Miki Monrás

Miki Monrás
Nationality	Spanish
Born	17 January 1992 (1992-01-17) (age 19) Barcelona (Spain)
2011 FIA Formula Two Championship
Debut season	2011
Current team	MotorSport Vision
Car no.	6
Starts	14
Wins	1
Poles	1
Fastest laps	2
Previous series
2007 2007 2008–09 2008–09 2010	Master Junior Formula FR 2.0 Italy Winter Series Formula Renault 2.0 WEC Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 GP3 Series

Miquel "Miki" Monrás Albanell (born 17 January 1992 in Barcelona) is a professional racing driver from Spain.

Career

Karting

Monrás began his motorsport career in karting back in 2002. In 2007, he was runner-up of the European KF2 Championship behind championship winner Will Stevens. He also made his debut in single-seaters in 2007, racing in Master Junior Formula.

Formula Renault

Monrás contested the Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Series at the end of the 2007 season, where he was thirteenth. Monrás moved up to the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup for the 2008 season, with the Hitech Junior Team. He finished 21st in the Eurocup standings, taking two points-scoring positions in fourteen races.^[1] In the West European Cup, he took eighth place in the championship, taking five points scoring positions in fifteen races, including a podium in the final race of the season at Valencia.^[2]

The following season, Monrás competed in both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup championships for SG Formula. He finished fifth in the Eurocup standings, taking eleven points-scoring positions in fourteen races, including podiums at Barcelona and two at Hungaroring.^[3] In the West European Cup, he took fourth place in the championship, scoring seven podium places.^[4]

GP3 Series

2010 saw Monrás move to the GP3 Series, competing for MW Arden, the team that is backed by Formula One Red Bull Racing's driver Mark Webber. He joined Michael Christensen at the team.^[5]

Formula Two

In 2011, Monrás moved again to the FIA Formula Two Championship.^[6] He achieved two podiums including one win at his first race weekend at Silverstone^[7], taking pole position in the same race he won.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2007	Master Junior Formula		3	0	0	0	0	25	17th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Series	Cram Competition	4	0	0	0	0	32	13th
2008	Formula Renault 2.0 WEC	Hitech Junior Team SG Formula	15	0	0	0	1	30	8th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup		14	0	0	0	0	6	21st
2009	Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup	Epsilon Euskadi	14	0	0	0	3	76	5th
	Formula Renault 2.0 WEC		14	0	1	1	7	117	4th
2010	GP3 Series	MW Arden	16	0	0	1	2	17	10th
2011	FIA Formula Two Championship	MotorSport Vision	8	1	1	2	2	123*	4th*

* Season in progress

Complete Formula Two results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2011	6	SIL 1 3	SIL 2 1	MAG 1 4	MAG 2 4	SPA 1 9	SPA 2 4	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 7	BRH 1 4	BRH 2 9	SPL 1 Ret	SPL 2 11	MON 1 17	MON 2 3	CAT 1	CAT 2	4th*	123*

* Season in progress

Complete GP3 Series results

(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	DC	Points
2010	MW Arden	ESP FEA 10	ESP SPR 23	TUR FEA 7	TUR SPR 2	VAL FEA 5	VAL SPR 13	GBR FEA 15	GBR SPR 18	GER FEA Ret	GER SPR 15	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 20	BEL FEA 9	BEL SPR 3	ITA FEA 11	ITA SPR 6	10th	17

References

1. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2008". driverdb.com (Driver Database). http://www.driverdb.com/standings/129-2008/. Retrieved 2010-02-24. 
2. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 WEC 2008". driverdb.com (Driver Database). http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1592-2008/. Retrieved 2010-02-24. 
3. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2009". driverdb.com (Driver Database). http://www.driverdb.com/standings/129-2009/. Retrieved 2009-12-22. 
4. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 WEC 2009". driverdb.com (Driver Database). http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1592-2009/. Retrieved 2009-12-22. 
5. ^ Beer, Matt (2010-02-23). "Monras joins MW Arden for GP3". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81647. Retrieved 2010-02-23. 
6. ^ "Miki Monras opts for F2 in 2011". MotorSport Vision. 2011-07-03. http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/news/article.asp?NewsID=6474. 
7. ^ "Monras claims commanding maiden win". Formula Two. 2011-04-17. http://www.formulatwo.com/news/monras-claims-maiden-f2-win.aspx. 

External links

• Official site (Spanish) (English)
• Career details from Driver Database
• GP3 driver profile

Persondata
Name	Monras, Miquel
Alternative names	Miki
Short description
Date of birth	17 January 1992
Place of birth	Barcelona (Spain)
Date of death
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