Luis Perez-Sala is a racing driver from Spain who last raced in Formula 1 for Minardi. Perez-Sala has recorded 4 wins and 6 podiums from 47 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,918 ranks Perez-Sala 298th 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.
| 1989-10-22 | Suzuka | DNF | −132 |
| 1989-10-01 | Circuito de Jerez | DNF | −28 |
| 1989-09-24 | Autódromo do Estoril | P12 | +25 |
| 1989-09-10 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | P8 | +79 |
| 1989-08-27 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | P15 | −9 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +144 | Mediterraneo 1986 | International Formula 3000 | P1 |
| +130 | Birmingham 1986 | International Formula 3000 | P1 |
| +127 | Donington 1987 | International Formula 3000 | P1 |
| +116 | Spa-Francorchamps 1986 | International Formula 3000 | P4 |
| +111 | Vallelunga 1987 | International Formula 3000 | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | ▸Formula 1 | Minardi | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | P16 | −112 | 5,936 |
| 1988 | ▸Formula 1 | Minardi | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −215 | 6,048 |
| 1987 | ▸International Formula 3000 | Lola | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | P3 | +185 | 6,262 |
| 1986 | ▸International Formula 3000 | Pavesi Corse | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P3 | +4,728 | 6,078 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇷 Maurício Gugelmin | 5,536 | 46 | 27 | 19 | 59% |
| 🇮🇹 Pierluigi Martini | 5,652 | 40 | 23 | 17 | 57% |
| 🇮🇹 Ivan Capelli | 5,002 | 36 | 18 | 18 | 50% |
| 🇮🇹 Stefano Modena | 5,842 | 34 | 20 | 14 | 59% |
| 🇮🇹 Gabriele TarquiniFIA Silver | 4,858 | 31 | 20 | 11 | 65% |
| 🇫🇷 Philippe Alliot | 4,302 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 57% |
| 🇯🇵 Satoru Nakajima | 5,515 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 44% |
| 🇫🇷 Alain Prost | 6,802 | 26 | 1 | 25 | 4% |
| 🇮🇹 Riccardo PatreseFIA Bronze | 6,417 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 46% |
| 🇧🇷 Ayrton Senna | 6,332 | 26 | 5 | 21 | 19% |
| 🇧🇷 Nelson PiquetFIA Platinum, 3× champion | 6,711 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 40% |
| 🇦🇹 Gerhard BergerHigher-rated | 6,491 | 25 | 9 | 16 | 36% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 288 | 🇮🇩 Rio Haryanto | Formula 1 | 5,930 |
| 289 | 🇺🇸 Pat Flaherty | Formula 1 | 5,929 |
| 290 | 🇳🇱 Richard Verschoor | European Le Mans Series | 5,929 |
| 291 | 🇫🇷 Yannick Dalmas | FIA GT Championship | 5,929 |
| 292 | 🇮🇹 Gerino Gerini | Formula 1 | 5,926 |
| 293 | 🇺🇸 Michael McDowell | NASCAR Cup Series | 5,925 |
| 294 | 🇺🇸 Jamie McMurray | NASCAR Truck | 5,923 |
| 295 | 🇬🇧 Cliff Allison | Formula 1 | 5,922 |
| 296 | 🇬🇧 Alexander Rossi | IndyCar | 5,919 |
| 297 | 🇺🇸 Johnny Boyd | Formula 1 | 5,918 |
| 298 | 🇪🇸 Luis Perez-Sala | Formula 1 | 5,918 |
| 299 | 🇮🇹 Antonio Giovinazzi | WEC | 5,916 |
| 300 | 🇩🇪 Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Formula 1 | 5,916 |
| 301 | 🇮🇹 Consalvo Sanesi | Formula 1 | 5,915 |
| 302 | 🇫🇷 Anthoine Hubert | Formula 2 | 5,914 |
| 303 | 🇺🇸 Rodger Ward | Formula 1 | 5,914 |
| 304 | 🇬🇧 James Hunt | Formula 1 | 5,912 |
| 305 | 🇫🇷 Michel Leclère | Formula 1 | 5,911 |
| 306 | 🇩🇪 Christian Danner | Formula 1 | 5,910 |
| 307 | 🇧🇪 Lucien Bianchi | Formula 1 | 5,910 |
| 308 | 🇫🇷 Patrick Tambay | Formula 1 | 5,910 |
Luis Perez-Sala was an established professional racing single-seaters in the mid-to-late 1980s. He raced in International Formula 3000 from 1986 to 1987 for Lola, then moved to Formula 1 with Minardi in 1988 and 1989.[1]
Perez-Sala took six podiums across his career, four of them in Formula 3000 where he was regularly competitive against established professionals. In Formula 1 he raced at Minardi, a team that fielded 37 drivers during this period without recording a race win; his strongest teammate comparison in the index comes against Maurício Gugelmin and Pierluigi Martini, both established professionals with longer Formula 1 careers, against whom he was closely matched. He finished ahead of Riccardo Patrese, a Bronze-graded driver with 257 Formula 1 starts, once in their meetings.[2]