Carlos Huertas

Carlos Huertas is a Colombian former racing driver. He has previously competed in the IndyCar Series, Formula [Renault 3.5], and the British Formula 3 Championship.

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Racing career

Born in Bogotá, Huertas began his career in Formula BMW UK in 2007 with Räikkönen Robertson Racing where he finished thirteenth. He finished fifth in the World Final race. In 2008, he returned to Räikkönen Robertson but moved to the FBMW Europe series. He finished ninth in the championship. In 2009, he moved to the British Formula 3 Championship with Räikkönen Robertson and finished seventh in points with two podium finishes. He also finished twelfth in the Macau Grand Prix. He returned to British F3 and Räikkönen Robertson in 2010 but dropped to tenth in points, but recorded four podium finishes. In 2011, he remained for a third year in British F3 but switched teams to Carlin Motorsport. Huertas improved to third in the championship points and captured his first series win.
2012 saw Huertas move to Formula Renault 3.5 with Fortec Motorsports. He finished sixteenth in points with a best finish of fourth in the season opener. Huertas switched teams to Carlin in 2013 and improved to 14th in points and captured his first win at Ciudad del Motor de Aragón. It was announced that he would test an IndyCar Series car for Panther Racing in 2014. He was later announced as a driver with Dale Coyne Racing.
Huertas won his first race in a very eventful 2014 Grand Prix of Houston by running more laps in one stint than anybody else. Four days later, the car was found to have an illegally large fuel tank as well as a rear wing infringement. Huertas and the team were each fined $5,000, but the win stood.
Huertas withdrew from the 2015 Indianapolis 500 race due to an inner ear infection and has not competed in IndyCar since.