Victor Flores

Flores in 2024

Buenos Aires, Argentina

**Victor Flores Castaño** (born 30th June 2005) is an Argentinian racing driver currently competing in the 2025 Formula B Championship with Thorn Energy Forshaw FB Team.

## **Early life and career**

Victor Flores Castaño was born on the 30th of June 2005 in Buenos Aires, Argentina to father Mauro Flores and mother Flavia Castaño. His father Mauro is of Italian descent, being a second-generation Italian immigrant to Argentina. His father also worked as a mechanic in the International Formula Series, sparking Victor's interest in motorsports at a young age.

Initially reluctant to let their son pursue a career in motorsports, Victor's parents would buy him a kart for his birthday, and he started karting at age 6. He would start winning regional karting championships in the following years. He was mentored in his early years by family friend and former racing driver Adrian Amarilla, giving him a headstart over most kids his age. He won the Argentine Karting Championship aged ten and would go on to compete in the KIF-WMA South American Karting Championship, and he would eventually earn his title as South American karting champion at age 14 in the KF2 class.

## **Racing career**

### Formula D LATAM

Flores made his full-time debut in Formula D LATAM in the winter of 2019-2020 and impressed on the spot, winning in the three first races of the season and following it up with a podium to claim the Formula D LATAM title.

### South American Formula C

Flores progressed up to South American Formula C with JLS Competición for 2020. He got off to a strong start, finishing P4 at the opening round, and was able to keep up and even surpass some of his older peers in the series. He finished a very good 4th place in the championship at the end of the season, but Flores was determined to stay on for another season to try and win the title.

Flores would stay in South America for 2021 and went on a great run of form. Claiming several race wins during the season, he was one of few full-time drivers in the series and would claim the title 29 points ahead of runner-up Alvaro Vera.

### Formula Euro Winter Series

Following his FC victory in South America, Flores and his family would head over the Atlantic and move to Italy to get closer to European racing series. Flores made his debut in the Formula Euro Winter Series with Forstner Racing in the winter of 2021-2022 and finished a solid 5th in the series, claiming podiums along the way and showing very good pace but ultimately wasn't able to contend for the title due to a lack of consistency.

### Formula Azusa Eurozone

Flores competed in the final season of the Formula Azusa Eurozone series in 2022, getting his first taste of continental junior racing. After keeping his wits sharp following his Formula Euro Winter Series campaign, Flores went on to dominate the season opener at Monza from pole position and followed it up with yet another win at Spa-Francorchamps, but suffered setbacks in the mid-season after crashes and poor runs of performances which saw him lose the championship lead to rival Maxime Lavoie. Fortunately, Flores bounced back in the final races of the season, winning the final race of the season after championship rival Lavoie was disqualified after his car was found to be non-compliant with the regulations, gifting Flores the Formula Azusa Eurozone title.

### European Formula C

Following a guest appearance in the off-season in the Abu Dhabi round of the Asia-Pacific 24 Hours Series, Flores earned the call-up to European Formula C with Nevis MRT for the 2023 season. Determined to prove himself in Europe and facing tougher competition unlike in South America, Flores started off the season decently, scoring points in the first two rounds of the season. He'd go on to record his first victory at the Silverstone round after holding off championship leader Emil Håkansson for the race win. Flores followed it up with another win at Hockenheim, but he'd go on to suffer a major accident at the mid-season point in Zandvoort which sidelined Flores for two races. Flores returned to action at Monza and finished P2 behind Håkansson, who managed to build up a massive lead in the championship in the races Flores missed. He'd finish on the podium for the final race of the season in Barcelona and finished a bitter fourth in the championship, which was enough for Flores to earn a promotion to Formula B for next season.

### Formula B

Despite his unlucky tenure in Formula C, Flores was signed by frontrunners Eurosilva Motorsport alongside fellow Argentina Luca Ibáñez for the 2024 season. He would also become the newest addition to the Barzetti Youth Academy following his debut in Formula B. Flores struggled in his first season of Formula B. He scored points on debut at Abu Dhabi in the feature race and would go pointless at Hockenheim but would finish in the points at both races in Stockholm, however he was being severely outpaced by teammate Ibáñez who was fighting for the title, while Flores was struggling to attain points. He DNFed in both races at Silverstone after crashing out from the points in both races. He'd go on to score points three more times in the season, claiming a podium in the sprint at Monza. Flores ended the season thirteenth in the championship on 33 points, while teammate Ibáñez went on to win the championship. As a result of Flores' poor performance, Eurosilva finished second in the teams' championship to VG Motorsport.

Flores was not retained by Eurosilva Motorsport for the 2024 season and instead joined Highland Grand Prix for 2025 alongside Marcos Vasconcelos. Flores qualified tenth and went on to finish P7 in the feature race and followed it up with a solid defensive drive to finish P2 in the sprint race, claiming his second podium in FB.

## **Personal life**

Flores resides in the small Italian town of Rozzano on the outskirts of Milan. He is known for his optimistic and joking attitude.