Salvador Durán Sánchez (born 6 May 1985) is a Mexican race car driver who raced in the FIA Formula E Championship for the Amlin Aguri team. Durán has also previously competed in A1 Grand Prix, Formula Renault 3.5, and the NASCAR Toyota Series.
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Salvador Durán Sánchez | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Mexico City, Mexico | 6 May 1985
FIA Formula E career | |
Debut season | 2014–15 |
Current team | Team Aguri |
Racing licence | ![]() |
Car number | 10 |
Former teams | Trulli GP |
Starts | 12 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 21st in 2014–15 |
Previous series | |
2002 2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2005–06 2005–06–2008–09 2007–08 2007–10 2010, 2012 | Formula Renault Monza Barber Dodge Pro Series FR2.0 Fran-Am Formula Dodge Italian Formula Renault Formula Renault Eurocup British Formula Three A1 Grand Prix Rolex Sports Car Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series NASCAR Corona Series |
Championship titles | |
2005 | British F3 Scholarship Class |
Career
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Born in Mexico City, Durán started his career in 2002 with a 2nd place in the Skip Barber National and winning the Midwestern Champion trophy. In 2003 he finished 8th in Italian Formula Renault and 15th in the Formula Renault Eurocup. In 2004 and 2005, he drove in the British F3 International Series National Class with P1 Motorsport, becoming class winner in 2005.
On the back of this success, he signed up for the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season, contesting some of the race weekends for Team Mexico, winning both races of the USA round at Laguna Seca.
For the 2006 British F3 International Series, Salvador moved up to the Championship Class, with Hitech Racing, finishing tenth in the championship, scoring 54 points, with his best result a fourth place at Silverstone.
He then went on to commit to the second season of A1 Grand Prix. He also was a member of the winning team for Chip Ganassi Racing in the 2007 24 Hours of Daytona, along with teammates Juan Pablo Montoya and Scott Pruett.
He raced 2009 for the Mexican A1GP team the last 4 races having in the last race a top 3 as best result and making Mexico enter the top 10 in the championship, he raced in the 2010 NASCAR Mexico Series for Citizen-DHL team having a pole position and two top 3 finishes he ended up out of the top 20 and was excluded in 3 races.
In December 2014 Amlin Aguri announced that Durán would drive for them in the 2014 Punta del Este ePrix in Uruguay, the third round of the 2014 Formula E season. He replaced Katherine Legge, who was testing at Daytona.[1]
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For the 2015–16 Formula E season, Durán signed with Trulli GP, but after the team's withdrawal from the formula after the first three rounds of the championship (in which they not competed), Salvador rejoined Team Aguri. Following the next three races, at the Paris ePrix, Durán was replaced by Chinese driver Ma Qing Hua, who stayed on the team for the remainder of the season.[2][3]
Racing record
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Career summary
Season | Series | Team Name | Races | Wins | Poles | Points | Position |
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2002 | Formula Renault Monza | Fast Wheels Competition | ? | ? | ? | 2 | 25th |
2003 | Ford Mustang Championship Mexico | Telmex | ? | ? | ? | 0 | NC |
Formula Dodge National Championship | Skip Barber Racing School | 13 | 2 | 5 | 162 | 2nd | |
Barber Dodge Pro Series | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 21st | ||
North American Fran Am 2000 | GTI Formula Motorsports | ? | ? | ? | 18 | 30th | |
2004 | Formula Renault 2000 Italia | Cram Competition | 17 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 8th |
Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup | 15 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 18th | ||
2005 | British Formula 3 International Series - National | P1 Motorsport | 22 | 9 | 9 | 300 | 1st |
2005–06 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team Mexico | 16 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 10th† |
2006 | British Formula 3 International Series | Hitech Racing | 19 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 10th |
Masters of Formula 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 23rd | ||
2006–07 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team Mexico | 18 | 0 | 0 | 35† | 10th† |
2007 | Rolex Sports Car Series - DP | Chip Ganassi Racing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 45th |
Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Interwetten.com | 17 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 9th | |
2007–08 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team Mexico | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22† | 16th† |
2008 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Interwetten.com | 15 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 9th |
Rolex Sports Car Series - DP | Chip Ganassi Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 60th | |
2008–09 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team Mexico | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8† | 13th† |
2009 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Interwetten.com Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th |
2010 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | FHV Interwetten.com | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
NASCAR Corona Series | HO Speed Racing | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1400 | 23rd | |
2012 | NASCAR Toyota Series | Equipo Telcel | 14 | 0 | 0 | 410 | 15th |
2014–15 | Formula E | Amlin Aguri | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 21st |
2015–16 | Formula E | Trulli GP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22nd |
Team Aguri | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2018–19 | Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy | Jaguar VIP Car | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC‡ |
2020–21 | Formula E | NIO 333 FE Team | Reserve driver |
† Team standings.
‡ As Durán was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
American Open-Wheel racing results
(key)
Barber Dodge Pro Series
Complete 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 | DC | Points |
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2007 | Interwetten.com | MNZ 1 9 |
MNZ 2 1 |
NÜR 1 Ret |
NÜR 2 26 |
MON 1 3 |
HUN 1 16 |
HUN 2 Ret |
SPA 1 4 |
SPA 2 3 |
DON 1 17 |
DON 2 8 |
MAG 1 Ret |
MAG 2 22 |
EST 1 19 |
EST 2 17 |
CAT 1 2 |
CAT 2 7 |
8th | 64 |
2008 | Interwetten.com | MNZ 1 Ret |
MNZ 2 14 |
SPA 1 2 |
SPA 2 4 |
MON 1 16 |
SIL 1 1 |
SIL 2 3 |
HUN 1 Ret |
HUN 2 16 |
NÜR 1 4 |
NÜR 2 DSQ |
BUG 1 7 |
BUG 2 7 |
EST 1 16 |
EST 2 22 |
CAT 1 Ret |
CAT 2 12 |
9th | 61 |
2009 | Interwetten.com | CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
MON 1 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
BUG 1 |
BUG 2 |
ALG 1 |
ALG 2 |
NÜR 1 DNS |
NÜR 2 16 |
ALC 1 16 |
ALC 2 Ret |
35th | 0 |
2010 | FHV Interwetten.com | ALC 1 |
ALC 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
MON 1 |
BRN 1 |
BRN 2 |
MAG 1 |
MAG 2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
CAT 1 NC |
CAT 2 Ret |
NC | 0 |
Complete A1 Grand Prix 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 | DC | Points |
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2005–06 | A1 Team Mexico | GBR SPR 6 |
GBR FEA 3 |
GER SPR |
GER FEA |
POR SPR Ret |
POR FEA Ret |
AUS SPR Ret |
AUS FEA Ret |
MYS SPR |
MYS FEA |
UAE SPR 18 |
UAE FEA 8 |
RSA SPR |
RSA FEA |
IDN SPR 3 |
IDN FEA Ret |
MEX SPR Ret |
MEX FEA Ret |
USA SPR 1 |
USA FEA 1 |
CHN SPR 3 |
CHN FEA 8 |
10th | 59 |
2006–07 | NED SPR 2 |
NED FEA 5 |
CZE SPR 7 |
CZE FEA 3 |
BEI SPR 2 |
BEI FEA Ret |
MYS SPR 11 |
MYS FEA Ret |
IDN SPR 2 |
IDN FEA 6 |
NZL SPR 12 |
NZL FEA Ret |
AUS SPR 11 |
AUS FEA 15 |
RSA SPR Ret |
RSA FEA Ret |
MEX SPR 17 |
MEX FEA Ret |
SHA SPR |
SHA FEA |
GBR SPR |
GBR SPR |
10th | 35 | |
2007–08 | NED SPR 4 |
NED FEA 4 |
CZE SPR |
CZE FEA |
MYS SPR |
MYS FEA |
ZHU SPR |
ZHU FEA |
NZL SPR |
NZL FEA |
AUS SPR |
AUS FEA |
RSA SPR |
RSA FEA |
MEX SPR |
MEX FEA |
SHA SPR |
SHA FEA |
GBR SPR |
GBR SPR |
16th | 22 | |||
2008–09 | NED SPR |
NED FEA |
CHN SPR |
CHN FEA |
MYS SPR |
MYS FEA |
NZL SPR 15 |
NZL FEA Ret |
RSA SPR 16 |
RSA FEA Ret |
POR SPR 9 |
POR FEA 4 |
GBR SPR 3 |
GBR SPR 6 |
13th | 19 |
24 Hours of Daytona
Year | Team | No | Car | Co-Drivers | Laps | Class | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2007 | ![]() |
01 | Riley MkXI-Lexus | ![]() ![]() |
668 | DP | 1 | 1 |
2008 | ![]() |
02 | Riley MkXI-Lexus | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
515 | DP | 17 DNF | 44 DNF |
Complete Formula E results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Chassis | Powertrain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Points |
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2014–15 | Amlin Aguri | Spark SRT01-e | SRT01-e | BEI | PUT | PDE 16 |
BUE DSQ |
MIA 10 |
LBH Ret |
MCO Ret |
BER 16 |
MSC 6 |
LDN 17 |
LDN 8 |
21st | 13 |
2015–16 | Trulli Formula E Team | Spark SRT01-e | Motomatica JT-01 | BEI DNP |
PUT | PDE | 22nd | 0 | ||||||||
Team Aguri | Spark SRT01-e | SRT01-e | BUE Ret |
MEX 15 |
LBH 14 |
PAR |
BER |
LDN |
LDN |
References
External links
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