Nico Müller
Introduction '''Nico Sebastian Müller''' (born 25 February 1992) is a Swiss professional racing driver. He is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Peugeot Sport and in Formula E for ABT Cupra.
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.Müller finished the 2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season second. He repeated this in 2020.===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 remained in the championship with Jenzer Motorsport for a second season in 2011.Müller became the first Swiss to race in World RX===World Rallycross===Müller competed in the 2017 World RX of France  and the 2017 World RX of Latvia for the EKS RX team. He finished the events 17th and 6th respectively.===Sports car racing===Müller competing at the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans.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.
Formula E === Dragon / Penske Autosport (2019–2021) ===Having acted as a development driver for the Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler team for two seasons, Müller made his Formula E debut in the 2019–20 season, driving for GEOX Dragon alongside Brendon Hartley. His package proved to be largely uncompetitive, leading to the Swiss driver ending up 25th in the standings, lowest of all full-time competitors.In 2021, Müller remained with the rebranded Dragon / Penske Autosport for another campaign in Formula E. He scored a number of points finishes, including a surprise podium during the Valencia ePrix, a race in which a myriad of drivers ran out of useable energy with mere minutes remaining. Müller eventually exited the series, being replaced by Joel Eriksson for the second half of the season.=== ABT CUPRA Formula E Team (2023–) ======= 2022–23 season ====Müller during the 2023 Berlin ePrixMüller returned to Formula E in 2023, joining the newly re-entered ABT CUPRA outfit for the start of the Gen3 era. The season began in disappointing fashion, with the team playing catch-up to its rivals due to their one-year hiatus from the series, which was compounded by the Swiss driver crashing during Race 2 in Diriyah. A first glimmer of hope materialised in Hyderabad, where a chaotic race with a plethora of retirements elevated Müller to eleventh at the finish, with him having set the fastest lap of the race. Three rounds later in Berlin, ABT profited from a wet qualifying session on Sunday to start on the front row, with Müller narrowly missing out on pole to teammate Robin Frijns. Hours later however, it would be Müller who scored the team's maiden top ten finish of the campaign, ending up ninth in a dry race. In Monaco, points were once again on the table until, with two laps remaining, Sam Bird crashed into the Swiss driver at Sainte Devote, costing Müller a ninth place in the process.After two point-less events in Indonesia and the United States, Müller proceeded to have his most fruitful weekend of the season at the Rome ePrix: a large crash which eliminated a chunk of the field at the halfway mark of Saturday's race elevated Müller to the top ten, where he was able to consolidate in sixth position, taking home ABT's best result of the season. A day later, Müller finished tenth, getting the final points-paying position after a penalty for António Félix da Costa ahead. He ended the season in fine style, qualifying eighth for the final race at London and maintaining said place, thus jumping to 19th in the drivers' championship.==== 2023–24 season ====Müller was retained by ABT CUPRA for the 2023–24 season, partnering a new teammate, former Formula E champion Lucas di Grassi.
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 - Pro Audi Race Experience 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 G-Drive Racing10000N/ADNF 2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Audi Sport Team Rosberg 18 0 0 0 0 26 21st Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 3 0 1 0 1 41 9th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Audi Sport Team WRT11001N/A'''1st''' 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 Sport Team WRT 1 0 1 1 1 18 9th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP910000N/A19th 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 1 0 0 0 0 8 12th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP910001N/A'''3rd''' 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 2017–18 Formula E Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Development driver 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 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† 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Audi Sport Team Phoenix10000N/A6th 2018–19 Formula E Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Test/reserve driver 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2019–20 Formula E GEOX Dragon 10 0 0 1 0 0 25th 2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline 18 6 3 5 13 330 '''2nd''' 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Audi Sport Team Phoenix10000N/ADNF 2020–21 Formula E Dragon / Penske Autosport 7 0 0 0 1 30 20th 2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Team Rosberg 16 0 0 2 1 56 10th GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Audi Sport Team WRT 1 0 0 0 0 18 15th Intercontinental GT Challenge200001612th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Audi Sport Team Car Collection10000N/A5th 2022 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Team Rosberg 16 1 1 0 2 105 7th FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Peugeot TotalEnergies 1 0 0 0 0 18 9th FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Vector Sport 4 0 0 0 1 16 17th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP210000N/A22nd IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 High Class Racing 1 0 0 0  0 0 NC† GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Monster VR46 with Team WRT 5 0 0 0 0 30 16th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Audi Sport Team Car Collection10000N/A4th 2022–23 Formula E ABT CUPRA Formula E Team1500101519th 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Peugeot TotalEnergies 6 0 0 0 0 22 13th 2023–24 Formula E ABT CUPRA Formula E Team200000*20th*2024 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Peugeot TotalEnergies† As Müller was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.===Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results===(key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)YearEntrant1234567891011121314PosPoints 2009 Jenzer MotorsportCAT1CAT2SPA1SPA2HUN1HUN2SIL1SIL2LMS1LMS2NÜR1NÜR2ALC1ALC2 11th 25===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 CATSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR '''HUNFEA''' HUNSPR ''SPAFEA'' ''SPASPR'' MNZFEA MNZSPR 3rd 53 2011 Jenzer MotorsportISTFEAISTSPRCATFEACATSPRVALFEAVALSPRSILFEASILSPRNÜRFEANÜRSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPR 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 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MSC1 MSC2 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 9th 78 2013 International Draco Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 ALC1 ALC2'''MON1''' SPA1 SPA2 MSC1 MSC2 RBR1 RBR2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 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 OSC ''HUN'' NOR MSC SPL NÜR LAU ZAN HOC 19th 10 2015 Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 DTM HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SPL1 SPL2 MSC1 MSC2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 21st 26 2016 Audi Sport Team Abt Audi RS5 DTM '''HOC1''' HOC2 SPL1 SPL2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MSC1 ''MSC2'' NÜR1 ''NÜR2'' HUN1 HUN2 HOC1 HOC2 9th 88 2017 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 HUN1 HUN2 NOR1 NOR2 MSC1 MSC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 ''NÜR1'' NÜR2 SPL1 SPL2 HOC1 HOC2 12th 81 2018 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 HUN1 HUN2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPL1 SPL2 HOC1 HOC2 10th 96 2019 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 Turbo DTM HOC1 HOC2 ZOL1 ZOL2 MIS1 MIS2 '''''NOR1''''' ''NOR2'' ''ASS1'' ASS2 BRH1 BRH2 LAU1 LAU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ''HOC1'' HOC2 2nd 250 2020 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 Turbo DTM ''SPA1'' SPA2 ''LAU1'' LAU2 '''''LAU1''''' LAU2 ASS1 ASS2 '''''NÜR1''''' '''NÜR2''' ''NÜR1'' NÜR2 ZOL1 ZOL2 ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC1 HOC2 2nd 330 2021 Team Rosberg Audi R8 LMS Evo MNZ1 MNZ2 LAU1 LAU2 ZOL1 ''ZOL2'' NÜR1 NÜR2 RBR1 RBR2 ASS1 ASS2 HOC1 HOC2 ''NOR1'' NOR2 10th 56 2022 Team Rosberg Audi R8 LMS Evo II ALG1 '''ALG2''' LAU1 LAU2 IMO1 IMO2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC1 HOC2 7th 105===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 NÜRCR HUNQR HUNCR CATQR CATCR 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 LAT GER RSA 17th 13 2018 EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 BAR POR BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA LAT 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 BHR 27th 6 2022 Vector Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB SPA LMS MNZ FUJ 17th 16 Peugeot TotalEnergies Hypercar Peugeot 9X8 Peugeot 2.6 L Turbo V6 BHR 9th 18 2023 Peugeot TotalEnergies Hypercar Peugeot 9X8 Peugeot 2.6 L Turbo V6 SEB ALG SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 13th 22===Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results=== Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps   2022  Vector Sport  Sébastien Bourdais Ryan Cullen Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 357 27th 22nd 2023  Peugeot TotalEnergies  Loïc Duval Gustavo Menezes Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar 312 27th 12th===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 15 16 Pos Points 2019–20 GEOX Dragon Spark SRT05e Penske EV-4 DIR DIR SCL MEX MRK BER BER BER BER BER ''BER'' 25th 0 2020–21 Dragon / Penske Autosport Spark SRT05e Penske EV-4 DIR DIR RME RME VLC VLC 20th 30 Penske EV-5 MCO PUE PUE NYC NYC LDN LDN BER BER 2022–23 ABT CUPRA Formula E Team Formula E Gen3 Mahindra M9Electro MEX DRH DRH ''HYD'' CAP SAP BER BER MCO JAK JAK POR RME RME LDN LDN 19th 15 2023–24 ABT CUPRA Formula E Team Formula E Gen3 Mahindra M9Electro MEX DRH DRH SAP TOK MIS MIS MCO BER BER SIC SIC POR POR LDN LDN 17th* 0*===Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results===(key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7  Points 2022 High Class Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 V8 DAY  SEB LGA MDO WGL ELK  PET NC† 0†† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. * Season still in progress.
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