Sergio Canamasas

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Sergio Canamasas Español

Sergio Canamasas at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault round
Nationality  Spanish
Born (1988-04-30) 30 April 1988[1]
Barcelona (Spain)
2014 GP2 Series
Debut season 2012
Current team Caterham Racing
Car no. 14
Former teams Venezuela GP Lazarus
Starts 12
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 27th in 2012
Previous series
201011
2009
200708
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
European F3 Open
Spanish Formula Three

Sergio Canamasas Español (born April 30, 1988 in Barcelona) is a racing driver from Spain.

Career

Formula Three

Canamasas made his Formula racing debut in 2007, racing in the Spanish Formula Three Championship for the Cetea Sport team. He took part in the final eight races of the season and was entered into the secondary Copa de España class for the older Dallara F300 chassis. He took a single class podium in the final round in Barcelona to finish eighth in the standings. The following season, Canamasas moved up to the main class with the team, but failed to score a point in the fourteen races he contested.[2]

For 2009, he continued in the series when it became known as the European F3 Open Championship, moving to the Emiliodevillota.com team. He finished the season in sixth place overall after taking podium places at Jarama, Jerez and Barcelona.[3]

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

Sergio Canamasas at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault round.

In March 2010, Canamasas took part in all three Formula Renault 3.5 Series pre–season tests at Barcelona, Jerez and Motorland Aragón, driving for Fortec Motorsport,[4] ISR Racing[5] and SG Formula.[6] A week before the start of the season, he was confirmed at the new FHV Interwetten.com team, racing alongside 2009 European F3 Open champion Bruno Méndez.[7] He failed to score a point in the 16 races he competed in, the only full–time driver who failed to do so.[8] His best race result was a 14th place finish in the second Magny–Cours race.

After testing for various teams during the off–season, Canamasas drove for new team BVM-Target in the 2011 season, racing alongside fellow second-year driver Daniel Zampieri.[9] He finished eighth in the drivers' championship with a best finish of third at the Hungaroring, and also taking a pole position for the second race at the circuit.

GP2 Series

Canamasas began 2012 without a drive, but was signed by the Lazarus team to compete in the eighth round of the GP2 Series, alongside Giancarlo Serenelli and replacing Fabrizio Crestani.[10] He did not score any points from the ten races in which he competed.

Canamasas was one of the most spotted drivers during the sprint race of the Singapore round. After a brilliant start, Sergio prompted to 7th place from his initial 16th. However, after a few laps he was given a drive-through penalty due to one of his mechanics being incredibly slow walking off the grid before the formation lap. Although he was constantly being notified of the penalty by radio, Canamasas didn't enter into the pits within the required three laps, so on lap 7 his #18 number went on to be shown along a black flag, excluding him from the race standings.

Yet Canamasas did remain on the track, struggling with his car to get what would have been his first points in the championship. Thinking that Sergio's radio device might have failed or been switched off, his mechanics even deployed a sign to inform him to go to the pits (they even had to deploy Rene Binder's sign after the other Lazarus driver had his car stalled at the end of lap 9). Only on lap 18 did the Spanish driver go to the pits, when he reported having a mechanical problem as the reason to retire from the race, as well as stating he had no idea of him having been blackflagged. Canamasas was finally handed a fine for his actions, though the amount he had to pay has not been officially revealed.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2007 Spanish Formula Three Championship – Copa de España Cetea Sport 8 0 0 ? 1 9 8th
2008 Spanish Formula Three Championship 14 0 0 0 0 0 29th
2009 European F3 Open Championship emiliodevillota.com 16 0 0 1 3 54 6th
2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series FHV Interwetten.com 16 0 0 0 0 0 25th
2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series BVM–Target 17 0 1 2 1 69 8th
2012 GP2 Series Venezuela GP Lazarus 10 0 0 0 0 0 27th

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series 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 Pos Points
2010 FHV Interwetten.com ALC
1

Ret
ALC
2

16
SPA
1

DNS
SPA
2

Ret
MON
1

19
BRN
1

17
BRN
2

17
MAG
1

17
MAG
2

14
HUN
1

Ret
HUN
2

20
HOC
1

15
HOC
2

Ret
SIL
1

Ret
SIL
2

Ret
CAT
1
17
CAT
2
17
25th 0
2011 BVM–Target ALC
1

22
ALC
2

10
SPA
1

9
SPA
2

Ret
MNZ
1

Ret
MNZ
2

8
MON
1

21
NÜR
1

9
NÜR
2

11
HUN
1

3
HUN
2

4
SIL
1

10
SIL
2

19
LEC
1

5
LEC
2

17
CAT
1
5
CAT
2
4
8th 69

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 22 23 24 DC Points
2012 Venezuela GP Lazarus MYS
FEA

MYS
SPR

BHR1
FEA

BHR1
SPR

BHR2
FEA

BHR2
SPR

ESP
FEA
ESP
SPR
MON
FEA

MON
SPR

VAL
FEA

VAL
SPR

GBR
FEA

GBR
SPR

GER
FEA

22
GER
SPR

14
HUN
FEA

22
HUN
SPR

12
BEL
FEA

Ret
BEL
SPR

Ret
ITA
FEA

14
ITA
SPR

11
SGP
FEA

16
SGP
SPR

DSQ
27th 0
2013 Caterham Racing MYS
FEA

19
MYS
SPR

15
BHR
FEA

20
BHR
SPR

11
ESP
FEA
Ret
ESP
SPR
14
MON
FEA

15
MON
SPR

11
GBR
FEA

23
GBR
SPR

20
GER
FEA
12
GER
SPR
17
HUN
FEA

Ret
HUN
SPR

Ret
BEL
FEA

Ret
BEL
SPR

12
ITA
FEA

9
ITA
SPR

11
SGP
FEA

19
SGP
SPR

Ret
ABU
FEA

12
ABU
SPR

8
25th 3

References

  1. "Sergio Canamasas. Biografía" (in Spanish). Archived on 1 February 2011. "Sergio Canamasas nace el 30 de abril de 1988" 
  2. "Campeonato de España de Fórmula 3 2008". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
  3. "European F3 Open 2009". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
  4. "Nelson Panciatici rekindles Lotus flame!". renault-sport.com (Renault Sport). 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
  5. "Canamasas with the team ISR at Jerez". ItaliaRacing.net (Inpagina). 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
  6. "Jean-Eric Vergne – just like home". renault-sport.com (Renault Sport). 2010-03-26. Retrieved 2010-04-12. 
  7. Mills, Peter (2010-04-10). "Renault reveals FR3.5 team changes". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 2010-04-13. 
  8. "World Series by Renault 2010". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 2010-07-13. 
  9. "First meeting of season promises high drama". World Series by Renault (Renault Sport). 8 April 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011. 
  10. Elizalde, Pablo (2012-07-17). "Canamasas to make GP2 debut in Germany with Lazarus". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2012-07-23. 

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