Gustavo Linares is a racing driver from Venezuela who last raced in Star Mazda Championship for JDC Motorsports. Linares has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 3 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,127 ranks Linares 7791th of 40,700 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.
| 2009-07-10 | Iowa | P11 | +32 |
| 2009-06-19 | Milwaukee | P20 | −93 |
| 2009-05-15 | Miller | P33 | −146 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +33 | Iowa 2009 | Star Mazda Championship | P11 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | JDC Motorsports | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +1,777 | 3,127 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Conor DalyFIA Gold | 5,394 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇮🇪 Peter DempseyFIA Bronze | 4,761 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇨🇦 Rusty Mitchell | 4,690 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇨🇦 David OstellaFIA Silver | 4,666 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇧🇷 Denis Navarro | 4,467 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇳🇴 Anders KrohnFIA Bronze | 4,400 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Adam ChristodoulouFIA Gold | 4,311 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Alex Ardoin | 4,259 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇻🇪 Jorge Goncalvez | 4,225 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇧🇷 Caio Lara | 4,092 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7,781 | 🇸🇦 Ahmed Bin-Khanen | FIA World Touring Car Cup | 3,128 |
| 7,782 | 🇺🇸 Carlos Contreras | NASCAR Truck | 3,128 |
| 7,783 | 🇧🇪 Fanny Duchateau | FIA GT Championship | 3,128 |
| 7,784 | 🏳️ Jeff Gallup | NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour | 3,128 |
| 7,785 | 🇺🇸 Joe Fields | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,128 |
| 7,786 | 🇬🇧 John SEALE | British GT Championship | 3,128 |
| 7,787 | 🇪🇸 Marta García | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,128 |
| 7,788 | 🇺🇸 Alexandra Hainer | McLaren Trophy America | 3,127 |
| 7,789 | 🇺🇸 Clay Dale | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,127 |
| 7,790 | 🇪🇸 Francesc Moreno | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,127 |
| 7,791 | 🇻🇪 Gustavo Linares | Star Mazda Championship | 3,127 |
| 7,792 | 🇫🇷 Hervé 'Knapick' Lemonnier | FIA GT Championship | 3,127 |
| 7,793 | 🇲🇹 Keith Camilleri | Italian F4 | 3,127 |
| 7,794 | 🇮🇹 Marco Pulcini | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,127 |
| 7,795 | 🇷🇺 Tikhon Kharitonov | Italian F4 | 3,127 |
| 7,796 | 🇨🇭 Bruno Michelotti | FIA GT Championship | 3,126 |
| 7,797 | 🇯🇵 Kim Han Bong | Super GT | 3,126 |
| 7,798 | 🇺🇸 Marc Austin | GT World Challenge America | 3,126 |
| 7,799 | 🇮🇹 Martijn Koene | FIA GT Championship | 3,126 |
| 7,800 | 🇯🇵 Masato Narisawa | Super GT | 3,126 |
| 7,801 | 🇮🇹 Nicholas Pujatti | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 3,126 |
Gustavo Linares was a Venezuelan single-seater driver whose career comprised three starts in the Star Mazda Championship in 2009, competing for JDC Motorsports. He scored no wins or podium finishes, averaging a 21st-place finish across his three races. Linares operates at the semi-professional level; a rating of 3,120 places him among drivers who find themselves mid-pack among full professionals. His record reflects a driver at the entry end of a strong feeder series, racing against much more accomplished competitors.[1]
Linares raced entirely among peers who had already established themselves as serious competitors. He encountered Adam Christodoulou, who won the 2009 Star Mazda Championship itself, and Conor Daly, a FIA Gold-graded driver who would win the series the following year; against both he finished ahead once in three meetings, though he trailed them twice more. Against four other professional rivals, Peter Dempsey, Anders Krohn, Rusty Mitchell, and Conor's future rival in the category, Linares failed to finish ahead in any of his nine encounters across all series. JDC Motorsports, the team fielding him, had a competitive record elsewhere with 27 wins across the index.
This was a brief campaign with no continuation. Linares retired after 2009 having completed his only season of recorded racing.