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 7723th 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.
| 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 | 5,440 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇨🇦 Rusty Mitchell | 4,688 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇨🇦 David OstellaFIA Silver | 4,663 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇧🇷 Denis Navarro | 4,441 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇬🇧 Adam ChristodoulouFIA Gold | 4,422 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇳🇴 Anders KrohnFIA Bronze | 4,398 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Alex Ardoin | 4,259 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇻🇪 Jorge Goncalvez | 4,212 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇮🇪 Peter DempseyFIA Bronze | 4,186 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇧🇷 Caio Lara | 4,092 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7,713 | 🇬🇧 Adam Topping | FIA GT Championship | 3,128 |
| 7,714 | 🇸🇦 Ahmed Bin-Khanen | FIA World Touring Car Cup | 3,128 |
| 7,715 | 🇵🇱 Borys Lyzen | Spanish F4 | 3,128 |
| 7,716 | 🇺🇸 Carlos Contreras | NASCAR Truck | 3,128 |
| 7,717 | 🇧🇪 Fanny Duchateau | FIA GT Championship | 3,128 |
| 7,718 | 🏳️ Jeff Gallup | NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour | 3,128 |
| 7,719 | 🇺🇸 Joe Fields | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,128 |
| 7,720 | 🇬🇧 John SEALE | British GT Championship | 3,128 |
| 7,721 | 🇺🇸 Clay Dale | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,127 |
| 7,722 | 🇪🇸 Francesc Moreno | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,127 |
| 7,723 | 🇻🇪 Gustavo Linares | Star Mazda Championship | 3,127 |
| 7,724 | 🇫🇷 Hervé 'Knapick' Lemonnier | FIA GT Championship | 3,127 |
| 7,725 | 🇲🇹 Keith Camilleri | Italian F4 | 3,127 |
| 7,726 | 🇺🇸 Kory Enders | Indy Pro 2000 Championship | 3,127 |
| 7,727 | 🇷🇺 Tikhon Kharitonov | Italian F4 | 3,127 |
| 7,728 | 🇨🇭 Bruno Michelotti | FIA GT Championship | 3,126 |
| 7,729 | 🏳️ Eric Cayton | Trans-Am TA2 | 3,126 |
| 7,730 | 🇺🇸 Erich Joiner | Trans-Am | 3,126 |
| 7,731 | 🇺🇸 Hunter Deshautelle | ARCA Menards Series | 3,126 |
| 7,732 | 🇯🇵 Kim Han Bong | Super GT | 3,126 |
| 7,733 | 🇮🇹 Martijn Koene | FIA GT Championship | 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.