Moisés de la Vara explained

Moisés de la Vara
Titles:NACAM Formula 4 Championship
Prev Series Years:2015–16
2016
2016–17
2017
2017
2017–18
Prev Series:NACAM Formula 4 Championship
F4 USA Championship
NACAM Formula 4 Championship
F4 USA Championship
U.S. F2000 National Championship
NACAM Formula 4 Championship
Year:2019
Best Finish:8th
Fastest Laps:0
Poles:0
Wins:0
Starts:38
Car Number:6
Current Team:DEForce Racing
First Year:2016
Current Series:Indy Pro 2000
Birth Place:Guadalajara, Mexico
Birth Date:13 August 1997
Nationality: Mexican
Title Years:2017–18

Moisés de la Vara (born August 13, 1997, in Guadalajara, Mexico) is a Mexican racing driver. He most recently competed in the 2020 Indy Pro 2000 Championship with DEForce Racing. de la Vara is the 2017–18 NACAM Formula 4 Championship Champion.

Career

Karting

De la Vara began karting in 2014. He participated in multiple championships in the United States including the Rotax Max US Open, the Rotax Max Challenge Grand National and the Rotax Max Pro-Kart Challenge.[1]

Formula 4

In 2015 De la Vara made his single-seater debut in the 2015–16 NACAM Formula 4 Championship with MomoF4.[2] [3] He managed to take his maiden win at Parque Tangamanga and finished the season in eighth. In 2016 he joined Leading Edge Grand Prix to compete in the Formula 4 United States Championship.[4] [5] He took his only podium of the season at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and finished the season in seventh.

He remained with MomoF4 in the opening round of the 2016–17 NACAM Formula 4 Championship but switched to Scuderia Martiga EG ahead of round 2. With Martiga EG Racing he scored three wins and finished fourth in the championship. In 2017 he also joined DEForce Racing, for whom he also competed in the U.S. F2000 National Championship, for two rounds in the Formula 4 United States Championship.

De la Vara remained with Scuderia Martiga EG for the 2017–18 NACAM Formula 4 Championship.[6] He went on to take the championship title ahead of Igor Fraga, following a triple-win at Autódromo Monterrey and six previous wins throughout the season.[7] [8] [9] [10]

Indy Pro 2000

In 2016 De la Vara joined the newly founded DEForce Racing for the Pro Mazda Championship season finale at Laguna Seca, where he achieved one national class win.[11] He rejoined the team during the 2018 Pro Mazda Championship. In 2019 he remained with the team to contest the full Indy Pro 2000 Championship. He finished the season in eighth after taking a best race finish of fourth. He remained with DEForce Racing once again to compete in the 2020 Indy Pro 2000 Championship but this he came only 12th in the championship standings.[12] [13]

Racing Record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2015-16NACAM Formula 4 ChampionshipMomoF42210011008th
2016Pro Mazda Championship - NationalDEForce Racing31002525th
Formula 4 United States ChampionshipLeading Edge Grand Prix150001717th
2016-17NACAM Formula 4 ChampionshipMomoF4300002484th
Scuderia Martiga EG183227
2017Formula 4 United States ChampionshipDEForce Racing60000044th
U.S. F2000 National Championship1200009812th
2017-18NACAM Formula 4 ChampionshipScuderia Martiga EG22949163861st
2018Pro Mazda ChampionshipDEForce Racing500007515th
2019Indy Pro 2000 ChampionshipDEForce Racing1600001988th
2020Indy Pro 2000 ChampionshipDEForce Racing14000016312th

Complete NACAM Formula 4 Championship results

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

References

  1. Web site: Pilotos . 2023-11-10 . www.escuderiatelmex.com.
  2. Web site: 2015-10-29 . Equipo MOMO F4 en última etapa de preparación . 2023-11-10 . Sala de Prensa . es.
  3. Web site: How racing passed football as preferred sport of Mexican driver . 2023-11-10 . IndyCar.com.
  4. Web site: 2016-03-09 . F4 on the Leading Edge . 2023-11-10 . F4 U.S. Championships . en.
  5. Web site: 2016-06-28 . #MeetMeMonday- Moises de la Vara Experiencing F4 Growing Pains, Literally . 2023-11-10 . F4 U.S. Championships . en.
  6. Web site: Wood . Ida . 2017-10-30 . Moises de la Vara extends NACAM F4 lead in Mexico GP support races . 2023-11-10 . Formula Scout . en-US.
  7. Web site: Harris-Gardiner . Rachel . 2018-05-07 . Moises de la Vara crowned NACAM F4 champion with triple win at Monterrey . 2023-11-10 . Formula Scout . en-US.
  8. Web site: Track . DNA On . 2018-06-29 . Moisés de la Vara se alista para su despedida de F4 . 2023-11-10 . DNA ON Track . es-MX.
  9. Web site: Infopits . por . 2018-07-01 . Moisés de la Vara Campeón de FIA F4 NACAM . 2023-11-10 . Infopits . es.
  10. Web site: Produccion . 2018-05-07 . Moisés de la Vara es el campeón de la FIA F4 NACAM Pasión por la Velocidad . 2023-11-10 . es.
  11. Web site: Wood . Ida . 2019-01-23 . DEForce Racing signs NACAM F4 stars for Indy Pro 2000 . 2023-11-10 . Formula Scout . en-US.
  12. Web site: Wood . Ida . 2019-12-16 . DEForce Racing reveals first 2020 drivers for Road to Indy and F4 . 2023-11-10 . Formula Scout . en-US.
  13. Web site: Olmos . Eduardo . 2020-01-27 . De la Vara y Sulaimán serán coequiperos en 2020 . 2023-11-10 . FASTmag . es.

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