Dani Clos is a racing driver from Spain who last raced in GP2 Series for MP Motorsport. Clos has recorded 4 wins and 14 podiums from 113 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,509 ranks Clos 601th of 40,349 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.
| 2013-11-01 | Yas Marina Circuit | P5 | +82 |
| 2013-11-01 | Yas Marina Circuit | P2 | +116 |
| 2013-09-20 | Singapore | P10 | +10 |
| 2013-09-20 | Singapore | P21 | โ123 |
| 2013-09-06 | Monza | P18 | โ174 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +174 | Istanbul 2006 | Formula Renault Eurocup | P1 |
| +167 | Istanbul 2006 | Formula Renault Eurocup | P1 |
| +152 | Algarve 2009 | GP2 Series | P3 |
| +145 | Misano 2006 | Formula Renault Eurocup | P1 |
| +137 | Istanbul 2010 | GP2 Series | P1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | โธGP2 Series | MP Motorsport | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | โ364 | 5,619 |
| 2012 | โธGP2 Series | Barwa Addax Team | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | โ205 | 5,982 |
| 2011 | โธGP2 Series | Racing Engineering | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P7 | +154 | 6,188 |
| 2010 | โธGP2 Series | Racing Engineering | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P3 | +744 | 6,034 |
| 2009 | โธGP2 Series | Fat Burner Racing Engineering | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | โ186+38 | 5,290 |
| โธFormula V8 3.5 | Epsilon Euskadi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P24 | โ148 | ||
| 2008 | โธFormula 3 Euro Series | Prema Powerteam | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P12 | +191 | 5,214 |
| 2007 | โธFormula 3 Euro Series | Signature-Plus | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P12 | โ426+273 | 5,023 |
| 2006 | โธFormula Renault Eurocup | Jenzer Motorsport | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | P7 | +808 | 4,324 |
| 2005 | โธFormula Renault Eurocup | Pons Racing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | +2,166 | 3,516 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ๐ฉ๐ช Sam BirdFIA Platinum | 5,981 | 50 | 21 | 29 | 42% |
| ๐ฎ๐น Edoardo MortaraFIA Platinum | 6,550 | 45 | 22 | 23 | 49% |
| ๐ฎ๐น Davide ValsecchiFIA Platinum | 6,170 | 43 | 22 | 21 | 51% |
| ๐ซ๐ท Romain GrosjeanFIA Platinum | 5,272 | 43 | 10 | 33 | 23% |
| ๐ฉ๐ช Nico HรผlkenbergFIA Platinum | 6,898 | 42 | 10 | 32 | 24% |
| ๐ซ๐ท Yann ClairayFIA Silver | 5,061 | 40 | 13 | 27 | 33% |
| ๐ป๐ช Rodolfo GonzalezFIA Silver | 4,183 | 39 | 35 | 4 | 90% |
| ๐ซ๐ท Tom DillmannFIA Gold | 5,685 | 38 | 17 | 21 | 45% |
| ๐ซ๐ท Jules Bianchi | 5,781 | 37 | 16 | 21 | 43% |
| ๐ณ๐ฑ Giedo Van Der GardeFIA Platinum | 5,284 | 37 | 17 | 20 | 46% |
| ๐ณ๐ฟ Mitch EvansFIA Platinum, 1ร champion | 6,953 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% |
| ๐ฆ๐บ Daniel RicciardoFIA Platinum, 1ร champion | 6,735 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| ๐ฒ๐ฝ Sergio PรฉrezFIA Platinum | 6,571 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 53% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 591 | ๐บ๐ธ Dane Cameron | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,518 |
| 592 | ๐ฆ๐น Ferdinand Habsburg | WEC | 5,518 |
| 593 | ๐ธ๐ช Johan Kristoffersson | Nรผrburgring 24 Hours | 5,515 |
| 594 | ๐ฏ๐ต Satoru Nakajima | Formula 1 | 5,515 |
| 595 | ๐ฏ๐ต Yuto Nomura | Super GT | 5,513 |
| 596 | ๐ฎ๐น Corrado Fabi | International Formula 3000 | 5,512 |
| 597 | ๐บ๐ธ Ugo Ugochukwu | Formula 3 | 5,511 |
| 598 | ๐ญ๐ฐ Ho-Pin Tung | 24H Series | 5,510 |
| 599 | ๐ฌ๐ง Lance Macklin | Formula 1 | 5,510 |
| 600 | ๐ฒ๐ฝ Adriรกn Fernรกndez Gonzรกlez | NASCAR Xfinity | 5,509 |
| 601 | ๐ช๐ธ Dani Clos | GP2 Series | 5,509 |
| 602 | ๐ฏ๐ต Sena Sakaguchi | Super GT | 5,509 |
| 603 | ๐ฎ๐น Thomas Biagi | FIA GT Championship | 5,509 |
| 604 | ๐ฌ๐ง Louis Foster | IndyCar | 5,507 |
| 605 | ๐บ๐ธ Matt Kenseth | NASCAR Cup Series | 5,507 |
| 606 | ๐ฌ๐ง Brian Naylor | Formula 1 | 5,506 |
| 607 | ๐ง๐ท Raul Boesel | IndyCar | 5,504 |
| 608 | ๐ณ๐ฑ Arie Luyendyk | IndyCar | 5,503 |
| 609 | ๐ซ๐ท Arthur Pic | GP2 Series | 5,502 |
| 610 | ๐ง๐ช Bert Longin | 24H Series | 5,501 |
| 611 | ๐ซ๐ท Robert Manzon | Formula 1 | 5,500 |
Dani Clos is a retired Spanish single-seater driver who raced in European open-wheel championships between 2005 and 2013. An established professional with a rating of 5,509, he competed primarily in GP2 Series for MP Motorsport, where he took 54 starts across five seasons, alongside runs in Formula 3 Euro Series, Formula Renault Eurocup and Formula V8 3.5. In 2012 he served as test driver for the HRT Formula One team.[1]
Clos won four races across his career: three in Formula Renault Eurocup in his first two seasons and one in GP2 in 2009โ2013. He took fourteen podiums from 113 starts. His most frequent rivals were established professionals Sam Bird and Edoardo Mortara, both of whom he matched closely in regular competition. Across the grid he finished ahead of drivers who went on to stronger careers, including Mitch Evans three times and Nico Hรผlkenberg, the 2008 Formula 3 Euro champion and 2009 GP2 champion, on ten occasions. His final season in 2013 yielded a single podium from nine rounds and left him twentieth in the GP2 championship standings.[2]