Nico Pino

Nicolás Ignacio Pino Muñoz (born 21 September 2004) is a Chilean racing driver who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship and in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Proton Competition.^[1]

Nico Pino
Pino during a karting event
Nationality	Chilean
Born	(2004-09-21) 21 September 2004 (age 20) Santiago, Chile
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2024
Current team	Proton Competition
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	99
Former teams	United Autosports
Starts	14 (14 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Poles	1
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	18th in 2024 (LMGT3)
Previous series
2021-24 2022-23 2021-22 2021 2020 2019	European Le Mans Series Asian Le Mans Series EF Open Championship Supercars Endurance GT4 South F4 British Championship F4 SEA Championship

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 in 2019. In 2020, the Chilean switched to the British F4 Championship, joining Argenti Motorsport.^[2] However, following just four rounds, Pino left the series.

At the end of 2021. he returned to single-seaters, racing in the Euroformula Open Championship round at Monza Circuit.^[3] Pino returned to the series at the start of the following year, where he would partake in three rounds with Drivex.^[4]

Prototype and Endurance racing

2021–22: LMP3 successes

At the back end of 2021, Pino joined Inter Europol Competition for the final two races of the European Le Mans Series, driving in the LMP3 class.^[5]

Beginning 2022, the Chilean would drive for IEC in the Asian Le Mans Series, where he and fellow full-time teammate Guilherme Oliveira ended up seventh in the nine-car championship.^[6] Pino then embarked on a complete campaign in the ELMS, returning to IEC to partner Oliveira and Charles Crews.^[7][8] Despite being disqualified from the opening round due to a technical infringement, the No. 13 crew went on a title charge, winning three successive races in Monza, Barcelona, and Spa.^{[9][10][11][12]} However, following a collision between Pino and the LMP2 of Mathias Beche, the team would be forced to retire after Oliveira experienced a late crash with a GT entry, leaving the team second in the standings.^[13]

During the same year, Pino competed in two rounds of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, scoring a podium at the Petit Le Mans event with Sean Creech Motorsport.^[14]

2023: LMP2 step-up

The AsLMS at the start of 2023 heralded Pino's debut in the LMP2 category, as he partnered László Tóth and team owner Miro Konôpka at ARC Bratislava.^[15] Their entry struggled throughout the four-race campaign, taking a best finish of seventh and classifying ninth and last in the teams' standings.

Pino on the podium of the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans where he finished third in the LMP2 class

Pino split his attention between Europe and America during the summer, racing alongside René Binder and former WEC and Le Mans champion Neel Jani for Duqueine Team in the ELMS, whilst also partaking in the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup rounds with Sean Creech Motorsport's LMP3 outfit.^[16][17] With two Pro class podiums in the former, Pino and his teammates secured fourth place in the standings; the latter series brought second-placed finishes at Daytona and Road America.^[18] Pino, Jani, and Binder also drove at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where the team scored a class podium with third place.^[19][20]

2024: WEC debut, ELMS & IMSA

In 2024, Pino made his debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship, competing in the newly-formed LMGT3 category for United Autosports. Additionally, he signed to race with Nielsen Racing in the European Le Mans Series and took the place of the re-ranked Alex Quinn in United's MEC lineup in IMSA.^[21][22][23] At the end of April, it was also announced that Pino had joined Stellantis Motorsport.^[24]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2019	Formula 4 South East Asia Championship	Meritus.GP[25]	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2020	F4 British Championship	Argenti Motorsport	12	0	0	0	0	14	14th
2021	Euroformula Open Championship	Drivex School	3	0	0	0	0	4	22nd
	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	Inter Europol Competition	2	0	0	0	0	8	28th
	Supercars Endurance GT4 South - GT4 Pro	Tockwith Motorsport[26][27]	2	2	0	1	2	50	2nd
2022	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3	Inter Europol Competition	4	0	0	0	0	36	7th
	European Le Mans Series - LMP3		6	3	0	0	3	79	2nd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3	Performance Tech Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	332	28th
		Sean Creech Motorsport	1	0	0	0	1
	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	RLR MSport	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Euroformula Open Championship	Drivex School	8	0	0	0	0	20	14th
2023	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	ARC Bratislava	4	0	0	0	0	18	11th
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Duqueine Team	6	1	0	0	2	79	4th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3	Sean Creech Motorsport	4	0	2	1	2	858	16th
2024	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Nielsen Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	23rd
		IDEC Sport	2	0	0	0	0
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	United Autosports USA	5	0	0	0	0	1276	22th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3	United Autosports	8	0	1	0	1	36	18th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGT3		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	DNF
2025	FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar	Proton Competition	0	0	0	0	0	0	*
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP		0	0	0	0	0	0	*

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

Complete Formula 4 South East Asia Championship results

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

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	DC	Points
2019	SEP1 1	SEP1 2	SEP1 3	SEP1 4	SEP2 1	SEP2 2	SEP2 3	SEP2 4	BUR1 1	BUR1 2	BUR1 3	BUR1 4	BUR2 1	BUR2 2	BUR2 3	BUR2 4	MAD1 1	MAD1 2	MAD1 3	MAD1 4	MAD2 1	MAD2 2	MAD2 3	MAD2 4	SEP3 1	SEP3 2	SEP3 3	SEP3 4	SEP4 1 6	SEP4 2 6	SEP4 3 Ret	SEP4 4 5	SEP5 1	SEP5 2	SEP5 3	SEP5 4	SEP6 1	SEP6 2	SEP6 3	SEP6 4	NC	-

Complete F4 British Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	DC	Points
2020	Argenti Motorsport	DON 1 10	DON 2 8	DON 3 11	BHGP 1 9	BHGP 2 10	BHGP 3 Ret	OUL 1 11	OUL 2 8	OUL 3 10	KNO 1 10	KNO 2 12	KNO 3 11	THR 1	THR 2	THR 3	SIL 1	SIL 2	SIL 3	CRO 1	CRO 2	SNE 1	SNE 2	SNE 3	BHI 1	BHI 2	BHI 3	14th	14

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	DC	Points
2021	Drivex School	POR 1	POR 2	POR 3	LEC 1	LEC 2	LEC 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	IMO 1	IMO 2	IMO 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	MNZ 1 8	MNZ 2 11	MNZ 3 Ret	CAT 1	CAT 2	CAT 3			22nd	4
2022	Drivex School	POR 1 10	POR 2 9	POR 3 11	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 5	LEC 1 7	LEC 2 Ret	LEC 3 Ret	SPA 1 WD	SPA 2 WD	SPA 3 WD	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	IMO 1	IMO 2	IMO 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	CAT 1	CAT 2	CAT 3	14th	20

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2021	Inter Europol Competition	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	CAT	RBR	LEC	MNZ	SPA Ret	ALG 7	28th	8
2022	Inter Europol Competition	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	LEC DSQ	IMO 8	MNZ 1	CAT 1	SPA 1	ALG Ret	2nd	79
2023	Duqueine Team	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 1	LEC 2	ARA 6	SPA 6	POR 5	ALG 5	4th	79
2024	Nielsen Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT	LEC	IMO	SPA	MUG	ALG

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2022	Performance Tech Motorsports	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	DAY 7	SEB	MDO	WGL	MOS	ELK		28th	332
	Sean Creech Motorsport										PET 3
2023	Sean Creech Motorsport	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	DAY 2	SEB 7	WGL 7	MOS	ELK 2	IMS	PET	16th	858
2024	United Autosports USA	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 V8	DAY 6	SEB 10	WGL 8	MOS	ELK	IMS 9	ATL 7	9th*	525*
Source:[28]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2023	Duqueine Team	René Binder Neel Jani	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	327	11th	3rd
2024	United Autosports	Hiroshi Hamaguchi Marino Sato	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	LMGT3	212	DNF	DNF

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2024	United Autosports	LMGT3	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8	QAT 13	IMO 6	SPA Ret	LMS Ret	SÃO 3	COA 7	FUJ 17	BHR 8	18th	36

^* Season still in progress.