| Julián Leal | |
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| Nationality |  Colombian |
| Born | Ómar Julián Leal Covelli (1990-05-11)11 May 1990 (age 35) |
| GP2 Series career | |
| Debut season | 2011 |
| Current team | Carlin |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver |
| Car number | 4 |
| Former teams | Racing Engineering Trident Racing Rapax |
| Starts | 102 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Best finish | 10th in2014 |
| Previous series | |
| 2011 2009–2010 2007–08 2007–08 2006–07 | GP2 Asia Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series ItalianFormula 3000 Euroseries 3000 FR2.0 PanamGP |
| Championship titles | |
| 2008 | ItalianFormula 3000 |
Ómar Julián Leal Covelli (born May 11, 1990 inBucaramanga) is aColombian former professionalracing driver. He has also competed with anItalian licence in theGP2 Series.
Leal began his racing career in 2006 in theFormula Renault 2.0 PanamGP series, scoring two podium finishes in seven races to finish ninth in the standings. He also took part in two races of the series the following year.
Thefollowing season, Leal moved toEurope to compete in theEuroseries 3000 championship. Driving for theItalianDurango team, he finished ninth in the Euroseries standings and eleventh in the ItalianFormula 3000 championship, which ran as part of the main series.
He continued in the championship in2008, finishing sixth in the Euroseries after securing four podium places in fifteen races.[1] In September of that year, he won the Italian Formula 3000 championship atMisano, beating bothFabio Onidi andNicolas Prost to the title by a single point.[2]
At the end of 2008, Leal took part inFormula Renault 3.5 Series testing atPaul Ricard andValencia, driving for bothDraco Racing andPrema Powerteam. In December 2008, it was announced that Leal had signed with Prema Powerteam for the2009 season.[3] He had a testing first season in the category, with a podium at theHungaroring being his only points–scoring finish, as he wound up 20th in the standings.
In the off–season, Leal tested for both Prema andMofaz Racing at theCircuit de Catalunya and in December 2009, it was announced that he would drive for Draco Racing in the2010 season, partneringFormula Renault graduateNathanaël Berthon.[4] He again finished the season in 20th position after struggling to match hisrookie team–mate, with his best race result being a fourth place at the first race inBrno.[5]
In March 2010, it was announced that Leal would also compete in the newAuto GP championship, competing for the Italian teamTrident Racing.[6] He finished seventh in the final standings, with the highlight of his season coming at the penultimate round at the brand–newCircuito de Navarra, where he won the first race after starting frompole position.[7]
In November 2010, Leal tested aGP2 Series car for the first time, taking part in the post–season test at theYas Marina Circuit inAbu Dhabi, and in January 2011 it was announced that he had signed with theRapax Team to contest theGP2 Asia Series season, lining–up alongsideFabio Leimer.[8] He had initially signed to contest only theAsia series, but in March 2011 it was confirmed that he would stay with the team for the main2011 championship, in which he finished 27th.[9]
Leal switched to theTrident Racing team for thenon-championship season finale atYas Marina, and remained with the outfit for the2012 season, where he was partnered withStéphane Richelmi. He scored his first series points and finished 21st in the championship.
Leal moved toRacing Engineering for the2013 season, his teammate for the second time was champion of that yearFabio Leimer. He scored a total of 62 points, including two sprint race podiums leaving him 12th in the championship. For2014, he moved to British squadCarlin alongsideFelipe Nasr. He finished on the podium in both races at the first round but ultimately would finish 10th in the final standings on 68 points.
Leal continued with Carlin for2015.
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Formula Renault 2.0 PanamGP | Penix Unico | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 9th |
| 2007 | Formula Renault 2.0 PanamGP | ? | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 17th |
| Euroseries 3000 | Durango | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9th | |
| Italian Formula 3000 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11th | ||
| 2008 | Euroseries 3000 | Durango | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 6th |
| Italian Formula 3000 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 1st | ||
| 2009 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Prema Powerteam | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 20th |
| 2010 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | International DracoRacing | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 20th |
| Auto GP | Trident Racing | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9th | |
| 2011 | GP2 Series | Rapax | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th |
| GP2 Asia Series | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th | ||
| GP2 Final | Trident Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22nd | |
| 2012 | GP2 Series | Trident Racing | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 21st |
| 2013 | GP2 Series | Racing Engineering | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 12th |
| 2014 | GP2 Series | Carlin | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 10th |
| Formula One | Caterham F1 Team | Test driver | |||||||
| 2015 | GP2 Series | Carlin | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 14th |
| 2016 | European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | SMP Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 6th |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Durango | VAL FEA 10 | VAL SPR 10 | HUN FEA 10 | HUN SPR 9 | MAG FEA 8 | MAG SPR 10 | MUG FEA 11 | MUG SPR 6 | NÜR FEA Ret | NÜR SPR 7 | SPA FEA 7 | SPA SPR Ret | MNZ FEA 5 | MNZ SPR 4 | CAT FEA 7 | CAT SPR 6 | 10th | 14 |
| 2008 | Durango | VAL FEA 5 | VAL SPR 6 | SPA FEA 9 | SPA SPR C | VAL FEA 5 | VAL SPR 2 | MUG FEA 4 | MUG SPR 3 | MIS FEA 3 | MIS SPR 2 | JER FEA Ret | JER SPR 7 | CAT FEA Ret | CAT SPR 4 | MAG FEA Ret | MAG SPR 9 | 6th | 38 |
| 2010 | Trident Racing | BRN 1 10 | BRN 2 4 | IMO 1 Ret | IMO 2 8 | SPA 1 7 | SPA 2 Ret | MAG 1 9 | MAG 2 7 | NAV 1 1 | NAV 2 Ret | MNZ 1 8 | MNZ 2 4 | 9th | 21 | ||||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Prema Powerteam | CAT 1 15 | CAT 2 19† | SPA 1 19 | SPA 2 18 | MON 1 14 | HUN 1 22 | HUN 2 3 | SIL 1 17 | SIL 2 16 | BUG 1 Ret | BUG 2 20 | ALG 1 18 | ALG 2 17 | NÜR 1 17 | NÜR 2 14 | ALC 1 21 | ALC 2 22† | 20th | 11 |
| 2010 | International Draco Racing | ALC 1 Ret | ALC 2 Ret | SPA 1 11 | SPA 2 12 | MON 1 16 | BRN 1 4 | BRN 2 13 | MAG 1 Ret | MAG 2 19 | HUN 1 Ret | HUN 2 16 | HOC 1 13 | HOC 2 9 | SIL 1 Ret | SIL 2 10 | CAT 1 Ret | CAT 2 Ret | 20th | 11 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 |
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| 2011 | Rapax | IST FEA 19 | IST SPR Ret | CAT FEA 17 | CAT SPR 14 | MON FEA Ret | MON SPR Ret | VAL FEA 11 | VAL SPR 9 | SIL FEA 22 | SIL SPR 21 | NÜR FEA 14 | NÜR SPR 9 | HUN FEA 20 | HUN SPR Ret | SPA FEA Ret | SPA SPR Ret | MNZ FEA 16 | MNZ SPR Ret | 27th | 0 | ||||||
| 2012 | Trident Racing | SEP FEA 15 | SEP SPR 15 | BHR1 FEA 12 | BHR1 SPR 17 | BHR2 FEA 15 | BHR2 SPR 14 | CAT FEA 24 | CAT SPR 17 | MON FEA 21 | MON SPR Ret | VAL FEA 12 | VAL SPR 8 | SIL FEA 20 | SIL SPR 17 | HOC FEA 21 | HOC SPR 12 | HUN FEA 16 | HUN SPR 15 | SPA FEA 7 | SPA SPR 9 | MNZ FEA 10 | MNZ SPR 8 | MRN FEA 11 | MRN SPR 16 | 21st | 9 |
| 2013 | Racing Engineering | SEP FEA 5 | SEP SPR Ret | BHR FEA 19 | BHR SPR 16 | CAT FEA 13 | CAT SPR 25† | MON FEA Ret | MON SPR 14 | SIL FEA 8 | SIL SPR 4 | NÜR FEA 22 | NÜR SPR 12 | HUN FEA 15 | HUN SPR 21 | SPA FEA 6 | SPA SPR 2 | MNZ FEA 5 | MNZ SPR 3 | MRN FEA Ret | MRN SPR 12 | YMC FEA 16 | YMC SPR 10 | 12th | 62 | ||
| 2014 | Carlin | BHR FEA 2 | BHR SPR 3 | CAT FEA 4 | CAT SPR 5 | MON FEA Ret | MON SPR 16 | RBR FEA 13 | RBR SPR 7 | SIL FEA 5 | SIL SPR 5 | HOC FEA 16 | HOC SPR 18 | HUN FEA Ret | HUN SPR 15 | SPA FEA 13 | SPA SPR 10 | MNZ FEA 14 | MNZ SPR 17 | SOC FEA 9 | SOC SPR 17 | YMC FEA 12 | YMC SPR 11 | 10th | 68 | ||
| 2015 | Carlin | BHR FEA 8 | BHR SPR 5 | CAT FEA Ret | CAT SPR 16 | MON FEA 6 | MON SPR 5 | RBR FEA 14 | RBR SPR 22 | SIL FEA 9 | SIL SPR 12 | HUN FEA 16 | HUN SPR 15 | SPA FEA 4 | SPA SPR 11 | MNZ FEA 12 | MNZ SPR 9 | SOC FEA | SOC SPR | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | YMC FEA | YMC SPR | 14th | 38 | ||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Rapax | YMC FEA Ret | YMC SPR 17 | IMO FEA 17 | IMO SPR 18 | 26th | 0 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Trident Racing | YMC FEA 16 | YMC SPR 21 | 22nd | 0 |
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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| 2016 | SMP Racing | LMP2 | BR Engineering BR01 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 2 | IMO 4 | RBR 4 | LEC 2 | SPA | EST | 6th | 60 |
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| Preceded by | Italian F3000 champion 2008 | Succeeded by |
| FIA Formula 2 Championship |
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| Formula Regional European Championship |
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