Pepe Massot (born 14 November 1995) is a Spanish racing driver from

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currently competing in the 2016 Porsche Supercup driving for Momo Megatron Team. In 2015 Pepe drives for Küs Team75 Bernhard. Prior to racing in Germany, Massot's career from 2012 to 2014 was based in Great Britain in the various support series for the

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including the

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, the Ginetta GT4 Supercup and the

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championship.

Racing career

2012 - Ginetta Juniors

In 2012 Pepe Massot decided to try racing in the

championship, initially with just the first two of the season's ten meetings. Early success saw him able to commit to the full season with

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. He finished the season 4th overall helped by wins at

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and Silverstone. There were other podium places won at Donington,

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, and Brands Hatch (GP circuit). His performances during the season saw him listed as one of the drivers of the season by Autosport.

2013 - Ginetta GT Supercup

On 18th Jan 2013, Hillspeed announced they would be entering a car in the

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for the first time, with Pepe as the driver. At the first meeting of the season at Brands Hatch Indy circuit, despite limited testing time in the more powerful G55 car, he managed to qualify 4th and in the weekend's three races finished, 6th, 1st and 7th. The second meeting of the season was held over the weekend of 20 and 21 April at Donington Park. Massot finished 4th in round 4, 6th in round 5 and in the final 6th round, he scored his second win in the senior Ginetta series. In the Snetterton and Knockhill meetings Massot drove for the

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team, moving then to the

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team for the rest of the season.

2014 - Ginetta GT4 Supercup

For the renamed 2014 season, Massot remained with JHR Developments, with G55 cars now in full GT4 specifications. After an unsuccessful start to the season, in which he won just one race, Massot decided to leave the series in favour of the

2014 - Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

For the remainder of the season starting with round 5 at

, Massot competed in the

driving with Parr Motorsport. Initially, he was placed in the Pro-Am1 class but following his performance at Croft, where he took a podium finish in his first meeting, he was re-evaluated as a Pro driver. He was to finish the season in 5th place with 135 points. After the season finished, he made his début in the

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, driving for MOMO-Megatron at the

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. It would not prove to be a successful début; a mechanical failure on Colin Thompson's car caused him to crash into Massot in the first race, forcing both drivers to retire.

2015 - Porsche Carrera Cup Germany

2015 seen Massot compete in the

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for the Küs Team75 Bernhard squad alongside teammate Nicki Thiim, but retired on mid season due to a back injury.

2016 - Porsche Mobil1 Supercup

After a long recovery Pepe goes back to the competition entering in rounds 7 & 9 -Spa and COTA- of the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup with Momo-Megatron Partrax Team.

Racing record

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Massot, Pepe 1995 births Living people Spanish racing drivers Racing drivers from Barcelona Porsche Supercup drivers Porsche Carrera Cup GB drivers Ginetta GT4 Supercup drivers Ginetta Junior Championship drivers JHR Developments drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Germany drivers Catalan racing drivers