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Luis Pérez-Sala

1959 - Today

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Luis Pérez-Sala Valls-Taberner (born 15 May 1959) is a Spanish retired racing driver who competed in Formula One, Formula 3, Formula 3000 and Touring Cars. He was also the team principal of HRT Formula 1 Team during the 2012 F1 season. Pérez-Sala started his racing career in karting before graduating to racing production-based cars in the early 1980s, initially competing in Renault 5s before competing internationally in the Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint Cup in 1983. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luis Pérez-Sala has received more than 56,710 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Luis Pérez-Sala is the 511th most popular racing driver (down from 463rd in 2019), the 1,778th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,568th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Spanish Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Luis Pérez-Sala ranks 511 out of 1,080Before him are Heinz Schiller, Alex Barros, Ricardo Zonta, Hans Binder, Al Unser, and Mark Blundell. After him are Chris Craft, Gianfranco Brancatelli, Sam Tingle, Jimmy Stewart, Fritz Riess, and Vern Schuppan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Luis Pérez-Sala ranks 354Before him are Jennifer Granholm, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, David Frankel, Tracey Ullman, Milcho Manchevski, and Adriana Ozores. After him are Alessandro Barbero, Zabou Breitman, Rick Carlisle, Vladimír Franz, Francisco Flores Pérez, and Hiroyuki Sakashita.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis Pérez-Sala ranks 1,778 out of 3,355Before him are Mercedes Sampietro (1947), Francisco Javier de Istúriz y Montero (1790), Manuel Rivas (1957), Fran (1969), Ana Palacio (1948), and Adriana Ozores (1959). After him are Lamine Yamal (2007), Aitor Karanka (1973), José Manuel Caballero (1926), Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez (1852), Leonor Watling (1975), and Saúl Ñíguez (1994).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Spain

Among racing drivers born in Spain, Luis Pérez-Sala ranks 23Before him are Juan Jover (1903), Jorge Martínez (1962), Marc Gené (1974), Emilio Zapico (1944), Sete Gibernau (1972), and Àlex Crivillé (1970). After him are Álvaro Bautista (1984), Carlos Checa (1972), Aleix Espargaró (1989), Maverick Viñales (1995), Jaime Alguersuari (1990), and Marc Coma (1976).