Miguel Molina (racing driver)

Miguel Molina González
Miguel Molina González
	Molina in 2014
Nationality	Spanish
Born	17 February 1989; Girona, Spain
DTM career
Debut season	2010
Current team	Abt Sportsline
Car number	17
Former teams	Phoenix Racing
Starts	87
Championships	0
Wins	3
Poles	6
Fastest laps	5
Best finish	10th in 2010
Finished last season	13th (66 pts)
Previous series
2006–09; 2009; 2006; 2005; 2004	Formula Renault 3.5 Series; Superleague Formula; Spanish Formula Three; Eurocup FR2.0; Spanish FJunior 1600

Miguel Molina González (born 17 February 1989) is a professional racing driver from Spain. He currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship and other selected GT races for AF Corse. He was a member of the Circuit de Catalunya Young Drivers Programme.[1]

Career

Karting

Like many racing drivers, Molina started his early motorsport career in karting, winning successive Spanish Cadet Championships in 1999 and 2000, as well as the Catalan Junior Championship in 2001 and Spanish Junior Championship in 2003.

Early career

In 2004, Molina began his single-seater career in the Spanish Formula Junior 1600 series, where he finished the season in 6th place. The following year he stepped up to the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship with Pons Racing, scoring three points to finish the season 28th overall. In 2006, he switched to the Spanish Formula Three Championship with the Racing Engineering team, taking one race win and a further five podium finishes to end the season 6th in the standings.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

Towards the end of 2006, Molina joined the Formula Renault 3.5 Series with GD Racing, competing in the final six races of the season, scoring a point in the final race of the season at Barcelona.

For 2007, Molina moved up to the series full-time with Pons Racing, scoring two race wins (at Estoril and Barcelona) and two further podium places on his way to 7th in the final standings. In 2008 he once again competed in the championship, teaming up with fellow Spanish driver Álvaro Barba at Prema Powerteam.[2] He claimed four podiums during the season, including race wins at the Nürburgring and Estoril, to finish 4th in the championship. After testing for Prema, Epsilon Euskadi and KTR during the off-season, Molina was signed by Ultimate Motorsport for the 2009 season.[3] Despite the team pulling out of the final two rounds, Molina finished eighth in the championship.

Superleague Formula

In June 2009, Molina made his debut in the Superleague Formula series, taking part in the opening round of the season at Magny-Cours for Al Ain.[4] He finished the first race in ninth before taking fourth place in the second event.

DTM

Molina made his DTM début at Hockenheim in 2010.

Molina drives his Audi RS5 DTM at Zandvoort in 2013.

Molina moved from single-seaters to touring cars in 2010, joining the works Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline squad in the DTM series, where he raced a 2008-spec Audi A4.[5]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2004	Spanish Formula Junior 1600	?	?	?	?	?	?	52	6th
2005	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Pons Racing	16	0	0	0	0	3	28th
2006	Spanish Formula 3 Championship	Racing Engineering	15	1	0	0	6	73	6th
2006	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	GD Racing	6	0	0	0	0	1	32nd
2007	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Pons Racing	16	2	0	1	4	66	7th
2008	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Prema Powerteam	17	2	1	0	4	79	4th
2009	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Ultimate Motorsport	13	0	0	2	3	64	8th
2009	Superleague Formula	Al Ain	2	0	0	0	0	135†	19th†
2010	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Abt Sportsline	11	0	0	1	0	15	10th
2011	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Abt Sportsline	10	0	2	0	1	11	11th
2012	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Phoenix Racing	10	0	0	0	0	8	18th
2013	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Phoenix Racing	10	0	0	0	0	19	17th
2014	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	10	0	1	1	1	32	17th
2014	Stock Car Brasil	Mobil Super Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC‡
2015	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	18	1	2	1	2	54	17th
2016	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	18	2	1	1	3	66	13th
2017	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Spirit of Race	8	1	0	3	4	97	5th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	32.5	13th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	SMP Racing	5	0	0	0	1	46	4th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Ferrari	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2018	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	JMW Motorsport	6	2	2	2	3	88	2nd
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	SMP Racing	5	0	1	1	1	23	20th
	Pirelli World Challenge	R. Ferri Motorsport	10	6	1	3	8	224	8th
	SprintX GT Championship Series	R. Ferri Motorsport	10	6	1	3	8	224	1st
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD	Risi Competizione	1	0	0	0	0	14	62nd
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTLM	Risi Competizione	1	0	0	0	0	22	25th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2018-19	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	3	0	0	0	0	22	20th
2019	Blancpain GT World Challenge America	R. Ferri Motorsport	10	3	1	3	8	181	4th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	SMP Racing	5	1	0	0	2	73	2nd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Ferrari	3	1	0	0	1	25	15th
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTLM	Risi Competizione	1	0	0	0	1	32	23rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2019-20	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	6	0	0	1	1	63	6th*
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	SMP Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC*

^† Team standings. ^‡ Ineligible for points. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Points
2006	GD Racing	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	MON 1	IST 1	IST 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	DON 1 18	DON 2 22	LMS 1 13	LMS 2 15	CAT 1 11	CAT 2 10	32nd	1
2007	Pons Racing	MNZ 1 8	MNZ 2 Ret	NÜR 1 10	NÜR 2 3	MON 1 13	HUN 1 20	HUN 2 15	SPA 1 DNS	SPA 2 11	DON 1 12	DON 2 11	MAG 1 8	MAG 2 2	EST 1 1	EST 2 Ret	CAT 1 1	CAT 2 15	7th	66
2008	Prema Powerteam	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 Ret	SPA 1 9	SPA 2 6	MON 1 9	SIL 1 23	SIL 2 Ret	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 3	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 1	BUG 1 2	BUG 2 5	EST 1 7	EST 2 1	CAT 1 Ret	CAT 2 7	4th	79
2009	Ultimate Motorsport	CAT 1 9	CAT 2 14	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 3	MON 1 4	HUN 1 7	HUN 2 Ret	SIL 1 9	SIL 2 Ret	BUG 1 9	BUG 2 2	ALG 1 7	ALG 2 4	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	ALC 1	ALC 2	8th	64

Superleague Formula

(key)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Pts
2009	Al Ain Ultimate Motorsport	MAG 9	MAG 4	ZOL	ZOL	DON	DON	EST	EST	MOZ	MOZ	JAR	JAR	19th	135

Super Final Results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6
2009	Al Ain Ultimate Motorsport	MAG DNQ	ZOL	DON	EST	MOZ	JAR

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos.	Pts
2010	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2008	HOC 8	VAL 8	LAU 13	NOR Ret	NÜR 14	ZAN 5	BRH 4	OSC Ret	HOC Ret	ADR 17	SHA 5								10th	15
2011	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2008	HOC 16	ZAN 14	SPL 11	LAU 16	NOR 12	NÜR 12	BRH Ret	OSC 8	VAL 5	HOC 3									11th	11
2012	Phoenix Racing	Audi A5 DTM	HOC 9	LAU 15	BRH 7	SPL Ret	NOR 12	NÜR 15	ZAN Ret	OSC 15	VAL Ret	HOC Ret									18th	8
2013	Phoenix Racing	Audi RS5 DTM	HOC 15	BRH 11	SPL 14	LAU 16	NOR 14	MSC Ret	NÜR 8	OSC 8	ZAN 10	HOC 5									17th	19
2014	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi RS5 DTM	HOC 13	OSC 6	HUN 2	NOR 22†	MSC 12	SPL 11	NÜR Ret	LAU 9	ZAN 18†	HOC 8									17th	32
2015	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi RS5 DTM	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 18	LAU 1 4	LAU 2 3	NOR 1 20	NOR 2 17	ZAN 1 Ret	ZAN 2 12	SPL 1 18	SPL 2 13	MSC 1 Ret	MSC 2 14	OSC 1 9	OSC 2 Ret	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 1	HOC 1 17	HOC 2 11	17th	54
2016	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi RS5 DTM	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 Ret	SPL 1 19	SPL 2 14	LAU 1 1	LAU 2 19	NOR 1 17	NOR 2 14	ZAN 1 18	ZAN 2 Ret	MSC 1 17	MSC 2 11	NÜR 1 15	NÜR 2 20	HUN 1 3	HUN 2 18	HOC 1 1	HOC 2 14	13th	66

^† Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance.

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Rank	Points
2014	Mobil Super Racing	Chevrolet Sonic	INT 1 13	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	GOI 1	GOI 2	GOI 1	CAS 1	CAS 2	CUR 1	CUR 2	VEL 1	VEL 2	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	TAR 1	TAR 2	SAL 1	SAL 2	CUR 1	NC†	0†

† Ineligible for championship points.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2017	Spirit of Race	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SIL Ret	SPA 4		NÜR 2	MEX 4	COA 3	FUJ 1	SHA Ret	BHR 3	5th	97
2017	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8			LMS 4							13th	32.5
2018–19	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SPA	LMS 6	SIL	FUJ	SHA	SEB 6	SPA	LMS Ret		20th	22
2019–20	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SIL Ret	FUJ 5	SHA 6	BHR 2	COA 5	SPA 6	LMS	BHR		6th*	63*

^* Season still in progress.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2017	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Sam Bird	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Pro	339	21st	5th
2018	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Sam Bird	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	338	24th	9th
2019	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Sam Bird	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	140	DNF	DNF

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2018	Risi Competizione	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DAY 17	SEB		MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA		62nd	14
2018	Risi Competizione	GTLM	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8			LBH									PET 9	25th	22
2019	Risi Competizione	GTLM	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DAY 2	SEB	LBH	MDO	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET		23rd	32

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2018	JMW Motorsport	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	LEC 1	MNZ 4	RBR Ret	SIL 1	SPA 4‡	ALG 2	2nd	88

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

gollark: This is NOT true. I have not in any way been sponsored by pizza companies. There have been no advertising agreements whatsoever with any companies producing pizza or otherwise to have me subliminally advertise pizza, as my profile picture is not a pizza. Since it is not a pizza, this is obviously not pizza advertisement whatsoever. No monetary exchanges or otherwise have occurred with companies engaged in pizza production for any reason relating to my profile picture. You are clearly engaged in libel and attempting to discredit my non-pizza-advertising status. It is IN NO WAY subliminal pizza advertising because I DO NOT work for pizza companies in any form. It's not pizza. There were no deals, under-the-table or otherwise, with pizza companies. No pizza companies pay for any kind of subliminal advertising involving me. People make that mistake, but I am not working for pizza companies doing subliminal advertising; that is not in any way what I am doing. I am NOT being sponsored by ANY pizza companies to display subliminal pizza advertising OF ANY KIND. Pizza companies have NO AFFILIATION with me in ANY FORM.

gollark: Footballs use pentagons and hexagons, actually.

gollark: I have no affiliation with pizza companies.

gollark: I did not.

gollark: This is NOT true. I have not in any way been sponsored by pizza companies. There have been no advertising agreements whatsoever with any companies producing pizza or otherwise to have me subliminally advertise pizza, as my profile picture is not a pizza. Since it is not a pizza, this is obviously not pizza advertisement whatsoever. No monetary exchanges or otherwise have occurred with companies engaged in pizza production for any reason relating to my profile picture. You are clearly engaged in libel and attempting to discredit my non-pizza-advertising status. It is IN NO WAY subliminal pizza advertising because I DO NOT work for pizza companies in any form. It's not pizza. There were no deals, under-the-table or otherwise, with pizza companies. No pizza companies pay for any kind of subliminal advertising involving me. People make that mistake, but I am not working for pizza companies doing subliminal advertising; that is not in any way what I am doing. I am NOT being sponsored by ANY pizza companies to display subliminal pizza advertising OF ANY KIND.

References

"Miguel Molina completes all-Spanish line-up for Prema". driverdb.com. Driver Database. 2008-02-05. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
"Miguel Molina and Prema together in the 2008 World Series by Renault Championship". formula3.cc. 2008-02-05. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
"Molina moves to Ultimate for 2009". autosport.com. 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
Gill, Jonathan (2009-06-25). "Entry List for 2009 SF 2009 Championship". automobilsport.com. MaP. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
Anderson, Ben (2010-02-18). "Molina moves to DTM with Audi". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-02-18.

External links

Official Site (in Spanish)
Career details from Driver Database

Sporting positions
Preceded by Michael Cooper Jordan Taylor	SprintX GT Championship Series Champion 2018 With: Toni Vilander	Succeeded by None (Series ended)

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] "Miguel Molina completes all-Spanish line-up for Prema". driverdb.com. Driver Database. 2008-02-05. Retrieved 2008-08-12.

[2] "Miguel Molina and Prema together in the 2008 World Series by Renault Championship". formula3.cc. 2008-02-05. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2008-03-05.

[3] "Molina moves to Ultimate for 2009". autosport.com. 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2009-03-06.

[4] Gill, Jonathan (2009-06-25). "Entry List for 2009 SF 2009 Championship". automobilsport.com. MaP. Retrieved 2010-01-02.

[5] Anderson, Ben (2010-02-18). "Molina moves to DTM with Audi". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-02-18.

Al Ain in Superleague Formula
Seasons competed	2008 2009
Drivers	Andreas Zuber (2008) Bertrand Baguette (2008) Paul Meijer (2008) Dominick Muermans (2008) Miguel Molina (2009) Esteban Guerrieri (2009)
Operating teams	Azerti Motorsport (2008) Ultimate Motorsport (2009)