Miguel Molina

Miguel Molina González (born 17 February 1989) is a Spanish racing driver. A Ferrari factory driver since 2017, Molina competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship in LMGTE Pro before graduating to Hypercar. He won the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans alongside Antonio Fuoco and Nicklas Nielsen. Previously, he drove in DTM for Audi, and was a member of the Circuit de Catalunya Young Drivers Programme.

Career

Karting 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.

Early career In 2004, Molina began his single-seater career in the Spanish Formula Junior 1600 series, where he finished the season in sixth 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 sixth in the standings.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series 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.

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 seventh in the final standings. In 2008 he once again competed in the championship, teaming up with fellow Spanish driver Álvaro Barba at Prema Powerteam. He claimed four podiums during the season, including race wins at the Nürburgring and Estoril, to finish fourth 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. Despite the team pulling out of the final two rounds, Molina finished eighth in the championship.

Superleague Formula 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. He finished the first race in ninth before taking fourth place in the second event.

DTM

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.

WEC

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.

Racing record

Career summary † Team standings. ‡ Ineligible for points. Season still in progress.

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

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 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 17 DC Points 2006 GD Racing ZOL1 ZOL2 MON1 IST1 IST2 MIS1 MIS2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 DON1 DON2 LMS1 LMS2 CAT1 CAT2 32nd 1 2007 Pons Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MON1 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 DON1 DON2 MAG1 MAG2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 7th 66 2008 Prema Powerteam MNZ1 MNZ2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BUG1 BUG2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 4th 79 2009 Ultimate Motorsport CAT1 CAT2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 BUG1 BUG2 ALG1 ALG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ALC1 ALC2 8th 64

Superleague Formula (key) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Pts2009 Al AinUltimate Motorsport MAG MAG ZOL ZOL DON DON EST EST MOZ MOZ JAR JAR 19th 135

Super Final Results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 62009 Al AinUltimate Motorsport MAG ZOL DON EST MOZ JAR

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Points 2010 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2008 HOC VAL LAU NOR NÜR ZAN BRH OSC HOC ADR SHA 10th 15 2011 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2008 HOC ZAN SPL LAU NOR NÜR BRH OSC VAL HOC 11th 11 2012 Phoenix Racing Audi A5 DTM HOC LAU BRH SPL NOR NÜR ZAN OSC VAL HOC 18th 8 2013 Phoenix Racing Audi RS5 DTM HOC BRH SPL LAU NOR MSC NÜR OSC ZAN HOC 17th 19 2014 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM HOC OSC HUN NOR MSC SPL NÜR LAU ZAN HOC 17th 32 2015 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SPL1 SPL2 MSC1 MSC2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 17th 54 2016 Audi Sport Team Abt Audi RS5 DTM HOC1 HOC2 SPL1 SPL2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MSC1 MSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 HOC1 HOC2 13th 66 † Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance.

Complete Stock Car Brasil results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Rank Points 2014 Mobil Super Pioneer Racing Chevrolet Sonic INT1 SCZ1 SCZ2 BRA1 BRA2 GOI1 GOI2 GOI1 CAS1 CAS2 CUR1 CUR2 VEL1 VEL2 SCZ1 SCZ2 TAR1 TAR2 SAL1 SAL2 CUR1 NC† 0† † Ineligible for championship points.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

Complete European Le Mans Series results ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results