The Spaniard, Soucek nears positions with Renault

A few days ago, we mentioned the pilots we considered as options to cover the vacant places in the ‘scuderias’.  Now, in the case of Renault, there is a free seat and according to rumors in the media (MARCA), the Hispanic/Austrian, Andy Soucek is closer than we assumed.

We had published that this option was remote, but we must correct ourselves since sources from the Madrid newspaper have declared that his offer was quite well received by Renault.

If for us, the Russian Vitaly Petrov’s offer, together with his career, was the most viable, we might well have to “swallow our words” if the Spaniard (even though he has double nationality, he runs with the Spanish flag), Soucek gets this coveted seat.

Who is he

Andy Christian Soucek was born on June 14, 1985 in Madrid, Spain.  Because his father is from Austria, he has double nationality, however Soucek runs with the Spanish flag because he says “he feels Spanish.”  In 1997, he began his professional career as karting pilot.  That year, he participated in the Spanish Karting Championship and in the Madrid Kart Championship, with 5^th and 3rd places, respectively.  He continued in different karting categories until 2001, year in which he entered the Portuguese Ford Formula, finishing 8th.  That year he was champion of the Margutti of Totoya Kart trophy.

From 2002 to 2005 he took part in the Spanish Formula 3, first in the Racing Engineering Spanish team with 8^th position in the championship, while the following year he arrives 4^th racing for the EV team.  In 2004, he continues with the EV team, but only for two races because he was acquired for the rest of the season by the GTA team ‘scuderia’, arriving fourth again at the end of the season.  A year later, he becomes the Spanish Formula 3 champion with the Llusia Racing team.

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