Miguel Molina (racing driver)

Miguel Molina
Miguel Molina
	Molina in 2014
Nationality	Spanish
Full name	Miguel Molina González
Born	17 February 1989 (age 35); Girona, Spain
DTM career
Debut season	2010
Current team	Abt Sportsline
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
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[edit]

Karting[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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]

Racing record[edit]

Career summary[edit]

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2004	Spanish Formula Junior 1600	?	?	?	?	?	?	52	6th
2005	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Pons Racing	16	0	0	0	0	3	28th
2006	Spanish Formula 3 Championship	Racing Engineering	15	1	0	0	6	73	6th
2006	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	GD Racing	6	0	0	0	0	1	32nd
2007	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Pons Racing	16	2	0	1	4	66	7th
2008	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Prema Powerteam	17	2	1	0	4	79	4th
2009	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Ultimate Motorsport	13	0	0	2	3	64	8th
2009	Superleague Formula	Al Ain	2	0	0	0	0	135†	19th†
2010	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Abt Sportsline	11	0	0	1	0	15	10th
2011	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Abt Sportsline	10	0	2	0	1	11	11th
2012	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Phoenix Racing	10	0	0	0	0	8	18th
2013	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Phoenix Racing	10	0	0	0	0	19	17th
2014	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	10	0	1	1	1	32	17th
2014	Stock Car Brasil	Mobil Super Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC‡
2015	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	18	1	2	1	2	54	17th
2015	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro	Saintéloc	1	0	0	0	0	6	24th
2016	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	18	2	1	1	3	66	13th
	Australian GT Championship	JAMEC PEM Racing	2	0	0	0	0	25	NC
	Australian Endurance Championship	JAMEC PEM Racing	2	0	0	1	0	150	NC
2017	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Spirit of Race	8	1	0	3	4	97	5th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	32.5	13th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	SMP Racing	5	0	0	0	1	46	4th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	SMP Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2018	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	JMW Motorsport	6	2	2	2	3	88	2nd
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	SMP Racing	5	0	1	1	1	23	20th
	Pirelli World Challenge	R. Ferri Motorsport	10	6	1	3	8	224	8th
	SprintX GT Championship Series	R. Ferri Motorsport	10	6	1	3	8	224	1st
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Risi Competizione	1	0	0	0	0	14	62nd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM	Risi Competizione	1	0	0	0	0	22	25th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2018-19	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	3	0	0	0	0	22	20th
2019	Blancpain GT World Challenge America	R. Ferri Motorsport	10	3	1	3	8	181	4th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	SMP Racing	5	1	0	0	2	73	2nd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	HubAuto Corsa	1	1	0	0	1	25	15th
		SMP Racing	1	0	0	0	0
		CarGuy Racing	1	0	0	0	0
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM	Risi Competizione	1	0	0	0	1	32	23rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2019-20	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	8	0	0	1	2	86	8th
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	SMP Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	SMP Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2021	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	6	0	1	3	3	92	4th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		2	0	0	0	1	19	10th
	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Iron Lynx	6	3	0	0	6	126	1st
2022	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	6	1	0	0	5	131	3rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Iron Lynx	5	0	0	0	1	37	10th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Iron Lynx	1	0	0	0	0	20	12th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	AF Corse - Francorchamps	1	0	0	0	0	20	12th
	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	JMW Motorsport	1	0	0	0	1	15	19th
2023	FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar	Ferrari AF Corse	7	0	2	0	4	120	3rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar	Ferrari AF Corse	1	0	1	1	0	N/A	5th
	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	AF Corse	4	0	0	0	1	23	7th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro		2	0	0	0	0	537	19th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD		2	0	0	0	0	337	47th
2024	FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar	Ferrari AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	12	6th*
2024	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	AF Corse	2	0	0	1	1	485	5th*

^† Team standings. ^‡ Ineligible for points. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results[edit]

(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
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[edit]

(key)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Pts
2009	Al Ain Ultimate Motorsport	MAG 9	MAG 4	ZOL	ZOL	DON	DON	EST	EST	MOZ	MOZ	JAR	JAR	19th	135

Super Final Results[edit]

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6
2009	Al Ain Ultimate Motorsport	MAG DNQ	ZOL	DON	EST	MOZ	JAR

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results[edit]

(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
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[edit]

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
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[edit]

(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
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
2017	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8			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	SPA	LMS	SÃO	COA	FUJ	BHR		6th*	12*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[edit]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2017	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Sam Bird	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Pro	339	21st	5th
2018	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Sam Bird	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	338	24th	9th
2019	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Sam Bird	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	140	DNF	DNF
2020	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Sam Bird	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	340	NC	NC
2021	AF Corse	Daniel Serra Sam Bird	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	331	37th	5th
2022	AF Corse	Antonio Fuoco Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	349	30th	3rd
2023	Ferrari AF Corse	Antonio Fuoco Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 499P	Hypercar	337	5th	5th

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results[edit]

(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
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
2018	Risi Competizione	GTLM	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8			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
2023	AF Corse	GTD Pro	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6					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	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET			5th*	485*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete European Le Mans Series results[edit]

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
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[edit]

^ "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.

External links[edit]

Official Site (in Spanish)
Miguel Molina career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Michael Cooper Jordan Taylor	SprintX GT Championship Series Champion 2018 With: Toni Vilander	Succeeded by None (Series ended)
Preceded by Michele Beretta Alessio Picariello Christian Ried	European Le Mans Series LMGTE Champion 2021 With: Matteo Cressoni & Rino Mastronardi	Succeeded by Gianmaria Bruni Christian Ried Lorenzo Ferrari

[1] "Miguel Molina completes all-Spanish line-up for Prema". driverdb.com. Driver Database. 5 February 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2008.

[2] "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.

[3] "Molina moves to Ultimate for 2009". autosport.com. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.

[4] Gill, Jonathan (25 June 2009). "Entry List for 2009 SF 2009 Championship". automobilsport.com. MaP. Retrieved 2 January 2010.

[5] Anderson, Ben (18 February 2010). "Molina moves to DTM with Audi". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 18 February 2010.

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v t e Ferrari Competizione Factory Drivers
Works Drivers	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—)
Development Drivers	Andrea Bertolini (2012—)
Ambassadors	Toni Vilander (2007—) Giancarlo Fisichella (2010—) Olivier Beretta (2012—)

v t e Al Ain in Superleague Formula
Seasons competed	2008 2009
Drivers	Andreas Zuber (2008) Bertrand Baguette (2008) Paul Meijer (2008) Dominick Muermans (2008) Miguel Molina (2009) Esteban Guerrieri (2009)
Operating teams	Azerti Motorsport (2008) Ultimate Motorsport (2009)