Luis Pérez-Sala Valls-Taberner (born 15 May 1959) is a Spanish retired racing driver who competed in Formula One, Formula 3, Formula 3000 and Touring Cars. He was also the team principal of HRT Formula 1 Team during the 2012 F1 season.
Career
Pérez-Sala started his racing career in karting before graduating to racing production-based cars in the early 1980s, initially competing in Renault 5s before competing internationally in the Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint Cup in 1983. He competed in the 1984 FIA European Formula 3 Championship in a Ralt-Alfa Romeo, steadily improving across the season and taking a second place at Knutstorp and a fifth at Jarama to place tenth in the season standings. In 1985, he switched to the Italian Formula 3 Championship, finishing seventh overall and scoring a win. The following year, he moved to Formula 3000 with great success, winning races at Birmingham and Enna in 1986 and finishing fourth in that year's championship. He remained in F3000 for the following year, joining the factory Lola team, taking wins at Donington Park and the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit and finishing as runner-up to Stefano Modena in the championship. He became famous for his arguments with Alfonso de Vinuesa, caused by political views: the pair were involved in a spectacular crash in the F3000 race at Spa-Francorchamps in 1987. On 15 December 2011, it was announced that he would become team principal of HRT, replacing Colin Kolles.
Personal life
Pérez-Sala's nephew, Daniel Juncadella, is also a racing driver, best known for winning the Macau Grand Prix and Spa 24 Hours.
Racing record
Complete International Formula 3000 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year
! Entrant
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
!
! Pts
|-
| 1986
! nowrap| Pavesi Racing
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VAL<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PAU<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IMO<br />
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MUG<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| PER<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ÖST<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BIR<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BUG<br>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| JAR<br />
! 4th
! 24.5
|-
| 1987
! nowrap| Lola Motorsport
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL<br />
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| VAL<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PAU<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DON<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PER<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BIR<br />
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| IMO<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BUG<br>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JAR<br />
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 33
|}
Complete Formula One results
(key)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year
! Team
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! 16
! WDC
! Points
|-
| 1988
! nowrap| Lois Minardi Team
! nowrap| Minardi M188
! nowrap| Cosworth DFZ V8
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRA<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SMR<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MEX<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAN<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DET<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR<br />
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| GER<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN<br />
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| BEL<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POR<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ESP<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| JPN<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUS<br />
! NC
! 0
|-
|rowspan=2| 1989
!rowspan=2 nowrap| Lois Minardi Team
! nowrap| Minardi M188B
!rowspan=2 nowrap| Cosworth DFR V8
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SMR<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON<br />
|colspan=13|
!rowspan=2| 28th
!rowspan=2| 1
|-
! nowrap| Minardi M189
|colspan=3|
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MEX<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAN<br />
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| FRA<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR<br />
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| GER<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HUN<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BEL<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POR<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN<br />
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| AUS<br />
|}
Complete Spanish Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year
! Team
! Car
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! 16
! 17
! 18
! 19
! 20
! DC
! pts
|-
| 1995
! nowrap| Team Repsol Nissan
! nowrap| Nissan Primera
| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |JER<br>1<br><small>7</small>
| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |JER<br>2<br><small>5</small>
| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |JAR<br>1<br><small>4</small>
| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |JAR<br>2<br><small>9</small>
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |BAR<br>1<br><small>DNS</small>
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |BAR<br>2<br><small>DNS</small>
| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |EST<br>1<br><small>8</small>
| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |EST<br>2<br><small>6</small>
| bgcolor="#FFFFBF" |ALB<br>1<br><small>1</small>
| bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |ALB<br>2<br><small>Ret</small>
| bgcolor="#DFDFDF" |CAL<br>1<br><small>2</small>
| bgcolor="#FFFFBF" |CAL<br>2<br><small>1</small>
| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |ALB<br>1<br><small>5</small>
| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |ALB<br>2<br><small>4</small>
| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |JER<br>1<br><small>7</small>
| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |JER<br>2<br><small>6</small>
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |BAR<br>1<br><small>DNS</small>
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |BAR<br>2<br><small>DNS</small>
| bgcolor="#DFDFDF" |JAR<br>1<br><small>2</small>
| bgcolor="#DFDFDF" |JAR<br>2<br><small>2</small>
! 6th
! 144
|-
| 1996
! nowrap| Team Repsol Nissan
! nowrap| Nissan Primera
| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |JAR<br>1<br><small>8</small>
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |JAR<br>2<br><small>DNS</small>
| bgcolor="#DFDFDF" |ALB<br>1<br><small>2</small>
| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |ALB<br>2<br><small>4</small>
| bgcolor="#FFDF9F" |BAR<br>1<br><small>3</small>
| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |BAR<br>2<br><small>6</small>
| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |EST<br>1<br><small>5</small>
| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |EST<br>2<br><small>5</small>
| bgcolor="#FFFFBF" |CAL<br>1<br><small>1</small>
| bgcolor="#FFFFBF" |CAL<br>2<br><small>1</small>
| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |JER<br>1<br><small>5</small>
| bgcolor="#FFDF9F" |JER<br>2<br><small>3</small>
| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |JAR<br>1<br><small>6</small>
| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |JAR<br>2<br><small>7</small>
| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |BAR<br>1<br><small>6</small>
| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |BAR<br>2<br><small>4</small>
|colspan=4|
| bgcolor="#FFDF9F" |3rd
| bgcolor="#FFDF9F" |153
|}
References
External links
- Luis Pérez-Sala at grandprix.com