Alex Riberas Bou (born 27 January 1994) is a Spanish racing driver. He currently competes in the

IMSA SportsCar Championship The IMSA SportsCar Championship, currently known as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship under sponsorship, is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada and organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMS ...

for Heart of Racing Team and the

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for Northwest AMR.

Career

Karting

Riberas began karting in Spain in 2007. He became a member of the junior program for

Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya () is a motorsport race track in Montmeló, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. With long straights and a variety of corners, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is seen as an all-rounder circuit. The track has stands ...

in 2009. Riberas had moderate success in karting, gaining some race victories.

Single-seaters

Formula Renault 2.0

Riberas made his debut in the

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championship in

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, where he finished 8th in the championship. Riberas competed in the series in

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and

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as well, with a best championship finish of 6th in 2011 and earning a race victory in 2011. Riberas also made one-off appearances in the

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series in

, the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship in

and

, and the

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championship in

Formula 3

Riberas made one appearance in the

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, finishing on the podium in both races of his lone event.

SportsCars

Porsche Cups

Riberas began competing in

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in 2013, and in 2014 began competing in the

Porsche Supercup The Porsche Supercup (officially known as Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, known as Porsche Michelin Supercup prior to 2007) is an international one-make sports car racing series supporting the FIA Formula One World Championship organized by Porsche ...

championship as a member of

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's junior driver program. Riberas finished 5th in the

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championship.

IMSA SportsCar Championship

Riberas began competing in the

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, competing in endurance races for the season with

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. In 2015, Riberas won in class in the

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with teammates Ian James and

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. Riberas earned another win during the 2016 season. Riberas has competed for Heart of Racing Team since 2020 after becoming an

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factory driver. He has competed full time in the series since

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in the GTD Pro class.

World Endurance Championship

Riberas made his debut in the

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after Heart of Racing Team took over the entry vacated by Northwest AMR. This included his debut in the

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, where he finished 6th in class.

Career results

IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) * Season still in progress

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

* Season still in progress

24 Hours of Le Mans results

24 Hours of Daytona results

24 Hours of Spa results

References

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