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| Carlos Huertas | |
|---|---|
 Huertas in 2012 | |
| Nationality |  Colombian |
| Born | (1991-06-22)22 June 1991 (age 34) Bogotá ,Colombia |
| IndyCar Series career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Teams | Dale Coyne Racing |
| Car number | 18 |
| Starts | 21 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 20th in2014 |
| Previous series | |
| 2012–2013 2009–11 2008 2007 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series British Formula 3 Formula BMW Europe Formula BMW UK |
Carlos Huertas (born 22 June 1991) is a Colombian former racing driver. He has previously competed in theIndyCar Series,Formula Renault 3.5, and theBritish Formula 3 Championship.
Born inBogotá, Huertas began his career inFormula BMW UK in 2007 withRäikkönen Robertson Racing where he finished thirteenth. He finished fifth in the World Final race. In 2008, he returned to Räikkönen Robertson but moved to the FBMW Europe series. He finished ninth in the championship. In 2009, he moved to theBritish Formula 3 Championship with Räikkönen Robertson and finished seventh in points with two podium finishes. He also finished twelfth in theMacau Grand Prix. He returned to British F3 and Räikkönen Robertson in 2010 but dropped to tenth in points, but recorded four podium finishes. In 2011, he remained for a third year in British F3 but switched teams toCarlin Motorsport. Huertas improved to third in the championship points and captured his first series win.
2012 saw Huertas move toFormula Renault 3.5 withFortec Motorsports. He finished sixteenth in points with a best finish of fourth in the season opener. Huertas switched teams to Carlin in 2013 and improved to 14th in points and captured his first win atCiudad del Motor de Aragón. It was announced that he would test anIndyCar Series car forPanther Racing in 2014.[1] He was later announced as a driver withDale Coyne Racing.
He won his first race in a very eventful2014 Grand Prix of Houston by running more laps in one stint than anybody else. Four days later the car was found to have an illegally large fuel tank as well as a rear wing infringement. Huertas and the team were each fined $5,000, but the win stood.[2]
Huertas withdrew from the2015 Indianapolis 500 race due to an inner ear infection and has not competed in IndyCar since.[3]
(key) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos | Points |
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| 2012 | Fortec Motorsports | ALC 1 4 | ALC 2 12 | MON 1 10 | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 Ret | NÜR 1 23† | NÜR 2 Ret | MSC 1 Ret | MSC 2 6 | SIL 1 6 | SIL 2 11 | HUN 1 7 | HUN 2 12 | LEC 1 15 | LEC 2 15 | CAT 1 18 | CAT 2 18 | 16th | 35 |
| 2013 | Carlin Motorsport | MNZ 1 16 | MNZ 2 16 | ALC 1 20 | ALC 2 1 | MON 1 15 | SPA 1 10 | SPA 2 Ret | MSC 1 15 | MSC 2 19 | RBR 1 Ret | RBR 2 Ret | HUN 1 17 | HUN 2 8 | LEC 1 Ret | LEC 2 18 | CAT 1 Ret | CAT 2 18 | 14th | 30 |
| Year | Team | No. | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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| 2014 | Dale Coyne Racing | 18 | Dallara DW12 | Honda | STP 18 | LBH 10 | ALA 16 | IMS 13 | INDY 17 | DET 8 | DET 15 | TXS 16 | HOU 1 | HOU 23 | POC 20 | IOW 20 | TOR 14 | TOR 15 | MDO 17 | MIL 20 | SNM 22 | FON 21 | 20th | 314 | [4] |
| 2015 | STP 24 | NLA 17 | LBH | ALA | IMS 19 | INDY Wth | DET | DET | TXS | TOR | FON | MIL | IOW | MDO | POC | SNM | 36th | 31 | [5] | ||||||
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
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| 2014 | Dallara | Honda | 21 | 17 | Dale Coyne Racing |
| 2015 | Dallara | Honda | Wth[a] | Dale Coyne Racing | |
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