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Luis Pérez-Sala

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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. He competed in the 1984 FIA European Formula 3 Championship in a Ralt-Alfa Romeo, steadily improving across the season and taking a second place at Knutstorp and a fifth at Jarama to place tenth in the season standings. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luis Pérez-Sala is the 504th most popular racing driver (up from 513th in 2019), the 1,733rd most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,779th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Spanish Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Luis Pérez-Sala ranks 504 out of 1,080. Before him are François Mazet, Vitantonio Liuzzi, David Walker, Michael Bleekemolen, Dale Earnhardt, and Christian Danner. After him are Fritz Riess, Carlo Facetti, Kamui Kobayashi, Fred Agabashian, Daniil Kvyat, and Alex Caffi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Luis Pérez-Sala ranks 358. Before him are Chrissy Amphlett, Nizar Rayan, Lobo Carrasco, John Patitucci, James LoMenzo, and Ramón Calderé. After him are Clayton Anderson, Peter Doig, Ernesto Canto, Iakoba Italeli, Judd Nelson, and François Chau.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis Pérez-Sala ranks 1,733 out of 3,355. Before him are Braulio Rodríguez Plaza (1944), Alfonso Guerra (1940), Lobo Carrasco (1959), Carlos Garaikoetxea (1938), Fidel Pagés (1886), and Dani (1951). After him are Nolito (1986), José Luis Caminero (1967), Agustí Villaronga (1953), Núria Espert (1935), Javi García (1987), and Mónica Cruz (1977).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Spain

Among racing drivers born in Spain, Luis Pérez-Sala ranks 18. Before him are Sito Pons (1959), Antonio Creus (1924), Emilio Zapico (1944), María de Villota (1980), Dani Pedrosa (1985), and Marc Gené (1974). After him are Juan Jover (1903), Jorge Martínez (1962), Àlex Crivillé (1970), Sete Gibernau (1972), Ricardo Tormo (1952), and Carlos Checa (1972).

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