Nico Müller

Nico Müller
Nationality	Swiss
Born	25 February 1992 (1992-02-25) (age 19) Thun (Switzerland)
2011 GP3 Series
Debut season	2010
Current team	Jenzer Motorsport
Car no.	25
Starts	16
Wins	2
Poles	1
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	3rd in 2010
Previous series
2009 2008–09 2008 2008	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 WEC
Championship titles
2009	Swiss Formula Renault 2.0

Nico Müller (born 25 February 1992 in Thun) is a professional racing driver from Switzerland.

Career

Karting

Müller began his karting career in 2004 and the following year, Müller finished sixth in the Bridgestone Cup Switzerland ICA Junior class. He improved to third place in the same competition in 2006 and also finished as runner-up in the Swiss Junior Championship. In 2007, he won the Bridgestone Cup Switzerland KF3 class, winning the title by a single point, and took fifth place in the Swiss KF3 championship.

Formula Renault 2.0

In 2008, Müller stepped up to single-seaters, racing in his native Formula Renault series for Jenzer Motorsport. In his first year in the category, he finished fifth, taking a victory at Spa-Francorchamps along with two other podium places. He also took part in selected races of both the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup series. In November of that year, he contested the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series, which was held over two races at the Imola circuit. Müller took two podium places to finish third in the standings, behind Kazim Vasiliauskas and champion Daniel Mancinelli.^[1]

Müller remained in the Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 series in 2009 and wrapped up the title in dominant fashion, finishing on the podium in all twelve races, taking nine victories and nine pole positions.^[2]

He also contested a full season of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship with Jenzer Motorsport. He originally finished third in his début race in Barcelona, but was later promoted to second following the disqualification of race winner Albert Costa.^[3] During the season he took a further four points-scoring positions to finish eleventh in the championship, the third highest placed rookie driver.^[4]

GP3 Series

In 2010, Müller graduated to the new GP3 Series, continuing his long relationship with Jenzer Motorsport.^[5] He took his first victory in the category at the third round of the season in Valencia, winning the sprint race after starting from the front row of the grid.^[6] Another podium followed at the next round at Silverstone before he took his second win of the year with victory from pole position in the feature race at the Hungaroring.^[7]

A haul of nine points in the final round at Monza ensured that Müller finished the season third overall behind Robert Wickens and eventual champion Esteban Gutiérrez.^[8] Müller will remain in the championship with Jenzer Motorsport for a second season in 2011.^[9]

Other Series

At the end of October 2009, Müller tested a Formula Renault 3.5 Series car for the first time, driving for Prema Powerteam at Motorland Aragón in Spain as a prize for winning the Swiss Formula Renault title.^[10] A week later, he took part in the first International Formula Master test session of the winter at the Hungaroring, finishing as the fastest driver on day one before taking second place the following day.^[11][12]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2008	Swiss Formula Renault 2.0	Jenzer Motorsport	12	1	0	0	3	174	5th
	Italian Formula Renault 2.0		4	0	0	0	0	8	32nd
	Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup		2	0	0	0	0	0	52nd
	Italian Formula Renault 2.0 – Winter Series		2	0	0	0	2	52	3rd
2009	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Jenzer Motorsport	14	0	0	0	1	25	11th
	Swiss Formula Renault 2.0		12	9	9	8	12	317	1st
2010	GP3 Series	Jenzer Motorsport	16	2	1	2	4	53	3rd
2011	GP3 Series	Jenzer Motorsport	16	1	0	0	3	36	4th

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	Jenzer Motorsport	ESP FEA 13	ESP SPR 9	TUR FEA 6	TUR SPR 4	VAL FEA 7	VAL SPR 1	GBR FEA 3	GBR SPR 4	GER FEA Ret	GER SPR 17	HUN FEA 1	HUN SPR 6	BEL FEA 4	BEL SPR 6	ITA FEA 4	ITA SPR 3	3rd	53
2011	Jenzer Motorsport	TUR FEA 11	TUR SPR 15	ESP FEA 5	ESP SPR Ret	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR 14	GBR FEA 1	GBR SPR 11	GER FEA 15	GER SPR 7	HUN FEA 4	HUN SPR 5	BEL FEA 7	BEL SPR 3	ITA FEA 4	ITA SPR 3	4th	36

* Season in Progress

References

1. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Cup 2008". driverdb.com (Driver Database). http://www.driverdb.com/standings/181-2008/. Retrieved 2010-08-04. 
2. ^ "LO Formula Renault 2.0 Suisse 2009". driverdb.com (Driver Database). http://www.driverdb.com/standings/182-2009/. Retrieved 2009-12-09. 
3. ^ "Albert Costa disqualified, Nathanaël Berthon is winner". renault-sport.com (Renault Sport). 2009-04-19. http://www.renault-sport.com/en/world_series/eurocup_2000/news.php?news=93924.html. Retrieved 2009-12-09. 
4. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2009". driverdb.com (Driver Database). http://www.driverdb.com/standings/129-2009/. Retrieved 2009-12-09. 
5. ^ "Jenzer Motorsport confirm GP3 drivers". gp3series.com (GP3 Series). 2010-02-08. http://www.gp3series.com/news/2010-pre-season/Jenzer-confirm-two-drivers/. Retrieved 2010-06-29. 
6. ^ "Nico Müller dominates to take first GP3 win". gp3series.com (GP3 Series). 2010-06-27. http://www.gp3series.com/news/2010-Valencia/Nico-Muller-dominates-to-take-first-win/. Retrieved 2010-06-29. 
7. ^ "Nico Müller flies to victory in Budapest". gp3series.com (GP3 Series). 2010-07-31. http://www.gp3series.com/news/Budapest-Rd-6/Muller-dominates-Race-1/. Retrieved 2010-08-04. 
8. ^ "GP3 Series 2010". driverdb.com (Driver Database). http://www.driverdb.com/standings/5340-2010/. Retrieved 2010-09-13. 
9. ^ Glendenning, Mark (2010-10-07). "Muller stays in GP3 with Jenzer". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/87233. Retrieved 2010-10-16. 
10. ^ "The future won’t wait!". renault-sport.com (Renault Sport). 2009-10-27. http://www.renault-sport.com/en/world_series/formulaV6/news.php?news=118369.html. Retrieved 2009-12-09. 
11. ^ "Nico Muller tops day one at IFM Hungarian test". automobilsport.com (MaP). 2009-11-06. http://www.automobilsport.com/formula-master-nico-muller-hungaroring-test-hungarian-rookie-alexander-rossi-conor-daly---72670.html. Retrieved 2010-08-04. 
12. ^ "Sweden's Philip Forsman set the fastest time in today's Hungarian test". automobilsport.com (MaP). 2009-11-07. http://www.automobilsport.com/formula-masters-sweden-philip-forsman-hungarian-test-riccardo-galli-cesar-ramos---72703.html. Retrieved 2010-08-04. 

External links

• Career details from Driver Database

Sporting positions
Preceded by Christopher Zanella	Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 Champion 2009	Succeeded by Zoël Amberg FR2.0 Middle European Championship

Persondata
Name	Muller, Nico
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	25 February 1992
Place of birth	Thun (Switzerland)
Date of death
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