Roberto Merhi

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.

In 2021, Merhi competed in the Australian single-seater championship, the S5000 Tasman Series, racing for Team BRM.

He got 3 podiums, one of them a victory, thus proclaiming himself runner-up.

For 2022, Roberto Merhi will compete in Japanese SuperGT 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 Fuji.

Roberto Merhi Muntan (born 22 March 1991), is a Spanish racing driver who previously competed in Formula E for Mahindra Racing and who drove in Formula One.

Merhi has also raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for Pons Racing, and won the Formula 3 Euro Series championship, while driving for Prema Powerteam.

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.

Merhi made the full-time step-up to Formula Three in 2009 when he was signed by Manor Motorsport 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.

He collected a 7th place at the Norisring and two 10th finishes.

2011 saw another change in teams for Merhi, this time joining Prema Powerteam.

Merhi subsequently won the championship, getting 20 top-3 finishes, including 11 wins.

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, Karl Wendlinger and Michael Schumacher.

With that announcement came the news that Roberto Merhi, together with the reigning Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion Robert Wickens 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.

In his second season, he switched to HWA Team.

Merhi moved to Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2014 with Zeta Corse.

He finished third in the championship.

In the final race of the season he recorded his best finish of 2nd to end the season 15th in the standings.

Merhi switched to Pons Racing for the 2015 season.

He competed in the first round at Aragon, but was replaced by Alex Fontana 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 Nicholas Latifi 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.

In 2017, Merhi replaced Stefano Coletti at Campos Racing for the Barcelona round of the championship.

He also competed at the Spa, Monza and Yas Marina rounds, for Rapax Team

In 2018, he drove for MP Motorsport and Campos Vexatec Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship.

He scored a full-time drive for the 2018 Formula 2 season with MP Motorsport.

Before the Belgian round, he left the team and was replaced by their GP3 Series driver Dorian Boccolacci.

He then joined Campos for the final two rounds of the season, replacing Roy Nissany.

Merhi made his Formula 2 return for Campos Racing at the Austrian round of 2022, replacing an injured Ralph Boschung.

Since 2019, he has competed in sportscar racing, including finishing third in the 2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series.

In May 2023, it was announced he would drive for Mahindra Racing from the 2023 Jakarta ePrix.

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