Miki Monrás Explained

Miki Monrás
Nationality: Spanish
Full Name:Miquel Monrás Albanell
Birth Date:17 January 1992
Birth Place:Barcelona (Spain)
Last Series:FIA Formula Two Championship
Years Active:2011
Current Team:MotorSport Vision
Car Number:6
Starts:14
Wins:1
Poles:1
Fastest Laps:2
Best Finish:4th
Year:2011
Prev Series:GP3 Series
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 WEC
FR 2.0 Italy Winter Series
Master Junior Formula
Prev Series Years:2010
200809
2008–09
2007
2007

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

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2007Master Junior Formula300002517th
Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter SeriesCram Competition400003213th
2008Formula Renault 2.0 WECalign=left rowspan=2Hitech Junior Team
SG Formula
150001308th
Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup140000621st
2009Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocupalign=left rowspan=2Epsilon Euskadi140003765th
Formula Renault 2.0 WEC1401171174th
2010GP3 SeriesMW Arden1600121710th
2011FIA Formula Two ChampionshipMotorSport Vision1611241534th

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Two results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2008 . driverdb.com . Driver Database . 2010-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080326214119/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/129-2008/ . 2008-03-26.
  2. News: Formula Renault 2.0 WEC 2008 . driverdb.com . Driver Database . 2010-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080608155427/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1592-2008/ . 2008-06-08.
  3. News: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2009 . driverdb.com . Driver Database . 2009-12-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120925092707/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/129-2009/ . 2012-09-25.
  4. News: Formula Renault 2.0 WEC 2009 . driverdb.com . Driver Database . 2009-12-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120926030100/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1592-2009/ . 2012-09-26.
  5. News: Monras joins MW Arden for GP3 . Matt . Beer . autosport.com . . 2010-02-23 . 2010-02-23.
  6. News: Miki Monras opts for F2 in 2011 . . 2011-07-03.
  7. News: Monras claims commanding maiden win . . 2011-04-17 . 10 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110421035459/http://www.formulatwo.com/news/monras-claims-maiden-f2-win.aspx# . 21 April 2011 . dead . dmy-all.