Filip Salaquarda

Filip Salaquarda
Salaquarda in 2012.
Nationality	Czech
Born	(1984-01-11) January 11, 1984 (age 40) Prague (Czech Republic)
Formula Renault 3.5 Series career
Debut season	2009
Current team	ISR Racing
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	26
Former teams	Prema Powerteam RC Motorsport
Starts	27
Wins	0
Poles	2
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	11th in 2010
Previous series
2011 2009 2007–08 2006–07, 2007–08 2005–07 2004 2002–03 2001 2000	Blancpain Endurance Series Le Mans Series Int. Formula Master A1 Grand Prix Formula 3 Euro Series German Formula Three Formula BMW ADAC Škoda Octavia Cup Ford Puma Cup

Filip Salaquarda (born January 11, 1984, in Prague) is a professional racing driver from the Czech Republic.

Career

Early career

After an early career in karting, Salaquarda began his racing career in 2000 in his native Czech Republic, competing in the Ford Puma Cup where he finished in third place. A year later he stepped up to the Škoda Octavia Cup, finishing the year 13th in the standings.

In 2002, he made his single–seater debut in the Formula BMW ADAC series in Germany. In his first season in the category he was classified in 21st place. The following year he improved to 13th overall, taking a podium place in the final round at Hockenheim.

Formula Three

In 2004, Salaquarda graduated to Formula Three, racing in the German championship with the family ISR Racing team. He finished the season in 11th place with 42 points.^[1] 2005 saw him move up to the Formula 3 Euro Series, the first of three seasons in the category. He failed to score a point in his first two seasons, whilst in 2007 a switch to HBR Motorsport saw him score three points.

In 2005, he contested the famous end–of–season Macau Grand Prix whilst in 2006 and 2007 he also took part in the Masters of Formula 3 non–championship races.

F3000 International Masters

In June 2006, Salaquarda made an appearance at the Oschersleben round of the F3000 International Masters season. Driving for the Charouz Racing System team, he finished both races in second place. Despite only taking part in those two races, he scored enough points to finish 12th in the standings.^[2]

A1 Grand Prix

In April 2007, Salaquarda made his A1 Grand Prix debut for A1 Team Czech Republic in Shanghai, taking over the seat from Jaroslav Janiš. After finishing 17th in the sprint race he took the final points–paying position in the main event by finishing tenth. The following season, Salaquarda took part in the final six races of the campaign, taking a best race result of 11th place, also in Shanghai.

International Formula Master

Towards the end of 2007, Salaquarda took part in the final round of the International Formula Master season at Monza with ISR Racing. The following year he took part in a full season in the series, taking a best result of sixth in the opening race of the year at Valencia to finish in 24th position.^[3]

Le Mans Series

In May 2009, Salaquarda made a one–off appearance in the Le Mans Series, taking part in the Spa–Francorchamps 1000km event. He was entered in the GT1 class for IPB Spartak Racing, racing alongside Peter Kox and countryman Erik Janiš.^[4] They finished the race second in class, behind the winning Luc Alphand Aventures Chevrolet Corvette C6.R, and 15th overall.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

Later the same month, Salaquarda made his debut in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, joining the RC Motorsport team at the third round of the season in Monaco.^[5] After the race, in which he finished 21st, he left the team to join Prema Powerteam, who he remained with for the rest of the season.^[6] His best race result came in the sprint event at Portimão, where he finished in tenth place. He finished the season in 27th place overall.^[7]

Salaquarda continued in the series in 2010, competing for ISR Racing who took over the entry of RC Motorsport.^[8] He finished the season classified in 11th place, taking a double–pole position at his home round in Brno and podium places at Brno and Magny–Cours.^[9]

Other series

In 2008, Salaquarda originally signed to race for Brooks Associates Racing in the Atlantic Championship in the United States,^[10] but the deal fell through at the last minute when the driver funding fell through ^[11]

Salaquarda also made his GP2 test debut in October 2009, driving two days for Trident Racing at the Jerez circuit in Spain.^[12]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2000	Ford Puma Cup	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	3rd
2001	Škoda Octavia Cup	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	13th
2002	Formula BMW ADAC	Team ISR	17	0	0	0	0	3	21st
2003	Formula BMW ADAC	SONAX-ISR-Charouz	20	0	0	0	1	49	13th
2004	German Formula Three Championship	Team ISR	17	0	0	0	0	42	11th
2005	Formula 3 Euro Series		20	0	0	0	0	0	23rd
	Macau Grand Prix	HBR Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2006	Formula 3 Euro Series	Team ISR	20	0	0	0	0	0	22nd
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	27th
	F3000 International Masters	Charouz Racing System	2	0	0	?	2	16	12th
2006–07	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team Czech Republic	2	0	0	0	0	27†	12th†
2007	Formula 3 Euro Series	HBR Motorsport	19	0	0	0	0	3	17th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	16th
	International Formula Master	Team ISR	2	0	0	0	0	0	36th
2007–08	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team Czech Republic	6	0	0	0	0	10†	19th†
2008	International Formula Master	Team ISR	16	0	0	0	0	3	24th
2009	Le Mans Series - GT1	IPB Spartak Racing	1	0	0	0	1	8	10th
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	RC Motorsport	13	0	0	0	0	1	29th
		Prema Powerteam
2010	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	ISR Racing	14	0	2	0	2	44	11th
2011	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Pons Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	34th
	Superleague Formula		4	0	0	1	0	95	9th
	German Formula Three Championship	Brandl Racing	2	0	0	0	0	2	18th
	FIA GT3 European Championship	Scuderia Vittoria	2	0	0	1	1	18	26th
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro	Vita4One	2	0	0	0	1	27	18th
2012	GT1 World Championship	AF Corse	18	2	2	0	3	84	7th
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	Vita4One Team Italy	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2013	FIA GT Series	AF Corse	8	0	0	0	2	34	13th
	International GT Open - GTS		4	0	0	0	1	13	24th
	Gulf 12 Hours - GT3 Pro-Am	Kessel Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
2014	Blancpain GT Series	Scuderia Villorba Corse	8	0	0	0	0	13	35th
		ISR Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0
		Bhaitech	2	0	0	0	0	0
2015	Blancpain GT Series	ISR Racing	14	0	0	0	0	40	21st
2016	Blancpain GT Series		17	0	0	0	0	17	47th
2017	Blancpain GT Series		14	0	0	0	1	31	24th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Audi Sport Team ISR	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	ADAC GT Masters	BWT Mücke Motorsport	14	0	0	0	0	20	28th
2018	ADAC GT Masters	Team ISR	14	1	1	0	1	57	9th
2019	ADAC GT Masters		14	0	0	0	0	67	16th
2020	ADAC GT Masters		13	0	0	0	0	15	32nd
2021	Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3	Audi Sport Italia	4	0	0	1	0	14	10th
2023	ESET Cup Endurance - GT3	ISR Racing	3	3	3	3	3	75	1st*
	ESET Cup Sprint - GT3		6	5	6	5	6	75	1st*
2024	International GT Open	ISR Racing	13	0	0	0	0	0	44th

† – Team standings.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2005	Team ISR	Dallara F305/046	Spiess-Opel	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 Ret	PAU 1 17	PAU 2 Ret	SPA 1 11	SPA 2 Ret	MON 1 19†	MON 2 13	OSC 1 14	OSC 2 19	NOR 1 14	NOR 2 15	NÜR 1 22	NÜR 2 19†	ZAN 1 13	ZAN 2 14	LAU 1 19	LAU 2 17	HOC 1 11	HOC 2 16	23rd	0
2006	Team ISR	Dallara F306/009	Spiess-Opel	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 15	LAU 1 14	LAU 2 Ret	OSC 1 14	OSC 2 10	BRH 1 20	BRH 2 18	NOR 1 14	NOR 2 17†	NÜR 1 15	NÜR 2 7	ZAN 1 15	ZAN 2 10	CAT 1 15	CAT 2 Ret	LMS 1 16	LMS 2 18	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 11	22nd	0
2007	HBR Motorsport	Dallara F306/009	Mercedes	HOC 1 20	HOC 2 12	BRH 1 14	BRH 2 17	NOR 1 DSQ	NOR 2 DSQ	MAG 1 17	MAG 2 15	MUG 1 13	MUG 2 Ret	ZAN 1 10	ZAN 2 10	NÜR 1 9	NÜR 2 18	CAT 1 11	CAT 2 5	NOG 1 13	NOG 2 15	HOC 1 20	HOC 2 18	17th	3

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

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
2006–07	Czech Republic	NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	BEI SPR	BEI FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	IDN SPR	IDN FEA	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	SHA SPR 17	SHA FEA 10	GBR SPR	GBR SPR	12th	27
2007–08		NED SPR	NED FEA	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 Ret	MEX FEA 16	SHA SPR 13	SHA FEA 11	GBR SPR 12	GBR SPR 15			19th	10

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(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	Pos	Points
2009	RC Motorsport	CAT 1	CAT 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	MON 1 21													27th	1
	Prema Powerteam						HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 NC	SIL 1 19	SIL 2 17	BUG 1 Ret	BUG 2 16	ALG 1 10	ALG 2 12	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 Ret	ALC 1 12	ALC 2 15
2010	ISR Racing	ALC 1 Ret	ALC 2 Ret	SPA 1 DNS	SPA 2 15	MON 1 8	BRN 1 15	BRN 2 3	MAG 1 15	MAG 2 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 7	SIL 1 5	SIL 2 4	CAT 1 8	CAT 2 19	11th	44
2011	Pons Racing	ALC 1	ALC 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	MNZ 1 15	MNZ 2 18	MON 1	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	34th	0

Complete Superleague Formula results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Operator	1			2			Position	Points
2011	Czech Republic AC Sparta Prague	Atech Reid Grand Prix	HOL			BEL			9th	95
			5	6	5	12	10	X

FIA GT competition results

GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2012	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	NOG QR 5	NOG CR 6	ZOL QR 13	ZOL CR 3	NAV QR 10	NAV QR 9	SVK QR 1	SVK CR 4	ALG QR 12	ALG CR Ret	SVK QR 7	SVK CR 6	MOS QR 9	MOS CR Ret	NUR QR 8	NUR CR 1	DON QR Ret	DON CR 8	7th	84

FIA GT Series results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2013	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Pro-Am	NOG QR DNS	NOG CR DNS	ZOL QR 9	ZOL CR 12	ZAN QR Ret	ZAN QR Ret	SVK QR 13	SVK CR 9	NAV QR	NAV CR	TBA QR	TBA CR	13th	34

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2014	Scuderia Villorba Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Pro	NOG QR 8	NOG CR 10	BRH QR 7	BRH CR 7	ZAN QR 17	ZAN CR DNS	SVK QR Ret	SVK CR DNS	ALG QR	ALG CR	ZOL QR 9	ZOL CR 7			22nd	13
	Bhaitech	McLaren MP4-12C GT3														BAK QR 20	BAK CR 16
2015	ISR	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Pro	NOG QR 6	NOG CR 7	BRH QR 12	BRH CR 11	ZOL QR 10	ZOL CR 7	MOS QR 14	MOS CR Ret	ALG QR 9	ALG CR 11	MIS QR 13	MIS CR 10	ZAN QR 11	ZAN CR 4	16th	26
2016	ISR	Audi R8 LMS	Pro	MIS QR 8	MIS CR 5	BRH QR 17	BRH CR 20	NÜR QR Ret	NÜR CR 20	HUN QR 7	HUN CR 21	CAT QR 21	CAT CR 12					19th	10
2017	ISR	Audi R8 LMS	Pro	MIS QR 10	MIS CR 15	BRH QR 12	BRH CR Ret	ZOL QR 4	ZOL CR 2	HUN QR 17	HUN CR DNS	NÜR QR	NÜR CR					12th	21

References

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2. "F3000 International Masters 2006". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
3. "International Formula Master 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
4. "Erik Janiš and Filip Salaquarda debut in Le Mans Series at Spa". erikjanis.cz. Erik Janiš. 2009-05-07. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
5. "RC doubles up, adds Salaquarda". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2009-05-12. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
6. "Salaquarda swaps teams ahead of Hungary". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
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10. "Brooks reveals '08 pairing". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2008-01-21. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
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External links

• Official website
• Filip Salaquarda career summary at DriverDB.com