Pepe Massot

Josep "Pepe" Massot Muntaner (born 14 November 1995) is a Spanish racing driver from Barcelona, Spain currently competing in the 2016 Porsche Supercup driving for Momo Megatron Team. In 2015 Pepe drives for Küs Team75 Bernhard.

Prior to racing in Germany, Massot's career from 2012 to 2014 was based in Great Britain in the various support series for the British Touring Car Championship including the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, the Ginetta GT4 Supercup and the Ginetta Junior championship.

Racing career

2012 – Ginetta Juniors

In 2012, Massot decided to try racing in the Ginetta Junior championship, initially with just the first two of the season's ten meetings.

Early success saw Massot able to commit to the full season with Hillspeed. He finished the season fourth overall helped by wins at Snetterton and Silverstone. There were other podium places won at Donington, Oulton Park, Croft, and Brands Hatch (GP circuit). His performances during the season saw him listed as one of the drivers of the season by Autosport.

2013 – Ginetta GT Supercup

On 18 January 2013, Hillspeed announced they would be entering a car in the Ginetta GT Supercup for the first time, with Massot as the driver.

At the first meeting of the season at Brands Hatch Indy circuit, despite limited testing time in the more powerful G55 car, Massot managed to qualify fourth and in the weekend's three races finished, sixth, first and seventh.

The second meeting of the season was held over the weekend of 20 and 21 April at Donington Park. Massot finished fourth in round 4, sixth in round 5 and in the final sixth round, he scored his second win in the senior Ginetta series.

In the Snetterton and Knockhill meetings, Massot drove for the Century Motorsport team, moving then to the JHR Developments team for the rest of the season.

2014 – Ginetta GT4 Supercup For the renamed 2014 season, Massot remained with JHR Developments, with G55 cars now in full GT4 specifications. After an unsuccessful start to the season, in which he won just one race, Massot decided to leave the series in favour of the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain.

2014 – Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

For the remainder of the season starting with round 5 at Croft, Massot competed in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain driving with Parr Motorsport. Initially, he was placed in the Pro-Am1 class but following his performance at Croft, where he took a podium finish in his first meeting, he was re-evaluated as a Pro driver. He was to finish the season in fifth place with 135 points.

After the season finished, he made his début in the Porsche Supercup, driving for MOMO-Megatron at the Circuit of the Americas. It would not prove to be a successful début; a mechanical failure on Colin Thompson's car caused him to crash into Massot in the first race, forcing both drivers to retire.

2015 – Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2015 seen Massot compete in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany for the Küs Team75 Bernhard squad alongside teammate Nicki Thiim, but retired on mid season due to a back injury.

2016 – Porsche Mobil1 Supercup After a long recovery Pepe goes back to the competition entering in rounds 7 & 9 -Spa and COTA- of the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup with Momo-Megatron Partrax Team.

Racing record

Complete Porsche Supercup 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 DC Points 2014 MOMO-Megatron ESP MON AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA USA USA NC 0 2016 MOMO Megatron Team PARTRAX ESP MON AUT GBR HUN GER BEL ITA USA USA 17th 15