Salvador Durán

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.

Salvador Durán Sánchez
Nationality Mexican
Born (1985-05-06) 6 May 1985
Mexico City, Mexico
FIA Formula E career
Debut season2014–15
Current teamTeam Aguri
Car number77
Former teamsTrulli GP
Starts12
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish21st 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
2005British F3 Scholarship Class
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Durán and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.

Career
Durán driving for Interwetten.com at the Donington Park round of the 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season.
Durán driving for Interwetten.com at the Silverstone round of the 2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season.

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]

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
During the Punta del Este.

Career summary
Season Series Team Name Races Wins Poles Points Position
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 Three – Scholarship Class P1 Motorsport 22 9 9 300 1st
2005–06 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Mexico 16 2 1 59 10th†
2006 British Formula Three 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


† Team standings.

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key)

Barber Dodge Pro Series
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
2003 STP MTY MIL LAG POR CLE TOR VAN
17		 MDO
10		 MTL
5		 21st 17

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
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
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.
2007 Telmex Chip Ganassi Racing 01 Riley MkXI-Lexus Juan Pablo Montoya
Scott Pruett		 668 DP 1 1
2008 Chip Ganassi Racing 02 Riley MkXI-Lexus Dan Wheldon
Scott Dixon
Alex Lloyd		 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
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		 LON
17		 LON
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
 LON
 LON

References
  1. "Durán replaces Legge for Punta del Este ePrix". e-racing. 10 December 2014. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. "Ma Quing Hua replaces Salvador Duran at Team Aguri". e-racing. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  3. "Ma Qinghua to replace Salvador Duran at Team Aguri for remainder of season". e-racing. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
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