Daniel Juncadella

Daniel Juncadella Pérez-Sala is a Spanish racing driver who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Genesis Magma Racing. He is son of Xavier Juncadella and nephew of José María Juncadella, Alex Soler-Roig and Luis Pérez-Sala, also racecar drivers.

Early career

Karting

Juncadella began his motorsport career in karting in 2004, finishing 21st in the Copa Campeones Trophy Junior. He also finished 32nd in the Andrea Margutti Trophy ICA Junior class.

Master Junior Formula

Juncadella began his formula racing career in the 2007 Master Junior Formula season. He finished as runner-up in the championship, with seven wins and 359 points; losing out to Isaac Lopez by nine points.

Formula BMW

After six races at the end of the 2007 Formula BMW ADAC season, the following season, Juncadella competed in the new-for-2008 Formula BMW Europe series for EuroInternational. He finished fourth in the standings, taking thirteen points-scoring positions in sixteen races, including two wins at the Hungaroring. For 2009, Juncadella remained in the series, staying with EuroInternational. He finished as runner-up behind Brazilian team-mate Felipe Nasr in the championship with one win at Monza Circuit. Juncadella finished every race in the points, but was not enough to keep his backing from the Red Bull Junior Team.

Formula Three

Juncadella stepped up to the Formula 3 Euro Series for the 2010 season, joining Nicolas Marroc at Prema Powerteam, supported by professional road bicycle racing team Astana. At his first event at Circuit Paul Ricard, Juncadella took his first pole position before finishing fourth in the first race.

Formula One

Juncadella tested with Williams F1 during the Young Drivers test at Silverstone, setting the fifth best time on the first day.
On 24 January 2014, Juncadella joined Force India as a reserve driver. He attended all races and took part in Friday practice sessions.
In December 2024, Juncadella joined Aston Martin as a simulation driver for the 2025 season.

Sportscar career

DTM

For the 2013 season, Juncadella raced with Mercedes in the DTM. Following three seasons with Mücke Motorsport, the Spaniard left the series for a year to race for AKKA ASP in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and Sprint Cup championships. Juncadella returned to the DTM in 2018, where he scored three pole positions and two podiums, including a victory at Brands Hatch, on his way to 15th in the standings. The following year, Juncadella joined the Aston Martin Vantage DTM project with R-Motorsport, and although he beat teammates Paul di Resta, Jake Dennis, and Ferdinand Habsburg in the overall classifications, the Spanish driver only finished 14th in points.
In 2021, Juncadella returned after a year of absence to pilot GruppeM Racing's Mercedes during the series's first season under GT3 regulations. He was able to finish in the points more often than not, which yielded ninth position in the standings with one podium at the Nürburgring.

Focus on GTWC

Following multiple years of incomplete campaigns in the series, Juncadella would partake in a full season of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup in 2022, driving at AKKodis ASP with fellow factory drivers Raffaele Marciello and Jules Gounon. The trio shone throughout the year, notably winning the 24 Hours of Spa, and secured the Endurance Cup title thanks to another victory at the Barcelona season finale. During 2022, Juncadella also drove in all four events of the Intercontinental GT Challenge, adding a victory at Indianapolis to the aforementioned one at Spa and finishing second at the Bathurst 12 Hours to win the IGTC drivers' championship.

IMSA

The 2023 season saw Juncadella compete for WeatherTech Racing in the GTD Pro category of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, where he paired up with Jules Gounon. Together with Maro Engel, the duo shone at the designated endurance races, winning their class at the 24 Hours of Daytona as well as at the season-ending Petit Le Mans race, wins which helped them towards a Michelin Endurance Cup title. Two further wins in sprint events helped them towards second place in the overall classification, as Lexus's Jack Hawksworth and Ben Barnicoat dominated the year.

Personal life

Juncadella list his hobbies as cross-country skiing, padel tennis, golf, music, going out, while his favourite circuit is Monza Circuit, where he won once during the 2009 Formula BMW Europe season. His favorite drivers are Mika Häkkinen and Michael Schumacher.
Juncadella is the nephew of Luis Pérez-Sala, who drove for the Minardi Formula One team in and and was team principal of the Spanish HRT F1 in.

Racing record

Career summary

^† As Juncadella was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula BMW ADAC results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2007	AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH	OSC1 1	OSC1 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	NÜR1 1	NÜR1 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	OSC2 1 9	OSC2 2 Ret	NÜR2 1 12	NÜR2 2 21†	CAT 1 11	CAT 2 9	HOC 1	HOC 2	23rd	86

Complete Formula BMW Europe results

Year

Entrant

Points

2008

EuroInternational

CAT
1
2

CAT
2
3

ZOL
1
2

ZOL
2
6

SIL
1
8

SIL
2
7

HOC
1
6

HOC
2
4

HUN
1
1

HUN
2
1

VSC
1
Ret

VSC
2
5

SPA
1
10

SPA
2
7

MNZ
1
Ret

MNZ
2
17

4th

237

2009

EuroInternational

CAT
1
5

CAT
2
3

ZAN
1
3

ZAN
2
3

SIL
1
7

SIL
2
7

NÜR
1
7

NÜR
2
4

HUN
1
5

HUN
2
3

VSC
1
5

VSC
2
4

SPA
1
6

SPA
2
3

MNZ
1
1

MNZ
2
2

2nd

288

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

Complete GP3 Series results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2010	Tech 1 Racing	CAT FEA 11	CAT SPR 11	IST FEA	IST SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	SIL FEA Ret	SIL SPR Ret	HOC FEA 8	HOC SPR 2	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA 5	SPA SPR DSQ	MNZ FEA 22	MNZ SPR Ret	14th	10

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

^† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 75% of the winner's race distance.

Complete Formula One participations

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	WDC	Points
2014	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM07	Mercedes PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6 t	AUS	MAL	BHR	CHN	ESP	MON	CAN	AUT	GBR TD	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA TD	SIN	JPN	RUS	USA	BRA TD	ABU	–	–

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year

Entrant

Class

Car

Engine

Rank

Points

2024

TF Sport

LMGT3

Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R

Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8

QAT
10

IMO
8

SPA
12

LMS
9

SÃO
Ret

COA
8

FUJ
Ret

BHR
3

14th

2025