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Albert Costa Balboa

nationality Spanish age 29 years old hometown Barcelona

Racing highlights

2017	3rd	International GT Open - GT3 PRO
2012	1st	Mégane Trophy Eurocup
2009	1st	Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup
2009	1st	Formula Renault 2.0 WEC

Racing career summary

Races entered	165
Wins	26
Podiums	52
Pole positions	27
Fastest laps	32
Race win percentage	15.8%
Podium percentage	31.5%

Karting highlights

2005	1st	Italian Open Masters ICA Junior
2005	2nd	South Garda Winter Cup ICA Junior

Disclaimer: the data and summaries are all taken from the data available in the career details section further below on this page. If you know of things missing or have corrections, please log in and submit them.

Driver comparisons

The latest Head-to-Head comparisons generated for Albert Costa Balboa.

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Career overview – years in numbers

The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the Career details further below on the page. Seasons spanning over two years (for example 2013-14 championships) have their race results accounted for in the year the championship ends.

2019	Racing	5 races	1 win	3 podiums	0 pole position	1 fastest race lap
2018	Racing	19 races	1 win	1 podium	0 pole position	2 fastest race laps
2017	Racing	23 races	4 wins	7 podiums	4 pole position	5 fastest race laps
2016	Racing	4 races	0 wins	0 podiums	0 pole position	0 fastest race laps
2012	Racing	14 races	7 wins	11 podiums	8 pole position	6 fastest race laps
2011	Racing	17 races	1 win	4 podiums	1 pole positions	1 fastest race lap
2010	Racing	17 races	0 wins	3 podiums	0 pole position	0 fastest race laps
2009	Racing	28 races	12 wins	19 podiums	13 pole position	16 fastest race laps
2008	Racing	29 races	0 wins	4 podiums	1 pole positions	1 fastest race lap
2007	Racing	9 races	0 wins	0 podiums	0 pole position	0 fastest race laps
2006	Karting	Detailed karting statistics not covered by Driver Database.
2005	Karting	Detailed karting statistics not covered by Driver Database.
2004	Karting	Detailed karting statistics not covered by Driver Database.

Career details – the racing career of Albert Costa Balboa


Position	Points	Team
	0	Emil Frey Racing
Races	Wins	Podiums	Pole positions*	Fastest laps
5	1	3	0	1
* only pole positions from timed qualifying sessions.
Car		Engine		Tyres
Lamborghini Huracan GT3

Click to show race results for International GT Open - GT3 PRO 2019.

#	Date	Circuit	Position
1	2019-04-27	Paul Ricard	1
2	2019-04-28	Paul Ricard	4
3	2019-05-25	Hockenheim	3
4	2019-05-26	Hockenheim	2
5	2019-06-08	Spa-Francorchamps	4


Position	Points	Team
13th	15.5	Emil Frey Lexus Racing
Races	Wins	Podiums	Pole positions*	Fastest laps
10	0	0	0	2
* only pole positions from timed qualifying sessions.
Car		Engine		Tyres
Lexus RC F GT3

Click to show race results for Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Overall 2018.

#	Date	Circuit	Position
1	2018-04-07	Zolder	DNF
2	2018-04-08	Zolder	20
3	2018-05-05	Brands Hatch	11
4	2018-05-06	Brands Hatch	14
5	2018-06-23	Misano	9
6	2018-06-24	Misano	DNF
7	2018-09-01	Hungaroring	6
8	2018-09-02	Hungaroring	7
9	2018-09-15	Nürburgring	5
10	2018-09-16	Nürburgring	7


Position	Points	Team
9th	35	Emil Frey Lexus Racing
Races	Wins	Podiums	Pole positions*	Fastest laps
5	1	1	0	0
* only pole positions from timed qualifying sessions.
Car		Engine		Tyres
Lexus RC F GT3

Click to show race results for Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro 2018.

#	Date	Circuit	Position
1	2018-04-22	Monza	13
2	2018-05-20	Silverstone	9
3	2018-06-02	Paul Ricard	1
4	2018-07-29	Spa-Francorchamps	13
5	2018-09-30	Catalunya	DNF


Position	Points	Team
35th	0
Races	Wins	Podiums	Pole positions*	Fastest laps
3	0	0	0	0
* only pole positions from timed qualifying sessions.
Car		Engine		Tyres
Porsche 904		Porsche 2.0

Click to show race results for Le Mans Classic - Plateau 4 2018.

#	Date	Circuit	Position
1	2018-07-07	Le Mans	51
2	2018-07-08	Le Mans	37
3	2018-07-08	Le Mans	33


Position	Points	Team
13th	0	Emil Frey Lexus Racing
Races	Wins	Podiums	Pole positions*	Fastest laps
1	0	0	0	0
* only pole positions from timed qualifying sessions.
Car		Engine		Tyres
Lexus RC F GT3		Toyota 5.4

Click to show race results for Total 24 Hours of Spa - Pro Class 2018.

#	Date	Circuit	Position	Pole position	Fastest lap
1	2018-07-29	Spa-Francorchamps	13


Position	Points	Team
28th	1	Emil Frey Jaguar Racing
Races	Wins	Podiums	Pole positions*	Fastest laps
4	0	0	0	0
* only pole positions from timed qualifying sessions.
Car		Engine		Tyres
Emil Frey Jaguar G3				Pirelli

Click to show race results for Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro 2017.

#	Date	Circuit	Position
1	2017-04-23	Monza	18
2	2017-05-14	Silverstone	10
3	2017-06-24	Paul Ricard	23
4	2017-07-30	Spa-Francorchamps	DNF


Position	Points	Team
3rd	98	Emil Frey Lexus Racing
Races	Wins	Podiums	Pole positions*	Fastest laps
14	4	7	4	5
* only pole positions from timed qualifying sessions.
Car		Engine		Tyres
Lexus RC-F GT3

Click to show race results for International GT Open - GT3 PRO 2017.

#	Date	Circuit	Position
1	2017-04-29	Estoril	1
2	2017-04-30	Estoril	5
3	2017-05-27	Spa-Francorchamps	1
4	2017-05-28	Spa-Francorchamps	7
5	2017-06-10	Paul Ricard	3
6	2017-06-11	Paul Ricard	6
7	2017-07-01	Hungaroring	3
8	2017-07-02	Hungaroring	DNF
9	2017-09-02	Silverstone	1
10	2017-09-03	Silverstone	3
11	2017-09-30	Monza	8
12	2017-10-01	Monza	5
13	2017-10-28	Catalunya	DNF
14	2017-10-29	Catalunya	1


Position	Points	Team
32nd	14	Callaway Competition
Races	Wins	Podiums	Pole positions*	Fastest laps
2	0	0	0	0
* only pole positions from timed qualifying sessions.
Car		Engine		Tyres
Chevrolet Corvette C7 GT3				Pirelli

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#	Date	Circuit	Position	Pole position	Fastest lap
9	2017-08-05	Nürburgring	5
10	2017-08-06	Nürburgring	8


Position	Points	Team
	0	Emil Frey Lexus Racing
Races	Wins	Podiums	Pole positions*	Fastest laps
2	0	0	0	0
* only pole positions from timed qualifying sessions.
Car		Engine		Tyres
Lexus RC F GT3

Click to show race results for Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Overall 2017.

#	Date	Circuit	Position	Pole position	Fastest lap
9	2017-09-16	Nürburgring	22
10	2017-09-17	Nürburgring	21


Position	Points	Team
	0	Emil Frey Jaguar Racing
Races	Wins	Podiums	Pole positions*	Fastest laps
1	0	0	0	0
* only pole positions from timed qualifying sessions.
Car		Engine		Tyres
Jaguar XKR		Jaguar 5.0		Pirelli

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#	Date	Circuit	Position	Pole position	Fastest lap
2	2017-07-29	Spa-Francorchamps	DNF


Position	Points	Team
	0	Emil Frey Racing
Races	Wins	Podiums	Pole positions*	Fastest laps
4	0	0	0	0
* only pole positions from timed qualifying sessions.
Car		Engine		Tyres
Emil Frey Jaguar G3

Click to show race results for Blancpain Endurance Series - GT3 Overall 2016.

#	Date	Circuit	Position
1	2016-04-24	Monza	14
2	2016-05-15	Silverstone	22
4	2016-07-31	Spa-Francorchamps	27
5	2016-09-18	Nürburgring	DNF


Position	Points	Team
1st	251	Oregon Team-1
Races	Wins	Podiums	Pole positions*	Fastest laps
14	7	11	8	6
* only pole positions from timed qualifying sessions.
Car		Engine		Tyres
Renault Megane

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#	Date	Circuit	Position
1	2012-05-05	Motorland	2
2	2012-05-06	Motorland	3
3	2012-06-02	Spa-Francorchamps	DNF
4	2012-06-03	Spa-Francorchamps	3
5	2012-06-30	Nürburgring	1
6	2012-07-01	Nürburgring	2
7	2012-07-14	Autodrom Moscow	5
8	2012-07-15	Autodrom Moscow	1
9	2012-09-15	Hungaroring	1
10	2012-09-16	Hungaroring	1
11	2012-09-29	Paul Ricard	1
12	2012-09-30	Paul Ricard	1
13	2012-10-20	Catalunya	DNF
14	2012-10-21	Catalunya	1


Position	Points	Team
4th	151	EPIC Racing
Races	Wins	Podiums	Pole positions*	Fastest laps
17	1	4	1	1
* only pole positions from timed qualifying sessions.
Car		Engine		Tyres
Dallara T08		Nissan VQ35		Michelin

Click to show race results for Formula Renault 3.5 Series 2011.

#	Date	Circuit	Position
1	2011-04-16	Motorland	4
2	2011-04-17	Motorland	3
3	2011-04-30	Spa-Francorchamps	3
4	2011-05-01	Spa-Francorchamps	5
5	2011-05-14	Monza	18
6	2011-05-15	Monza	5
7	2011-05-28	Monte Carlo	9
8	2011-06-18	Nürburgring	5
9	2011-06-19	Nürburgring	6
10	2011-07-02	Hungaroring	DNF
11	2011-07-03	Hungaroring	2
12	2011-08-20	Silverstone	5
13	2011-08-21	Silverstone	5
14	2011-09-17	Paul Ricard	DQ
15	2011-09-18	Paul Ricard	7
16	2011-10-08	Catalunya	DNF
17	2011-10-09	Catalunya	1


Position	Points	Team
5th	78	Epsilon Euskadi
Races	Wins	Podiums	Pole positions*	Fastest laps
17	0	3	0	0
* only pole positions from timed qualifying sessions.
Car		Engine		Tyres
Dallara T08		Nissan VQ35		Michelin

Click to show race results for Formula Renault 3.5 Series 2010.

#	Date	Circuit	Position
1	2010-04-17	Motorland	DNF
2	2010-04-18	Motorland	4
3	2010-05-01	Spa-Francorchamps	4
4	2010-05-02	Spa-Francorchamps	19
5	2010-05-16	Monte Carlo	3
6	2010-06-05	Brno	18
7	2010-06-06	Brno	10
8	2010-06-19	Magny-Cours	8
9	2010-06-20	Magny-Cours	5
10	2010-07-03	Hungaroring	6
11	2010-07-04	Hungaroring	2
12	2010-09-04	Hockenheim	8
13	2010-09-05	Hockenheim	17
14	2010-09-18	Silverstone	2
15	2010-09-19	Silverstone	8
16	2010-10-09	Catalunya	5
17	2010-10-10	Catalunya	10


Position	Points	Team
1st	173	Epsilon Euskadi
Races	Wins	Podiums	Pole positions*	Fastest laps
14	8	9	8	10
* only pole positions from timed qualifying sessions.
Car		Engine		Tyres
Tatuus FR2000 (Renault)

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#	Date	Circuit	Position
1	2009-04-12	Nogaro	4
2	2009-04-13	Nogaro	4
3	2009-04-19	Catalunya	2
4	2009-04-19	Catalunya	10
5	2009-05-16	Pau	1
6	2009-05-17	Pau	1
7	2009-05-30	Magny-Cours	1
8	2009-05-31	Magny-Cours	1
9	2009-06-05	Spa-Francorchamps	DNF
10	2009-06-06	Spa-Francorchamps	1
11	2009-09-12	Valencia	DNF
12	2009-09-13	Valencia	1
13	2009-11-07	Algarve	1
14	2009-11-08	Algarve	1


Position	Points	Team
1st	138	Epsilon Euskadi
Races	Wins	Podiums	Pole positions*	Fastest laps
14	4	10	5	6
* only pole positions from timed qualifying sessions.
Car		Engine		Tyres
Tatuus FR2000		Renault

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Position	Points	Team
5th	85	Epsilon Euskadi
Races	Wins	Podiums	Pole positions*	Fastest laps
15	0	4	1	0
* only pole positions from timed qualifying sessions.
Car		Engine		Tyres
Tatuus FR2000 (Renault)

Click to show race results for Formula Renault 2.0 WEC 2008.


Position	Points	Team
8th	35	Epsilon Euskadi
Races	Wins	Podiums	Pole positions*	Fastest laps
14	0	0	0	1
* only pole positions from timed qualifying sessions.
Car		Engine		Tyres
Tatuus FR2000		Renault

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Position	Points	Team
11th	33	Räikkönen Robertson Racing
Races	Wins	Podiums	Pole positions*	Fastest laps
9	0	0	0	0
* only pole positions from timed qualifying sessions.
Car		Engine		Tyres
Dallara F304 (Mugen Honda)

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2006 South Garda Winter Cup ICA
	Position	Points	Team
	21st	0

2006 Andrea Margutti Trophy - ICA
	Position	Points	Team
	30th	0


Position	Points	Team
15th	0	Genikart-LTP
Kart	Engine	Tyres
FA Kart (Vortex)

2006 Italian Open Masters ICA
	Position	Points	Team
	17th	28


Position	Points	Team
30th	0	DR Srl
Kart	Engine	Tyres
CRG (Maxter)

2006 36° Torneo Industrie - ICA
	Position	Points	Team
	6th	70


Position	Points	Team
29th	0	Genikart-LTP
Kart	Engine	Tyres
Intrepid (Parilla)

2005 Italian Open Masters ICA Junior
	Position	Points	Team
	1st	67

2005 Andrea Margutti Trophy - ICA Junior
	Position	Points	Team
	27th	0	MGM Racing

2005 Spanish Championship ICA Junior
	Position	Points	Team
	7th	123

2005 Copa Campeones Trophy ICA
	Position	Points	Team
	7th	0

2005 South Garda Winter Cup ICA Junior
	Position	Points	Team
	2nd	0

2004 Copa Campeones Trophy Junior
	Position	Points	Team
	7th	0

DriverDB Rating graph

The following graph shows the change in the DriverDB Rating of Albert Costa Balboa over time since January 1st 2013. The rolling average of the graph is 10 days.

#	Date	Circuit	Position
1	2007-04-09	Oulton	DNF
3	2007-04-22	Donington	8
4	2007-04-22	Donington	8
5	2007-05-19	Bucarest	4
6	2007-05-20	Bucarest	DNF
7	2007-06-03	Snetterton	6
8	2007-06-03	Snetterton	9
9	2007-06-24	Monza	6
10	2007-06-24	Monza	8

#	Date	Circuit	Position
1	2009-04-18	Catalunya	DQ
2	2009-04-19	Catalunya	1
3	2009-05-02	Spa-Francorchamps	1
4	2009-05-03	Spa-Francorchamps	1
5	2009-06-13	Hungaroring	DNF
6	2009-06-14	Hungaroring	2
7	2009-07-04	Silverstone	2
8	2009-07-05	Silverstone	DNF
9	2009-07-18	Le Mans	2
10	2009-07-19	Le Mans	DNF
11	2009-09-19	Nürburgring	2
12	2009-09-20	Nürburgring	1
13	2009-10-24	Motorland	2
14	2009-10-25	Motorland	3

#	Date	Circuit	Position
1	2008-03-23	Nogaro	8
2	2008-03-24	Nogaro	6
3	2008-05-10	Dijon	3
4	2008-05-11	Dijon	10
5	2008-06-21	Valencia	6
6	2008-06-22	Valencia	2
7	2008-09-07	Le Mans	DNF
8	2008-09-28	Estoril	17
9	2008-09-28	Estoril	4
10	2008-10-04	Spa-Francorchamps	11
11	2008-10-05	Spa-Francorchamps	8
12	2008-10-12	Magny-Cours	2
13	2008-10-12	Magny-Cours	2
14	2008-10-19	Catalunya	29
15	2008-10-19	Catalunya	5

#	Date	Circuit	Position
1	2008-05-03	Spa-Francorchamps	5
2	2008-05-04	Spa-Francorchamps	DNF
3	2008-06-07	Silverstone	8
4	2008-06-08	Silverstone	DNF
5	2008-07-05	Hungaroring	7
6	2008-07-06	Hungaroring	5
7	2008-08-30	Nürburgring	30
8	2008-08-31	Nürburgring	4
9	2008-09-06	Le Mans	DNF
10	2008-09-07	Le Mans	4
11	2008-09-27	Estoril	34
12	2008-09-28	Estoril	15
13	2008-10-18	Catalunya	DNF
14	2008-10-19	Catalunya	DNF

Albert Costa Balboa

nationality Spanish age 29 years old hometown Barcelona

Racing highlights

Racing career summary

Karting highlights

Driver comparisons

Career overview – years in numbers

Career details – the racing career of Albert Costa Balboa

2019 International GT Open - GT3 PRO

2018 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Overall

2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro

2018 Le Mans Classic - Plateau 4

2018 Total 24 Hours of Spa - Pro Class

2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro

2017 International GT Open - GT3 PRO

2017 ADAC GT Masters

2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Overall

2017 Intercontinental GT Challenge

2016 Blancpain Endurance Series - GT3 Overall

2012 Mégane Trophy Eurocup

2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series

2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series

2009 Formula Renault 2.0 WEC

2009 Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup

2008 Formula Renault 2.0 WEC

2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup

2007 Formula 3 Britain National Class

2006 South Garda Winter Cup ICA

2006 Andrea Margutti Trophy - ICA

2006 CIK Asian-Pacific Championship ICA

2006 Italian Open Masters ICA

2006 World Cup ICA

2006 36° Torneo Industrie - ICA

2005 European Championship ICA Junior

2005 Italian Open Masters ICA Junior

2005 Andrea Margutti Trophy - ICA Junior

2005 Spanish Championship ICA Junior

2005 Copa Campeones Trophy ICA

2005 South Garda Winter Cup ICA Junior

2004 Copa Campeones Trophy Junior

DriverDB Rating graph