Nico Müller
Nico Müller 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 France and 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
† As Müller was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.* Season still in progress.
Complete GP3 Series results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
| 2010 | Jenzer Motorsport | CAT FEA 13 | CAT SPR 9 | IST FEA 6 | IST SPR 4 | VAL FEA 7 | VAL SPR 1 | SIL FEA 3 | SIL SPR 4 | HOC FEA Ret | HOC SPR 17 | HUN FEA 1 | HUN SPR 6 | SPA FEA 4 | SPA SPR 6 | MNZ FEA 4 | MNZ SPR 3 | 3rd | 53 |
| 2011 | Jenzer Motorsport | IST FEA 11 | IST SPR 15 | CAT FEA 5 | CAT SPR Ret | VAL FEA Ret | VAL SPR 14 | SIL FEA 1 | SIL SPR 11 | NÜR FEA 15 | NÜR SPR 7 | HUN FEA 4 | HUN SPR 5 | SPA FEA 7 | SPA SPR 3 | MNZ FEA 4 | MNZ SPR 3 | 4th | 36 |
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
| 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 | ALC 1 Ret | ALC 2 Ret | MON 1 5 | SPA 1 5 | SPA 2 4 | NÜR 1 2 | NÜR 2 Ret | MSC 1 8 | MSC 2 Ret | SIL 1 Ret | SIL 2 7 | HUN 1 6 | HUN 2 Ret | LEC 1 8 | LEC 2 7 | CAT 1 12 | CAT 2 15 | 9th | 78 |
| 2013 | International Draco Racing | MNZ 1 13 | MNZ 2 5 | ALC 1 Ret | ALC 2 5 | MON 1 1 | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 5 | MSC 1 7 | MSC 2 4 | RBR 1 13 | RBR 2 8 | HUN 1 1 | HUN 2 5 | LEC 1 10 | LEC 2 2 | CAT 1 12 | CAT 2 4 | 5th | 143 |
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
| 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 | HOC 1 6 | HOC 2 19 | LAU 1 20 | LAU 2 9 | NOR 1 18 | NOR 2 19 | ZAN 1 9 | ZAN 2 21 | SPL 1 12 | SPL 2 5 | MSC 1 9 | MSC 2 9 | OSC 1 Ret | OSC 2 Ret | NÜR 1 16 | NÜR 2 16 | HOC 1 14 | HOC 2 16 | 21st | 26 | ||
| 2016 | Audi Sport Team Abt | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 1 3 | HOC 2 7 | SPL 1 10 | SPL 2 Ret | LAU 1 10 | LAU 2 8 | NOR 1 20 | NOR 2 1 | ZAN 1 20 | ZAN 2 5 | MSC 1 13 | MSC 2 7 | NÜR 1 11 | NÜR 2 5 | HUN 1 5 | HUN 2 Ret | HOC 1 15 | HOC 2 13 | 9th | 88 | ||
| 2017 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 1 9 | HOC 2 5 | LAU 1 18 | LAU 2 6 | HUN 1 10 | HUN 2 4 | NOR 1 9 | NOR 2 13 | MSC 1 15 | MSC 2 15 | ZAN 1 10 | ZAN 2 4 | NÜR 1 11 | NÜR 2 Ret | SPL 1 3 | SPL 2 3 | HOC 1 12 | HOC 2 11 | 12th | 81 | ||
| 2018 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 1 13 | HOC 2 13 | LAU 1 Ret | LAU 2 17 | HUN 1 3 | HUN 2 14 | NOR 1 18 | NOR 2 7 | ZAN 1 Ret | ZAN 2 7 | BRH 1 15 | BRH 2 10 | MIS 1 5 | MIS 2 10 | NÜR 1 10 | NÜR 2 14 | SPL 1 3 | SPL 2 2 | HOC 1 7 | HOC 2 4 | 10th | 96 |
| 2019 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM | HOC 1 8 | HOC 2 2 | ZOL 1 3 | ZOL 2 8 | MIS 1 5 | MIS 2 1 | NOR 1 2 | NOR 2 8 | ASS 1 2 | ASS 2 3 | BRH 1 3 | BRH 2 2 | LAU 1 1 | LAU 2 2 | NÜR 1 15 | NÜR 2 6 | HOC 1 17 | HOC 2 1 | 2nd | 250 |
Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results
Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results
Supercar
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Complete Formula E results
| Year | Team | Chassis | Powertrain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Points |
| 2019–20 | GEOX Dragon | Spark SRT05e | Penske EV-4 | DIR DNS | DIR Ret | SCL 12 | MEX Ret | MRK 20 | BER | BER | BER | BER | BER | BER | 22nd* | 0* |
* Season still in progress.