Juan Manuel Correa

What grips me about Juan Manuel Correa is not lap times but resilience. Born in Ibarra, Ecuador in 1999, he climbed from South America to the world stage, raced in FIA Formula 2, and by 2026 is back in the cockpit competing in Indy NXT. I read that arc as a story of someone who refused to let circumstance write his ending. Plenty of drivers are fast; far fewer have the stubborn courage to return and keep driving. That, to me, is the more impressive achievement, and it is why I find myself quietly rooting for him.

Name (English)

Juan Manuel Correa

Name (Japanese)

ファン・マヌエル・コレア

Reading

ふぁん・まぬえる・これあ

Born

August 9, 1999 (age 27)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rabbit

Origin

Ibarra, Imbabura Province, Ecuador

Occupation

racing driver / racing automobile driver

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/juanmanuel/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan%20Manuel%20Correa
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8C%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27924791

Tags

• Imbabura Province
• racing driver
• racing automobile driver

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.