championship

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title. He followed that up a year later with victory in the Copa Campeones Trophy Cadet class. He raced primarily in his homeland until 2004, when he began to take part in various European karting championships such as the European Championship ICA Junior, Andrea Margutti Trophy ICA Junior and

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ICA Junior categories. 2005 saw Alcaraz claim the Spanish Championship ICA Junior title, beating countryman

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by four points, and finish third in the Andrea Margutti Trophy ICA Junior class, behind Merhi and

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. His final year of karting in 2006 saw Alcaraz claim fifth place in the World Cup ICA class.

Formula Three

In October 2006, Alcaraz stepped up to

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, racing in the penultimate round of the

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season in

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, where he finished the two races in 16th and 15th places respectively.

Formula Renault 2.0

Later the same month, Alcaraz made his

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début at the final round of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season in

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, finishing the two events in 24th and 23rd place respectively. In November 2006, he took part in the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series for

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, finishing in 7th place with teammate and former

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driver

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winning all four races and the title. In 2007, Alcaraz contested both the

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and Italian Formula Renault 2.0 series with the

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District Racing AP team, alongside

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. In the Eurocup he finished in 19th place after two points finishes, whilst in the Italian championship he finished in the points on eight occasions to be classified in 17th place, despite missing the final round of the series at

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Formula Renault 3.5 Series

In November 2007, Alcaraz sampled a

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car for the first time, driving for

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at the opening winter test at

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. Although he conducted the majority of his winter testing with the team, he was signed by Italian team

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to contest the 2008 season. Despite an encouraging start to the season, when he finished in the points in only his second race, he left the team after the fourth round of the year at

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and was subsequently replaced by

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ian Claudio Cantelli. Alcaraz did, however, return to the series at the following round of the season in

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, taking the seat of

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at Pons Racing, who had run into sponsorship problems. In his ten races for the team, he took a single points finish in the sprint race at

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to eventually be classified 27th in the final standings.

Racing record

Career summary

† - As Alcaraz was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(

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

Notes

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alcaraz, Aleix 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Terrassa Spanish racing drivers Catalan racing drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Italian Formula Renault 2.0 drivers World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers Pons Racing drivers Cram Competition drivers RC Motorsport drivers