Marcos Martínez

Marcos Martínez

Martínez driving for Pons Racing at the Silverstone round of the 2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season
Nationality Spain Spanish
Born 15 October 1985
Madrid (Spain)
Previous series
2007
2006–09
2005–08
2004		 GP2 Series
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Spanish Formula Three
Formula Junior 1600 Spain

Marcos Martínez Ucha (born 15 October 1985 in Madrid, Spain) is a professional racecar driver.

Career

Martínez competed in karting events from 1998 until 2002, when he entered Spanish Formula Junior. He would stay there with moderate success for three years, moving to Spanish Formula Three in 2005 with the team Racing Engineering and reaching the 2nd place in the B-Class. In 2006 he jumped to the A-Class, managing an outstanding victory in Cheste, Valencia. Meanwhile he participated in three races in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, where he managed to start fourth on the grid and run in second place in one of the races. In 2007, he began racing Spanish Formula Three with a new team, Novoteam. After 3 meetings and due to the results obtained he changed to Tec-Auto searching for an improvement in the championship.

He competed in the latter part of the 2007 GP2 Series season for the Racing Engineering team, alongside Javier Villa and replacing Ernesto Viso. However, he did not compete in the races of the first meeting in which he was entered, as he failed to lap within 107% of the pole position time after problems in qualifying.[1]

He returned to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series full-time for 2008, driving for Pons Racing alongside compatriot Máximo Cortés,[2] and will continue with the team in 2009. His season began with two wins at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló. He followed that up with a third win in succession at Spa. He was the championship leader at the halfway stage, meaning that he was entitled to demonstrating a Renault Formula One car at the Silverstone meeting. He also added his fourth win of the season at that meeting. He did not score a point after that and slipped to seventh in the championship standings.

Racing record

Complete GP2 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 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2007 Racing Engineering BHR
FEA		 BHR
SPR		 ESP
FEA		 ESP
SPR		 MON
FEA		 FRA
FEA		 FRA
SPR		 GBR
FEA		 GBR
SPR		 EUR
FEA		 EUR
SPR		 HUN
FEA
DNQ		 HUN
SPR
DNQ		 TUR
FEA
13		 TUR
SPR
Ret		 ITA
FEA
Ret		 ITA
SPR
Ret		 BEL
FEA
Ret		 BEL
SPR
Ret		 VAL
FEA
4		 VAL
SPR
22		 22nd 5

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 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 17 DC Points
2006 EuroInternational ZOL
1
 ZOL
2
 MON
1
 IST
1
 IST
2
 MIS
1
 MIS
2
 SPA
1
 SPA
2
 NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
Ret 		DON
1
Ret 		DON
2
Ret 		LMS
1
DNS 		LMS
2
Ret		 CAT
1
 CAT
2
 NC 0
2008 Pons Racing MNZ
1
Ret		 MNZ
2
Ret		 SPA
1
Ret		 SPA
2
9		 MON
1
15		 SIL
1
2		 SIL
2
6		 HUN
1
13		 HUN
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
11		 NÜR
2
11		 BUG
1
15		 BUG
2
24		 EST
1
11		 EST
2
7		 CAT
1
Ret		 CAT
2
Ret		 15th 21
2009 Pons Racing CAT
1
1		 CAT
2
1		 SPA
1
1		 SPA
2
5		 MON
1
Ret		 HUN
1
6		 HUN
2
Ret		 SIL
1
1		 SIL
2
6		 LEM
1
17		 LEM
2
Ret		 ALG
1
15		 ALG
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
Ret		 ALC
1
11		 ALC
2
13		 7th 73
2011 Pons Racing ALC
1
 ALC
2
 SPA
1
 SPA
2
 MNZ
1
 MNZ
2
 MON
1
 NÜR
1
 NÜR
2
 HUN
1
Ret		 HUN
2
13		 SIL
1
 SIL
2
 LEC
1
 LEC
2
 CAT
1
 CAT
2
 31st 0

References

  1. ↑ "New boy to miss debut, Conway penalised". crash.net. 2007-08-04. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
  2. ↑ "Pons announces Cortes and Martinez". italiaracing.net. 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-02-28.

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