Carlos Muñoz (racing driver)

Carlos Muñoz
Muñoz at Silverstone Circuit in 2011
NationalityColombia Colombian
BornCarlos Andrés Muñoz
(1992-01-02) 2 January 1992 (age 32)
Bogotá, Colombia
IndyCar Series career
73 races run over 6 years
2018 position25th
Best finish8th (2014)
First race2013 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Last race2018 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma (Sonoma)
First win2015 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix (Detroit)
Wins Podiums Poles
1 7 1
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
2014		Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year
IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year

Carlos Andrés Muñoz (born 2 January 1992) is a Colombian professional racing driver. He last drove for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports part-time in the IndyCar Series in 2018. 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

Muñoz at Zandvoort in 2011

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 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]

Muñoz heading out for qualifying at Portland International Raceway in 2018.

After a distant second-place finish to teammate Alexander Rossi in the 2016 Indianapolis 500, Muñoz left Andretti Autosport after the 2016 IndyCar season ended. Muñoz joined A. J. Foyt Enterprises for the 2017 IndyCar season, lasting one season.

In 2018, Muñoz made his return to Andretti in a one-race deal at the 2018 Indianapolis 500, finishing seventh. Later in the season, he filled in for the injured Robert Wickens for the final two races of the season at Portland and Sonoma, driving for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. Muñoz started 14th and finished 12th at Portland.

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 Indy Lights Andretti Autosport 12 2 1 0 5 377 5th
2013 Indy Lights Andretti Autosport 12 4 5 5 5 441 3rd
IndyCar Series 2 0 0 0 1 74 28th
Panther Racing 1 0 0 0 0
2014 IndyCar Series Andretti Autosport 18 0 0 0 3 483 8th
2015 IndyCar Series 16 1 0 0 1 349 13th
2016 IndyCar Series 16 0 1 0 2 432 10th
2017 IndyCar Series A. J. Foyt Enterprises 17 0 0 0 0 328 16th
2018 IndyCar Series Andretti Autosport 1 0 0 0 0 95 25th
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 2 0 0 1 0

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 No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points Ref
2013 Andretti Autosport Dallara DW12 26 Chevrolet STP ALA LBH SAO INDY
2 		DET DET TXS MIL IOW POC TOR 28th 74 [9]
5 FON
23
Panther Racing 4 TOR
17 		MDO SNM BAL HOU HOU
2014 Andretti Autosport 34 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 [10]
2015 26 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 [11]
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 [12]
2017 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 14 Chevrolet STP
21 		LBH
7 		ALA
17 		PHX
10 		IMS
15 		INDY
10 		DET
14 		DET
11 		TEX
18 		ROA
11 		IOW
20 		TOR
15 		MDO
18 		POC
10 		GTW
9 		WGL
10 		SNM
15 		16th 328 [13]
2018 Andretti Autosport 29 Honda STP PHX LBH ALA IMS INDY
7 		DET DET TXS RDA IOW TOR MDO POC GTW 25th 95 [14]
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 6 POR
12 		SNM
18

* 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
2017 Dallara Chevrolet 24 10 A. J. Foyt Enterprises
2018 Dallara Honda 21 7 Andretti Autosport

References

  1. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 Italy 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
  2. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
  3. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 WEC 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
  4. ^ "Legris, Mendez win Open F3 at Spa". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  5. ^ Mejia, Diego (22 December 2009). "Munoz to race Euro for Mucke". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
  6. ^ Stringfield, Ryan (20 March 2012). "Muñoz to Andretti and Castaneda to BHA". Junior Open Wheel Talent. Junior Open Wheel Talent LLC. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Brudenell, Mike (30 May 2015). "Carlos Munoz notches first career IndyCar win". USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  9. ^ "Carlos Muñoz – 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Carlos Muñoz – 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Carlos Muñoz – 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Carlos Muñoz – 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Carlos Muñoz – 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Carlos Muñoz – 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
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Awards
Preceded by Indianapolis 500
Rookie of the Year
2013 		Succeeded by
Preceded by IndyCar Series
Rookie of the Year
2014 		Succeeded by