Lorenzo James Fluxá Cross (born 23 November 2004), otherwise known as Lorenzo Fluxá Jr. or simply Lorenzo Fluxá, is a Spanish-British racing driver, who most recently competed for

Prema Racing Prema Powerteam (competing as Prema Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, the FIA Formula 3 Championship and European Le Mans Series and as Prema Orlen Team in the FIA World Endurance Championship) is a motorsport team from Italy. It mainl ...

in the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship.

Career

Karting

Having won the Balearic Karting Championship in 2016, Fluxá moved into the national championship as well as international competitions during the same year. Following a full season spent driving in the Mini and Cadet categories, where he managed to finish fourth overall in his homeland, the Spaniard would move into OK Junior in 2018, competing in the European Championship for Lennox and qualifying for the final in the

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. He ended his karting career in 2019, having competed in the OK Senior class - missing several events due to an injury.

Lower formulae

Fluxá made his car racing debut in the

Formula 4 UAE Championship Starting in the 2016–17 season, the all new Formula 4 UAE Championship was launched by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, and its national affiliate the Automobile & Touring Club of the United Arab Emirates (ATCUAE), who acted as ...

in 2020 with Xcel Motorsport. He won two races and finished on the podium eleven times throughout the campaign, being beaten only by teammate

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, who won the title with 300 points to Fluxá's 274. That year Fluxá also competed in the

F4 Spanish Championship The F4 Spanish Championship ( es, Campeonato de España de Fórmula 4) is an FIA Formula 4 racing series. The championship was planned to launch in 2015, though the inaugural season was cancelled and delayed until 2016. Koiranen GP was the prom ...

with GRS. The Spaniard achieved sixth place in the drivers' standings, helping his team to finish fourth in the teams' championship with 99 points compared to the total of 26 scored by his three teammates.

F3 Asian Championship

The Spanish driver raced in the

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for BlackArts Racing. He scored 25 points and finished 14th in the standings, three positions ahead of teammate Rafael Villagómez, but also five places behind his other full-time teammate

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Formula Regional European Championship

2021

In February 2021 it was announced that Fluxá would be making his debut in the

Formula Regional European Championship The Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (FRECA) is a FIA-certified regional European Formula 3 racing series. On 12 October 2018 it was announced that the Italian autosport regulator Automobile Club d’Italia (ACI) and karting pro ...

with

Van Amersfoort Racing Van Amersfoort Racing is an auto racing team based in the Netherlands. In 2022 the team competes in the Formula 2 Championship, the Formula 3 Championship, the Formula Regional European Championship, Euroformula Open Championship, Italian F4 Cham ...

, partnering F4 UAE title rival

and

Mari Boya José María Navalón Boya (born 13 April 2004), better known as Mari Boya, is a Spanish racing driver, who is set to race for MP Motorsport in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship. He previously competed in the Formula Regional European Champi ...

. His best race finish would end up being a twelfth place at a rain-affected race in

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, as the Spaniard finished 25th in the championship, being the only Van Amersfoort driver to not score any points.

2022

At the beginning of 2022, Fluxá took part in the newly rebranded

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, driving for 3Y by

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. Having scored a podium during the first round, Fluxá finished tenth in the championship. For his main campaign Fluxá would move to

, remaining in the Formula Regional European series. His season started in strong fashion, as he took his first podium in the series at the season opening race at

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. However, following a late coming-together with teammate Gabriel Bortoleto in Race 2, the Spaniard would have to wait for two rounds until scoring his next points, a pair of eighth-placed finishes at Le Castellet. More points followed at

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, where Fluxá managed to finish fifth, before getting two points at the events in

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and

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respectively. He finished his season with another fifth place, this time at

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, which meant that Fluxá ended up twelfth in the standings, behind his teammates

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and Bortoleto.

2023

At the beginning of 2023, Fluxá took part in the

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with Mumbai Falcons, garnering three podiums and finishing fourth in the drivers' standings. The Spaniard opted to remain in FRECA for a third successive season in

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, switching to

to partner

Andrea Kimi Antonelli Andrea Kimi Antonelli (born 25 August 2006) is an Italian racing driver currently set to race in the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship with Prema Racing. He previously competed in the Italian F4 Championship and ADAC Formula 4 Champ ...

and

Rafael Câmara Rafael Chaves Câmara (born 5 May 2005) is a Brazilian racing driver who is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy. He is currently competing in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship, driving for Prema Racing. Career Karting Câ ...

. Having taken fourth-placed results in the opening pair of rounds, Fluxá would score his best result in his three years in the category at the

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, ending up second in race 2. More points at

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and

followed, before Fluxá experienced a scoreless round in Le Castellet.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

In late September 2022, Fluxá partook in the

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post-season test with

during the second and third days.

Personal life

Fluxá comes from a wealthy family which founded and owns notable Spanish companies

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, and

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. His younger siblings Lucas and Luna currently compete in karting.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

(

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

Racing record

Racing career summary

* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

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

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

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

Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results

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

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

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

References

External links