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Nicolás Pino Leon (born 21 September 2004) is a Chilean racing driver who currently competes in the
European Le Mans Series The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the fo ...
.


Early Career


Karting

Pino began his racing career in Karting at the age of 8 in Santiago de Chile until the age of 13 when he moved to compete on the European and World karting scene.


Lower formulae

After Karting Pino progressed into Formula 4 making appearances in the
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship The Formula 4 South East Asia Championship was a formula racing series run to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The inaugural season was held over 2016 and 2017 and the last one was held in 2019. History Gerhard Berger and the FIA Singleseater Commissi ...
before switching for half season of the prestigious
F4 British Championship F4 British Championship (full name ROKiT F4 British Championship certified by FIA, formerly known as F4 British Championship certified by FIA — powered by Ford (2016–21), MSA Formula (2015)) is a single-seater motorsport series based in ...
. Since then Pino has made one-off appearances in the
Euroformula Open Championship The Euroformula Open Championship (formerly the Spanish Formula Three Championship, European F3 Open Championship) is a junior formula racing series based in Spain. It was one of six national and international Formula Three championships in Europe ...
which uses the driving the Dallara Formula 3 (F320) car


Prototype and Endurance racing

Towards the end of 2021 Nico made the full time switch to prototype and endurance racing with the aim of competing in Le Mans 24h. He was the youngest driver to enter a race by the time he made his LMP3 debut in Spa Francorchamps with
Inter Europol Competition Inter Europol Competition is a Polish motorsports team that competes in the endurance racing. The team contests the 24 Hours of Le Mans, FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Series, Asian Le Mans Series and Le Mans Cup in 2023. Th ...
being the teammate of Moto GP rider Matteo Passini.


European Le Mans Series

For 2022, Nico embarked on a full-season campaign in the
European Le Mans Series The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the fo ...
, competing with
Inter Europol Competition Inter Europol Competition is a Polish motorsports team that competes in the endurance racing. The team contests the 24 Hours of Le Mans, FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Series, Asian Le Mans Series and Le Mans Cup in 2023. Th ...
. He was joined by drivers Ghuilerme Oliveira and Charles Crews in the LMP3 Class. Nico scored 3 wins and finished 2nd overall in the championship.


Daytona 24h

In 2022 Nico participated in the Daytona 24h where he classified 2nd on his first time competing in this event, however the car had to be retired later in the race due to an incident with one of the teammates.


Le Mans

Nico participated in the Le Mans LMP3 race from the Michelin Le Man Cup by RLR MSport. He was called as a last minute replacement 2 days before the event and had to fly overnight from Chile.


IMSA SportsCar Championship

During the course of the European Le Mans Series 2022 season he was called by the front running team Sean Creech Motorsport to race the Petit Le Mans round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3


Racing record


Racing career summary

† As Pino was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.


Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

(
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)


Complete European Le Mans Series results

(
key Key or The Key may refer to: Common meanings * Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm * Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock * Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)


Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(
key Key or The Key may refer to: Common meanings * Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm * Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock * Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)


References


External links

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