Adrián Vallés Escortell (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former 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 second 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.F1 News > Spyker MF1 reveals third driver roster The team was bought out by Spyker and on 30 January 2007 Vallés was named the team's official reserve driver.

Vallés 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.

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

On 3 February 2010, the Spanish press said that Vallés could be the partner of Argentine driver José María López in the USF1 team. Later, Vallés 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 Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F.Laps Podiums Points Position 2001 Formula Toyota 1300 Spain ? 8 1 2 ? 6 ? 3rd 2002 Formula Junior 1600 Spain Escuela Lois Circuit 12 8 10 ? 11 198 1st Formula Nissan 2000 Series 6 0 1 0 2 38 10th 2003 World Series Lights Escuela Lois Circuit 16 3 2 2 4 126 4th Spanish Formula Three Championship Pons Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2004 World Series by Nissan Pons Racing 16 0 0 1 3 46 10th 2005 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Pons Racing 17 2 1 1 6 116 2nd 2006 GP2 Series Campos Racing 21 0 0 2 1 9 16th Formula One Spyker MF1 Racing Test Driver 2007 Formula One Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 Team Test Driver 2008 GP2 Series Fisichella Motor Sport International 18 0 0 1 0 5 21st GP2 Asia Series 10 0 0 0 1 19 7th Le Mans Series Epsilon Euskadi 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Superleague Formula Liverpool F.C. 12 2 2 1 3 325 4th 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series Trident Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Epsilon Euskadi 8 0 0 0 1 19 17th Superleague Formula Liverpool F.C. 15 2 0 1 7 412 1st 2010 Superleague Formula Sporting CP 6 0 0 0 0 329 15th

Complete Formula Nissan 2000 Series/World Series Lights results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2002 Escuela Lois CircuitVAL1VAL2JAR1JAR2ALB1ALB2MNZ1MNZ2 MAG1 MAG2 CAT1 CAT2 VAL1 VAL2 10th 38 2003 Escuela Lois Circuit MNZ1 MNZ2 LAU1 LAU2 MAG1 MAG2 A1R1 A1R2 CAT1 CAT2 VAL1 VAL2 ALB1 ALB2 JAR1 JAR2 4th 126

Complete Spanish Formula Three Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 DC Points 2003 Meycom SportALB1ALB2JAR1JAR2JER1JER2EST1EST2VAL1VAL2JER CAT1 CAT2 NC -

Complete World Series by Nissan/Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2004 Pons RacingJAR1JAR2ZOL1ZOL2MAG1MAG2VAL1VAL2LAU1LAU2EST1EST2CAT1CAT2VAL1VAL2JER1JER2 10th 56 2005 Pons Racing ZOL1 ZOL2 MON1 VAL1 VAL2 LMS1 LMS2 BIL1 BIL2 OSC1 OSC2 DON1 DON2 EST1 EST2 MNZ1 MNZ2 2nd 116 2009 Epsilon Euskadi CAT1 CAT2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 BUG1 BUG2 ALG1 ALG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ALC1 ALC2 17th 19

Complete GP2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points 2006 Campos Racing VALFEA VALSPR IMOFEA IMOSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA SILFEA SILSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 18th 7 2008 Fisichella Motor Sport International CATFEA CATSPR 21st 5 BCN Competición ISTFEA ISTSPR MONFEA MONSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR VALFEA VALSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEAWD MNZSPRWD

Complete GP2 Asia Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points 2008 FMS International DUB1FEA DUB1SPR SENFEA SENSPR SEPFEA SEPSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR DUB2FEA DUB2SPR 7th 19 2008–09 Trident Racing SHIFEA SHISPR DUBFEA DUBSPR BHR1FEA BHR1SPR LSLFEA LSLSPR SEPFEA SEPSPR BHR2FEA BHR2SPR 40th 0

Complete Superleague Formula results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pos Pts2008Liverpool F.C. DON1 DON2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZOL1 ZOL2 EST1 EST2 VLL1 VLL2 JER1 JER2 4th 3252009Liverpool F.C. MAG1 MAG2 ZOL1 ZOL2 DON1 DON2 EST1 EST2 MNZ1 MNZ2 JAR1 JAR2 1st 4122010Sporting CP SIL1 SIL2 ASS1 ASS2 MAG1 MAG2 JAR1 JAR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZOL1 ZOL2 BRH1 BRH2 ADR1 ADR2 POR1 POR2 ORD1 ORD2 BEI1 BEI2 NAV1 NAV2 15th 329

Super Final results Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship. Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 122009Liverpool F.C.Hitech Junior Team MAG ZOL N/A DON EST MNZ N/A JAR 2010Sporting CP SIL ASS MAG JAR NÜR ZOL BRH ADR POR ORD BEI NAV

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2008 Epsilon Euskadi Ángel Burgueño Miguel Ángel de Castro Epsilon Euskadi EE1-Judd LMP1 189 DNF DNF

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