Carlos Muñoz (racing driver)
| Carlos Muñoz | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Nationality |
 Colombian |
| Born |
2 January 1992 Bogotá, Colombia |
| IndyCar Series career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | A.J. Foyt Racing |
| Car no. | 14 |
| Former teams |
Panther Racing Andretti Autosport |
| Starts | 37 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 8th in 2014 |
| Previous series | |
| 2012–2013 2010–2011 2009 2009 2008–2009 2008 2007 |
Indy Lights Formula 3 Euro Series Formula Renault 2.0 WEC European F3 Open Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 Italy Formula TR 1600 Pro Series |
| Awards | |
| 2013 | Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year |
Carlos Andrés Muñoz (born 2 January 1992) is a professional racing driver from Colombia. He currently drives for A.J. Foyt Racing in the IndyCar Series. He has twice finished second in the Indianapolis 500, during his rookie year in 2013 and in 2016.
Career
Karting
Born in Bogotá, Muñoz began his motorsport career in karting back in 2002.
Formula TR Pro Series FR 1600
In 2007 just fifteen years old, Muñoz made his debut in single-seaters, racing in the Formula TR Pro Series. He took one podium place in four races to end the season in eighth place.
Formula Renault
In 2008, Muñoz took part in both the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championships, racing for Prema Powerteam. In the Italian series, he finished sixteenth, taking six point-scoring positions in twelve races.[1] In the Eurocup, he failed to score a championship point with a best result of thirteenth at both the Nürburgring and Estoril.
The following season, Muñoz competed in both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup championships for Epsilon Euskadi. He finished eighth in the Eurocup standings, taking ten points-scoring positions in fourteen races, including a podium in the second race at the Nürburgring.[2] In the West European Cup, he took seventh place in the championship, scoring two podium places.[3]
Formula Three
Along with his Formula Renault campaigns, Muñoz competed in three rounds of the European F3 Open Championship, driving for Porteiro Motorsport. He finished eleventh in the championship, with a best result of second at Spa-Francorchamps.[4] 2010 saw Muñoz move to the Formula 3 Euro Series, competing for Mücke Motorsport, joining Roberto Merhi at the team.[5] Muñoz finished ninth in the championship with a runner-up finish at Brands Hatch as his best finish. He also competed in two rounds (six races) of the British Formula 3 Championship as a guest driver in the Invitational Class.
In 2011 Muñoz returned to F3 Euro Series, this time driving for Signature. He finished eighth in the championship with a best finish of third at Silverstone Circuit.
Indy Lights
In 2012, Muñoz moved to the United States to compete in the Indy Lights series for Andretti Autosport.[6] He captured two victories, including one on the oval at Auto Club Speedway and a win from the pole in Edmonton in addition to three other podium finishes on his way to fifth in the championship. Muñoz returned to the series for the 2013 season with Andretti Autosport and announced a deal to compete in the 2013 Indianapolis 500 with the team.
IndyCar Series
Muñoz qualified on the front row for the 2013 Indy 500 in second position and ran with the leaders all race long. He led twelve laps and finished in second place, winning rookie of the year honors.[7]
At the 2013 Honda Indy Toronto, Muñoz replaced Panther Racing's Ryan Briscoe for Race 2 of the doubleheader after Briscoe broke his right wrist in an incident during Saturday's Race 1. After just 12 laps in the morning warmup to get acclimated with the car, Muñoz started 24th in the race and finished 17th.
Muñoz got his first IndyCar win in the rain-shortened Race 1 of the Detroit Belle Isle Dual Grand Prix on 30 May 2015.[8]
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Formula TR Pro Series FR 1600 | JP Motorsports | 4 | 0 | 0 | ? | 1 | 72 | 8th |
| 2008 | Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup | Prema Powerteam | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Italy | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 16th | ||
| 2009 | Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup | Epsilon Euskadi | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 8th |
| Formula Renault 2.0 WEC | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 7th | ||
| European F3 Open | Porteiro Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 12th | |
| 2010 | Formula 3 Euro Series | Mücke Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9th |
| 2011 | Formula 3 Euro Series | Signature | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 105 | 8th |
| 2012 | Firestone Indy Lights | Andretti Autosport | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 377 | 5th |
| 2013 | Firestone Indy Lights | Andretti Autosport | 12 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 441 | 3rd |
| IndyCar Series | Andretti Autosport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 28th | |
| Panther Racing | |||||||||
| 2014 | IndyCar Series | Andretti Autosport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 483 | 8th |
| 2015 | IndyCar Series | Andretti Autosport | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 349 | 13th |
| 2016 | IndyCar Series | Andretti Autosport | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 402 | 8th* |
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 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 | 26 | 27 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mücke Motorsport | Dallara F308/042 | Mercedes | LEC 1 Ret |
LEC 2 12 |
HOC 1 14 |
HOC 2 Ret |
VAL 1 10 |
VAL 2 Ret |
NOR 1 6 |
NOR 2 9 |
NÜR 1 14 |
NÜR 2 9 |
ZAN 1 6 |
ZAN 2 4 |
BRH 1 7 |
BRH 2 2 |
OSC 1 8 |
OSC 2 10 |
HOC 1 11 |
HOC 2 6 |
9th | 18 | |||||||||
| 2011 | Signature | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | LEC 1 6 |
LEC 2 5 |
LEC 3 7 |
HOC 1 8 |
HOC 2 2 |
HOC 3 9 |
ZAN 1 6 |
ZAN 2 12 |
ZAN 3 8 |
RBR 1 10 |
RBR 2 9 |
RBR 3 5 |
NOR 1 9 |
NOR 2 Ret |
NOR 3 13 |
NÜR 1 9 |
NÜR 2 8 |
NÜR 3 8 |
SIL 1 10 |
SIL 2 11 |
SIL 3 3 |
VAL 1 5 |
VAL 2 7 |
VAL 3 10 |
HOC 1 8 |
HOC 2 14 |
HOC 3 Ret |
8th | 105 |
American open–wheel racing results
(key)
Indy Lights
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Andretti Autosport | STP 14 |
ALA 14 |
LBH 5 |
INDY 2 |
DET 2 |
MIL 5 |
IOW 7 |
TOR 10 |
EDM 1 |
TRO 3 |
BAL 11 |
FON 1 |
5th | 377 |
| 2013 | STP 7 |
ALA 1 |
LBH 1 |
INDY 4 |
MIL 2 |
IOW 8 |
POC 1 |
TOR 4 |
MDO 4 |
BAL 9 |
HOU 12 |
FON 1 |
3rd | 441 |
IndyCar Series
(key)
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Andretti Autosport | Dallara DW12 | Chevrolet | STP | ALA | LBH | SAO | INDY 2 |
DET | DET | TXS | MIL | IOW | POC | TOR | FON 23 |
28th | 74 | ||||||
| Panther Racing | TOR 17 |
MDO | SNM | BAL | HOU | HOU | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Andretti Autosport | Honda | STP 17 |
LBH 3 |
ALA 23 |
IMS 24 |
INDY 4 |
DET 7 |
DET 8 |
TXS 13 |
HOU 3 |
HOU 22 |
POC 3 |
IOW 12 |
TOR 17 |
TOR 17 |
MDO 4 |
MIL 22 |
SNM 19 |
FON 8 |
8th | 483 | ||
| 2015 | STP 14 |
NLA 12 |
LBH 9 |
ALA 6 |
IMS 13 |
INDY 20 |
DET 1 |
DET 23 |
TXS 6 |
TOR 22 |
FON 11 |
MIL 15 |
IOW 5 |
MDO 9 |
POC 5 |
SNM 22 |
13th | 349 | ||||||
| 2016 | STP 8 |
PHX 22 |
LBH 12 |
ALA 14 |
IMS 12 |
INDY 2 |
DET 6 |
DET 15 |
RDA 10 |
IOW 12 |
TOR 17 |
MDO 3 |
POC 7 |
TXS 7 |
WGL 11 |
SNM 15 |
10th | 432 | ||||||
* Season still in progress.
Indianapolis 500
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 2 | 2 | Andretti Autosport |
| 2014 | Dallara | Honda | 7 | 4 | Andretti Autosport |
| 2015 | Dallara | Honda | 11 | 20 | Andretti Autosport |
| 2016 | Dallara | Honda | 5 | 2 | Andretti Autosport |
References
- ↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 Italy 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- ↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- ↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 WEC 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- ↑ "Legris, Mendez win Open F3 at Spa". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ↑ Mejia, Diego (22 December 2009). "Munoz to race Euro for Mucke". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- ↑ Stringfield, Ryan (20 March 2012). "Muñoz to Andretti and Castaneda to BHA". Junior Open Wheel Talent. Junior Open Wheel Talent LLC. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ↑ Newberry, Paul (26 May 2013). "Carlos Munoz: Indy runner-up headed back to minors". The Seattle Times. Frank A. Blethen, The Seattle Times Company. Associated Press. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ↑ Brudenell, Mike (30 May 2015). "Carlos Munoz notches first career IndyCar win". USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carlos Muñoz. |
- Official website
- Carlos Muñoz on Twitter
- Carlos Muñoz career summary at DriverDB.com
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Rubens Barrichello |
Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 2013 |
Succeeded by Kurt Busch |
| Preceded by Tristan Vautier |
IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year 2014 |
Succeeded by Gabby Chaves |