Esteban Muth

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Esteban Muth
NationalityBelgium Belgian
Germany German
via dual nationality
Born (2001-10-30) 30 October 2001 (age 19)
Uccle, Brussels, Belgium

Esteban Muth (born 30 October 2001) is a Belgian-German racing driver who currently drives for T3 Motorsport in Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.

Career[]

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, he will make his DTM debut with the T3 Motorsport team in a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo.[4]

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 10 0 0 1 0 27 12th*

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

ASS
2

HOC
1

HOC
2

NOR
1

NOR
2

12th* 27*

* Season still in progress.

References[]

  1. ^ "Engagés Championnat de France F4" (PDF). circuit-nogaro.com (in French). Circuit Paul Armagnac. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  2. ^ Allen, Peter (30 October 2018). "Italian F4 rookie champion Petr Ptacek to contest Toyota Racing Series". . Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  3. ^ Allen, Peter (22 February 2019). "Esteban Muth to continue with M2 Competition into Formula Renault Eurocup". FormulaScout. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Lamborghini to be represented in DTM by T3 Motorsport". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
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