ProfileFull name: Alejandro Rodríguez Novo.Birth date: October 21, 1997Birth place: Asturias.Age of beginning as a driver: 4 years old.Height: 1.75 m.Weight: 55 kg.Number of victories: 63 (karting).Most admired driver: Fernando Alonso.Favourite sports: Motor racing, football, cycling.

“Winning the Catalonian Youth Championship, rising my arms incelebration on the very end line.”

(Most memorable moment in his sporting career).

Training as a DRIVERAlex is constantly at work to improve his training, combining competitions with advanced training and driving techniques courses, such as the ones taken at “PTC School”, which have enabled him to jump from karts to senior driving.

Mini Challenge JCW

Alex’s competition car, a Mini Challenge JCW. Its trendy aesthetic appearancesuits a young pilot as Alex perfectly.

· Capacity: 1598 cc.· Power: 154 kW / 216 CV· Max. torque: 260 Nm (with overboost: 280 Nm)·Transmission: Front-wheel drive, six-gear manual gearbox.·Weight: 1150 kg.

Despite being only 15 years old, and so not having an official dri-ving license yet, CAR magazine has decided to bet high on this driver. Thus, Alex is going to per-form the track testing of some of the vehicles tested by this maga-zine.

It is noteworthy that Alex is assis-ted by a well-known coach, Orlan-do Ríos, who works hard with Alex before each race by carrying out sensorineural, psychomotor and peripheral vision training, as well as exercises meant to optimize the driver’s concentration.

Alex is present in all social net-works (Facebook, Twitter, Insta-gram…) and is widely followed by fans. This picture shows Alex mentioned in the official Twitter site of Monster Energy España.

Working off the track

The target for 2014 is to take part in the Spanish Endurance Cham-pionship with the SMC Junior Team, with high possibilities of success.SMC Junior is a sports structure which includes a team of experts to meet whatever needs a racing car can demand. This great team is backed by their careers in motor racing through Gonzalo Martín de Andrés, Peu-geot official driver with a wealth of experience in the field of high com-petition. By combining a reliable team and a steady structure, they can reach the highest.

Achievements SMC Team3rd place Villablino Social ChampionshipWinner Asturias Championship2nd place Castilla y León Championship5th place Spanish ChampionshipWinner Asturias Championship5th place Catalonia Championship5th place Spanish Championship3rd place Asturias Championship5th place Catalonia Championship2nd place Asturias Championship5th place Spanish ChampionshipWinner Catalonia Championship10th Spanish Championship11th Spanish KF3 Championship8th European X30 ChampionshipTest Nascar Europe at Pau Arnos (France)Touring Car RACE Trophy – Jarama (Madrid)