Miguel Molina

This article is about Spanish racing driver. For Filipino swimmer, see Miguel Molina (swimmer).

Miguel Molina González
Molina driving for Pons Racing in the Donington Park round of the 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season
Nationality	Spanish
Born	February 17, 1989 (1989-02-17) (age 22) Girona (Spain)
2011 DTM
Debut season	2010
Current team	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
Car no.	22
Starts	21
Wins	0
Poles	2
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	10th in 2010
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 February 17, 1989 in Girona) is a professional racing driver from Spain. He is a member of the Circuit de Catalunya Young Drivers Programme.^[1]

Career

Karting

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 Catalonian Junior Championship in 2001 and Spanish Junior Championship in 2003.

Early career

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.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

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.

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

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

Molina made his DTM début at Hockenheim in 2010.

Molina will move from single-seaters to touring cars in 2010, joining the works Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline squad in the DTM series, where he will race a 2008-spec Audi A4.^[5]

Racing record

Career summary

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 Three Championship	Racing Engineering	15	1	0	0	6	73	6th
	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
	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

† - Team standings.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 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	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

(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

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

Complete DTM results

(key)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Points
2010	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2008	HOC1 8	VAL 8	LAU 13	NOR Ret	NÜR 14	ZAN 5	BRH 4	OSC Ret	HOC2 Ret	ADR 17	SHA 5	10th	15
2011	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2008	HOC1 16	ZAN 14	SPL 11	LAU 16	NOR 12	NÜR 12	BRH Ret	OSC 8	VAL 5	HOC2 3		11th	11

References

1. ^ "Miguel Molina completes all-Spanish line-up for Prema". driverdb.com (Driver Database). 2008-02-05. http://www.driverdb.com/press-releases/miguel-molina-completes-all-spanish-lineup.html. Retrieved 2008-08-12. 
2. ^ "Miguel Molina and Prema together in the 2008 World Series by Renault Championship". formula3.cc. 2008-02-05. http://www.formula3.cc/content/view/22575/1/. Retrieved 2008-03-05. 
3. ^ "Molina moves to Ultimate for 2009". autosport.com. 2009-03-06. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73587. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 
4. ^ Gill, Jonathan (2009-06-25). "Entry List for 2009 SF 2009 Championship". automobilsport.com (MaP). http://www.automobilsport.com/superleague-formula-entry-list-championships-2009---65538.html. Retrieved 2010-01-02. 
5. ^ Anderson, Ben (2010-02-18). "Molina moves to DTM with Audi". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81570. Retrieved 2010-02-18. 

External links

• Official Site (Spanish)
• Career details from Driver Database

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Name	Molina, Miguel
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Date of birth	February 17, 1989
Place of birth	Girona (Spain)
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