Nico Müller | |
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Müller in 2012.
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Nationality | Swiss |
Born |
Thun, Switzerland |
25 February 1992
DTM career | |
Debut season | 2014 |
Current team | Audi Sport Team Abt |
Car no. | 51 |
Former teams | Team Rosberg |
Starts | 46 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 1 |
Poles | 1 |
Fastest laps | 3 |
Best finish | 9th in 2016 |
Finished last season | 9th (88 pts) |
Previous series | |
2012-2013 2010–2011 2009 2008–09 2008 2008 |
World Series by Renault GP3 Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 WEC |
Championship titles | |
2009 | Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 |
Nico Müller (born 25 February 1992 in Thun) is a professional racing driver from Switzerland.
Müller began his karting career in 2004 and the following year, Müller finished sixth in the Bridgestone Cup Switzerland ICA Junior class. He improved to third place in the same competition in 2006 and also finished as runner-up in the Swiss Junior Championship. In 2007, he won the Bridgestone Cup Switzerland KF3 class, winning the title by a single point, and took fifth place in the Swiss KF3 championship.
In 2008, Müller stepped up to single-seaters, racing in his native Formula Renault series for Jenzer Motorsport. In his first year in the category, he finished fifth, taking a victory at Spa-Francorchamps along with two other podium places. He also took part in selected races of both the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup series. In November of that year, he contested the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series, which was held over two races at the Imola circuit. Müller took two podium places to finish third in the standings, behind Kazim Vasiliauskas and champion Daniel Mancinelli.
Müller remained in the Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 series in 2009 and wrapped up the title in dominant fashion, finishing on the podium in all twelve races, taking nine victories and nine pole positions.