Dani Clos
| Daniel Clos Álvarez | |
|---|---|
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| Nationality | Spanish |
| Born |
23 October 1988 Barcelona (Spain) |
| GP2 Series career | |
| Debut season | 2009 |
| Current team | Barwa Addax Team |
| Car no. | 2 |
| Former teams | Racing Engineering |
| Starts | 61 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 9 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 4th in 2010 |
| Previous series | |
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2009–10-2011 2009 2007–08 2005–06 2005–06 2004 |
GP2 Asia Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula Three Euroseries Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Formula Junior 1600 Spain |
| Championship titles | |
| 2006 | Formula Renault 2.0 Italia |
Daniel Clos Álvarez (born 23 October 1988) is a Spanish professional racecar driver who was previously the test driver for the now defunct HRT Formula One team.
Born in Barcelona, Clos was a fairly successful karter at the ICA Junior level of karting, winning firstly the Catalonian district of the Spanish ICA Junior Championship in 2001, beating a field including the brother of former Formula Three Euroseries rival Daniel Campos-Hull, Oliver. Success continued in 2002, when Dani won the Copa Campeones Trophy and finished 10th in the Italian Open Masters, against a top-quality field of drivers including Nico Hülkenberg, Sébastien Buemi, Nelson Panciatici, Oliver Oakes and Buemi's cousin Natacha Gachnang amongst others.
2003 was by far and away his best year of karting, winning both the prestigious Andrea Margutti Trophy equipped with an MGM Racing Birel beating Miguel Molina and Jules Bianchi to the flag, and the Spanish ICA Junior Championship, along with placings of 6th in the Italian Open Masters and 11th in the European Championship. 2004 saw a move up to Formula A, but he decided to dovetail it with a campaign in the Formula Junior 1600 series in Spain. He would finish 36th in the Formula A European Championship, with a solitary point. He called time on his karting career after a 30th place in the 2005 Margutti Trophy.
Clos made the move into single-seaters in 2004, with a campaign in the Formula Junior 1600 championship. Clos adapted to the cars very well, and ended up a solid 4th place in the championship behind Michael Herck, Marco Barba and Arturo Llobell, with one win and four podiums along the way.
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