Diego Menchaca

Diego Menchaca at the first GP3 ​​race in Spielberg 2018

Diego Menchaca González-Quintanilla (born October 20, 1994 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican racing driver . It starts in the GP3 series in 2018 .

Career

Menchaca began his motorsport career in 2006 in kart racing , in which he remained active until 2009. In 2010 he made his debut in formula racing and started two races in the LATAM Challenge Series . He reached the 26th place overall. In the 2011 season he was consistently active in the series and was third overall with three podium finishes.

In 2012 Menchaca moved to Europe and competed for Fortec Motorsport in the British Formula Renault . He finished eleventh in the championship. In 2013 Menchaca remained partly active in the British Formula Renault. He took part in some races for Jamun Racing Services and reached 18th place. His main focus of the season was on the BRDC Formula 4 Championship , in which he finished the championship in tenth place for MGR Motorsport . In 2014 Menchaca switched to Douglas Motorsport within the BRDC Formula 4 Championship . With a win he improved to seventh championship place.

In 2015 Menchaca received a cockpit in the Euroformula Open at Campos Racing . While his teammate Konstantin Tereschtschenko was runner-up, he achieved eighth place overall with a second place as the best result. In the Euro Formula Open Season 2016 Menchaca stayed with Campos Racing. With four third places, he improved to fourth place in the overall standings, while his teammate Leonardo Pulcini won the title. In 2017 Menchaca switched to Fortec Motorsport in the World Series Formula V8 3.5 . With a third place he reached a podium placement and was ninth overall.

In 2018 Menchaca returned to Campos Racing and received a cockpit in the GP3 series .

statistics

Career stations

2006–2009: karting : 2010: LATAM Challenge Series (26th place) 2011: LATAM Challenge Series (3rd place) 2012: British Formula Renault (11th place)

2013: British Formula Renault (18th place) 2013: BRDC Formula 4 Championship (10th place) 2014: BRDC Formula 4 Championship (7th place) 2015: Euroformula Open (8th place)

2016 : Euroformula Open (4th place) 2017 : Formula V8 3.5 (9th place) 2018 : GP3 series (19th place) 2019: Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, Silver (12th place)

Individual results in the World Series Formula V8 3.5

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2017	Fortec Motorsport	SIL		SPA		MNZ		JER		ALC		ONLY		MEX		COA		BRN		94	9.
		9	7th	4th	5	7th	DNS	9	9	9	7th	8th	10	8th	5	9	3	8th	7th

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2018	Campos Racing	ESP		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		3	19th
		10	12	14th	DNF	14th	16	12	11	9	10	19th	16	DNF	15th	DNF	15th	18th	16

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Diego Menchaca. gp3series.com, accessed February 21, 2018 . 
2. ^ Peter Allen: Diego Menchaca back with Campos for GP3 debut. formulascout.com, February 20, 2018, accessed February 21, 2018 . 

Web links

Commons : Diego Menchaca  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Career statistics from Diego Menchaca (English)