David Vidales
David Vidales Ajenjo is a Spanish racing driver who last competed in the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with AF Corse. He was a race winner in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for Campos Racing and a podium finisher in the Super Formula Lights with B-Max Racing.
Junior racing career
Karting
Vidales started karting in 2013 where he won the Spanish Karting Championship, he won it for the 2nd time the following year. In 2017 Vidales joined the Tony Kart racing team where he finished 3rd in the WSK Final Cup and then in the same year he came runner up in the CIK-FIA World Championship beating the likes of FIA Formula 3 driver Clément Novalak, former Ferrari Driver Academy driver Gianluca Petecof and British F3 driver Ulysse de Pauw. Vidales then finished 3rd in the Kart World Cup in 2018 and then managed to improve by one place in 2019.Formula Renault Eurocup
In late July 2020, Vidales management team announced he’d be joining JD Motorsport for the second round in Imola. In his first professional single seater race Vidales put his car on pole for the 1st race. He pulled away from Finnish teammate William Alatalo, despite a couple of safety cars Vidales kept in front and won his first ever single seater race. In the 2nd race, JD Motorsport locked out the front row, Vidales starting in 2nd, however he jumped Alatalo at the start and from that point he controlled the race and won once again. Vidales would finish on the podium a further three times throughout the campaign, and finished sixth in the overall championship standings and second in the rookie standings, only behind Alex Quinn.Formula Regional European Championship
In December 2020, Vidales switched to Prema Powerteam to contest the 2021 season following the merger between Formula Renault Eurocup and the Formula Regional European Championship. The Spaniard won the first race of the season at Imola, having dominated the race with pole position and every lap led.FIA Formula 3 Championship
Vidales joined Campos Racing for the 2022 F3 season, after testing with them the previous year in post-season testing.Formula One
In November 2016, Vidales partook in a test with the Ferrari Driver Academy alongside Tony Kart teammate Marcus Armstrong.Super Formula
At the end of 2022, Vidales partook in a Super Formula test with B-Max Racing. In March 2023, the team announced that Vidales would switch from Formula 3 to Super Formula Lights for the 2023 season.Endurance racing career
2024
In 2024, Vidales switched to endurance racing, joining the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with AF Corse.Karting record
Karting career summary
Racing record
Racing career summary
Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
| 2020 | JD Motorsport | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | IMO 1 1 | IMO 2 1 | NÜR 1 3 | NÜR 2 8 | MAG 1 2 | MAG 2 3 | ZAN 1 3 | ZAN 2 4 | CAT 1 11 | CAT 2 4 | SPA 1 10 | SPA 2 16 | IMO 1 Ret | IMO 2 Ret | HOC 1 6 | HOC 2 7 | LEC 1 6 | LEC 2 9 | 6th | 169 |
Complete F3 Asian Championship results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
| 2021 | Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema | DUB 1 | DUB 2 | DUB 3 | ABU 1 | ABU 2 | ABU 3 | ABU 1 | ABU 2 | ABU 3 | DUB 1 9 | DUB 2 11 | DUB 3 2 | ABU 1 6 | ABU 2 5 | ABU 3 12 | 13th | 38 |
Complete Formula Regional European Championship results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
| 2021 | Prema Powerteam | IMO 1 1 | IMO 2 7 | CAT 1 Ret | CAT 2 Ret | MCO 1 7 | MCO 2 6 | LEC 1 11 | LEC 2 8 | ZAN 1 11 | ZAN 2 14 | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 25 | RBR 1 13 | RBR 2 7 | VAL 1 2 | VAL 2 5 | MUG 1 3 | MUG 2 15 | MNZ 1 10 | MNZ 2 Ret | 10th | 102 |
Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Points |
| 2022 | Campos Racing | BHR SPR 10 | BHR FEA 8 | IMO SPR 11 | IMO FEA 8 | CAT SPR 1 | CAT FEA Ret | SIL SPR 12 | SIL FEA 9 | RBR SPR 18 | RBR FEA 12 | HUN SPR Ret | HUN FEA 13 | SPA SPR 7 | SPA FEA 8 | ZAN SPR 21 | ZAN FEA Ret | MNZ SPR DNS | MNZ FEA Ret | 16th | 29 |
Complete Super Formula Lights results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
| 2023 | B-Max Racing Team | AUT 1 4 | AUT 2 Ret | AUT 3 4 | SUG 1 11 | SUG 2 5 | SUG 3 6 | SUZ 1 6 | SUZ 2 6 | SUZ 3 10 | FUJ 1 Ret | FUJ 2 10 | FUJ 3 10 | OKA 1 4 | OKA 2 7 | OKA 3 3 | MOT 1 DNS | MOT 2 WD | MOT 3 WD | 9th | 19 |