Fernando Monje

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Fernando Monje
NationalitySpanish
Full nameFernando Monje Vicario
Born (1993-03-07) 7 March 1993 (age 31)
Barcelona, Spain
World Touring Car Championship career
Debut season 2012
Current team Campos Racing
Car number19
Former teams Tuenti Racing Team
Starts34
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish24th in 2012-13
Previous series
2012
201011
2009
2009
European Touring Car Cup
European F3 Open Championship
Formul'Academy Euro Series
SEAT León Supercopa Spain
Championship titles
2012 European Touring Car Cup

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

Contents

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 the last round 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.

World Touring Car Championship

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

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2009 Formul'Academy Euro Series Auto Sport Academy 1400103510th
SEAT León Supercopa Spain SUNRED Engineering 200000NC
Catalan Single Seater Championship EmiliodeVillota.com Motorsport 22222 ? ?
2010 European F3 Open De Villota Motorsport 160112466th
SEAT León Eurocup SUNRED 20000038th
2011 European F3 Open Drivex 1600102615th
2012 European Touring Car Cup - Super 2000 SUNRED Engineering 86376731st
World Touring Car Championship SUNRED Engineering 20000224th
Tuenti Racing Team 100000
2013 World Touring Car Championship Campos Racing 220000124th
2014 International GT Open - Super GT Drivex School 200000NC
International GT Open - GTS Team Novadriver200000NC
2015 International GT Open - GT3 Pro-Am Teo Martín Motorsport 210010NC
TCR International Series Campos Racing 400012616th
2016 International GT Open - GT3 Pro-Am BMW Team Teo Martín 131105493rd
2018 Trofeo de España TCR PCR Sport801531506th
2019 Trofeo de España TCR PCR Sport100000NC†
2023Porsche Carrera Cup France Martinet by Alméras 200000NC
2024 Porsche Supercup Martinet / Forestier Racing20000023rd
Porsche Sprint Challenge Southern Europe - Pro Martinet by Alméras 800001621st
Porsche Carrera Cup France 400001718th

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPoints
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
24th2
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
24th1

Complete TCR International Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
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
16th26

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

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam12345678Pos.Points
2024 Martinet / Forestier Racing IMO
20
MON
21
RBR SIL HUN SPA ZND MNZ 23rd0

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