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Roberto Merhi Muntan (born 22 March 1991) is a Spanish , who competes in the GT300 class of for and also serves as sporting director for Spanish F4 team . Merhi competed in at 14 Grands Prix in .

Merhi previously competed in for and who drove in . Merhi has also raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for , and won the Formula 3 Euro Series championship, whilst driving for . In , he drove for and in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. Since 2019, he has competed in , including finishing third in the 2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series.


Career
Merhi was born in Castellón de la Plana, Spain to parents of descent.


Formula Renault
In 2007, Merhi mainly competed in Italian Formula Renault and the Formula Renault Eurocup, finishing 4th and 18th respectively. In 2008 he competed in the West European Series, where he was runner-up, and he finished 4th in the Eurocup. He also did five races in the Spanish Formula Three Championship.http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/5067/career/ Roberto Merhi career statistics at Driver Database


Formula Three
Merhi made the full-time step-up to Formula Three in 2009 when he was signed by for their Formula 3 Euro Series campaign, finishing seventh, with four podiums. He moved to Mücke Motorsport for the 2010 season, improving on his debut season by finishing fifth in the standings, with four podiums, including his maiden win at Hockenheim. 2011 saw another change in teams for Merhi, this time joining . Merhi subsequently won the championship, getting 20 top-3 finishes, including 11 wins.


DTM

2012
On 3 April 2012, Mercedes announced the revival of the Mercedes-Benz Junior Team that has guided several notable drivers in their racing careers like Heinz-Harald Frentzen, and Michael Schumacher. With that announcement came the news that Roberto Merhi, together with the reigning Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion and DTM-sophomore Christian Vietoris, would become a part of the new Junior Team and that the three of them would drive for the Junior Team in the 2012 DTM season. In addition to that, 7-time F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher will be involved with the three drivers by serving as a mentor. Merhi's entry into the DTM meant that he would be one of two Spaniards in the drivers field, together with Miguel Molina. Merhi scored no points in 2012 for Persson Motorsport.


2013
In his second season, he switched to . He collected a 7th place at the and two 10th finishes. In the final race of the season he recorded his best finish of 2nd to end the season 15th in the standings.


Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Merhi moved to Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2014 with . He finished third in the championship.

Merhi switched to for the 2015 season. He competed in the first round at Aragon, but was replaced by so as to focus on his commitments with Marussia during the second round in Monaco, which had their races on the same date. He rejoined the team following the event.

In round five in Austria, Merhi was deemed at fault for a massive collision with when Merhi slowed at the finish line. He was disqualified from the race and banned from the next two events, and has since not returned to the series.


FIA Formula 2 Championship

2017
In 2017, Merhi replaced at Campos Racing for the Barcelona round of the championship. He also competed at the Spa, Monza and Yas Marina rounds, for


2018
He scored a full-time drive for the 2018 Formula 2 season with . Before the Belgian round, he left the team and was replaced by their GP3 Series driver Dorian Boccolacci. He then joined for the final two rounds of the season, replacing .


2022
Merhi made his Formula 2 return for at the Austrian round of 2022, replacing an injured . He retired from the sprint race, but scored third position in the feature race, coming back from 21st position. After his good result in Austria and the fact that Ralph Boschung was still injured, Merhi also competed in the Le Castellet round but he had to retire from both races. He also competed at the Budapest round.


S5000 Tasman Series
In 2021, Merhi competed in the Australian single-seater championship, the S5000 Tasman Series, racing for . He got 3 podiums, one of them a victory, thus proclaiming himself runner-up.

Super GT
For 2022, Roberto Merhi will compete in for the Team LeMans in an Audi R8 LMS GT3 alongside drivers Yoshiaki Katayama and Shintaro Kawabata, making his debut at the second round of the championship at .


Super Formula Lights
In September 2022, Merhi announced that he would compete in the final round at Okayama of the 2022 Super Formula Lights.


Formula One

Caterham (2014)
Merhi made his first appearance in a car for the Caterham team during practice for the 2014 Italian Grand Prix. It is believed that he was being evaluated for a race seat in place of , but had yet to qualify for an FIA Super Licence.


Marussia (2015)
On 9 March 2015, the Manor Marussia team announced that Merhi would drive in the , alongside Britain's . However, Marussia did not compete in Australia due to a technical problem. In the Malaysian Grand Prix Merhi competed in his first race despite problems to his teammate Stevens' car. Merhi failed to set a lap time within 107% of the fastest time in Q1, but the race stewards allowed Merhi to start the race. Merhi finished in 15th place, 3 laps down on race winner . In the Chinese Grand Prix, Merhi finished in 16th place behind his teammate Stevens. In Bahrain and Spain Merhi also finished behind Stevens. However, in the Monaco Grand Prix Merhi finished in 16th ahead of Stevens. In the Canadian Grand Prix, Merhi qualified ahead of Stevens and would start in 16th thanks to penalties to and . As well as that failed to set a lap time in qualifying because of an engine issue. In the race, Merhi was a minute ahead of Stevens but on lap 56, he was forced to retire due to a drive-shaft problem. It was the first time that Merhi failed to finish a Formula One race that he started, but he remained ahead of Stevens in the Drivers' Championship. In Austria, Merhi finished in 14th position, 3 laps behind race winner Nico Rosberg. Merhi was dropped in favour of Alexander Rossi for five of the last seven Grands Prix of 2015, the exceptions being Russia and Abu Dhabi, before taking a subsequent demotion to in 2017 and Formula 2 in 2018.


Development driver (2019-2020)
For 2019, Merhi revealed that he was working with an F1 team as a development driver, but his contract prevented him from revealing which team he was working with. Merhi continued to work as a development driver for 2020.


Formula E
In April 2017, it was announced Merhi would be joining the series for the fourth season. However, he did not sign with any team.

Merhi returned to Formula E in April 2023, partaking in the rookies' driver test in Berlin with .


Mahindra Racing (2023)

2022-23 season
In May 2023, it was confirmed that Merhi will replace the departing for the 2023 Jakarta ePrix. Having been only under a contract for three races, it was confirmed that he would see out the remainder of the season with the team. Merhi was not retained by the team for the 2023–24 season.


Racing record

Career summary
Spanish Formula 3 ChampionshipPorfesa Competición200000NC
Formula Renault 2.0 Italy1410022324th
Formula Renault 2.0 Italy Winter SeriesBVM Minardi200013810th
Spanish Formula 3 ChampionshipNovo20000417th
Spanish GT Championship - GTASantiago Garcia20001619th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.01422171084th
Macau Grand Prix100000NC
Masters of Formula 3100000NC
Spanish Formula 3 ChampionshipR. Llusia Racing521233613th
Macau Grand Prix10000017th
British Formula 3 International Series200000NC
Masters of Formula 310000010th
GP3 Series120013266th
Masters of Formula 310000012th
Macau Grand Prix1000008th
FIA Formula 3 International Trophy843561331st
British Formula 3 International Series322220NC†
Macau Grand Prix100000NC
Masters of Formula 3Mücke Motorsport101000NC
British Formula 3 International SeriesDouble R Racing202223911th
Formula OneCaterham F1 TeamTest driver
Macau Grand PrixW66.com Double R Racing1000004th
Stock Car BrasilHanier Racing100000NC†
Formula Renault 3.5 Series800012614th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP210010N/ADNF
80000
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP210000229th
40001
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2200000NC†
GT World Challenge Australia200001215th
European Le Mans Series - LMP2300012614th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2100000NC†
FIA Formula 2 Championship600011520th
Super Formula Lights30000014th
S5000 Australian Drivers' ChampionshipGarry Rogers Motorsport300116314th
88Racing00000
Gulf 12 HoursRacing One10000N/A16th
† As Merhi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
* Season still in progress.


Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Italia results
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Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results
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! 4th ! 108


Complete Formula Renault 2.0 WEC results
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Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
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Complete GP3 Series results
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! 6th ! 26


Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
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2012 !nowrapPersson Motorsport !nowrapDTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé

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! 15th ! 26


Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
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Complete Formula One results
() (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicates fastest lap)
2014 !nowrapCaterham F1 Team !nowrapCaterham CT05 !nowrapRenault Energy F12014 1.6 V6 AUSMALBHRCHNESPMONCANAUTGBRGERHUNBELJPN
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Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
2016 !nowrap ! LMP2 !nowrapOreca 05 !nowrapNissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8SPA
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SHAOreca 07 !nowrapGibson GK428 4.2 L V8SILSPALMSSPA

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results


Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results
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FEA ! 20th ! 15
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.


Complete Asian Le Mans Series results
() (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
2019-20 !nowrapEurasia Motorsport ! LMP2 !nowrapLigier JS P217 !nowrapGibson GK428 4.2 L V8SHA
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Complete European Le Mans Series results
() (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
2021 ! nowrap="" ! LMP2 ! nowrap=""Aurus 01 ! nowrap=""Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8CATRBR
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SPAALG ! 14th ! 26


Complete S5000 results
* Season still in progress.


Complete Super Formula Lights results
() (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
2022 !nowrapSUZ
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Complete Super GT results
() (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
2022 !nowrap !nowrapAudi R8 LMS Evo II ! GT300OKAAudi R8 LMS Evo II ! GT300OKA






MOT
! 9th ! 37
2024 !nowrap !nowrapFerrari 296 GT3 !GT300OKA

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! 10th ! 28
2025 ! ! Ferrari 296 GT3 ! GT300

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MOT
! 14th* ! 32.5*
(Number) Driver did not take part in this sprint race, points are still awarded for the teammate's result.
* Season still in progress.


Complete Formula E results
() (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
2022–23 !nowrap !nowrapFormula E Gen3 !nowrapMEXDRHDRHHYDCAPSAPBERBERMCOJAK
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! 23rd ! 0


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