Ramón Piñeiro Explained

Ramón Piñeiro
Nationality: Spanish
Birth Date:29 October 1991
Birth Place:Barcelona, Spain
Racing Licence: FIA Gold
Current Series:FIA Formula Two Championship
First Year:2010
Current Team:1
Car Number:15
Starts:16
Wins:3
Poles:1
Fastest Laps:1
Best Finish:3rd
Year:2011
Prev Series:Formula BMW Europe
Formula Palmer Audi
Prev Series Years:2008-09
2009-10

Ramón Piñeiro (born 29 October 1991 in Barcelona) is a Spanish racing driver.

Career

Formula BMW

Piñeiro began his formula racing career in 2008 in Formula BMW Europe with Fortec Motorsport. He finished twentieth in standings, taking five points-scoring positions in sixteen races. For 2009, Piñeiro remained in the series, but switched to FMS International. He again changed team to Motaworld Racing after Coloni took full control of the FMS International from Valencia onwards.

Formula Palmer Audi

After his FBMW campaign concluded in September, Piñeiro competed in the final two rounds of the Formula Palmer Audi championship at Silverstone and Snetterton. Piñeiro survived a big accident during the third of the Silverstone races. Running behind Kazim Vasiliauskas, Piñeiro picked up the slipstream from behind the Lithuanian driver's car. He clipped the rear wheel of the car after Vasiliauskas moved his car to defend into Stowe. Piñeiro was launched skywards, before landing and executing a barrel-roll before landing wheels up. He was unhurt.[1] He finished third in the final race at Snetterton, three seconds behind winner Felix Rosenqvist, after an early crash took many of his rivals.[2]

Personal life

Piñeiro list his hobbies as all sports, fitness, music, while his favourite circuits are Valencia Street Circuit, Circuit de Monaco and Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. His favourite driver is Michael Schumacher.[3] He is currently studying automotive engineering with motorsport at the University of Hertfordshire, where he will continue his studies for another 10 years.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2008Formula BMW EuropeFortec Motorsport1602103720th
2009align=left rowspan=2Formula BMW EuropeFMS International1000003819th
Motaworld Racing60000
Formula Palmer AudiMotorsport Vision600015620th
2010Formula Palmer AudiMotorSport Vision20412113203rd
European F3 OpenTeam West-Tec20000022nd
European F3 Open - Copa de EspañaTeam West-Tec20000810th
FIA Formula Two ChampionshipMotorSport Vision20000122nd
2011FIA Formula Two ChampionshipMotorSport Vision1632171853rd

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

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

Year123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2010SIL
1
SIL
2
MAR
1
MAR
2
MON
1
MON
2
ZOL
1
ZOL
2
ALG
1
ALG
2
BRH
1
BRH
2
BRN
1
BRN
2
OSC
1
OSC
2
VAL
1

VAL
2

22nd1
2011SIL
1

SIL
2

MAG
1

MAG
2

SPA
1

SPA
2

NÜR
1

NÜR
2

BRH
1

BRH
2

RBR
1

RBR
2

MON
1

MON
2

CAT
1

CAT
2

3rd185

Notes and References

  1. News: See dramatic footage of crash involving Piñeiro and Vasiliauskas. https://web.archive.org/web/20110711020349/http://formulapalmeraudi.com/news/palmer,-vautier-and-jousse-all-take-wins.aspx. dead. 2011-07-11. Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2009-12-24. 2009-10-06.
  2. News: Plant clinches FPA title; Rosenqvist wins race. Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2009-12-24. 2009-10-18.
  3. News: Ramon Pineiro. BMW Motorsport. BMW. 2009-12-23. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090904121341/http://bmw-motorsport.com/ms/en/races/fbmw/formula_europe/driver/ramon_pineiro/ramon_pineiro.html. 4 September 2009. dmy-all.