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11 Facts About Fernando Monje

1.

Fernando Monje Vicario was born on 7 March 1993 and is a former Spanish racing driver who competed in the World Touring Car Championship.

2.

Fernando Monje began his career in karting in 2005 at the age of twelve and competed in karting until 2009.

3.

Fernando Monje switched to single-seaters in 2009 at the age of 16 when he debuted in the Formul'Academy Euro Series, finishing tenth in the drivers' championship.

4.

Fernando Monje contested the last round of the Spanish SEAT Leon Supercopa with SUNRED Engineering.

5.

Fernando Monje remained in the series in 2011, but switched to the Drivex team.

6.

In 2012 Monje revived his SUNRED cooperation to compete in the World Touring Car Championship.

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Fernando Monje competed in the European Touring Car Cup, finishing the season as overall champion.

8.

Fernando Monje was involved in a pileup at the start of race one at the Race of the United States, and along with Aleksei Dudukalo and Alberto Cerqui was forced to retire.

9.

Fernando Monje got his second point of the season in the season finale at Macau, finishing tenth .

10.

Fernando Monje joined new team Campos Racing for the 2013 season, racing alongside Hugo Valente.

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Fernando Monje started on pole position for race two of the Race of Morocco but dropped out of the race on the second lap after a collision with James Thompson.