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 (1985-10-15) 15 October 1985
Madrid (Spain)
Previous series
2007
200609
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
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MAG
FEA
MAG
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA

DNQ
HUN
SPR

DNQ
IST
FEA

13
IST
SPR

Ret
MNZ
FEA

Ret
MNZ
SPR

Ret
SPA
FEA

Ret
SPA
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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