Diego Menchaca

Diego Menchaca González-Quintanilla (born 20 October 1994 in Mexico City) is a Mexican racing driver.

Diego Menchaca
Menchaca in April 2015
Nationality	Mexican
Born	(1994-10-20) 20 October 1994 Mexico City, Mexico
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season	2021
Current team	Algarve Pro Racing
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	24
Starts	5
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2016 2014 2012-13 2011	Euroformula Open Championship BRDC Formula 4 British Formula Renault LATAM Challenge Series

Career

Karting

Menchaca began karting in 2006 at the age of eight, competing in championships across Mexico and the United States.

Lower Formulae

In 2011, Menchaca graduated to single-seaters in the LATAM Challenge Series. There he took a pole position at the round in Houston and finished fourth in the overall standings.

For the next two years, Menchaca raced with Fortec Motorsports and Jamun Racing Services in the British Formula Renault Championship, where he finished eleventh in 2012 and eighteenth the following year.

In 2014, Menchaca switched to BRDC Formula 4 with Douglas Motorsport. He claimed a victory in the third race at Donington Park and finished seventh in the overall standings.

In 2015, Menchaca joined Campos Racing for the Euroformula Open Championship, where he finished eighth in the Euroformula standings and sixth in the Spanish F3 standings. He remained with Campos for the following season, finishing fourth and fifth in the respective championship standings.

Formula V8 3.5

In December 2016, Menchaca partook in the post-season collective Test with Teo Martín Motorsport.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2011	LATAM Challenge Series	Re Racing	15	0	1	0	3	132	4th
2012	Formula Renault BARC	Fortec Motorsports	14	0	0	0	0	130	11th
2013	BRDC Formula 4 Championship	MGR Motorsport	24	0	0	0	1	243	10th
	Protyre Formula Renault Championship	Jamun Racing Services	11	0	0	0	0	78	18th
2014	BRDC Formula 4 Championship	Douglas Motorsport	24	1	0	0	6	327	7th
2015	Euroformula Open Championship	Campos Racing	16	0	0	0	1	94	8th
	Spanish Formula 3 Championship		6	0	0	0	1	42	6th
2016	Euroformula Open Championship	Campos Racing	16	0	0	1	4	145	4th
	Spanish Formula 3 Championship		6	0	0	0	1	57	5th
2017	World Series Formula V8 3.5	Fortec Motorsports	17	0	0	0	1	94	9th
2018	GP3 Series	Campos Racing	18	0	0	0	0	3	19th
2019	Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe	Orange1 FFF Racing Team	9	0	0	0	0	0.5	24th
	Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe - Silver Cup		9	0	0	1	0	42	8th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		4	0	0	0	0	1	34th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Silver Cup		4	0	0	1	1	28	12th
2021	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Algarve Pro Racing	5	0	0	0	0	12.5	22nd
2022	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2022-23	Middle East Trophy - GT3	MS7 by Team WRT
2023	International GT Open	Team Motopark	13	1	0	2	7	111	3rd
2024	International GT Open	Team Motopark	14	0	0	1	5	81	8th

^* Season still in progress.

Complete World Series Formula V8 3.5 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	18	Pos	Points
2017	Fortec Motorsports	SIL 1 9	SIL 2 7	SPA 1 4	SPA 2 5	MNZ 1 7	MNZ 2 DNS	JER 1 9	JER 2 9	ALC 1 9	ALC 2 7	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 10	MEX 1 8	MEX 2 5	COA 1 9	COA 2 3	BHR 1 8	BHR 2 7	9th	94

Complete GP3 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2018	Campos Racing	CAT FEA 10	CAT SPR 12	LEC FEA 14	LEC SPR Ret	RBR FEA 14	RBR SPR 16	SIL FEA 12	SIL SPR 11	HUN FEA 9	HUN SPR 10	SPA FEA 19	SPA SPR 16	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR 14	SOC FEA Ret	SOC SPR 15	YMC FEA 18	YMC SPR 16	19th	3

Complete Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2019	Orange1 FFF Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Silver	BRH 1 19	BRH 2 DNS	MIS 1 23	MIS 2 10	ZAN 1 22	ZAN 2 16	NÜR 1 22	NÜR 2 16	HUN 1 24	HUN 2 23	8th	42

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2021	Algarve Pro Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 11	RBR 8	LEC 7	MNZ 10	SPA Ret	ALG	22nd	12.5

Complete International GT Open results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2023	Team Motopark	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro	PRT 1 3	PRT 2 1	SPA 3	HUN 1 5	HUN 2 2	LEC 1 2	LEC 2 3	RBR 1 2	RBR 2 11	MNZ 1 9	MNZ 2 7	CAT 1 13	CAT 2 4		2nd	109
2024	Team Motopark	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro	PRT 1 Ret	PRT 2 3	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 2	SPA 6	HUN 1 3	HUN 2 11	LEC 1 3	LEC 2 Ret	RBR 1 7	RBR 2 Ret	CAT 1 7	CAT 2 6	MNZ 9	8th	81

^*Season still in progress.

External links

• Diego Menchaca career summary at DriverDB.com