Adrián Vallés

Infobox racing driver
name = Adrián Vallés


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nationality = flagicon|Spain Spanish
date of birth = Birth date and age|1986|06|03
place of birth = Teulada, Alicante (Spain)
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current series = GP2 Series
first year = 2008
current team = BCN Competicion
car number = 26
former teams = Campos Racing
FMS International
starts = 39
wins = 0
poles = 0
fastest laps = 1
best finish = 18th
year = 2006
prev series = GP2 Asia Series
prev series years = 2008
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Adrián Vallés (born June 3, 1986 in Teulada, Alicante) is a Spanish race car driver.

Career

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 Formula Renault 3.5 World Series 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 September 19. [ [http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns17478.html F1 News > Spyker MF1 reveals third driver roster ] ] The team was bought out by Spyker and on January 30 of 2007, Valles was named the team's official reserve driver.

He has 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. [cite news| title =BCN down to one at Monza| publisher =crash.net| url =http://www.crash.net/motorsport/gp2/news/168860-0/content.html| date =2008-09-12| accessdate =2008-09-12]

He has also been chosen to race the Liverpool car in the 2008 Superleague Formula season, starting at Donington Park on August 31. [cite web|url=http://www.superleagueformula.com/superleague/SF-Clubs/Liverpool-FC/Local-News/Liverpool-s-Spanish-flair-extends-to-SF|title=Liverpool's Spanish flair extends to Superleague Formula|accessdate=2008-08-26|date=2008-08-25|publisher=Superleague Formula]

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

Racing record

Career summary

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