Andy Christian Soucek Labelle (; born 14 June 1985) is a Spanish-Austrian former professional racing driver.
Career Soucek was born in Madrid, Spain. His father is an Austrian of Czech descent and his mother is French. He holds dual Austrian and Spanish nationality, although he was born in Spain and has spent all his life there. He races under the Spanish flag because he "feels Spanish".Autosport magazine, August 24, 2006 (p.50)
Karting Soucek's career started in professional karting events during 1997, although he would not make a formula debut until his Portuguese Formula Ford drive of 2001. In 2002, he continued with karting whilst driving in Spanish Formula Three. In 2003, he ended his karting commitments, moving to the EV team.
Formula Three Soucek remained with EV during 2004 but would also drive two races for the GTA team. 2005 would be his key year, though, with Soucek's move to the Llusia team paying off after he won the title.
GP2 Series
After being in contention for the 2006 Championship in the World Series by Renault, Soucek signed to race in the GP2 Series for 2007 with the DPR team. He remained with DPR for the first round of the 2008 GP2 Asia Series, but was dropped after signing for rival team FMS International for the premier 2008 championship. Surprisingly, with only five days to the 2008 championship start, FMS International terminated Soucek's contract unilaterally, replacing him with fellow Spaniard Roldán Rodríguez . This left Soucek without time to find a new team in time for the season start. A legal dispute resulted between Soucek and FMS International.
However, Soucek returned to race in the series after one round of the championship as a replacement for the injured Christian Bakkerud in the Super Nova team. After two races with Super Nova, Soucek then returned to the DPR team where he replaced Giacomo Ricci, himself substituting for the injured Michael Herck. and scoring his first championship point. Following his stint with DPR, Soucek returned once more to Super Nova as a permanent replacement for Bakkerud. He achieved one podium (at Hungaroring) and several more point finishes and ended the season tied with Roldán Rodríguez as best Spaniard.
Superleague Formula and Formula Two Soucek also represented the Brazilian side Corinthians (managed by EuroInternational group) in the first race of the 2008 Superleague Formula season, as Corinthians main driver Antônio Pizzonia was unable to participate, because of his schedule in Stock Car Brasil.
From the second race on, Soucek signed for Atlético Madrid to drive their car for the remainder of the 2008 Superleague Formula season.
In 2009, Soucek raced in the newly revived FIA Formula Two Championship, driving car number 22. Soucek clinched the title with three races to spare. As part of his prize for winning the championship, he tested for the Williams Formula One team on 1 December, setting the fastest time of the day.
Formula One Soucek was confident of landing a Williams reserve drive in . However, Williams signed Valtteri Bottas as their official reserve and test driver. Soucek instead signed as a test driver for Virgin Racing, joining Luiz Razia in that role. In August, Soucek left Virgin, stating that the team had broken their contract by not giving him any testing opportunities. In September 2010 he returned to Superleague Formula, racing for Galatasaray.
Sportscar racing Subsequently, Soucek switched to racing GTs, making his debut in the final round of the 2012 Blancpain Endurance Series at the Circuito de Navarra for Boutsen Ginion Racing. Soucek then joined the leading ART Grand Prix to race a McLaren MP4-12C in the 2013 and 2014 Blancpain Endurance seasons, scoring four podiums.
Between 2015 and 2019, Soucek served as a Bentley factory driver. He peaked in the 2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, where Soucek, Vincent Abril and Maxime Soulet finished as runners-up after a victory at the 1000 km Paul Ricard and second place at the 24 Hours of Spa.
In 2011, Soucek co-founded Integrated Racing Performance, a racing driver consultancy company, with Derrick Vopelka and Jorge Gil. Between 2020 and 2022, he was a sporting director at McLaren Barcelona. In November 2022, Soucek formally joined the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) as Vice President of Motorsports.
Racing record Complete Spanish Formula Three Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points 2002 Racing Engineering ALB1 ALB2 JER1 JER2 EST1 EST2 VAL JER1 JER2 JAR1 JAR2 CAT1 CAT2 8th 117 2003 EV Racing ALB1 ALB2 JAR1 JAR2 JER1 JER2 EST1 EST2 VAL1 VAL2 JER CAT1 CAT2 4th 136 2004 EV Racing ALB1 ALB2 JAR1 JAR2 JER1 JER2 EST1 EST2 VAL1 VAL2 JER1 JER2 4th 74 GTA Motor Competición CAT1 CAT2 2005 Llusiá Racing JAR1 JAR2 VAL1 VAL2 ALB EST1 EST2 ALB1 ALB2 VAL1 VAL2 JER1 JER2 CAT1 CAT2 1st 112
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points 2006 Interwetten.com ZOL1 ZOL2 MON1 IST1 IST2 MIS1 MIS2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 DON1 DON2 LMS1 LMS2 CAT1 CAT2 4th 101
Complete GP2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points 2007 DPRBHRFEABHRSPRCATFEACATSPRMONFEAMAGFEAMAGSPRSILFEASILSPRNÜRFEANÜRSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRISTFEAISTSPRMNZFEAMNZSPRSPAFEASPASPRVALFEAVALSPR 16th 15 2008 Super Nova RacingCATFEACATSPRISTFEAISTSPRMAGFEAMAGSPRSILFEASILSPRHOCFEAHOCSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRVALFEAVALSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPR14th14 DPRMONFEAMONSPR
Complete Superleague Formula results (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pos Pts2008SC Corinthians DON1 DON2 9th 264 Atlético Madrid NÜR1 NÜR2 ZOL1 ZOL2 EST1 EST2 VLL1 VLL2 JER1 JER2 18th 1322010Sporting CP SIL1 SIL2 ASS1 ASS2 MAG1 MAG2 JAR1 JAR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZOL1 ZOL2 BRH1 BRH2 ADR1 ADR2 15th 329Galatasaray S.K. POR1 POR2 13th 358CR Flamengo ORD1 ORD2 BEI1 BEI2 NAV1 NAV2 6th 5402011Turkey – Galatasaray S.K. ASS1 ASS2 10th 88Spain – Atlético de Madrid ZOL1 ZOL2 15th 28
Super Final Results (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 122010Sporting CP SIL ASS MAG JAR NÜR ZOL BRH ADRGalatasaray S.K. PORCR Flamengo ORD BEI NAV2011Turkey – Galatasaray S.K. ASSSpain – Atlético de Madrid ZOL
Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2009VAL1VAL2BRN1BRN2SPA1SPA2BRH1BRH2DON1DON2OSC1OSC2IMO1IMO2CAT1CAT21st115
Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points 2014 Beechdean AMR Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Pro NOGQR NOGCR BRHQR BRHCR ZANQR ZANCR SVKQR SVKCR ALGQR ALGCR ZOLQR ZOLCR BAKQR BAKCR 9th 36 2016 Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 Pro MISQR MISCR BRHQR BRHCR NÜRQR NÜRCR HUNQR HUNCR CATQR CATCR 8th 47 2017 Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 Pro MISQR MISCR BRHQR BRHCR ZOLQR ZOLCR HUNQR HUNCR NÜRQR NÜRCR 25th 4
References
External links
Personal web site In Spanish (clicking "Palmarés" key, there's a pdf CV also in English and German)