Miguel Molina (racing driver)
Miguel Molina | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Full name | Miguel Molina González |
Born | (1989-02-17) 17 February 1989 (age 35) Girona, Spain |
DTM career | |
Debut season | 2010 |
Current team | Abt Sportsline |
Racing licence | ![]() |
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 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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
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
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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]
WEC
In 2024, Molina, along with Nicklas Nielsen and Antonio Fuoco of the number 50 Ferrari AF Corse team, won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Hypercar category. [6]
Racing record
Career summary
† Team standings. ‡ Ineligible for points. * Season still in progress.
Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results
(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 | Pos | Points |
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2005 | Pons Racing | ZOL 1 21 | ZOL 2 26 | VAL 1 28 | VAL 2 Ret | LMS 1 17 | LMS 2 Ret | BIL 1 20 | BIL 2 18 | OSC 1 12 | OSC 2 23 | DON 1 14 | DON 2 Ret | EST 1 18 | EST 2 Ret | MNZ 1 8 | MNZ 2 19 | 28th | 3 |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. | Points |
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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 |
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2014 | Mobil Super Pioneer 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 |
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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 | |
AF Corse | LMGTE Pro | 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 NC | BHR 3 | 8th | 86 | |
2021 | AF Corse | LMGTE Pro | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | SPA 3 | ALG 2 | MNZ 4 | LMS 10 | BHR 4 | BHR 3 | 4th | 92 | |||
2022 | AF Corse | LMGTE Pro | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | SEB 6 | SPA 3 | LMS 3 | MNZ 2 | FUJ 2 | BHR 1 | 3rd | 131 | |||
2023 | Ferrari AF Corse | Hypercar | Ferrari 499P | Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6 | SEB 3 | ALG 2 | SPA Ret | LMS 4 | MNZ 2 | FUJ 4 | BHR 3 | 3rd | 120 | ||
2024 | Ferrari AF Corse | Hypercar | Ferrari 499P | Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6 | QAT 6 | IMO 4 | SPA 3 | LMS 1 | SÃO 6 | COA 3 | FUJ | BHR | 3rd* | 113* |
* Season still in progress.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2017 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ferrari 488 GTE | GTE Pro | 339 | 21st | 5th |
2018 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Pro | 338 | 24th | 9th |
2019 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Pro | 140 | DNF | DNF |
2020 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Pro | 340 | NC | NC |
2021 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Pro | 331 | 37th | 5th |
2022 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Pro | 349 | 30th | 3rd |
2023 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ferrari 499P | Hypercar | 337 | 5th | 5th |
2024 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ferrari 499P | Hypercar | 311 | 1st | 1st |
Complete IMSA 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 |
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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 | ||
GTLM | Ferrari 488 GTE | 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 | |
2023 | AF Corse | GTD | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6 | DAY 19 | SEB 13 | LBH | LGA | 47th | 337 | ||||||||
GTD Pro | WGL 8 | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET 5 | 19th | 537 | |||||||||
2024 | AF Corse | GTD | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6 | DAY 2 | SEB 19 | LBH | LGA | WGL 6 | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET | 21st* | 751* |
* Season still in progress.
Complete European Le Mans Series results
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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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 |
2021 | Iron Lynx | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | CAT 1 | RBR 3 | LEC 1 | MNZ 2 | SPA 2 | ALG 1 | 1st | 126 |
2022 | JMW Motorsport | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | LEC | IMO | MNZ | CAT 3 | SPA | ALG | 19th | 15 |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
References
- ^ "Miguel Molina completes all-Spanish line-up for Prema". driverdb.com. Driver Database. 5 February 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
- ^ "Miguel Molina and Prema together in the 2008 World Series by Renault Championship". formula3.cc. 5 February 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2008.
- ^ "Molina moves to Ultimate for 2009". autosport.com. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ Gill, Jonathan (25 June 2009). "Entry List for 2009 SF 2009 Championship". automobilsport.com. MaP. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ Anderson, Ben (18 February 2010). "Molina moves to DTM with Audi". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
- ^ "2024 Le Mans 24 Hours - Full Results". racingnews365.com. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Official Site (in Spanish)
- Miguel Molina career summary at DriverDB.com
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Michael Cooper Jordan Taylor | SprintX GT Championship Series Champion 2018 With: Toni Vilander | Succeeded by None (Series ended) |
Preceded by | European Le Mans Series LMGTE Champion 2021 With: Matteo Cressoni & Rino Mastronardi | Succeeded by |
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James Calado (2014—)
Davide Rigon (2014—)
Miguel Molina (2017—)
Alessandro Pier Guidi (2017—)
Nicklas Nielsen (2020—)
Daniel Serra (2020—)
Antonio Fuoco (2022—)
Alessio Rovera (2022—)
Antonio Giovinazzi (2023—)
Robert Shwartzman (2023—)
Lilou Wadoux (2023—)
Thomas Neubauer (2024—)
Yifei Ye (2024—)
Andrea Bertolini (2012—)
Toni Vilander (2007—)
Giancarlo Fisichella (2010—)
Olivier Beretta (2012—)