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| Carlos Muñoz | |||||||
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 Muñoz atSilverstone Circuit in 2011 | |||||||
| Nationality |  Colombian | ||||||
| Born | Carlos Andrés Muñoz (1992-01-02)2 January 1992 (age 33) Bogotá, Colombia | ||||||
| IndyCar Series career | |||||||
| 73 races run over 6 years | |||||||
| 2018 position | 25th | ||||||
| Best finish | 8th (2014) | ||||||
| First race | 2013 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis) | ||||||
| Last race | 2018GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma (Sonoma) | ||||||
| First win | 2015 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix (Detroit) | ||||||
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| Previous series | |||||||
| 2012–2013 2010–2011 2009 2009 2008–2009 2008 2007 | Indy Lights Formula 3 Euro Series Formula Renault 2.0 WEC European F3 Open Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 Italy Formula TR 1600 Pro Series | ||||||
| Awards | |||||||
| 2013 2014 | Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||
Carlos Andrés Muñoz (born 2 January 1992) is a Colombian former professionalracing driver. He last drove forSchmidt Peterson Motorsports part-time in theIndyCar Series in 2018. He has twice finished second in theIndianapolis 500, during his rookie year in2013 and in2016.
Born inBogotá, Muñoz began hismotorsport career inkarting back in 2002.
In 2007, just fifteen years old, Muñoz made his debut insingle-seaters, racing in the Formula TR Pro Series. He took one podium place in four races to end the season in eighth place.
In2008, Muñoz took part in both theItalian Formula Renault 2.0 andEurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championships, racing forPrema Powerteam. In the Italian series, he finished sixteenth, taking six-point-scoring positions in twelve races.[1] In the Eurocup, he failed to score a championship point with a best result of thirteenth at both theNürburgring andEstoril.
Thefollowing season, Muñoz competed in both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 andFormula Renault 2.0 West European Cup championships forEpsilon Euskadi. He finished eighth in the Eurocup standings, taking ten points-scoring positions in fourteen races, including a podium in the second race at the Nürburgring.[2] In the West European Cup, he took seventh place in the championship, scoring two podium places.[3]
Along with his Formula Renault campaigns, Muñoz competed in three rounds of theEuropean F3 Open Championship, driving for Porteiro Motorsport. He finished eleventh in the championship, with a best result of second atSpa-Francorchamps.[4]2010 saw Muñoz move to theFormula 3 Euro Series, competing forMücke Motorsport, joiningRoberto Merhi at the team.[5] Muñoz finished ninth in the championship with a runner-up finish atBrands Hatch as his best finish. He also competed in two rounds (six races) of theBritish Formula 3 Championship as a guest driver in the Invitational Class.
In2011 Muñoz returned to F3 Euro Series, this time driving forSignature. He finished eighth in the championship with a best finish of third atSilverstone Circuit.
In2012, Muñoz moved to the United States to compete in theIndy Lights series forAndretti Autosport.[6] He captured two victories, including one on the oval atAuto Club Speedway and a win from the pole inEdmonton, in addition to three other podium finishes on his way to fifth in the championship. Muñoz returned to the series for the2013 season with Andretti Autosport and announced a deal to compete in the2013 Indianapolis 500 with the team.
Muñoz qualified on the front row for the 2013 Indy 500 in second position and ran with the leaders all race long. He led twelve laps and finished in second place, winning Rookie of the Year honors.[7]
At the2013 Honda Indy Toronto, Muñoz replaced Panther Racing's Ryan Briscoe for Race 2 of the doubleheader after Briscoe broke his right wrist in an incident during Saturday's Race 1. After just twelve laps in the morning warmup to get acclimated with the car, Muñoz started 24th in the race and finished seventeenth.
Muñoz got his first IndyCar win in the rain-shortened Race 1 of theDetroit Belle Isle Dual Grand Prix on 30 May 2015.[8]
After a distant second-place finish to teammateAlexander Rossi in the2016 Indianapolis 500, Muñoz left Andretti Autosport after the 2016 IndyCar season ended. Muñoz joinedA. J. Foyt Enterprises for the 2017 IndyCar season, lasting one season.
In 2018, Muñoz made his return to Andretti in a one-race deal at the2018 Indianapolis 500, finishing seventh. Later in the season, he filled in for the injuredRobert Wickens for the final two races of the season at Portland and Sonoma, driving forSchmidt Peterson Motorsports. Muñoz started fourteenth and finished twelfth at Portland.
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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| 2007 | Formula TR Pro Series FR 1600 | JP Motorsports | 4 | 0 | 0 | ? | 1 | 72 | 8th |
| 2008 | Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup | Prema Powerteam | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Italy | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 16th | ||
| 2009 | Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup | Epsilon Euskadi | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 8th |
| Formula Renault 2.0 WEC | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 7th | ||
| European F3 Open | Porteiro Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 12th | |
| 2010 | Formula 3 Euro Series | Mücke Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9th |
| 2011 | Formula 3 Euro Series | Signature | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 105 | 8th |
| 2012 | Indy Lights | Andretti Autosport | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 377 | 5th |
| 2013 | Indy Lights | Andretti Autosport | 12 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 441 | 3rd |
| IndyCar Series | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 28th | ||
| Panther Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2014 | IndyCar Series | Andretti Autosport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 483 | 8th |
| 2015 | IndyCar Series | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 349 | 13th | |
| 2016 | IndyCar Series | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 432 | 10th | |
| 2017 | IndyCar Series | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 328 | 16th |
| 2018 | IndyCar Series | Andretti Autosport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 25th |
| Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
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(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
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| 2008 | Prema Powerteam | SPA 1 28 | SPA 2 25 | SIL 1 29 | SIL 2 20 | HUN 1 Ret | HUN 2 24 | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 13 | LMS 1 19 | LMS 2 19 | EST 1 Ret | EST 2 13 | CAT 1 16 | CAT 2 26 | 34th | 0 |
| 2009 | Epsilon Euskadi | CAT 1 9 | CAT 2 Ret | SPA 1 8 | SPA 2 Ret | HUN 1 5 | HUN 2 Ret | SIL 1 5 | SIL 2 9 | LMS 1 8 | LMS 2 10 | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 3 | ALC 1 11 | ALC 2 10 | 8th | 36 |
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | DC | Points |
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| 2010 | Mücke Motorsport | Dallara F308/042 | Mercedes | LEC 1 Ret | LEC 2 12 | HOC 1 14 | HOC 2 Ret | VAL 1 10 | VAL 2 Ret | NOR 1 6 | NOR 2 9 | NÜR 1 14 | NÜR 2 9 | ZAN 1 6 | ZAN 2 4 | BRH 1 7 | BRH 2 2 | OSC 1 8 | OSC 2 10 | HOC 1 11 | HOC 2 6 | 9th | 18 | |||||||||
| 2011 | Signature | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | LEC 1 6 | LEC 2 5 | LEC 3 7 | HOC 1 8 | HOC 2 2 | HOC 3 9 | ZAN 1 6 | ZAN 2 12 | ZAN 3 8 | RBR 1 10 | RBR 2 9 | RBR 3 5 | NOR 1 9 | NOR 2 Ret | NOR 3 13 | NÜR 1 9 | NÜR 2 8 | NÜR 3 8 | SIL 1 10 | SIL 2 11 | SIL 3 3 | VAL 1 5 | VAL 2 7 | VAL 3 10 | HOC 1 8 | HOC 2 14 | HOC 3 Ret | 8th | 105 |
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| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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| 2012 | Andretti Autosport | STP 14 | ALA 14 | LBH 5 | INDY 2 | DET 2 | MIL 5 | IOW 7 | TOR 10 | EDM 1 | TRO 3 | BAL 11 | FON 1 | 5th | 377 | [12] |
| 2013 | STP 7 | ALA 1 | LBH 1 | INDY 4 | MIL 2 | IOW 8 | POC 1 | TOR 4 | MOH 4 | BAL 9 | HOU 12 | FON 1 | 3rd | 441 | [13] |
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| Year | Team | No. | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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| 2013 | Andretti Autosport | 26 | Dallara DW12 | Chevrolet | STP | ALA | LBH | SAO | INDY 2 | DET | DET | TXS | MIL | IOW | POC | TOR | 28th | 74 | [14] | |||||||
| 5 | FON 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Panther Racing | 4 | TOR 17 | MOH | SNM | BAL | HOU | HOU | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Andretti Autosport | 34 | Honda | STP 17 | LBH 3 | ALA 23 | IMS 24 | INDY 4 | DET 7 | DET 8 | TXS 13 | HOU 3 | HOU 22 | POC 3 | IOW 12 | TOR 17 | TOR 17 | MOH 4 | MIL 22 | SNM 19 | FON 8 | 8th | 483 | [15] | ||
| 2015 | 26 | STP 14 | NLA 12 | LBH 9 | ALA 6 | IMS 13 | INDY 20 | DET 1 | DET 23 | TXS 6 | TOR 22 | FON 11 | MIL 15 | IOW 5 | MOH 9 | POC 5 | SNM 22 | 13th | 349 | [16] | ||||||
| 2016 | STP 8 | PHX 22 | LBH 12 | ALA 14 | IMS 12 | INDY 2 | DET 6 | DET 15 | RDA 10 | IOW 12 | TOR 17 | MOH 3 | POC 7 | TXS 7 | WGL 11 | SNM 15 | 10th | 432 | [17] | |||||||
| 2017 | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 14 | Chevrolet | STP 21 | LBH 7 | ALA 17 | PHX 10 | IMS 15 | INDY 10 | DET 14 | DET 11 | TEX 18 | ROA 11 | IOW 20 | TOR 15 | MOH 18 | POC 10 | GTW 9 | WGL 10 | SNM 15 | 16th | 328 | [18] | |||
| 2018 | Andretti Autosport | 29 | Honda | STP | PHX | LBH | ALA | IMS | INDY 7 | DET | DET | TXS | RDA | IOW | TOR | MOH | POC | GTW | 25th | 95 | [19] | |||||
| Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 6 | POR 12 | SNM 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress.
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
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| 2013 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 2 | 2 | Andretti Autosport |
| 2014 | Dallara | Honda | 7 | 4 | Andretti Autosport |
| 2015 | Dallara | Honda | 11 | 20 | Andretti Autosport |
| 2016 | Dallara | Honda | 5 | 2 | Andretti Autosport |
| 2017 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 24 | 10 | A. J. Foyt Enterprises |
| 2018 | Dallara | Honda | 21 | 7 | Andretti Autosport |
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| Preceded by | Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 2013 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year 2014 | Succeeded by |
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