Esteban Muth

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Esteban Muth
File:Esteban Muth Walkenhorst Motorsport (52346200050) (cropped).jpg
Muth in 2022
Nationality Belgium Belgian
Germany German
via dual nationality
Born (2001-10-30) 30 October 2001 (age 23)
Uccle, Brussels, Belgium

Esteban Muth (born 30 October 2001) is a Belgian-German racing driver who currently drives for Walkenhorst Motorsport in Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.

Career

File:EstebanMuthDTM.jpg
Esteban Muth at Hockenheim in 2021.

Muth made his motorsport debut in karting in 2010 and mainly competed in championships in Belgium and the Netherlands. In 2012, he won the Mini Parilla class of the Belgian Championship. In 2015, he started competing in international championships with a twelfth place in the KFJ class of the German ADAC Kart Masters. In 2016 and 2017, he competed in the OK Junior and OK classes respectively of both the European and World Karting Championships. In his senior year, he finished tenth in the world championship.

In 2018, Muth switched to formula racing, making his debut in the French F4 Championship.[1] He won two races at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and the Circuito Permanente de Jerez and also achieved podium finishes at the Circuit de Pau-Ville, Dijon-Prenois and Jerez. With 145.5 points, he finished seventh in the standings.

In 2019, Muth started the season in the Toyota Racing Series, where he drove for the M2 Competition team.[2] He won a race at the Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park and was also on the podium at the Hampton Downs Motorsport Park and the Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon. With 258 points, he finished fifth in the final standings. He then returned to Europe, where he made his debut in the Eurocup Formula Renault with M2.[3] He only drove the first race weekend at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, where he finished nineteenth and fifteenth. After this, he competed in a race weekend of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship with the OIRC team YTB by Carlin during the race weekend at the Sportsland Sugo as a one-time replacement for Charles Milesi, finishing the races in eleventh, eighth and tenth. At the end of the year, he drove a Mercedes-AMG GT3 in the race at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in a race of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup for Strakka Racing, finishing nineteenth.

In 2020, Muth only drove two race weekends of the GT4 European Series with the Selleslagh Racing Team in a Mercedes-AMG GT4 at Spa and Circuit Paul Ricard. He was not eligible for points, but finished on the podium in both races at Spa.

In 2021, Muth made his DTM debut with the T3 Motorsport team in a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo.[4] He scored a total of 41 championship points and finished the season 13th in the drivers' championship.[5] Ahead of his second season in the series in 2022, he moved to the Walkenhorst Motorsport team to drive a BMW M4 GT3 alongside Marco Wittmann.[6]

For 2023, Muth joined Vanwall Racing Team as a test driver for their Le Mans Hypercar entry.[7]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2018 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 21 2 0 2 5 145.5 7th
Belcar Endurance Championship QSR Racing School 1 0 0 0 0 76.5 21st
2019 Toyota Racing Series M2 Competition 15 1 0 0 3 258 5th
Formula Renault Eurocup 2 0 0 0 0 0 25th
Japanese Formula 3 Championship OIRC team YTB by Carlin 3 0 0 0 0 0 15th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Strakka Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 57th
2020 GT4 European Series - Silver Cup Selleslagh Racing Team 4 0 0 0 2 0 NC†
2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters T3 Motorsport 16 0 0 1 0 41 13th
2022 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Walkenhorst Motorsport 11 0 0 0 0 0 29th
Supercar Challenge - Supersport 2 Xwift Racing Events 2 1 1 2 2 41 12th
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Floyd Vanwall Racing Team Reserve driver
2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Comtoyou Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver Cup 0 0 0 0 2* 9th*

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

Complete French F4 Championship results

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

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pos Points
2018 NOG
1
8		 NOG
2
Ret		 NOG
3
9		 PAU
1
4		 PAU
2
11		 PAU
3
3		 SPA
1
8		 SPA
2
1		 SPA
3
8		 DIJ
1
7		 DIJ
2
3		 DIJ
3
12		 MAG
1
4		 MAG
2
10		 MAG
3
7		 JER
1
5		 JER
2
1		 JER
3
3		 LEC
1
5		 LEC
2
7		 LEC
3
8		 7th 145.5

Complete Toyota Racing Series results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points
2019 M2 Competition HIG
1
6		 HIG
2
4		 HIG
3
11		 TER
1
9		 TER
2
C		 TER
3
C		 HMP
1
Ret		 HMP
2
6		 HMP
3
2		 HMP
4
5		 TAU
1
7		 TAU
2
6		 TAU
3
1		 TAU
4
4		 MAN
1
6		 MAN
2
3		 MAN
3
5		 5th 258

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2021 T3 Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo MNZ
1
10		 MNZ
2
9		 LAU
1
8		 LAU
2
Ret		 ZOL
1
6		 ZOL
2
9		 NÜR
1
14		 NÜR
2
5		 RBR
1
14		 RBR
2
13		 ASS
1
8		 ASS
2
10		 HOC
1
8		 HOC
2
Ret		 NOR
1
11		 NOR
2
Ret		 13th 41
2022 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 ALG
1
14		 ALG
2
14		 LAU
1
12		 LAU
2
18		 IMO
1
Ret		 IMO
2
14		 NOR
1
Ret		 NOR
2
DNS		 NÜR
1
13		 NÜR
2
15		 SPA
1
13		 SPA
2
24		 RBR
1		 RBR
2		 HOC
1		 HOC
2		 29th 0

Muth was unable to attend the last two raceweekends of the 2022 season due to an urgent surgery he had to undergo right before the race at the Red Bull Ring.

References

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