Introduction
Nico Müller (born 25 February 1992 in Thun) is a professional racing driver from Switzerland. He is currently competing full-time in the 2019-20 Formula E season driving for GEOX Dragon.
Career
Karting
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.
Formula Renault 2.0
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.
He also contested a full season of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship with Jenzer Motorsport. He originally finished third in his début race in Barcelona, but was later promoted to second following the disqualification of race winner Albert Costa. During the season he took a further four points-scoring positions to finish eleventh in the championship, the third highest placed rookie driver.
GP3 Series
In 2010, Müller graduated to the new GP3 Series, continuing his long relationship with Jenzer Motorsport. He took his first victory in the category at the third round of the season in Valencia, winning the sprint race after starting from the front row of the grid. Another podium followed at the next round at Silverstone before he took his second win of the year with victory from pole position in the feature race at the Hungaroring.
A haul of nine points in the final round at Monza ensured that Müller finished the season third overall behind Robert Wickens and eventual champion Esteban Gutiérrez. Müller will remain in the championship with Jenzer Motorsport for a second season in 2011.
World Rallycross
Müller competed in the 2017 World RX of Franceand the 2017 World RX of Latvia for the EKS RX team. He finished the events 17th and 6th respectively.
Sports car racing
In October 2017, it was announced that Müller would replace relief driver James Rossiter in the No. 26 G-Drive Racing Oreca 07, partnering regular drivers Roman Rusinov and Pierre Thiriet for the 6 Hours of Shanghai in November. He finished seventh after colliding with three cars during the course of the race. That month, Müller was entered into the 2017 FIA GT World Cup, driving an Audi R8 LMS with Audi Sport Team WRT, and was caught up in a first lap multi-car accident in the qualifying race. His car was repaired in time for the main race, but crashed out after hitting a car that spun ahead of him.
Other Series
At the end of October 2009, Müller tested a Formula Renault 3.5 Series car for the first time, driving for Prema Powerteam at Motorland Aragón in Spain as a prize for winning the Swiss Formula Renault title. A week later, he took part in the first International Formula Master test session of the winter at the Hungaroring, finishing as the fastest driver on day one before taking second place the following day.
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 | Jenzer Motorsport | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 174 | 5th |
| Italian Formula Renault 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 32nd | ||
| Formula Renault 2.0 WEC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52nd | ||
| Italian Formula Renault 2.0 – Winter Series | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 3rd | ||
| 2009 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | Jenzer Motorsport | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 11th |
| Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 317 | 1st | ||
| 2010 | GP3 Series | Jenzer Motorsport | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 53 | 3rd |
| 2011 | GP3 Series | Jenzer Motorsport | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 4th |
| 2012 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | International Draco Racing | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 9th |
| 2013 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | International Draco Racing | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 143 | 5th |
| 2014 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 19th |
| Blancpain Endurance Series | Audi Race Experience | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 2015 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 21st |
| Blancpain Endurance Series | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 9th | |
| 2016 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Audi Sport Team Abt | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 88 | 9th |
| Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 10th | |
| Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27th | ||
| Intercontinental GT Challenge | Audi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9th | |
| FIA GT World Cup | Phoenix Racing Asia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNS | |
| 2017 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 81 | 12th |
| Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | Audi Sport Team WRT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10th | |
| FIA GT World Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | ||
| Intercontinental GT Challenge | Audi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12th | |
| World Rallycross Championship | EKS RX | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 17th | |
| FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 | G-Drive Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27th | |
| 2018 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 96 | 10th |
| Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | Audi Sport Team WRT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 39th | |
| Intercontinental GT Challenge | Audi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18th | |
| World Rallycross Championship | EKS Audi Sport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19th | |
| Stock Car Brasil | Ipiranga Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| 2019 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 250 | 2nd |
| Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | Audi Sport Team WRT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32nd | |
| Intercontinental GT Challenge | Audi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 2019-20 | Formula E | GEOX Dragon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22nd* |
As Müller was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.Season still in progress.
Complete GP3 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Jenzer Motorsport | CATFEA 13 |
CATSPR 9 |
ISTFEA 6 |
ISTSPR 4 |
VALFEA 7 |
VALSPR 1 |
SILFEA 3 |
SILSPR 4 |
HOCFEA Ret |
HOCSPR 17 |
HUNFEA 1 |
HUNSPR 6 |
SPAFEA 4 |
SPASPR 6 |
MNZFEA 4 |
MNZSPR 3 |
3rd | 53 |
| 2011 | Jenzer Motorsport | ISTFEA 11 |
ISTSPR 15 |
CATFEA 5 |
CATSPR Ret |
VALFEA Ret |
VALSPR 14 |
SILFEA 1 |
SILSPR 11 |
NÜRFEA 15 |
NÜRSPR 7 |
HUNFEA 4 |
HUNSPR 5 |
SPAFEA 7 |
SPASPR 3 |
MNZFEA 4 |
MNZSPR 3 |
4th | 36 |
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | International Draco Racing | ALC1 Ret |
ALC2 Ret |
MON1 5 |
SPA1 5 |
SPA2 4 |
NÜR1 2 |
NÜR2 Ret |
MSC1 8 |
MSC2 Ret |
SIL1 Ret |
SIL2 7 |
HUN1 6 |
HUN2 Ret |
LEC1 8 |
LEC2 7 |
CAT1 12 |
CAT2 15 |
9th | 78 |
| 2013 | International Draco Racing | MNZ1 13 |
MNZ2 5 |
ALC1 Ret |
ALC2 5 |
MON1 1 |
SPA1 Ret |
SPA2 5 |
MSC1 7 |
MSC2 4 |
RBR1 13 |
RBR2 8 |
HUN1 1 |
HUN2 5 |
LEC1 10 |
LEC2 2 |
CAT1 12 |
CAT2 4 |
5th | 143 |
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 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 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 16 |
OSC 16 |
HUN 12 |
NOR 18 |
MSC 5 |
SPL 19 |
NÜR Ret |
LAU Ret |
ZAN Ret |
HOC 13 |
19th | 10 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC1 6 |
HOC2 19 |
LAU1 20 |
LAU2 9 |
NOR1 18 |
NOR2 19 |
ZAN1 9 |
ZAN2 21 |
SPL1 12 |
SPL2 5 |
MSC1 9 |
MSC2 9 |
OSC1 Ret |
OSC2 Ret |
NÜR1 16 |
NÜR2 16 |
HOC1 14 |
HOC2 16 |
21st | 26 | ||
| 2016 | Audi Sport Team Abt | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC1 3 |
HOC2 7 |
SPL1 10 |
SPL2 Ret |
LAU1 10 |
LAU2 8 |
NOR1 20 |
NOR2 1 |
ZAN1 20 |
ZAN2 5 |
MSC1 13 |
MSC2 7 |
NÜR1 11 |
NÜR2 5 |
HUN1 5 |
HUN2 Ret |
HOC1 15 |
HOC2 13 |
9th | 88 | ||
| 2017 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC1 9 |
HOC2 5 |
LAU1 18 |
LAU2 6 |
HUN1 10 |
HUN2 4 |
NOR1 9 |
NOR2 13 |
MSC1 15 |
MSC2 15 |
ZAN1 10 |
ZAN2 4 |
NÜR1 11 |
NÜR2 Ret |
SPL1 3 |
SPL2 3 |
HOC1 12 |
HOC2 11 |
12th | 81 | ||
| 2018 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC1 13 |
HOC2 13 |
LAU1 Ret |
LAU2 17 |
HUN1 3 |
HUN2 14 |
NOR1 18 |
NOR2 7 |
ZAN1 Ret |
ZAN2 7 |
BRH1 15 |
BRH2 10 |
MIS1 5 |
MIS2 10 |
NÜR1 10 |
NÜR2 14 |
SPL1 3 |
SPL2 2 |
HOC1 7 |
HOC2 4 |
10th | 96 |
| 2019 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM | HOC1 8 |
HOC2 2 |
ZOL1 3 |
ZOL2 8 |
MIS1 5 |
MIS2 1 |
NOR1 2 |
NOR2 8 |
ASS1 2 |
ASS2 3 |
BRH1 3 |
BRH2 2 |
LAU1 1 |
LAU2 2 |
NÜR1 15 |
NÜR2 6 |
HOC1 17 |
HOC2 1 |
2nd | 250 |
Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS | Pro | MISQR | MISCR | BRHQR | BRHCR | NÜRQR 5 |
NÜRCR 34 |
HUNQR | HUNCR | CATQR Ret |
CATCR 14 |
27th | 2 |
Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results
(key)
Supercar
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | WRX | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EKS RX | Audi S1 | BAR | POR | HOC | BEL | GBR | NOR | SWE | CAN | FRA 17 |
LAT 6 |
GER | RSA | 17th | 13 |
| 2018 | EKS Audi Sport | Audi S1 | BAR | POR | BEL | GBR | NOR | SWE | CAN | FRA | LAT 9 |
USA | GER | RSA | 19th | 10 |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | G-Drive Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA 7 |
BHR | 27th | 6 |
Complete Formula E results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Chassis | Powertrain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | GEOX Dragon | Spark SRT05e | Penske EV-4 | DIR DNS |
DIR Ret |
SCL 12 |
MEX Ret |
MRK 20 |
SYX |
RME |
PAR |
SEO |
JAK |
BER |
NYC |
LON |
LON |
22nd* | 0* |
Season still in progress.