Miki Monrás

Miquel "Miki" Monrás Albanell (born 17 January 1992 in Barcelona) is a professional racing driver from Spain.

Miki Monrás
NationalitySpain Spanish
Full nameMiquel Monrás Albanell
Born (1992-01-17) 17 January 1992
Barcelona (Spain)
Current teamMotorSport Vision
FIA Formula Two Championship
Years active2011
Car number6
Starts14
Wins1
Poles1
Fastest laps2
Best finish4th in 2011
Previous series
2010
2008–09
2008–09
2007
2007		GP3 Series
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 WEC
FR 2.0 Italy Winter Series
Master Junior Formula

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 16 1 1 2 4 153 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2011 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 24 February 2010.
  2. "Formula Renault 2.0 WEC 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  3. "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
  4. "Formula Renault 2.0 WEC 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
  5. Beer, Matt (23 February 2010). "Monras joins MW Arden for GP3". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  6. "Miki Monras opts for F2 in 2011". MotorSport Vision. 3 July 2011.
  7. "Monras claims commanding maiden win". Formula Two. 17 April 2011. Archived from the original on 21 April 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.

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