David Vidales Ajenjo (born 1 May 2002) is a Spanish racing driver set to race in the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with AF Corse. He was a race winner in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for Campos Racing and podium finisher in the Super Formula Lights with B-Max Racing.

David Vidales
Vidales in 2024
NationalitySpain Spanish
Full nameDavid Vidales Ajenjo
Born (2002-05-01) 1 May 2002 (age 22)
León, Spain
Racing licence FIA Gold
Previous series
2023
2022
2021
2020
Super Formula Lights
FIA Formula 3 Championship
F3 Asian Championship
Formula Renault Eurocup

Career

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Karting

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Vidales started karting in 2013 where he won the Spanish Karting Championship, he won it for the 2nd time the following year. In 2017 Vidales joined the Tony Kart racing team where he finished 3rd in the WSK Final Cup and then in the same year he came runner up in the CIK-FIA World Championship beating the likes of FIA Formula 3 driver Clément Novalak, former Ferrari Driver Academy driver Gianluca Petecof and British F3 driver Ulysse de Pauw.[1] Vidales then finished 3rd in the Kart World Cup in 2018 and then managed to improve by one place in 2019.[2]

Formula Renault Eurocup

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In late July 2020, Vidales management team announced he’d be joining JD Motorsport for the second round in Imola.[3] In his first professional single seater race Vidales put his car on pole for the 1st race. He pulled away from Finnish teammate William Alatalo, despite a couple of safety cars Vidales kept in front and won his first ever single seater race. In the 2nd race, JD Motorsport locked out the front row, Vidales starting in 2nd, however he jumped Alatalo at the start and from that point he controlled the race and won once again.[4] Vidales would finish on the podium a further three times throughout the campaign, and finished sixth in the overall championship standings and second in the rookie standings, only behind Alex Quinn.

Formula Regional European Championship

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Vidales racing in the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring

In December 2020, Vidales switched to Prema Powerteam to contest the 2021 season following the merger between Formula Renault Eurocup and the Formula Regional European Championship.[5] The Spaniard won the first race of the season at Imola, having dominated the race with pole position and every lap led.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

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Vidales joined Campos Racing for the 2022 F3 season, after testing with them the previous year in post-season testing.[6]

Formula One

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In November 2016, Vidales partook in a test with the Ferrari Driver Academy alongside Tony Kart teammate Marcus Armstrong.[7]

Super Formula

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At the end of 2022, Vidales partook in a Super Formula test with B-Max Racing.[8] In March 2023, the team announced that Vidales would switch from Formula 3 to Super Formula Lights for the 2023 season.[9]

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2012 Spanish Championship — Alevin 4th
2013 Spanish Championship — Cadet 1st
Trofeo delle Industrie — 60 Mini 6th
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — 60 Mini 29th
WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini Vidales, Ignacio 14th
2014 WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini STR Corse 4th
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — 60 Mini 25th
Euro Finale — Mini Max 3rd
Spanish Championship — Cadet 1st
Mini ROK International Final — Bridgestone Final Pere Vila Str Corse 4th
WSK Master Series — 60 Mini 14th
WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini STR Corse 4th
2015 South Garda Winter Cup — KFJ 27th
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — KFJ 3rd
SKUSA SuperNationals — TaG Junior Energy Corse America 29th
Trofeo Industrie — KFJ 3rd
WSK Super Master Series — KFJ Energy Corse 25th
CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ 14th
WSK Final Cup — KFJ 3rd
2016 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ Energy Corse 9th
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ 6th
German Karting Championship — Junior KSM Schumacher Racing Team 4th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ Tony Kart Racing Team 8th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ 2nd
WSK Final Cup — OKJ 3rd
2017 WSK Champions Cup — OK Tony Kart Racing Team 6th
South Garda Winter Cup — OK 29th
WSK Super Master Series — OK 4th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 10th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 2nd
WSK Final Cup — OK 3rd
2018 South Garda Winter Cup — OK Tony Kart Racing Team 9th
WSK Super Master Series — OK 7th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 6th
CIK-FIA European Championship — KZ2 14th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 8th
WSK Final Cup — OK 25th
2019 FIA Karting International Super Cup — KZ2 Tony Kart Racing Team 2nd
WSK Euro Series — KZ2 29th
CIK-FIA European Championship — KZ2 6th

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2020 Formula Renault Eurocup JD Motorsport 18 2 1 2 6 169 6th
2021 Formula Regional European Championship Prema Powerteam 20 1 1 1 3 102 10th
F3 Asian Championship Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 6 0 0 0 1 38 13th
2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship Campos Racing 17 1 0 0 1 29 16th
2023 Super Formula Lights B-Max Racing Team 15 0 0 0 1 19 9th
2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

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(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 18 19 20 Pos Points
2020 JD Motorsport MNZ
1
MNZ
2
IMO
1

1
IMO
2

1
NÜR
1

3
NÜR
2

8
MAG
1

2
MAG
2

3
ZAN
1

3
ZAN
2

4
CAT
1

11
CAT
2

4
SPA
1

10
SPA
2

16
IMO
1

Ret
IMO
2

Ret
HOC
1

6
HOC
2

7
LEC
1

6
LEC
2

9
6th 169

Complete F3 Asian Championship results

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(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 DC Points
2021 Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema DUB
1
DUB
2
DUB
3
ABU
1
ABU
2
ABU
3
ABU
1
ABU
2
ABU
3
DUB
1

9
DUB
2

11
DUB
3

2
ABU
1

6
ABU
2

5
ABU
3

12
13th 38

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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(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 18 19 20 DC Points
2021 Prema Powerteam IMO
1

1
IMO
2

7
CAT
1

Ret
CAT
2

Ret
MCO
1

7
MCO
2

6
LEC
1

11
LEC
2

8
ZAN
1

11
ZAN
2

14
SPA
1

Ret
SPA
2

25
RBR
1

13
RBR
2

7
VAL
1

2
VAL
2

5
MUG
1

3
MUG
2

15
MNZ
1

10
MNZ
2

Ret
10th 102

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2022 Campos Racing BHR
SPR

10
BHR
FEA

8
IMO
SPR

11
IMO
FEA

8
CAT
SPR

1
CAT
FEA

Ret
SIL
SPR

12
SIL
FEA

9
RBR
SPR

18
RBR
FEA

12
HUN
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

13
SPA
SPR

7
SPA
FEA

8
ZAN
SPR

21
ZAN
FEA

Ret
MNZ
SPR

DNS
MNZ
FEA

Ret
16th 29

Complete Super Formula Lights results

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(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 Pos Points
2023 B-Max Racing Team AUT
1

4
AUT
2

Ret
AUT
3

4
SUG
1

11
SUG
2

5
SUG
3

6
SUZ
1

6
SUZ
2

6
SUZ
3

10
FUJ
1

Ret
FUJ
2

10
FUJ
3

10
OKA
1

4
OKA
2

7
OKA
3

3
MOT
1

DNS
MOT
2

WD
MOT
3

WD
9th 19

References

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  1. ^ "CIK-FIA World Championship - OK 2017 standings | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com.
  2. ^ "David Vidales Ajenjo". Archived from the original on 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  3. ^ Allen, Peter (July 22, 2020). "Vidales to make single-seater debut in Formula Renault Eurocup with JD Motorsport".
  4. ^ Suttill, Josh (July 26, 2020). "David Vidales ends debut Eurocup weekend with second Imola win".
  5. ^ Allen, Peter (December 14, 2020). "David Vidales joins Prema for merged FREC". FormulaScout. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  6. ^ Allen, Peter (17 February 2022). "Campos protege David Vidales to race for team in Formula 3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Tony Kart Racing Team drivers under examination at the Ferrari Driver Academy". November 11, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  8. ^ Klein, James (18 November 2022). "B-Max to hold SF Lights test for international drivers". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  9. ^ Klein, Jamie (1 March 2023). "F3 winner Vidales secures B-Max Super Formula Lights drive". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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