Carlos Muñoz (racing driver)
Carlos Andrés Muñoz ( born February 2, 1992, Bogotá ) is a Colombian race car driver. It occurs since 2013 in the IndyCar Series.
Career
Like most racers began Muñoz his career in karting, where he was active from 2002 to 2007. In addition, he gave in 2007 in the Formula TR Pro Series FR 1600 his debut in Formula racing and was a podium placing eighth in the overall standings. 2008, the racers entered for the Prema Powerteam both in the Italian Formula Renault, where he finished 16th overall, and in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, where he remained without points at. 2009 saw Muñoz to Epsilon Euskadi, for which he took up 2.0 Eurocup in Western European Formula Renault and Formula Renault. With a total of three podium finishes, he finished seventh overall in the Western European Formula Renault and the eighth overall in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. In both series, he had to his teammate Albert Costa, who import both championship, defeated. In addition, he took for Porteiro Motorsports starting in six races of the European F3 Open part and finished the season with two podium finishes in eleventh place overall.
2010 moved to Muñoz Mücke Motorsport in the Formula 3 Euro Series. At the end of the season, he finished with a second place as best result in ninth place overall. He also completed guest appearances in the British Formula 3 Championship and took part in two races of the European F3 Open. 2011 saw the launch Muñoz in the Formula 3 Euro Series for Signature. He finished the season in eighth place in the championship. Additionally, Muñoz was entitled to points in the FIA Formula 3 Trophy 2011. There he scored the sixth overall.
2012 Muñoz left Europe and moved to North America for Andretti Autosport in the Indy Lights. He won two races and came in five races on a podium place finish. At the end of the season he was on the fifth overall. 2013 remained Muñoz at Andretti Autosport in the Indy Lights. He won the race in Birmingham, Long Beach and Long Pond and Fontana. Although no other driver had scored more victories, he finished the season in third place. In addition, Muñoz made his debut in 2013 for Andretti Autosport in the IndyCar Series and the Indianapolis 500 took part. In this race, he qualified for the second place. In the race he was twelve laps in the lead and was the best driver of his racing team to second place finish. In the rest of the season he came at Panther Racing as a replacement for the injured Ryan Briscoe and Andretti Autosport as a replacement for the diseased EJ Viso at any one race to use.
2014 received Muñoz at Andretti Autosport a full-time cockpit in the IndyCar Series.
Statistics
Career stations
- 2002-2007: Karting
- 2007: Formula TR Pro Series FR 1600 ( 8th place)
- 2008: Italian Formula Renault ( 16th place)
- 2008: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup
- 2008: Italian Formula Renault Winter Series (No. 9)
- 2009: Western European Formula Renault ( 7th place)
- 2009: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (8th place )
- 2009: European F3 Open ( 11th place )
- 2010: Formula 3 Euro Series (No. 9)
- 2010: European F3 Open ( 18th place)
- 2011: Formula 3 Euro Series (8th place )
- 2011: FIA Formula 3 Trophy ( 6th place)
- 2012: Indy Lights ( 5th place)
- 2013: Indy Lights ( 3rd place)
- 2013: IndyCar Series ( No. 28 )
- 2014: IndyCar Series
Individual results in the IndyCar Series
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