Diego Menchaca

Diego Menchaca
Nationality Mexico Mexican
Born (1994-10-20) 20 October 1994
Mexico City, Mexico
Euroformula Open Championship career
Debut season 2015
Current team Campos Racing
Car no. 7
Starts 32
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 1
Best finish 4th in 2016
Previous series
2014
2012-13
2011
BRDC Formula 4
British Formula Renault
LATAM Challenge Series

Diego Menchaca González-Quintanilla (born 20 October 1994 in Mexico City) is a Mexican racing driver.

Career

Karting

Menchaca began karting in 2006 at the age of eight, competing in championships across Mexico and the United States.

Lower Formulae

In 2011, Menchaca graduated to single-seaters in the LATAM Challenge Series. There he took a pole position at the round in Houston and finished fourth in the overall standings.

For the next two years, Menchaca raced with Fortec Motorsports and Jamun Racing Services in the British Formula Renault Championship, where he finished eleventh in 2012 and eighteenth the following year.

In 2014, Menchaca switched to BRDC Formula 4 with Douglas Motorsport. He claimed a victory in the third race at Donington Park and finished seventh in the overall standings.

In 2015, Menchaca joined Campos Racing for the Euroformula Open Championship, where he finished eighth in the Euroformula standings and sixth in the Spanish F3 standings. He remained with Campos for the following season, finishing fourth and fifth in the respective championship standings.

Formula V8 3.5

In December 2016, Menchaca partook in the post-season collective Test with Teo Martín Motorsport.[1]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2011 LATAM Challenge Series Re Racing 15 0 1 0 3 132 4th
2012 Formula Renault BARC Fortec Motorsports 14 0 0 0 0 130 11th
2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship Jamun Racing Services 11 0 0 0 0 78 18th
2014 BRDC Formula 4 Championship Douglas Motorsport 24 1 0 0 6 327 7th
2015 Euroformula Open Championship Campos Racing 16 0 0 0 1 94 8th
Spanish Formula Three Championship 6 0 0 0 1 42 6th
2016 Euroformula Open Championship Campos Racing 16 0 0 1 4 145 4th
Spanish Formula Three Championship 6 0 0 0 1 57 5th
2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5 Fortec Motorsports 11 0 0 0 0 53 9th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete World Series Formula V8 3.5 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 18 Pos Points
2017 Fortec Motorsports SIL
1

9
SIL
2

7
SPA
1

4
SPA
2

5
MNZ
1

7
MNZ
2

DNS
JER
1

9
JER
2

9
ALC
1

9
ALC
2

7
NÜR
1

8
NÜR
2

10
MEX
1

MEX
2

COA
1

COA
2

BHR
1

BHR
2

9th* 53*

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. "Today is tomorrow, teams in prep for 2017". 9 November 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
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