Roberto Merhi

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Merhi and the second or maternal family name is Muntan.
Roberto Merhi

Born Roberto Merhi Muntan
22 March 1991
Castellón, Spain
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Spain Spanish
Team Marussia-Ferrari
Car number 98
Races 4 (3 starts)
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Career points 0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First race 2015 Australian Grand Prix
Last race 2015 Bahrain Grand Prix
Previous series
2014
2014
2012–13
2009–11
2009
2008
2007–08
2007–08
2006–07		 Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Stock Car Brasil
DTM
Formula 3 Euro Series
British Formula Three
Formula Renault 2.0 WEC
Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup
Spanish Formula Three
Formula Renault 2.0 Italia
Championship titles
2011 Formula 3 Euro Series

Roberto Merhi Muntan (born 22 March 1991) is a Spanish racing driver of Lebanese origin,[1] currently driving in Formula One for the Manor Marussia F1 Team. Merhi is also a part of the revitalized Mercedes-Benz Junior Team, together with Christian Vietoris and Robert Wickens. In 2011, Merhi won the Formula 3 Euro Series championship, while driving for Prema Powerteam.

Career

Merhi competing at the opening round of the 2009 Formula 3 Euro Series at Hockenheim.

Merhi was born in Castellón, the son of Brazilian parents of Lebanese descent.

Formula Renault

In 2007, Merhi mainly competed in Italian Formula Renault and the Formula Renault Eurocup, finishing 4th and 18th respectively. In 2008 he competed in the West European Series, where he was runner-up, and he finished 4th in the Eurocup. He also did five races in the Spanish Formula Three Championship.[2]

Formula Three

Merhi made the full-time step-up to Formula Three in 2009 when he was signed by Manor Motorsport for their Formula 3 Euro Series campaign, finishing seventh, with four podiums. He moved to Mücke Motorsport for the 2010 season, improving on his debut season by finishing fifth in the standings, with four podiums, including his maiden win at Hockenheim.[3] 2011 saw another change in teams for Merhi, this time joining Prema Powerteam. Merhi subsequently won the championship, getting 20 top-3 finishes, including 11 wins.

DTM

On 3 April 2012, Mercedes announced the revival of the Mercedes-Benz Junior Team that has guided several notable drivers in their racing careers like Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Karl Wendlinger and Michael Schumacher. With that announcement came the news that Roberto Merhi, together with the reigning Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion Robert Wickens and DTM-sophomore Christian Vietoris, would become a part of the new Junior Team and that the three of them would drive for the Junior Team in the 2012 DTM season. In addition to that, 7-time F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher will be involved with the three drivers by serving as a mentor. Merhi's entry into the DTM meant that he would be one of two Spaniards in the drivers field, together with Miguel Molina.[4]

Merhi scored no points in 2012 for Persson Motorsport. In his second season he switched to HWA Team. He collected a 7th place at the Norisring and two 10th finishes. In the final race of the season he recorded his best finish of 2nd to end the season 15th in the standings.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

Merhi during Race 1 of the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season at Moscow Raceway.

Merhi moved to Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2014 with Zeta Corse.[5]

Formula One

Merhi has appeared for two Formula One teams thus far in his career, Caterham and Manor Marussia.

Caterham (2014)

Merhi made his first appearance in a Formula One car for the Caterham team during practice for the 2014 Italian Grand Prix.[6] It is believed that he was being evaluated for a race seat in place of Kamui Kobayashi, but had yet to qualify for an FIA Super Licence.[7]

Manor (2015)

On 9 March 2015, the Manor Marussia F1 team announced that Merhi would drive in the Australian Grand Prix, alongside Britain's Will Stevens.[8] He will race with number 98 on his car.

Racing career

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2006 Formula Renault 2.0 Italy Winter Series It Loox Racing 4 0 0 0 3 92 4th
Spanish Formula 3 Porfesa Competición 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2007 Formula Renault 2.0 Italy Winter Series BVM Minardi 2 0 0 0 1 38 10th
Spanish Formula 3 Novo 2 0 0 0 0 4 17th
Spanish GT Championship - GTA Santiago Garcia 2 0 0 0 1 6 19th
Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Jenzer Motorsport 14 0 0 0 0 16 18th
Formula Renault 2.0 Italy Jenzer Motorsport 14 1 0 0 2 232 4th
2008 Macau Grand Prix Hitech Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Masters of Formula 3 Hitech Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Spanish Formula 3 R. Llusia Racing 5 2 1 2 3 36 13th
Formula Renault 2.0 WEC Epsilon Euskadi 15 3 5 6 13 184 2nd
Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Epsilon Euskadi 14 2 2 1 7 108 4th
2009 Macau Grand Prix Manor Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 17th
British Formula 3 Manor Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Masters of Formula 3 Manor Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 10th
Formula 3 Euro Series Manor Motorsport 20 0 0 0 4 42 7th
2010 Macau Grand Prix Prema Powerteam 1 0 0 0 0 0 8th
Masters of Formula 3 ATECH CRS GP 1 0 0 0 0 0 12th
GP3 Series ATECH CRS GP 12 0 0 1 3 26 6th
Formula 3 Euro Series Mücke Motorsport 18 1 0 0 4 56 5th
2011 Macau Grand Prix Prema Powerteam 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Masters of Formula 3 Mücke Motorsport 1 0 1 0 0 0 NC
Formula 3 Euro Series Prema Powerteam 27 11 8 10 20 406 1st
2012 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Persson Motorsport 10 0 0 1 0 0 NC
2013 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters HWA Team 10 0 0 0 1 26 15th
2014 Formula One Caterham F1 Team Test driver
Macau Grand Prix W66.com Double R Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 4th
British Formula 3 Hanier Racing 2 2 2 2 2 39 11th
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Zeta Corse 17 3 3 1 7 183 3rd
Stock Car Brasil Hanier Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2015 Formula One Manor Marussia F1 Team 4 0 0 0 0 0* 18th*
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Pons Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0* NC*

* Season in progress.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 DC Points
2009 Manor Motorsport Mercedes HOC
1
2		 HOC
2
10		 LAU
1
6		 LAU
2
2		 NOR
1
5		 NOR
2
8		 ZAN
1
18		 ZAN
2
11		 OSC
1
3		 OSC
2
5		 NÜR
1
18		 NÜR
2
Ret		 BRH
1
9		 BRH
2
11		 CAT
1
9		 CAT
2
Ret		 DIJ
1
5		 DIJ
2
2		 HOC
1
4		 HOC
2
13		 7th 42
2010 Mücke Motorsport Mercedes LEC
1
5		 LEC
2
4		 HOC
1
4		 HOC
2
1		 VAL
1
4		 VAL
2
Ret		 NOR
1
5		 NOR
2
11		 NÜR
1
3		 NÜR
2
5		 ZAN
1
5		 ZAN
2
3		 BRH
1
11		 BRH
2
10		 OSC
1
5		 OSC
2
9		 HOC
1
5		 HOC
2
2		 5th 56
2011 Prema Powerteam Mercedes LEC
1
4		 LEC
2
1		 LEC
3
2		 HOC
1
1		 HOC
2
4		 HOC
3
1		 ZAN
1
3		 ZAN
2
4		 ZAN
3
4		 RBR
1
1		 RBR
2
1		 RBR
3
Ret		 NOR
1
4		 NOR
2
2		 NOR
3
2		 NÜR
1
1		 NÜR
2
1		 NÜR
3
2		 SIL
1
1		 SIL
2
3		 SIL
3
2		 VAL
1
3		 VAL
2
5		 VAL
3
1		 HOC
1
1		 HOC
2
2		 HOC
3
1		 1st 406

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (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 ATECH CRS GP ESP
FEA		 ESP
SPR		 TUR
FEA		 TUR
SPR		 VAL
FEA
3		 VAL
SPR
2		 GBR
FEA
Ret		 GBR
SPR
19		 GER
FEA
16		 GER
SPR
Ret		 HUN
FEA
Ret		 HUN
SPR
22		 BEL
FEA
2		 BEL
SPR
22		 ITA
FEA
6		 ITA
SPR
4		 6th 26

Complete DTM results

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Points
2012 Persson Motorsport DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé HOC
18		 LAU
16		 BRH
17		 SPL
12		 NOR
13		 NÜR
Ret		 ZAN
11		 OSC
14		 VAL
Ret		 HOC
15		 NC 0
2013 HWA Team DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé HOC
10		 BRH
16		 SPL
20		 LAU
10		 NOR
7		 MSC
14		 NÜR
19		 OSC
14		 ZAN
Ret		 HOC
2		 15th 26

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
2014 Zeta Corse MNZ
1
2		 MNZ
2
9		 ALC
1
6		 ALC
2
6		 MON
1
9		 SPA
1
Ret		 SPA
2
13		 MSC
1
4		 MSC
2
1		 NÜR
1
2		 NÜR
2
1		 HUN
1
1		 HUN
2
2		 LEC
1
5		 LEC
2
4		 JER
1
Ret		 JER
2
Ret		 3rd 183

Complete Formula One results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 WDC Points
2014 Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT05 Renault Energy F1‑2014 1.6 V6 t AUS MAL BHR CHN ESP MON CAN AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA
TD		 SIN JPN
TD		 RUS
TD		 USA BRA ABU  –  –
2015 Manor Marussia F1 Team Marussia MR03B Ferrari 059/3 1.6 V6 t AUS
DNP		 MAL
15		 CHN
16		 BHR
17		 ESP MON CAN AUT GBR HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN RUS USA MEX BRA ABU 18th* 0*

* Season in progress.

References

  1. ↑ Rodríguez, Jaime (14 March 2015). "Un volante a dos millones" [A flyer to two million]. El Mundo (in Spanish) (Unidad Editorial). Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/5067/career/ Roberto Merhi career statistics at Driver Database
  3. ↑ Beer, Matt (9 December 2009). "Merhi switches to Mucke for 2010". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "Mercedes-Benz Junior Team: Back for 2012!". Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  5. ↑ Valeev, Elmir (4 April 2014). "WSR: Мери и Мавланов — пилоты российской Zeta Corse" [WSR: Merhi and Mavlanov — drivers of the Russian Zeta Corse] (in Russian). F1News.ru. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Caterham confirms Kobayashi's Monza F1 return and Merhi's FP1 run". autosport.com (Haymarket Publishing). 4 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  7. ↑ Noble, Jonathan; Beer, Matt (4 September 2014). "F1 newcomer Roberto Merhi waiting on FIA superlicence decision". autosport.com (Haymarket Publishing). Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "Roberto Merhi to race for Manor F1 team in Australian Grand Prix". autosport.com. Autosport. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Edoardo Mortara		 Formula 3 Euro Series
Champion
2011 		Succeeded by
Daniel Juncadella