F1Weekly podcast # 573

F1weekly podcast number 573

With special Interview British F3 driver Felix Serralles

Felix Serralles began his racing career in karting at the age of ten and was runner-up in the Caribbean Championship in both 2004 and 2005.

After winning a scholarship in 2009 Skip Barber Shootout, Serralles become a Mazdaspeed Development Driver and had a season in Skip Barber National Championship, where he finished third with two wins.

In 2010, Serralles decided to race in Europe, taking part in the Formula Renault UK Winter Cup for Fortec Motorsport as a guest driver. Serralles continued his collaboration with Fortec into 2011 and the Formula Renault Eurocup, scoring eight points-scoring finishes on his way to twelfth place in the series standings. He also appeared in Formula Renault UK in twelve of the season’s twenty races as a guest driver and the Formula Renault UK Finals Series, where he claimed two podiums and finished eighth overall.

Serralles contested the Toyota Racing Series in January and February 2012 with Giles Motorsport, finishing ninth in the championship with a win at the New Zealand Grand Prix meeting at Manfield.

On 4 January 2012, it was announced that Serralles had rejoined Fortec Motorsports for a season in the British Formula Three Championship. At the opening round of the season at Oulton Park, Serralles qualified on the front row for the third race of the meeting, and after beating Carlin’s Jack Harvey off the grid, Serralles held his own in the lead and eventually claimed victory, becoming the first Puerto Rican to win in the series. He added a second victory a week later at Monza, winning the second race of the meeting in torrential rain.

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