Fernando Monje

Fernando Monje Vicario (born 7 March 1993) is a Spanish racing driver who currently competes in the World Touring Car Championship.

Fernando Monje
NationalitySpanish
Born (1993-03-07) 7 March 1993
Barcelona, Spain
World Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2012
Current teamCampos Racing
Car number19
Former teamsTuenti Racing Team
Starts34
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish24th in 2012-13
Previous series
2012
2010–11
2009
2009		European Touring Car Cup
European F3 Open Championship
Formul'Academy Euro Series
SEAT León Supercopa Spain
Championship titles
2012European Touring Car Cup

Career

Early career

Monje was born in Barcelona. He began his career in karting in 2005 at the age of twelve and competed in karting until 2009.[1]

He switched to single-seaters in 2009 at the age of 16 when he debuted in the Formul'Academy Euro Series, finishing tenth in the drivers' championship. He also contested three rounds of the Spanish SEAT León Supercopa with SUNRED Engineering. For 2010, he graduated to the European F3 Open Championship with De Villota Motorsport and finished the season in sixth position. He remained in the series in 2011, but switched to the Drivex team. He ultimately finished the season in fifteenth position.

SUNRED and Tuenti Racing (2012)

In 2012 Monje revived his SUNRED cooperation to compete in the World Touring Car Championship.[2] He also competed in the European Touring Car Cup, finishing the season as overall champion.[3] Having finished the European Touring Car Cup, he returned to the WTCC, for the remainder of 2012, to drive a SEAT León WTCC for the Tuenti Racing Team.[4] In the first race of his return at the Race of Brazil, Monje secured his first point by finishing tenth in race one. He was involved in a pileup at the start of race one at the Race of the United States, and along with Aleksei Dudukalo and Alberto Cerqui was forced to retire. Early on in the second race he crashed and his car was left near the apex of turn five for the rest of the race. He got his second point of the season in the season finale at Macau, finishing tenth once again. His two points meant he finished 24th in the championship having participated in half the races.

Campos Racing (2013–)

Monje joined new team Campos Racing for the 2013 season, racing alongside Hugo Valente.[5] He started on pole position for race two of the Race of Morocco but dropped out of the race on the second lap after a collision with James Thompson.[6] After the race he was given a five–place grid penalty for the Race of Slovakia having been deemed responsible for the collision.[7]

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2009 Formul'Academy Euro Series Formul'Academy 14 0 0 0 1 35 10th
SEAT León Supercopa Spain SUNRED Engineering 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Catalan Single Seater Championship EmiliodeVillota.com Motorsport 2 2 2 2 2 0 NC
2010 European F3 Open De Villota Motorsport 16 0 1 1 2 46 6th
2011 European F3 Open Drivex 16 0 0 1 0 26 15th
2012 European Touring Car Cup SUNRED Engineering 8 6 3 7 6 73 1st
World Touring Car Championship SUNRED Engineering 12 0 0 0 0 2 24th
2013 World Touring Car Championship Campos Racing 22 0 0 0 0 1 24th

Complete World Touring Car Championship 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 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2012 SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T ITA
1		 ITA
2		 ESP
1
21		 ESP
2
18		 MAR
1		 MAR
2		 SVK
1		 SVK
2		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 AUT
1		 AUT
2		 POR
1		 POR
2		 24th 2
Tuenti Racing Team SEAT León WTCC BRA
1
10		 BRA
2
14		 USA
1
Ret		 USA
2
Ret		 JPN
1
14		 JPN
2
Ret		 CHN
1
Ret		 CHN
2
16		 MAC
1
14		 MAC
2
10
2013 Campos Racing SEAT León WTCC ITA
1
12		 ITA
2
15		 MAR
1
11		 MAR
2
Ret		 SVK
1
15		 SVK
2
16		 HUN
1
16		 HUN
2
18		 AUT
1
Ret		 AUT
2
17		 RUS
1
15		 RUS
2
18		 POR
1
15		 POR
2
Ret		 ARG
1
16		 ARG
2
14		 USA
1
23		 USA
2
15		 JPN
1
10		 JPN
2
13		 CHN
1
29		 CHN
2
19		 MAC
1		 MAC
2		 24th 1

Complete TCR International Series 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 21 22 DC Points
2015 Campos Racing Opel Astra OPC MYS
1		 MYS
2		 CHN
1		 CHN
2		 ESP
1		 ESP
2		 POR
1		 POR
2		 ITA
1
5		 ITA
2
3		 AUT
1
DNS		 AUT
2
DNS		 RUS
1		 RUS
2		 RBR
1		 RBR
2		 SIN
1
10		 SIN
2
19†		 THA
1		 THA
2		 MAC
1		 MAC
2		 16th 26

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References
  1. "Biography". fernandomonje.com. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  2. "WTCC 2012 Monza Entry List" (PDF). World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  4. Hudson, Neil (14 July 2012). "New SEAT engine for Monje, whilst Monteiro still waits". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  5. "Campos Racing confirm Monje and Valente for 2013". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  6. Abbott, Andrew (7 April 2013). "Oriola takes maiden win in Morocco". Touring-Cars.net. Andrew Abbott. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  7. Hudson, Neil (7 April 2013). "Fernando Monje given penalty for Thompson collision". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
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