Miguel Molina (racing driver)

Miguel Molina
Molina in 2014
Nationality	Spanish
Full name	Miguel Molina González
Born	(1989-02-17) 17 February 1989 (age 35) Girona, Spain
DTM career
Debut season	2010
Current team	Abt Sportsline
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	17
Former teams	Phoenix Racing
Starts	87
Championships	0
Wins	3
Poles	6
Fastest laps	5
Best finish	10th in 2010
Finished last season	13th (66 pts)
Previous series
2006–09 2009 2006 2005 2004	Formula Renault 3.5 Series Superleague Formula Spanish Formula Three Eurocup FR2.0 Spanish FJunior 1600

Miguel Molina González (born 17 February 1989) is a racing driver from Spain. He currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship and other selected GT races for AF Corse. He was a member of the Circuit de Catalunya Young Drivers Programme.^[1]

Like many racing drivers, Molina started his early motorsport career in karting, winning successive Spanish Cadet Championships in 1999 and 2000, as well as the Catalan Junior Championship in 2001 and Spanish Junior Championship in 2003.^{[citation needed]}

In 2004, Molina began his single-seater career in the Spanish Formula Junior 1600 series, where he finished the season in 6th place. The following year he stepped up to the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship with Pons Racing, scoring three points to finish the season 28th overall. In 2006, he switched to the Spanish Formula Three Championship with the Racing Engineering team, taking one race win and a further five podium finishes to end the season 6th in the standings.^{[citation needed]}

Towards the end of 2006, Molina joined the Formula Renault 3.5 Series with GD Racing, competing in the final six races of the season, scoring a point in the final race of the season at Barcelona.^{[citation needed]}

For 2007, Molina moved up to the series full-time with Pons Racing, scoring two race wins (at Estoril and Barcelona) and two further podium places on his way to 7th in the final standings. In 2008 he once again competed in the championship, teaming up with fellow Spanish driver Álvaro Barba at Prema Powerteam.^[2] He claimed four podiums during the season, including race wins at the Nürburgring and Estoril, to finish 4th in the championship. After testing for Prema, Epsilon Euskadi and KTR during the off-season, Molina was signed by Ultimate Motorsport for the 2009 season.^[3] Despite the team pulling out of the final two rounds, Molina finished eighth in the championship.

In June 2009, Molina made his debut in the Superleague Formula series, taking part in the opening round of the season at Magny-Cours for Al Ain.^[4] He finished the first race in ninth before taking fourth place in the second event.

Molina moved from single-seaters to touring cars in 2010, joining the works Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline squad in the DTM series, where he raced a 2008-spec Audi A4.^[5]

In 2024, Molina, along with Nicklas Nielsen and Antonio Fuoco of the number 50 Ferrari AF Corse team, won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Hypercar category. ^[6]

^† Team standings. ^‡ Ineligible for points.

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

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

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

^† Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance.

† Ineligible for championship points.

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

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2017	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Sam Bird	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Pro	339	21st	5th
2018	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Sam Bird	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	338	24th	9th
2019	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Sam Bird	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	140	DNF	DNF
2020	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Sam Bird	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	340	NC	NC
2021	AF Corse	Daniel Serra Sam Bird	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	331	37th	5th
2022	AF Corse	Antonio Fuoco Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	349	30th	3rd
2023	Ferrari AF Corse	Antonio Fuoco Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 499P	Hypercar	337	5th	5th
2024	Ferrari AF Corse	Antonio Fuoco Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 499P	Hypercar	311	1st	1st

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

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

• Official Site (in Spanish)
• Miguel Molina career summary at DriverDB.com