Ramón Piñeiro

Ramón Piñeiro Llagostera (born 29 October 1991 in Barcelona) is a Spanish racing driver.

Career

Formula BMW Piñeiro began his formula racing career in 2008 in Formula BMW Europe with Fortec Motorsport. He finished twentieth in standings, taking five points-scoring positions in sixteen races. For 2009, Piñeiro remained in the series, but switched to FMS International. He again changed team to Motaworld Racing after Coloni took full control of the FMS International from Valencia onwards.

Formula Palmer Audi After his FBMW campaign concluded in September, Piñeiro competed in the final two rounds of the Formula Palmer Audi championship at Silverstone and Snetterton. Piñeiro survived a big accident during the third of the Silverstone races. Running behind Kazim Vasiliauskas, Piñeiro picked up the slipstream from behind the Lithuanian driver's car. He clipped the rear wheel of the car after Vasiliauskas moved his car to defend into Stowe. Piñeiro was launched skywards, before landing and executing a barrel-roll before landing wheels up. He was unhurt. He finished third in the final race at Snetterton, three seconds behind winner Felix Rosenqvist, after an early crash took many of his rivals.

Personal life Piñeiro list his hobbies as all sports, fitness, music, while his favourite circuits are Valencia Street Circuit, Circuit de Monaco and Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. His favourite driver is Michael Schumacher. He is currently studying automotive engineering with motorsport at the University of Hertfordshire, where he will continue his studies for another ten years.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2008 Formula BMW Europe Fortec Motorsport 16 0 2 1 0 37 20th 2009 Formula BMW Europe FMS International 10 0 0 0 0 38 19th Motaworld Racing 6 0 0 0 0 Formula Palmer Audi Motorsport Vision 6 0 0 0 1 56 20th 2010 Formula Palmer Audi MotorSport Vision 20 4 1 2 11 320 3rd European F3 Open Team West-Tec 2 0 0 0 0 0 22nd European F3 Open - Copa de España Team West-Tec 2 0 0 0 0 8 10th FIA Formula Two Championship MotorSport Vision 2 0 0 0 0 1 22nd 2011 FIA Formula Two Championship MotorSport Vision 16 3 2 1 7 185 3rd

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points 2010 SIL1 SIL2 MAR1 MAR2 MON1 MON2 ZOL1 ZOL2 ALG1 ALG2 BRH1 BRH2 BRN1 BRN2 OSC1 OSC2 VAL1 VAL2 22nd 1 2011 SIL1 SIL2 MAG1 MAG2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BRH1 BRH2 RBR1 RBR2 MON1 MON2 CAT1 CAT2 3rd 185