Fernando Monje Vicario (born 7 March 1993) is a former Spanish racing driver who competed in the

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Career

Early career

Monje was born in

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. He began his career in karting in 2005 at the age of twelve and competed in karting until 2009. He switched to

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in 2009 at the age of 16 when he debuted in the Formul'Academy Euro Series, finishing tenth in the drivers' championship. He also contested three rounds of the Spanish SEAT León Supercopa with SUNRED Engineering. For 2010, he graduated to the European F3 Open Championship with De Villota Motorsport and finished the season in sixth position. He remained in the series in 2011, but switched to the Drivex team. He ultimately finished the season in fifteenth position.

World Touring Car Championship

SUNRED and Tuenti Racing (2012)

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Monje revived his SUNRED cooperation to compete in the

. He also competed in the

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, finishing the season as overall champion. Having finished the European Touring Car Cup, he returned to the WTCC, for the remainder of 2012, to drive a SEAT León WTCC for the Tuenti Racing Team. In the first race of his return at the Race of Brazil, Monje secured his first point by finishing tenth in race one. He was involved in a pileup at the start of race one at the Race of the United States, and along with

Aleksei Dudukalo Aleksey Nikolayevich Dudukalo ( rus, Алексе́й Никола́евич Дудука́ло, p=ɐlʲɪˈksej nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvʲɪtɕ dʊdʊˈkalə; born 6 October 1976, in Moscow) is a Russian auto racing driver. He raced in the World Touring ...

and

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was forced to retire. Early on in the second race he crashed and his car was left near the apex of turn five for the rest of the race. He got his second point of the season in the season finale at

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, finishing tenth once again. His two points meant he finished 24th in the championship having participated in half the races.

Campos Racing (2013–)

Monje joined new team

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for the 2013 season, racing alongside

Hugo Valente Hugo Valente (born 17 June 1992) is a French former auto racing driver. He raced in the World Touring Car Championship for SUNRED Engineering, Campos Racing and the Lada factory team having made his debut in the series at the 2012 FIA WTCC Race ...

. He started on pole position for race two of the Race of Morocco but dropped out of the race on the second lap after a collision with James Thompson. After the race he was given a five–place grid penalty for the Race of Slovakia having been deemed responsible for the collision.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete TCR International Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Monje, Fernando 1993 births Living people Racing drivers from Barcelona Spanish racing drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers European Touring Car Cup drivers World Touring Car Championship drivers International GT Open drivers TCR International Series drivers Campos Racing drivers Auto Sport Academy drivers Drivex drivers Teo Martín Motorsport drivers De Villota Motorsport drivers