Ramón Piñeiro

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| name = Ramón Piñeiro

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| nationality = {{flagicon|ESP}} Spanish

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|10|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Barcelona, Spain

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| racing licence = 12px FIA Gold

| current series = FIA Formula Two Championship

| first year = 2010

| current team = 1

| car number = 15

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| starts = 16

| wins = 3

| poles = 1

| fastest laps = 1

| best finish = 3rd

| year = 2011

| prev series = Formula BMW Europe
Formula Palmer Audi

| prev series years = 2008-09
2009-10

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Ramón Piñeiro (born 29 October 1991 in Barcelona) is a Spanish racing driver.

Career

=Formula BMW=

Piñeiro began his formula racing career in 2008 in Formula BMW Europe with Fortec Motorsport. He finished twentieth in standings, taking five points-scoring positions in sixteen races. For 2009, Piñeiro remained in the series, but switched to FMS International. 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 Silverstone and Snetterton. Piñeiro survived a big accident during the third of the Silverstone races. Running behind Kazim Vasiliauskas, Piñeiro picked up the slipstream from behind the Lithuanian 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.{{cite news|url=http://formulapalmeraudi.com/news/palmer,-vautier-and-jousse-all-take-wins.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711020349/http://formulapalmeraudi.com/news/palmer,-vautier-and-jousse-all-take-wins.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-07-11|title=See dramatic footage of crash involving Piñeiro and Vasiliauskas|work=Formula Palmer Audi|publisher=MotorSport Vision|accessdate=2009-12-24|date=2009-10-06}} He finished third in the final race at Snetterton, three seconds behind winner Felix Rosenqvist, after an early crash took many of his rivals.{{cite news|url=http://formulapalmeraudi.com/news/plant-wins-2009-formula-palmer-audi-championship.aspx|title=Plant clinches FPA title; Rosenqvist wins race|work=Formula Palmer Audi|publisher=MotorSport Vision|accessdate=2009-12-24|date=2009-10-18}}

Personal life

Piñeiro list his hobbies as all sports, fitness, music, while his favourite circuits are Valencia Street Circuit, Circuit de Monaco and Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. His favourite driver is Michael Schumacher.{{cite news|url=http://bmw-motorsport.com/ms/en/races/fbmw/formula_europe/driver/ramon_pineiro/ramon_pineiro.html|title=Ramon Pineiro|work=BMW Motorsport|publisher=BMW|accessdate=2009-12-23|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904121341/http://bmw-motorsport.com/ms/en/races/fbmw/formula_europe/driver/ramon_pineiro/ramon_pineiro.html|archivedate=4 September 2009|df=dmy-all}} 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=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center" ! Season ! Series ! Team ! Races ! Wins ! Poles ! F/Laps ! Podiums ! Points ! Position
2008 \|align=left\| Formula BMW Europe \|align=left\| Fortec Motorsport \| 16 \| 0 \| 2 \| 1 \| 0 \| 37 \| 20th
align="center" rowspan=3\| 2009 \|align=left rowspan=2\| Formula BMW Europe \|align=left\| FMS International \| 10 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \|rowspan=2\| 38 \|rowspan=2\| 19th
align=left\| Motaworld Racing \| 6 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0
align=left\| Formula Palmer Audi \|align=left\| Motorsport Vision \| 6 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 1 \| 56 \| 20th
align="center" rowspan=4\| 2010 \|align=left\| Formula Palmer Audi \|align=left\| MotorSport Vision \| 20 \| 4 \| 1 \| 2 \| 11 \| 320 \| 3rd
align=left\| European F3 Open \|align=left\| Team West-Tec \| 2 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 22nd
align=left\| European F3 Open - Copa de España \|align=left\| Team West-Tec \| 2 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 8 \| 10th
align=left\| FIA Formula Two Championship \|align=left\| MotorSport Vision \| 2 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 1 \| 22nd
2011 \|align=left\| FIA Formula Two Championship \|align=left\| MotorSport Vision \| 16 \| 3 \| 2 \| 1 \| 7 \| 185 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| 3rd

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2008