Miki Monrás

Miki Monrás
Nationality Spain Spanish
Born (1992-01-17) 17 January 1992
Barcelona (Spain)
FIA Formula Two Championship career
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 2 153* 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 MW Arden CAT
FEA
10		 CAT
SPR
23		 IST
FEA
7		 IST
SPR
2		 VAL
FEA
5		 VAL
SPR
13		 SIL
FEA
15		 SIL
SPR
18		 HOC
FEA
Ret		 HOC
SPR
15		 HUN
FEA
Ret		 HUN
SPR
20		 SPA
FEA
9		 SPA
SPR
3		 MNZ
FEA
11		 MNZ
SPR
6		 10th 17

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		 RBR
1
Ret		 RBR
2
11		 MON
1
17		 MON
2
3		 CAT
1
2		 CAT
2
4		 4th 153

References

  1. ↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  2. ↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 WEC 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  3. ↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2009-12-22.
  4. ↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 WEC 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2009-12-22.
  5. ↑ Beer, Matt (2010-02-23). "Monras joins MW Arden for GP3". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  6. ↑ "Miki Monras opts for F2 in 2011". MotorSport Vision. 2011-07-03.
  7. ↑ "Monras claims commanding maiden win". Formula Two. 2011-04-17.
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