Nico Pino

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

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Early career

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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.

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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. 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. Pino returned to the series at the start of the following year, where he would partake in three rounds with Drivex.

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Prototype and Endurance racing

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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.

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. Pino then embarked on a complete campaign in the ELMS, returning to IEC to partner Oliveira and Charles Crews. 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. 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.

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.

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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. Their entry struggled throughout the four-race campaign, taking a best finish of seventh and classifying ninth and last in the teams' standings.

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. 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. Pino, Jani, and Binder also drove at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where the team scored a class podium with third place.

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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. At the end of April, it was also announced that Pino had joined Stellantis Motorsport.

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Racing record

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Racing career summary

European Le Mans Series - LMP3	Inter Europol Competition	2	0	0	0	0	8	28th
Supercars Endurance GT4 South - GT4 Pro	Tockwith Motorsport	2	2	0	1	2	50	2nd
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	8	0	0	0	0	20	14th
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
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
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.

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Complete Formula 4 South East Asia Championship results () (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

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

SEP4 2

SEP4 3

SEP4 4

SEP5 1

SEP5 2

SEP5 3

SEP5 4

SEP6 1

SEP6 2

SEP6 3

SEP6 4 ! NC ! -

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Complete F4 British Championship results () (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

2020 ! nowrap

Argenti Motorsport

Donington Park

Donington Park

Donington Park

Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch

Oulton Park

Oulton Park

Oulton Park

KNO 1

KNO 2

KNO 3

Thruxton Circuit

Thruxton Circuit

Thruxton Circuit

SIL 1

SIL 2

SIL 3

Croft Circuit

Croft Circuit

SNE 1

SNE 2

SNE 3

Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch ! 14th ! 14

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Complete Euroformula Open Championship results () (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

2021 !nowrap

Drivex

POR 1

POR 2

POR 3

LEC 1

LEC 2

LEC 3

SPA 1

SPA 2

SPA 3

Hungaroring

Hungaroring

Hungaroring

IMO 1

IMO 2

IMO 3

RBR 1

RBR 2

RBR 3

MNZ 1

MNZ 2

MNZ 3

CAT 1

CAT 2

CAT 3

! 22nd ! 4

2022 !nowrap

Drivex

POR 1

POR 2

POR 3

PAU 1

PAU 2

LEC 1

LEC 2

LEC 3

SPA 1

SPA 2

SPA 3

Hungaroring

Hungaroring

Hungaroring

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

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Complete European Le Mans Series results () (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

2021 !nowrap	Inter Europol Competition ! LMP3 !nowrap	Ligier JS P320 !nowrap	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	CAT	RBR	LEC	MNZ	SPA	ALG ! 28th ! 8
2022 !nowrap	Inter Europol Competition ! LMP3 !nowrap	Ligier JS P320 !nowrap	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8		Imola Circuit	MNZ	CAT	SPA	ALG !style="background:#DFDFDF;"	2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;"	79
2023 !nowrap	Duqueine Team ! LMP2 !nowrap	Oreca 07 !nowrap	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT	LEC	ARA	SPA	POR	ALG ! 4th ! 79
2024 !nowrap	Nielsen Racing ! rowspan="2"	LMP2 ! rowspan="2" nowrap	Oreca 07 ! rowspan="2" nowrap	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT	LEC	IMO	SPA	! rowspan="2" 23rd ! rowspan="2"	0

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Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

2022 !nowrap

Performance Tech Motorsports ! rowspan="2"

LMP3 ! rowspan="2" nowrap

Ligier JS P320 ! rowspan="2" nowrap

Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8

DAY

SEB

MDO

WGL

MOS

ELK

! rowspan="2" 28th ! rowspan="2"

332

2023 !nowrap

Sean Creech Motorsport ! LMP3 !nowrap

Ligier JS P320 !nowrap

Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8

DAY

SEB

WGL

MOS

DAY

SEB

WGL

MOS

ELK

IMS

ATL ! 9th* ! 525*

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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

2024 !nowrap	United Autosports ! LMGT3 !nowrap	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo !nowrap	McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8	QAT	IMO	SPA	LMS	SÃO	COA	FUJ	BHR ! 18th ! 36
2025 ! nowrap	Proton Competition ! Hypercar ! nowrap	Porsche 963 ! nowrap	Porsche 4.6 L Turbo V8	QAT	IMO	SPA	LMS	SÃO	COA	FUJ	BHR ! 26th* ! 1*

^* Season still in progress.

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