Nico Müller

Nico Müller

Müller in 2012.
Nationality Switzerland Swiss
Born (1992-02-25) 25 February 1992
Thun, Switzerland
DTM career
Debut season 2014
Current team Audi Sport Team Abt
Car no. 51
Former teams Team Rosberg
Starts 46
Championships 0
Wins 1
Poles 1
Fastest laps 3
Best finish 9th in 2016
Finished last season 9th (88 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 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
2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series International Draco Racing 17 0 0 0 1 78 9th
2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series International Draco Racing 17 2 1 0 3 143 5th
2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Audi Sport Team Rosberg 10 0 0 1 0 10 19th
Blancpain Endurance Series Audi Race Experience 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Audi Sport Team Rosberg 18 0 0 0 0 26 21st
Blancpain Endurance Series Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 3 0 1 0 1 41 9th
2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Audi Sport Team Abt 18 1 1 2 2 88 9th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 3 0 1 1 1 26 10th
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup 4 0 0 0 0 2 27th
Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 1 1 1 18 6th*

* 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
2010 Jenzer Motorsport CAT
FEA
13		 CAT
SPR
9		 IST
FEA
6		 IST
SPR
4		 VAL
FEA
7		 VAL
SPR
1		 SIL
FEA
3		 SIL
SPR
4		 HOC
FEA
Ret		 HOC
SPR
17		 HUN
FEA
1		 HUN
SPR
6		 SPA
FEA
4		 SPA
SPR
6		 MNZ
FEA
4		 MNZ
SPR
3		 3rd 53
2011 Jenzer Motorsport IST
FEA
11		 IST
SPR
15		 CAT
FEA
5		 CAT
SPR
Ret		 VAL
FEA
Ret		 VAL
SPR
14		 SIL
FEA
1		 SIL
SPR
11		 NÜR
FEA
15		 NÜR
SPR
7		 HUN
FEA
4		 HUN
SPR
5		 SPA
FEA
7		 SPA
SPR
3		 MNZ
FEA
4		 MNZ
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
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 
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
2016 Audi Sport Team Abt Audi RS5 DTM HOC
1
3		 HOC
2
7		 SPL
1
10		 SPL
2
Ret		 LAU
1
10		 LAU
2
8		 NOR
1
20		 NOR
2
1		 ZAN
1
20		 ZAN
2
5		 MSC
1
13		 MSC
2
7		 NÜR
1
11		 NÜR
2
5		 HUN
1
5		 HUN
2
Ret		 HOC
1
15		 HOC
2
13		 9th 88

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2016 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Pro MIS
QR		 MIS
CR		 BRH
QR		 BRH
CR		 NÜR
QR
5		 NÜR
CR
34		 HUN
QR		 HUN
CR		 CAT
QR
Ret		 CAT
CR
14		 27th 2

References

  1. ↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Cup 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
  2. ↑ "LO Formula Renault 2.0 Suisse 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
  3. ↑ "Albert Costa disqualified, Nathanaël Berthon is winner". renault-sport.com. Renault Sport. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
  4. ↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
  5. ↑ "Jenzer Motorsport confirm GP3 drivers". gp3series.com. GP3 Series. 2010-02-08. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  6. ↑ "Nico Müller dominates to take first GP3 win". gp3series.com. GP3 Series. 2010-06-27. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  7. ↑ "Nico Müller flies to victory in Budapest". gp3series.com. GP3 Series. 2010-07-31. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
  8. ↑ "GP3 Series 2010". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
  9. ↑ Glendenning, Mark (2010-10-07). "Muller stays in GP3 with Jenzer". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
  10. ↑ "The future won't wait!". renault-sport.com. Renault Sport. 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
  11. ↑ "Nico Muller tops day one at IFM Hungarian test". automobilsport.com. MaP. 2009-11-06. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
  12. ↑ "Sweden's Philip Forsman set the fastest time in today's Hungarian test". automobilsport.com. MaP. 2009-11-07. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
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Preceded by
Christopher Zanella		 Swiss Formula Renault 2.0
Champion
2009 		Succeeded by
Zoël Amberg
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