Ramón Piñeiro (born 29 October 1991 in

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) is a Spanish racing driver.

Career

Formula BMW

Piñeiro began his formula racing career in

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in Formula BMW Europe with

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. He finished twentieth in standings, taking five points-scoring positions in sixteen races. For

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, Piñeiro remained in the series, but switched to

FMS International Fisichella Motor Sport is a motorsport team, founded by Italian Formula One driver Giancarlo Fisichella and his manager Enrico Zanarini. Racing history Euroseries 3000 Fisichella Motor Sport had a team, run by Scuderia Coloni, racing in the ...

. He again changed team to Motaworld Racing after Coloni took full control of the FMS International from Valencia onwards.

Formula Palmer Audi

After his FBMW campaign concluded in September, Piñeiro competed in the final two rounds of the Formula Palmer Audi championship at

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and

Snetterton Snetterton is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. The village is about east-northeast of Thetford and southwest of Norwich. The civil parish has an area of . The United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census recorded a parish population ...

. Piñeiro survived a big accident during the third of the Silverstone races. Running behind

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, Piñeiro picked up the slipstream from behind the

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n driver's car. He clipped the rear wheel of the car after Vasiliauskas moved his car to defend into Stowe. Piñeiro was launched skywards, before landing and executing a barrel-roll before landing wheels up. He was unhurt. He finished third in the final race at Snetterton, three seconds behind winner Felix Rosenqvist, after an early crash took many of his rivals.

Personal life

Piñeiro list his hobbies as all sports, fitness,

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, while his favourite circuits are

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Circuit de Monaco Circuit de Monaco is a street circuit laid out on the city streets of Monte Carlo and La Condamine around the harbour of the Principality of Monaco. It is commonly, and even officially, referred to as "Monte Carlo" because it is largely inside ...

and

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (), informally referred to as Spa, is a Race track, motor-racing circuit located in Francorchamps, Stavelot, Wallonia, Belgium, about southeast of Spa, Belgium, Spa. It is the current venue of the Formula One ...

. His favourite driver is

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. He is currently studying automotive engineering with motorsport at the University of Hertfordshire, where he will continue his studies for another 10 years.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

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

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pineiro, Ramon 1991 births Living people Spanish racing drivers Formula BMW Europe drivers Formula Palmer Audi drivers FIA Formula Two Championship drivers Racing drivers from Barcelona FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy drivers Motaworld Racing drivers Fortec Motorsport drivers Team West-Tec drivers Scuderia Coloni drivers Catalan racing drivers