Nico Müller

Nico Sebastian Müller (born 25 February 1992) is a Swiss professional racing driver who competes in Formula E for Porsche.

Born and raised in Switzerland, Müller starred in the GP3 Series for Jenzer and reached the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, where he won at Monaco in 2013. After signing for Audi as factory driver, Müller won the Nürburgring 24 Hours in 2015 and battled René Rast for the DTM title in 2019 and 2020. Müller was a confirmed driver for Audi's LMDh project at the time of its cancellation. Müller then joined Peugeot in the FIA World Endurance Championship, and drove his car to the lead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2023 and the Qatar 1812 km in 2024.

Müller has also competed in Formula E since 2019. After topping rookie tests for Audi and moving through underdog teams, Müller was picked up by Porsche in 2024, and promoted to the factory team in 2025. He achieved his first victory at the 2026 Berlin ePrix.

Career

Karting

Müller began his karting career in 2004 and the following year, Müller finished sixth in the Bridgestone Cup Switzerland ICA Junior class. He improved to third place in the same competition in 2006 and also finished as runner-up in the Swiss Junior Championship. In 2007, he won the Bridgestone Cup Switzerland KF3 class, winning the title by a single point, and took fifth place in the Swiss KF3 championship. Müller finished the 2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season second. He repeated this in 2020.

Formula Renault 2.0 In 2008, Müller stepped up to single-seaters, racing in his native Formula Renault series for Jenzer Motorsport. In his first year in the category, he finished fifth, taking a victory at Spa-Francorchamps along with two other podium places. He also took part in selected races of both the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup series. In November of that year, he contested the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series, which was held over two races at the Imola circuit. Müller took two podium places to finish third in the standings, behind Kazim Vasiliauskas and champion Daniel Mancinelli.

Müller remained in the Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 series in 2009 and wrapped up the title in dominant fashion, finishing on the podium in all twelve races, taking nine victories and nine pole positions.

Müller also contested a full season of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship with Jenzer Motorsport. He originally finished third in his début race in Barcelona, but was later promoted to second following the disqualification of race winner Albert Costa. During the season he took a further four points-scoring positions to finish eleventh in the championship, the third highest placed rookie driver.

GP3 Series In 2010, Müller graduated to the new GP3 Series, continuing his long relationship with Jenzer Motorsport. He took his first victory in the category at the third round of the season in Valencia, winning the sprint race after starting from the front row of the grid. Another podium followed at the next round at Silverstone before he took his second win of the year with victory from pole position in the feature race at the Hungaroring.

A haul of nine points in the final round at Monza ensured that Müller finished the season third overall behind Robert Wickens and eventual champion Esteban Gutiérrez. Müller remained in the championship with Jenzer Motorsport for a second season in 2011.

World Rallycross

Müller competed in the 2017 World RX of France and the 2017 World RX of Latvia for the EKS RX team. He finished the events 17th and sixth respectively.

Sports car racing

In October 2017, it was announced that Müller would replace relief driver James Rossiter in the No. 26 G-Drive Racing Oreca 07, partnering regular drivers Roman Rusinov and Pierre Thiriet for the 6 Hours of Shanghai in November. He finished seventh after colliding with three cars during the course of the race. That month, Müller was entered into the 2017 FIA GT World Cup, driving an Audi R8 LMS with Audi Sport Team WRT, and was caught up in a first lap multi-car accident in the qualifying race. His car was repaired in time for the main race,

Other series At the end of October 2009, Müller tested a Formula Renault 3.5 Series car for the first time, driving for Prema Powerteam at Motorland Aragón in Spain as a prize for winning the Swiss Formula Renault title. A week later, he took part in the first International Formula Master test session of the winter at the Hungaroring, finishing as the fastest driver on day one before taking second place the following day.

Formula E Dragon / Penske Autosport (2019–2021) Having acted as a development driver for the Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler team for two seasons, Müller made his Formula E debut in the 2019–20 season, driving for GEOX Dragon alongside Brendon Hartley. His package proved to be largely uncompetitive, leading to the Swiss driver ending up 25th in the standings, lowest of all full-time competitors.

In 2021, Müller remained with the rebranded Dragon / Penske Autosport for another campaign in Formula E. He scored a number of points finishes, including a surprise podium during the Valencia ePrix, a race in which a myriad of drivers ran out of usable energy with mere minutes remaining. Müller eventually exited the series, being replaced by Joel Eriksson for the second half of the season.

ABT CUPRA Formula E Team (2023–2024) 2022–23 season

Müller returned to Formula E in 2023, joining the newly re-entered ABT CUPRA outfit for the start of the Gen3 era. The season began in disappointing fashion, with the team playing catch-up to its rivals due to their one-year hiatus from the series, which was compounded by the Swiss driver crashing during Race 2 in Diriyah. A first glimmer of hope materialised in Hyderabad, where a chaotic race with a plethora of retirements elevated Müller to eleventh at the finish, with him having set the fastest lap of the race. Three rounds later in Berlin, ABT profited from a wet qualifying session on Sunday to start on the front row, with Müller narrowly missing out on pole to teammate Robin Frijns. Hours later however, it would be Müller who scored the team's maiden top ten finish of the campaign, ending up ninth in a dry race. In Monaco, points were once again on the table until, with two laps remaining, Sam Bird crashed into the Swiss driver at Sainte Devote, costing Müller a ninth place in the process.

After two point-less events in Indonesia and the United States, Müller proceeded to have his most fruitful weekend of the season at the Rome ePrix: a large crash which eliminated a chunk of the field at the halfway mark of Saturday's race elevated Müller to the top ten, where he was able to consolidate in sixth position, taking home ABT's best result of the season. A day later, Müller finished tenth, getting the final points-paying position after a penalty for António Félix da Costa ahead. He ended the season in fine style, qualifying eighth for the final race at London and maintaining said place, thus jumping to 19th in the drivers' championship.

2023–24 season

Müller was retained by ABT CUPRA for the 2023–24 season, partnering a new teammate, former Formula E champion Lucas di Grassi. Following four scoreless races, the Swiss driver finished seventh at the inaugural Tokyo ePrix. At the next weekend in Misano, Müller took home ABT's best result since the team's return to Formula E with a fourth place, losing out on a podium to Nick Cassidy by less than a tenth of a second in the second race.

During the break between the Diriyah and São Paulo events, Müller tested for the Porsche Formula E Team.

Müller left ABT Cupra at the end of the season.

Andretti (2024–2025) 2024–25 season Müller joined the Andretti Formula E Team for the 2024–25 Formula E World Championship, partnering Season 9 Champion Jake Dennis at the American outfit, driving the Andretti Porsche 99X Electric. After finishing 15th in the standings with 48 points and a highest finish of fourth, he announced his departure from the team.

Porsche (2025–) 2025–26 season

After António Félix da Costa joined Jaguar Racing, Porsche signed Müller to compete alongside Pascal Wehrlein for the 2025–26 season. In the Miami race, he was collected his first pole position.

Racing record

Career summary † As Müller was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. Season still in progress.

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

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

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 Jenzer Motorsport CATFEA CATSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 3rd 53 2011 Jenzer MotorsportISTFEAISTSPRCATFEACATSPRVALFEAVALSPRSILFEASILSPRNÜRFEANÜRSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPR 4th 36

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points 2012 International Draco Racing ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MSC1 MSC2 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 9th 78 2013 International Draco Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 ALC1 ALC2MON1 SPA1 SPA2 MSC1 MSC2 RBR1 RBR2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 5th 143

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 19 20 Pos Points 2014 Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 DTM HOC OSC HUN NOR MSC SPL NÜR LAU ZAN HOC 19th 10 2015 Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 DTM HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SPL1 SPL2 MSC1 MSC2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 21st 26 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 9th 88 2017 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 HUN1 HUN2 NOR1 NOR2 MSC1 MSC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPL1 SPL2 HOC1 HOC2 12th 81 2018 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 HUN1 HUN2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPL1 SPL2 HOC1 HOC2 10th 96 2019 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 Turbo DTM HOC1 HOC2 ZOL1 ZOL2 MIS1 MIS2 NOR1 NOR2 ASS1 ASS2 BRH1 BRH2 LAU1 LAU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 2nd 250 2020 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 Turbo DTM SPA1 SPA2 LAU1 LAU2 LAU1 LAU2 ASS1 ASS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZOL1 ZOL2 ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC1 HOC2 2nd 330 2021 Team Rosberg Audi R8 LMS Evo MNZ1 MNZ2 LAU1 LAU2 ZOL1 ZOL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 RBR1 RBR2 ASS1 ASS2 HOC1 HOC2 NOR1 NOR2 10th 56 2022 Team Rosberg Audi R8 LMS Evo II ALG1 ALG2 LAU1 LAU2 IMO1 IMO2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC1 HOC2 7th 105

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2016 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Pro MISQR MISCR BRHQR BRHCR NÜRQR NÜRCR HUNQR HUNCR CATQR CATCR 27th 2

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results (key)

Supercar Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 WRX Points 2017 EKS RX Audi S1 BAR POR HOC BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA LAT GER RSA 17th 13 2018 EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 BAR POR BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA LAT USA GER RSA 19th 10

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Points 2022 High Class Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 V8 DAY SEB LGA MDO WGL ELK PET NC† 0† 2025 JDC–Miller MotorSports GTP Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL ELK IMS PET 31st 502 † Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.