Carlos Linares is a racing driver from Venezuela who last raced in Star Mazda Championship for Linares Racing. Linares has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 39 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,057 ranks Linares 8197th of 40,200 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2012-09-07 | Laguna Seca | P14 | +5 |
| 2012-09-07 | Laguna Seca | P20 | −88 |
| 2012-08-31 | Baltimore | P16 | −52 |
| 2012-08-31 | Baltimore | P19 | −94 |
| 2012-08-03 | Trois-Rivieres | P11 | +26 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +90 | Barber Motorsports Park 2011 | Star Mazda Championship | P5 |
| +86 | St. Petersburg 2011 | Star Mazda Championship | P6 |
| +85 | Edmonton International Raceway 2012 | Star Mazda Championship | P8 |
| +52 | Laguna Seca 2011 | Star Mazda Championship | P8 |
| +39 | Trois-Rivieres 2011 | Star Mazda Championship | P7 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Linares Racing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P17 | −361 | 3,057 |
| 2011 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Linares Racing | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | +10 | 3,419 |
| 2010 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Linares Racing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +2,058 | 3,408 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Connor De PhillippiFIA Gold | 5,310 | 39 | 6 | 33 | 15% |
| 🇩🇰 Gustavo MenezesFIA Gold | 5,435 | 27 | 5 | 22 | 19% |
| 🇺🇸 Sage KaramFIA Gold | 3,684 | 27 | 5 | 22 | 19% |
| 🇫🇷 Tristan VautierFIA Gold | 5,011 | 23 | 2 | 21 | 9% |
| 🇨🇴 Juan PiedrahitaFIA Silver | 4,314 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 22% |
| 🇧🇷 João Horto | 4,060 | 23 | 3 | 20 | 13% |
| 🇨🇴 Tatiana CalderónFIA Silver | 3,975 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 22% |
| 🇨🇱 Martín Scuncio | 3,875 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 22% |
| 🇺🇸 Walt BowlinFIA Bronze | 2,823 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 78% |
| 🇺🇸 Nick Andries | 4,040 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 19% |
| 🇺🇸 Ryan TveterHigher-rated | 5,582 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 58% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,187 | 🇬🇧 Pranav VANGALA | Ferrari Challenge | 3,059 |
| 8,188 | 🇺🇸 Cory Kruseman | IndyCar | 3,058 |
| 8,189 | 🇮🇹 Gianluca Calcagni | International Formula 3000 | 3,058 |
| 8,190 | 🇫🇮 Juho Annala | IndyCar | 3,058 |
| 8,191 | 🏳️ Lukas Pank | International GT | 3,058 |
| 8,192 | 🇺🇸 Michael Guerity | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,058 |
| 8,193 | 🇧🇪 Michael Petit | 24H Series | 3,058 |
| 8,194 | 🏳️ Thiago Medeiros | IndyCar | 3,058 |
| 8,195 | 🇮🇹 Alessandro Giannone | 24H Series | 3,057 |
| 8,196 | 🇺🇸 Caleb Shrader | SCCA Majors | 3,057 |
| 8,197 | 🇻🇪 Carlos Linares | Star Mazda Championship | 3,057 |
| 8,198 | 🇵🇱 Hubert Darmetko | GT Winter Series | 3,057 |
| 8,199 | 🏳️ Richard Parker | Star Mazda Championship | 3,057 |
| 8,200 | 🇬🇧 Tim Davies | International Formula 3000 | 3,057 |
| 8,201 | 🇺🇸 Tom Rosati | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,057 |
| 8,202 | 🇺🇸 Butch Jarvis | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,056 |
| 8,203 | 🏳️ Landon Brown | ARCA Menards Series | 3,056 |
| 8,204 | 🇮🇹 Louis Zurstrassen | FIA GT Championship | 3,056 |
| 8,205 | 🇬🇧 Mark Peters | FIA GT Championship | 3,056 |
| 8,206 | 🇺🇸 Michael Hurczyn | American Endurance Racing | 3,056 |
| 8,207 | 🇨🇦 Robbie Stirling | International Formula 3000 | 3,056 |
Carlos Linares, a Venezuelan driver, competed in three seasons of Star Mazda Championship racing from 2010 to 2012, starting 39 races without recording a win or podium finish. His average finishing position of 12.6 places him in the competitive amateur band at a rating of 2,913; this level describes a driver quick enough to run regularly among professionals but unable to beat them consistently. Linares's record against his most frequent rivals illustrates this gap. He finished behind FIA Gold-graded drivers Gustavo Menezes (a WEC LMP2 champion), Connor De Phillippi (GT World Challenge America Pro champion), and Tristan Vautier (2011 Star Mazda champion) in the vast majority of their shared races; across 38 races against De Phillippi, for instance, Linares finished ahead only six times.[1]
Despite this lopsided head-to-head record, Linares did occasionally beat established competitors. He finished ahead of Menezes five times, De Phillippi six times, and Ryan Tveter (a driver rated 5,590) seven times across their respective shared races. These isolated victories show competitiveness on particular days rather than a sustained pattern of outperforming stronger rivals. Linares raced for Linares Racing, a team that managed 39 of his 39 starts and recorded one win across its entire record with a driver roster that included Kevin Toledo, the team's strongest competitor. His career concluded at the 2012 Star Mazda season, where he finished twentieth overall with no wins or podiums in sixteen rounds.