Jesse Carrasquedo has settled in Spain to continue his racing career on the European continent and learn his trade in the best circumstances for climbing the motor sport ladder. The Mexican started the first Free Practice with great enthusiasm, on a circuit that many drivers were learning. "The work with the Parolin Motorsport team was very important for me to get a good feeling on this difficult track," commented Jesse.

A top-five finish at the beginning of the meeting...

The young Mexican hopeful was immediately in the top half of the hierarchy at the end of Timed Practice. Very fast in the Saturday morning warm-up, Jesse Carrasquedo confirmed his talent and his desire to do well by completing a magnificent first heat, going from 18th to 5th place in only 12 laps! He left many more experienced drivers behind him. Showing undeniable control and aggression on the track, Jesse made another significant comeback in the second heat, this time from 17th to 12th place.

Unfortunately, an incident that led to his retirement at the start of his third and final heat thwarted his progress. "Another driver pushed me off the track at the entrance to a corner and there was nothing I could do. I had the opportunity to qualify in the top 20 for the Prefinal, but I had to start in 30th position!" The start of this Prefinal would cause some turbulence in the field, causing Jesse to lose places, but he would bravely move up to 25th position. The Final was even more frustrating, this time the race stopped on the warm-up lap due to another collision!

"It's a shame I couldn't defend my chances. We had worked hard on the set-up of the equipment with the team and I was really hoping to finish this meeting in style. I am now 100% focused on the World Championship which will take place this weekend, the last in October. I know I have a great card to play and I'm looking forward to raising Mexico's colours as high as possible."

About Jesse

Born on 27th April, 2007, Jesse Carrasquedo Jr is today one of the great Mexican hopes. Already behind the wheel of a kart at the age of six, the discipline that he started for fun quickly became a passion. Since then, he has been devoted 100% with motivation, work and determination to reaching his ultimate goal: Formula 1.

Winner of several karting events on the American continent, Jesse has progressed a lot thanks to Sergio Perez's racing school located in Guadalajara and the team of Antonio Perez, the brother of the famous driver. The Mexican didn't hesitate to come to live in Europe to compete against the best karting hopefuls. Competing in Mini in 2017 and 2018, then in Junior in 2019 and 2020, this promising driver finished 5th in the Rok Cup International Superfinal in Italy last year at the end of a season that was disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Now 14 years old and a member of the official Parolin Motorsport team, in 2021, Jesse has moved up from Junior to OK, the category before ascending to single-seaters. The young Mexican is preparing his debut in Formula 4 racing very seriously. Closely followed by Red Bull Racing Formula 1 driver Sergio Perez, he is training intensively with the prestigious Campos Racing academy, which has produced drivers such as Fernando Alonso, Luca Di Grassi and Sergio Perez. He benefits from the advice of a driver trained by Adrian Campos, Marc Gené, the former F1 driver, winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and still a test driver for Ferrari.