Nico Müller
Nico Müller | |
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Müller in 2012. | |
Nationality | Swiss |
Born |
Thun, Switzerland | 25 February 1992
DTM career | |
Debut season | 2014 |
Current team | Team Rosberg |
Car no. | 51 |
Starts | 28 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
Best finish | 19th in 2014 |
Finished last season | 21st (26 pts) |
Previous series | |
2012-2013 2010–2011 2009 2008–09 2008 2008 |
World Series by Renault GP3 Series 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 still 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 |
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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 |
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos | Points |
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2012 | International Draco Racing | ALC 1 Ret |
ALC 2 Ret |
MON 1 5 |
SPA 1 5 |
SPA 2 4 |
NÜR 1 2 |
NÜR 2 Ret |
MSC 1 8 |
MSC 2 Ret |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 7 |
HUN 1 6 |
HUN 2 Ret |
LEC 1 8 |
LEC 2 7 |
CAT 1 12 |
CAT 2 15 |
9th | 78 |
2013 | International Draco Racing | MNZ 1 13 |
MNZ 2 5 |
ALC 1 Ret |
ALC 2 5 |
MON 1 1 |
SPA 1 Ret |
SPA 2 5 |
MSC 1 7 |
MSC 2 4 |
RBR 1 13 |
RBR 2 8 |
HUN 1 1 |
HUN 2 5 |
LEC 1 10 |
LEC 2 2 |
CAT 1 12 |
CAT 2 4 |
5th | 143 |
Complete DTM results
(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 |
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2014 | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 16 |
OSC 16 |
HUN 12 |
NOR 18 |
MSC 5 |
SPL 19 |
NÜR Ret |
LAU Ret |
ZAN Ret |
HOC 13 |
19th | 10 | ||||||||
2015 | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 1 6 |
HOC 2 19 |
LAU 1 20 |
LAU 2 9 |
NOR 1 18 |
NOR 2 19 |
ZAN 1 9 |
ZAN 2 21 |
SPL 1 12 |
SPL 2 5 |
MSC 1 9 |
MSC 2 9 |
OSC 1 Ret |
OSC 2 Ret |
NÜR 1 16 |
NÜR 2 16 |
HOC 1 14 |
HOC 2 16 |
21st | 26 |
References
- ↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Cup 2008". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 2010-08-04.
- ↑ "LO Formula Renault 2.0 Suisse 2009". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 2009-12-09.
- ↑ "Albert Costa disqualified, Nathanaël Berthon is winner". renault-sport.com (Renault Sport). 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
- ↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2009". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 2009-12-09.
- ↑ "Jenzer Motorsport confirm GP3 drivers". gp3series.com (GP3 Series). 2010-02-08. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
- ↑ "Nico Müller dominates to take first GP3 win". gp3series.com (GP3 Series). 2010-06-27. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
- ↑ "Nico Müller flies to victory in Budapest". gp3series.com (GP3 Series). 2010-07-31. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
- ↑ "GP3 Series 2010". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 2010-09-13.
- ↑ Glendenning, Mark (2010-10-07). "Muller stays in GP3 with Jenzer". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 2010-10-16.
- ↑ "The future won’t wait!". renault-sport.com (Renault Sport). 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
- ↑ "Nico Muller tops day one at IFM Hungarian test". automobilsport.com (MaP). 2009-11-06. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
- ↑ "Sweden's Philip Forsman set the fastest time in today's Hungarian test". automobilsport.com (MaP). 2009-11-07. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nico Müller. |
- Official website
- Nico Müller on Twitter
- Nico Müller career summary at DriverDB.com
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Christopher Zanella |
Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 Champion 2009 |
Succeeded by Zoël Amberg FR2.0 Middle European Championship |
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