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Adrián Vallés
Nationality	Spanish
Full name	Adrián Vallés Escortell
Born	(1986-06-03) 3 June 1986 (age 38) Teulada, Alicante, Spain
Previous series
2008, 2008–09 2008–09 2008 2006–07 2006, 2008 2003 2003 2002 2002 2001	GP2 Asia Series Superleague Formula Le Mans Series Formula One test driver GP2 Series World Series Lights Spanish F3 Formula Junior 1600 Spain Formula Nissan 2000 Formula Toyota 1300 Spain
Championship titles
2009 2002	Superleague Formula Formula Junior 1600 Spain

Adrián Vallés Escortell (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish race car driver.

Career

Vallés was born in Teulada, Alicante. 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 MF1 Racing 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 2008, driving for the FMS International team in the GP2 Asia Series. He remained with the team for the first round of the 2008 GP2 Series season, but then switched to BCN Competicion. He elected to miss the final round of the season at Monza to focus on his sportscar commitments. Vallés returned to the GP2 Asia Series, by replacing Chris van der Drift (racing for A1 Team New Zealand at their home round of the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season at Taupo Motorsport Park) 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 2009 World Series by Renault season.

Additionally, Vallés has begun a sportscar career in 2008 with Epsilon Euskadi by driving in the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 2008 1000km of Silverstone.

He moved on to team management in 2013 with his AV Formula team entering the 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season with Arthur Pic and Yann Cunha as their drivers.

Formula One

Adrian took part in testing at Silverstone in September 2006 testing for 2007 team Spyker although at the time they were Midland F1. He was then confirmed at test driver for Midland for 2006. 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

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

Complete GP2 Series results

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

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

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

Superleague Formula

(key)

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

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2008	Epsilon Euskadi	Ángel Burgueño Miguel Ángel de Castro	Epsilon Euskadi EE1-Judd	LMP1	189	DNF	DNF

References

1. F1 News > Spyker MF1 reveals third driver roster
2. "BCN down to one at Monza". crash.net. 12 September 2008. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
3. "Trident names new pairing". crash.net. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
4. "Adrián Vallés, el fichaje 'bomba' de la Fórmula 1 - MARCA.com". www.marca.com. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
5. Car, Por Redacción; Driver (3 February 2010). "Adrián Vallés, último español con opciones en la F1". Car and Driver (in European Spanish). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
6. "Liverpool takes title, Galatasaray wins". Autosport.com. 8 November 2009. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
7. "Valles hopes title is first of many". Autosport.com. 8 November 2009. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009.

External links

• Official website
• Adrián Vallés career summary at DriverDB.com

• 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