Carlos Muñoz (racing driver)

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Carlos Muñoz
Carlos Muñoz 2011.jpg
Nationality Colombia Colombian
Born (1992-01-02) 2 January 1992 (age 32)
Bogotá (Colombia)
IndyCar Series career
Debut season 2014
Current team Andretti Autosport
Car no. 26
Former teams Panther Racing
Starts 37
Wins 1
Poles 0
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 resides in Miami. He currently drives for Andretti Autosport in the IndyCar Series.

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.

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Muñoz at Zandvoort in 2011

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

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Muñoz at the 2015 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma

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

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
12		 MIL
15		 IOW
5		 MDO
9		 POC
5		 SNM
22		 13th 349

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

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Awards
Preceded by Indianapolis 500
Rookie of the Year
2013		 Succeeded by
Kurt Busch
Preceded by IndyCar Series
Rookie of the Year
2014		 Succeeded by
Gabby Chaves
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