| Noel León | |
| Birth Date: | 2004 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Monterrey, Mexico |
| Current Series: | FIA Formula 3 Championship |
| First Year: | 2024 |
| Current Team: | Van Amersfoort Racing |
| Car Number: | 20 |
| Starts: | 18 (18 entries) |
| Nationality: |  Mexican |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Podiums: | 4 |
| Poles: | 0 |
| Fastest Laps: | 1 |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Prev Series: | Euroformula Open Championship FR European Championship F4 United States Championship NASCAR Challenge Series Mx. NACAM Formula 4 Championship |
| Prev Series Years: | 2023 2022 2021 2021 2018–2020 |
| Titles: | Euroformula Open Championship F4 United States Championship NASCAR Challenge Series Mx. NACAM Formula 4 |
| Title Years: | 2023 2021 2021 2019–20 |
Noel Jesús León Vázquez (born 21 December 2004) is a Mexican racing driver who is competing in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing. He is the 2019–20 NACAM F4, 2021 F4 US and the 2023 Euroformula Open champion.
Contesting the entire 2019–20 NACAM F4 season and once again competing with Ram Racing, the season would prove to be a breakthrough, as León scored seven victories, which, coupled with eight further podiums, propelled him to title success.[1]
In 2021, León progressed into the F4 United States Championship with DEForce Racing, partnering fellow countryman José Andrés Martínez.[2] Whilst he only scored two wins at Road America and Mid-Ohio across the year, the Mexican managed to move his way to the lead of the standings with a string of consistent podium finishes, culminating in a double podium at the Circuit of the Americas in a round supporting the 2021 United States Grand Prix, where León clinched the championship.[3]
León made his first step into European single-seaters in 2022, racing in the Formula Regional European Championship with Arden Motorsport.[4] He wouldn't score points at the opening two rounds in Monza and Imola, however this would change at Monaco, where he managed to obtain tenth place in the first race and ninth place in the second, scoring his first points.[5]
For the 2023 season, León moved to the Euroformula Open Championship, driving for Team Motopark.[6]
León partook in the FIA Formula 3 post-season testing at the end of September with Van Amersfoort Racing during the first day.[7] In the 2023 post-season testing, he again joined Van Amersfoort Racing.[8] [9]
In December 2023, the Dutch outfit announced that León would be their first signing for the 2024 FIA Formula 3 season.[10]
On 14 January 2022 Red Bull announced that León would be joining the Red Bull Junior Team in the form of a supported driver.[11] His contract only lasted a year and he was dropped by the team at the start of 2023.[12] Months after, the Mexican revealed that he had not received adequate support prior to the start of his first racing season in Europe, adding that he was disappointed that the programme had not "put [him] in a top three team", contrary to previous promise.[13]
| Season | Series | Team | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Micro Max | 35th | ||
| 2014 | Florida Winter Tour – Rotax Micro Max | Kart Guero | 31st | |
| 2016 | SKUSA SuperNationals – Mini Swift | 59th | ||
| Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Mini Max | 19th | |||
| 2017 | Rotax Max Challenge Mexico, Noreste – Juniors | 3rd | ||
| Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Junior | Noel León | 18th | ||
| 2019 | CIK-FIA European Championship — KZ2 | CRG SpA | NC | |
| CIK-FIA International Super Cup — KZ2 | NC | |||
| SKUSA Pro Tour – X30 Junior | 16th | |||
| SKUSA SuperNationals – X30 Junior | 23rd | |||
| Source:[14] | ||||
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | NACAM Formula 4 Championship | Ram Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 12th | |
| 2018 | FB-BOHN Mikel's Trucks | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 25th | |
| 2018–19 | NACAM Formula 4 Championship | Ram Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 11th | |
| 2019–20 | NACAM Formula 4 Championship | Ram Racing | 20 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 325 | 1st | |
| 2020 | SC Súper Copa Mercedes Benz | Sidral Aga Racing Team | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 868 | 10th | |
| Tractocamiones Freightliner | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | ||
| 2021 | Formula 4 United States Championship | DEForce Racing | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 212 | 1st | |
| NASCAR Challenge Series – Mexico | Alessandros Racing | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 317 | 1st | ||
| GTM Gran Turismo Mexico | Sidral Aga | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 166 | 15th | ||
| 2022 | Formula Regional European Championship | Arden Motorsport | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23rd | |
| 2023 | Euroformula Open Championship | Team Motopark | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 394 | 1st | |
| Macau Grand Prix | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 19th | ||
| 2024 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | Van Amersfoort Racing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52* | 11th* |
(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 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nowrap | 2017–18 | nowrap | Ram Racing | AHR1 1 | AHR1 2 | AHR2 1 | AHR2 2 | EDM 1 | EDM 2 | EDM 3 | PUE 1 | PUE 2 | PUE 3 | AGS 1 | AGS 2 | AGS 3 | MER 1 | MER 2 | MER 3 | MTY 1 | MTY 2 | MTY 3 | AHR3 1 | AHR3 2 | AHR3 3 | 12th | 45 | |
| nowrap | 2018–19 | nowrap | Ram Racing | AHR1 1 | AHR1 2 | PUE1 1 | PUE1 2 | PUE1 3 | SLP 1 | SLP 2 | SLP 3 | MTY 1 | MTY 2 | MTY 3 | AGS 1 | AGS 2 | AGS 3 | PUE2 1 | PUE2 2 | PUE2 3 | AHR2 1 | AHR2 2 | AHR2 3 | 11th | 27 | |||
| nowrap | 2019–20 | nowrap | Ram Racing | AHR 1 | AHR 2 | AGS 1 | AGS 2 | AGS 3 | PUE 1 | PUE 2 | PUE 3 | MER 1 | MER 2 | MER 3 | QUE1 1 | QUE1 2 | QUE1 3 | QUE2 1 | QUE2 2 | QUE2 3 | MTY 1 | MTY 2 | MTY 3 | 1st | 325 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress.(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)