Carlos Muñoz

Carlos Andrés Muñoz (born 2 January 1992) is a Colombian former professional racing driver. He last drove for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports part-time in the IndyCar Series in 2018. He has twice finished second in the Indianapolis 500, during his rookie year in 2013 and in 2016.

Career

Karting Born in Bogotá, Muñoz began his motorsport career in karting back in 2002.

Formula TR Pro Series FR 1600 In 2007, at the age of fifteen, Muñoz made his debut in single-seaters, racing in the Formula TR Pro Series. He took one podium place in four races to end the season in eighth place.

Formula Renault In 2008, Muñoz took part in both the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championships, racing for Prema Powerteam. In the Italian series, he finished sixteenth, taking six-point-scoring positions in twelve races. In the Eurocup, he failed to score a championship point with a best result of thirteenth at both the Nürburgring and Estoril.

The following season, Muñoz competed in both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup championships for Epsilon 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. In the West European Cup, he took seventh place in the championship, scoring two podium places.

Formula Three

Along with his Formula Renault campaigns, Muñoz competed in three rounds of the European F3 Open Championship, driving for Porteiro Motorsport. He finished eleventh in the championship, with a best result of second at Spa-Francorchamps. 2010 saw Muñoz move to the Formula 3 Euro Series, competing for Mücke Motorsport, joining Roberto Merhi at the team. Muñoz finished ninth in the championship with a runner-up finish at Brands Hatch as his best finish. He also competed in two rounds (six races) of the British Formula 3 Championship as a guest driver in the Invitational Class.

In 2011, Muñoz returned to F3 Euro Series, this time driving for Signature. He finished eighth in the championship with a best finish of third at Silverstone Circuit.

Indy Lights In 2012, Muñoz moved to the United States to compete in the Indy Lights series for Andretti Autosport. He captured two victories, including one on the oval at Auto Club Speedway and a win from the pole in Edmonton, in addition to three other podium finishes on his way to fifth in the championship. Muñoz returned to the series for the 2013 season with Andretti Autosport and announced a deal to compete in the 2013 Indianapolis 500 with the team.

IndyCar Series

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.

At the 2013 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 the Detroit Belle Isle Dual Grand Prix on 30 May 2015.

Muñoz heading out for qualifying at Portland International Raceway in 2018.

After a distant second-place finish to teammate Alexander Rossi in the 2016 Indianapolis 500, Muñoz left Andretti Autosport after the 2016 IndyCar season ended. Muñoz joined A. 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 the 2018 Indianapolis 500, finishing seventh. Later in the season, he filled in for the injured Robert Wickens for the final two races of the season at Portland and Sonoma, driving for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. Muñoz started fourteenth and finished twelfth at Portland.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 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

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key) 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 2010 Mücke Motorsport Dallara F308/042 Mercedes LEC1 LEC2 HOC1 HOC2 VAL1 VAL2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 BRH1 BRH2 OSC1 OSC2 HOC1 HOC2 9th 18 2011 Signature Dallara F308 Volkswagen LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 8th 105

American open–wheel racing results (key)

Indy Lights Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points Ref 2012 Andretti AutosportSTPALALBHINDYDETMILIOWTOREDM TROBALFON 5th 377 2013 STP ALA LBH INDY MIL IOW POC TOR MOH BAL HOU FON 3rd 441

IndyCar Series (key) 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 2013 Andretti Autosport 26 Dallara DW12 Chevrolet STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET DET TXS MIL IOW POC TOR 28th 74 5 FON Panther Racing 4 TOR MOH SNM BAL HOU HOU 2014 Andretti Autosport 34 Honda STP LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET TXS HOU HOU POC IOW TOR TOR MOH MIL SNM FON 8th 483 2015 26 STP NLA LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET TXS TOR FON MIL IOW MOH POC SNM 13th 349 2016 STP PHX LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET RDA IOW TOR MOH POC TXS WGL SNM 10th 432 2017 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 14 Chevrolet STP LBH ALA PHX IMS INDY DET DET TEX ROA IOW TOR MOH POC GTW WGL SNM 16th 328 2018 Andretti Autosport 29 Honda STP PHX LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET TXS RDA IOW TOR MOH POC GTW 25th 95 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 6 POR SNM

Season still in progress.

Indianapolis 500