Nico Müller (racing driver)

Nico Müller

Nation:	Switzerland
DTM
First race:	Hockenheim I 2014
Teams (manufacturers)
2014–2015 Rosberg • since 2016 Abt (all Audi )
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 52 3 1 -
Podiums:	2
Overall wins:	-
Points:	157

Nico Sebastian Müller (born February 25, 1992 in Thun ) is a Swiss automobile racing driver . He competed in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2012 and 2013 . He has been driving for Audi in the DTM since 2014 .

Career

Müller began his motorsport career in karting in 2004 , in which he was active until 2007. In 2008 he switched to formula racing and competed for Jenzer Motorsport in the Swiss Formula Renault , which he finished with a victory in fifth place overall. He also competed for his team in several races from three other Formula Renault championships. In 2009 Müller stayed with Jenzer Motorsport and contested his second season in the Swiss Formula Renault. He dominated the season and won the championship with nine wins from twelve races ahead of Giovanni Venturini . He also started for his racing team in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and finished the season in this series in eleventh place overall.

In 2010 Müller started for Jenzer Motorsport in the newly founded GP3 series . In the sprint race in Valencia , he scored his first victory in the GP3 series and with another victory finished third overall behind the champions Esteban Gutiérrez and Robert Wickens . In 2011 , Müller stayed with Jenzer Motorsport and completed his second GP3 season. With a win he ended the season as the best driver of his team in fourth place in the championship.

Nico Müller at the 2014 DTM season finale in Hockenheim

In 2012 , Müller switched to Formula Renault 3.5 . There he got a cockpit at International Draco Racing . With a second place as the best result, he finished the season in ninth place. With that he prevailed internally against his teammate André Negrão , who was 15th. In 2013 Müller and Negrão again formed the Draco driver pairing in the Formula Renault 3.5. In Monte Carlo , Müller first achieved his first pole position and eventually won his first race in the Formula Renault 3.5. He achieved his second victory in a wet race on the Hungaroring , where he gained a superior lead. Müller improved to fifth place in the overall standings. Within the team, he prevailed again against Negrão, who finished the season in tenth place overall.

In 2014 Müller left formula racing and switched to the DTM , where he got a place in the Audi team Rosberg . In the overall standings he was the worst Audi driver 19th. In 2015 , Müller contested his second DTM season for Team Rosberg. He chose 51 as his starting number. He finished the season in 21st place overall. He also drove in three races in the Blancpain Endurance Series . For the 2016 DTM season , Müller moved to Dept. within the Audi DTM teams . He already achieved his first podium finish with a third place at the season opener and he won for the first time in Nuremberg . He improved to ninth place in the drivers' standings.

statistics

Career stations

2004–2007: karting 2008: Swiss Formula Renault (5th place) 2008: Italian Formula Renault (32nd place) 2008: Italian Formula Renault, winter series (3rd place) 2009: Swiss Formula Renault (champion)

2009: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (11th place) 2010 : GP3 series (3rd place) 2011 : GP3 series (4th place) 2012 : Formula Renault 3.5 (9th place) 2013 : Formula Renault 3.5 (5th place)

2014 : DTM (19th place) 2015 : DTM (21st place) 2015 : Blancpain Endurance Series , Pro (8th place) 2016 : DTM (9th place) 2017 : DTM (12th place) 2018 : DTM (12th place) 2019: DTM (2nd place)

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2010	Jenzer Motorsport	ESP		DOOR		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		53	3.
		13	9	6th	4th	7th	1	3	4th	DNF	17th	1	6th	4th	6th	4th	3
2011	Jenzer Motorsport	DOOR		ESP		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		36	4th
		11	15th	5	DNF	DNF	14th	1	11	15th	7th	4th	5	7th	3	4th	3

Individual results in Formula Renault 3.5

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2012	International Draco Racing	ALC		MON	SPA		ONLY		MOS		SIL		HUN		LEC		CAT		78	9.
		DNF	DNF	5	5	4th	2	DNF	8th	DNF	DNF	7th	6th	DNF	8th	7th	12	15th
2013	International Draco Racing	MNZ		ALC		MON	SPA		MOS		SPI		HUN		LEC		CAT		143	5.
		13	5	DNF	5	1	DNF	5	7th	4th	13	8th	1	5	10	2	12	4th

Individual results in the DTM

season	team	Manufacturer	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	Points	rank
2014	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	HO1	OSC	HUN	NOR	MOS	SPI	ONLY	LAU	ZAN	HO2											10	19th
			16	16	12	18th	5	19th	DNF	DNF	DNF	13
2015	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	HO1		LAU		NOR		ZAN		SPI		MOS		OSC		ONLY		HO2				26th	21st
			6th	19th	20th	9	18th	19 *	9	21 *	12	5	9	9	DNF	DNF	16	16	15th	17th
2016	Audi Sport Team Dept.	Audi	HO1		SPI		LAU		NOR		ZAN		MOS		ONLY		HUN		HO2				88	9.
			3	7th	10	DNF	10	8th	20th	1	20th	5	13	7th	11	5	5	DNF	15th	13
2017	Audi Sport Team Dept.	Audi	HO1		LAU		HUN		NOR		MOS		ZAN		ONLY		SPI		HO2				81	12.
			9	5	DSQ	6th	10	4th	9	13	15th	15th	10	4th	11	DNF	3	3	12	11
2018	Audi Sport Team Dept.	Audi	HO1		LAU		HUN		NOR		ZAN		BRH		MIS		ONLY		SPI		HO2		96	10.
			13	13	DNF	17th	3 2	14th	18th	7th	DNF	7th	15th	10	5	10	10	14th	3	2 2	7th	4th
2019	Audi Sport Team Dept.	Audi	HO1		ZOL		MIS		NOR		ASS		BRH		LAU		ONLY		HO2				250	2.
			8th	2	3	8th	5	1	2	8th	2	3	3	2	1	2	15th	6th	17th	1

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Nico Müller  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Nico Müller (German)
• Career statistics from Nico Müller (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "GP3: JENZER COMPLETE WITH MÜLLER"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (jenzermotorsport.ch on February 27, 2010)  
2. ↑ “Nico Müller staying with Jenzer for 2011 GP3 season”. gp3series.com, October 6, 2010; archived from the original on October 9, 2010 ; Retrieved October 6, 2010 . 
3. ↑ “Nico Muller to partner Andre Negrao at Draco in FR3.5” (autosport.com on February 29, 2012)
4. ^ Glenn Freeman: "Draco retains Nico Muller for 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 season". autosport.com, February 11, 2013, accessed February 11, 2013 . 
5. ↑ Heiko Stritzke: "WS by Renault - Müller converts pole into debut victory ". Clean start-to-finish victory. Motorsport-Magazin.com, May 26, 2013, accessed May 26, 2013 . 
6. ↑ Heiko Stritzke: "WS by Renault - Müller dominates in the rain". Fanatastic catch-up by Magnussen and Sainz. Motorsport-Magazin.com, September 14, 2013, accessed December 8, 2013 . 
7. ↑ "DTM - Audi: Nico Müller comes - Albuquerque out". Swiss youngster in the DTM. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 16, 2014, accessed January 16, 2014 . 
8. ↑ Audi: Growth in motorsport. (No longer available online.) Audi-motorsport.info, December 17, 2014, archived from the original on December 18, 2014 ; accessed on January 29, 2015 .