Mihai Marinescu was born on 25 January 1989 and is a professional Romanian racing driver formerly competing in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series.
15 Facts About Mihai Marinescu
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Mihai Marinescu was born in Brasov, Romania and currently works as a race engineer for Jenzer Motorsport.
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Mihai Marinescu took six podium places to finish runner-up in the Italian championship, behind Pasquale Di Sabatino, and took three race wins to finish third in the Belgian standings.
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In 2005, Mihai Marinescu took part in selected Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 races and the end-of-season Italian Formula Renault 2.0 winter series, in which he finished thirteenth.
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Mihai Marinescu drove in three French Formula Renault 2.0 races, failing to score a point.
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In 2007, Mihai Marinescu dovetailed two championships , racing full seasons in both Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Italian Formula Renault 2.0.
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For 2008, Mihai Marinescu joined Fisichella Motor Sport to race in the newly formed Formula BMW Europe championship, which supported the Formula One World Championship at each European race meeting.
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Mihai Marinescu took part in selected races in the Formula BMW Americas championship.
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In October 2008, Mihai Marinescu competed in the final round of the International Formula Master season at Monza.
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In March 2009, Mihai Marinescu took part in Formula Renault 3.5 Series pre-season testing for the Austrian Interwetten.
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However, he was replaced by Tobias Hegewald after the first championship event, but this was only for Hegewald to gain experience of the circuit for his forthcoming F2 campaign, with Mihai Marinescu returning to the team for the following round in Monaco.
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Mihai Marinescu returned to Interwetten at Le Mans, but failed to break into the points.
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Mihai Marinescu consistently finished in the midfield, and signed up to race in the series again in 2011.
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On 1 October 2011, Mihai Marinescu won his maiden race in Formula 2 at Monza.
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Mihai Marinescu is an avid bicycle rider and keeps fit during the winter break by cycling in the mountains around his home city Brasov.