Carlos Muñoz (racing driver)
Carlos Andrés Muñoz (born 2 January 1992) is a professional racing driver from Colombia. 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.
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Muñoz at Silverstone Circuit in 2011 | |||||||
| Nationality | Colombian | ||||||
| Born | Carlos Andrés Muñoz 2 January 1992 Bogotá, Colombia | ||||||
| IndyCar Series career | |||||||
| 73 races run over 6 years | |||||||
| 2018 position | 25th | ||||||
| Best finish | 8th (2014) | ||||||
| First race | 2013 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis) | ||||||
| Last race | 2018 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma (Sonoma) | ||||||
| First win | 2015 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix (Detroit) | ||||||
| Last win | 2015 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix (Detroit) | ||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
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]
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 |
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| 2013 | Andretti Autosport | Dallara DW12 | 26 | Chevrolet | STP | ALA | LBH | SAO | INDY 2 | DET | DET | TXS | MIL | IOW | POC | TOR | 28th | 74 | |||||||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| 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 | |||
| 2018 | Andretti Autosport | 29 | Honda | STP | PHX | LBH | ALA | IMS | INDY 7 | DET | DET | TXS | RDA | IOW | TOR | MDO | POC | GTW | 25th | 95 | |||||
| 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
- ^ "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). . Junior Open Wheel Talent. Junior Open Wheel Talent LLC. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. 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
- Carlos Muñoz on Twitter
- Carlos Muñoz career summary at DriverDB.com