🇨🇴 Julián Leal

Julián Leal is an established professional who raced single-seater open-wheel championships from 2009 to 2015. He competed across Formula V8 3.5 and the GP2 Series, spending the majority of his career with Carlin. Leal finished 14th in the GP2 Series championship standings in 2015, his final season of racing.[1]

Leal took one podium finish across 26 starts in Formula V8 3.5 between 2009 and 2010, then moved to the GP2 Series where he contested 88 starts over five seasons from 2011 to 2015 and secured four podium finishes. His career totalled 114 starts and five podiums across both championships.[2]

Both series drew fields that mixed amateurs and semi-professionals with graded professionals. Leal proved closely matched against regular opponents such as Stefano Coletti and Nathanael Berthon, both FIA Gold–graded drivers with extensive careers across multiple single-seater and touring car categories. He also finished ahead of Pierre Gasly nine times, an elite professional and 2013 Formula Renault Eurocup champion who went on to race Formula 1, though Gasly's dominance in the shared field was clear. Carlin, Leal's primary team, operated at the level of one of the strongest outfits in the championships, fielding drivers across a broad spectrum of ability and running a high number of entries each season.