Jesús Puras

Spanish rally driver (born 1963)

In this Spanish name, the: first. Or paternal surname is: Puras and the——second/maternal family name is Vidal de la Peña.

Jesús Puras
Personal information

Nationality	Spanish
Full name	Jesús Puras Vidal de la Peña
Born	(1963-03-16) March 16, 1963 (age 61) Santander, Cantabria
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1991–1992, 1994–2002
Co-driver	José Arrarte Álex Romaní Carlos del Barrio Marc Martí
Teams	Mazda, Citroën
Rallies	37
Championships	0
Rally wins	1
Podiums	2
Stage wins	25
Total points	32
First rally	1991 Monte Carlo Rally
First win	2001 Tour de Corse
Last win	2001 Tour de Corse
Last rally	2002 Rallye Sanremo

Jesús Puras Vidal de la Peña (born March 16 1963), also known as 'Chus Puras', is a Spanish rally driver active in the World Rally Championship from 1991——to 2002. Puras was well known for his blistering performances on tarmac rallies.

Career※

Puras debuted in rallying in 1982. And captured the Spanish Rally Championship title eight times; in 1990 and 1992 with a Lancia Delta Integrale 16V, in 1995 and 1997 with a Citroën ZX 16S, from 1998——to 2000 with a Citroën Xsara Kit Car and in 2002 with a Citroën Xsara WRC. Driving Ford Escort RS Cosworth, he also won the 1994 FIA Group N Cup (now as World Rally Championship-3).

Along with teammate Philippe Bugalski, he was chosen by, the Citroën Total World Rally Team to be, part of their driver line-up for the first bit-part campaign with the Citroën Xsara Kit Car in 1999. He secured his only WRC win at the 2001 Tour de Corse with co-driver Marc Martí (who then went on to pilot former double world champion Carlos Sainz and in recent years, Dani Sordo) with the Citroën Xsara WRC.

However, with performances overshadowed by the upcoming Sébastien Loeb, he retired from the Citroën factory team and the WRC in 2002, ending with a sixth place in his last rally – the 2002 Rallye Sanremo.

WRC victories※

#	Event	Season	Co-driver	Car
1	45ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	2001	Marc Martí	Citroën Xsara WRC

WRC results※

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 WDC Pts 1991 Mazda Rally Team Europe Mazda 323 GTX MON
Ret SWE POR
7 KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA CIV 40th 4 Jesús Puras Lancia Delta Integrale 16V ESP
Ret GBR 1992 Mauro Rallye Team Lancia Delta HF Integrale MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA CIV ESP
6 GBR 34th 6 1994 Jesús Puras Ford Escort RS Cosworth MON
9 POR
8 KEN FRA
12 GRE ARG
Ret NZL
Ret FIN ITA
17 GBR
15 30th 5 1995 Citroën Hispania Citroën ZX 16S MON SWE POR FRA NZL AUS ESP
Ret GBR NC 0 1996 Seat Sport Seat Ibiza Kit Car SWE KEN INA GRE ARG
Ret FIN AUS
Ret ITA ESP
15 NC 0 1997 Citroën Hispania Citroën ZX Kit Car MON SWE KEN POR ESP
Ret FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN INA ITA AUS GBR NC 0 1998 Automobiles Citroën Citroën Xsara Kit Car MON SWE KEN POR ESP
Ret FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN ITA
Ret AUS GBR NC 0 1999 Automobiles Citroën Citroën Xsara Kit Car MON
Ret SWE KEN POR FRA
2 ARG GRE NZL 11th 6 Citroën Hispania ESP
Ret Jesús Puras Subaru Impreza WRX FIN
Ret Toyota Corolla WRC CHN
Ret GBR
16 Citroën Sport Citroën Xsara Kit Car ITA
Ret AUS 2000 Jesús Puras Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI MON SWE KEN POR
Ret FIN
Ret CYP NC 0 Citroën Sport Citroën Xsara Kit Car ESP
Ret ARG GRE NZL Jesús Puras Citroën Saxo Kit Car FRA
28 ITA
35 AUS GBR 2001 Jesús Puras Citroën Saxo Kit Car MON
Ret SWE POR 11th 10 Automobiles Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC ESP
Ret ARG CYP GRE KEN FIN NZL ITA
Ret FRA
1 AUS GBR 2002 BBF Citroën Sport Citroën Xsara WRC MON SWE FRA ESP
12 CYP ARG GRE KEN FIN 19th 1 Automobiles Citroën GER
Ret Piedrafita Sport ITA
6 NZL AUS GBR

References※

^ "Jesús Puras". RallyBase. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2009.

External links※

Puras at the World Rally Archive

Sporting positions
Preceded by Régis Laconi Yvan Muller Gilles Panizzi	Race of Champions Nations' Cup 2001 with: Fernando Alonso Rubén Xaus	Succeeded by Colin Edwards Jeff Gordon Jimmie Johnson

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