Javier Herrera | |
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| Herrera in 2025 | |
| Born | Javier Herrera 3 November 2009 Monterrey, Mexico |
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Javier Herrera (born 3 November 2009) is a Mexican racing driver who last competed for AKM Motorsport in the E4 Championship.
Herrera began karting in 2017. Mainly racing in Mexico, Herrera won the 2020 and 2022 RMC Mexico titles in Micro Swift and Junior Max, [1] [2] and finished third in the 2022 Mexican SKUSA championship in the X30 Junior class. [3] Herrera then mainly raced in Europe in 2023, [4] before going back to America for the end of the year, where he finished 11th in the SKUSA SuperNationals and continued karting until 2024. [5] [6]
After testing Formula 4 machinery in late 2024, Herrera made his single-seater debut for Jenzer Motorsport in the final round of the 2025 Formula Winter Series at Barcelona. [7] Despite qualifying ninth in wet conditions on debut, [8] Herrera scored a best result of 19th among the three races, doing so in race two. [9] Continuing with the Swiss team for the rest of the year, Herrera joined the Formula 4 CEZ Championship, [10] in which he scored two fifth-place finishes in the season-opening Red Bull Ring round. [11] After finishing no higher than eighth at the same venue a month later, [12] Herrera finished fourth in race one at the Salzburgring to enter the second half of the year eighth in points. [13] In the following round at Most, Herrera scored his first win of the season during race three after overtaking two drivers during a safety car restart. [14] After then finishing second in race three at the Slovakia Ring, [15] Herrera won races one and two during the Brno Circuit round after starting on pole position for both races. [16] He finished the season in third with 189 points. [16] During 2025, Herrera also partook in the Monza and Imola rounds of the Italian F4 Championship, [17] in which he scored a best result of tenth in race three at Monza, having started 23rd. [18] Herrera also made a one-off appearance in the Mugello round of the E4 Championship for AKM Motorsport, [19] in which he scored a best result of 19th in race one. [20]
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
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| 2017 | RMC Mexico North West – Micro Max | 8th | |
| 2018 | SKUSA SuperNationals – Micro Swift | Maranello Kart | 37th |
| 2019 | RMC Mexico North West – Micro Max | NC | |
| 2021 | SKUSA SuperNationals – Micro Swift | NC | |
| 2022 | IAME Euro Series – X30 Junior | Falcon Racing Team | 82nd |
| IAME Warriors Final – X30 Junior | NC | ||
| Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Junior Max | Taylor Greenfield | NC | |
| USPKS – X30 Pro Junior | 32nd | ||
| 2023 | Champions of the Future – OK-J | Falcon Racing Team CRG Racing Team [a] | 55th |
| Karting European Championship – OK-J | Falcon Racing Team CRG Racing Team [b] | 67th | |
| USPKS – KA 100 Junior | 41st | ||
| SKUSA SuperNationals – KA 100 Junior | Orolson Racing | 11th | |
| 2024 | USPKS – KA 100 Senior | CRG Nordam | 36th |
| Sources: [21] [22] | |||
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Formula Winter Series | Jenzer Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| Formula 4 CEZ Championship | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 189 | 3rd | ||
| Italian F4 Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28th | ||
| E4 Championship | AKM Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37th | |
| Sources: [23] [21] | |||||||||
† As Herrera was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jenzer Motorsport | POR 1 | POR 2 | POR 3 | CRT 1 | CRT 2 | CRT 3 | ARA 1 | ARA 2 | ARA 3 | CAT 1 25‡ | CAT 2 19 | CAT 3 21 | NC† | 0 |
† As Herrera was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
‡ Herrera did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% race distance.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Points |
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| 2025 | Jenzer Motorsport | RBR1 1 5 | RBR1 2 6 | RBR1 3 5 | RBR2 1 16 | RBR2 2 Ret | RBR2 3 8 | SAL 1 4 | SAL 2 14 | SAL 3 15† | MOS 1 4 | MOS 2 4 | MOS 3 1 | SVK 1 7 | SVK 2 5 | SVK 3 2 | BRN 1 1 | BRN 2 1 | BRN 3 4 | 3rd | 189 |
† Herrera did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% race distance.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | DC | Points |
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| 2025 | Jenzer Motorsport | MIS1 1 | MIS1 2 | MIS1 3 | MIS1 4 | VLL 1 | VLL 2 | VLL 3 | VLL 4 | MNZ 1 29 | MNZ 2 19 | MNZ 3 10 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | MUG 3 | IMO 1 Ret | IMO 2 C | IMO 3 WD | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | CAT 3 | MIS2 1 | MIS2 2 | MIS2 3 | MIS2 4 | MIS2 5 | 28th | 1 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | AKM Motorsport | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | LEC 3 | MUG 1 19 | MUG 2 25 | MUG 3 24 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MNZ 3 | 37th | 0 |