Munkong "Turbo" Sathienthirakul (born 6 October 1985) is a Thai racing driver currently competing in the TCR Asia Series. Having previously competed in the Thailand Super Series and Thai Touring Car Championship amongst others.
| Munkong Sathienthirakul | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Nationality | Thai |
| Born | 6 October 1985 Bangkok, Thailand |
| TCR Asia Series career | |
| Debut season | 2015 |
| Current team | Craft-Bamboo Racing |
| Car number | 80 |
| Starts | 2 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Previous series | |
| 2014-15 2011 2010 2000-03 | Thailand Super Series Thai Honda Civic Cup Thai Touring Car Championship Karting |
| Championship titles | |
| 2000-02 | Karting |
Racing career
editSathienthirakul began his career in 2000 in karting, he won three titles in karting up until 2002. In 2010 he switched to the Thai Touring Car Championship. He raced in the Thai Honda Civic Cup in 2011, before switching to the Thailand Super Series, he finished the 2014 season 2nd in the championship standings.[1]
In October 2015 it was announced that he would race in the TCR Asia Series & TCR International Series, driving a SEAT León Cup Racer for Craft-Bamboo Racing.[2][3][4]
Racing record
editComplete TCR International Series results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Craft-Bamboo Racing | SEAT León Cup Racer | SEP 1 |
SEP 2 |
SHA 1 |
SHA 2 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
ALG 1 |
ALG 2 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
SAL 1 |
SAL 2 |
SOC 1 |
SOC 2 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
MRN 1 |
MRN 2 |
CHA 1 11 |
CHA 2 9 |
MAC 1 |
MAC 2 |
38th | 2 |
| 2016 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | BHR 1 |
BHR 2 |
EST 1 |
EST 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
IMO 1 |
IMO 2 |
SAL 1 |
SAL 2 |
OSC 1 |
OSC 2 |
SOC 1 |
SOC 2 |
CHA 1 12 |
CHA 2 Ret |
MRN 1 |
MRN 2 |
SEP 1 |
SEP 2 |
MAC 1 |
MAC 2 |
NC | 0 |
| 2017 | DG Sport Compétition | Opel Astra TCR | RIM 1 |
RIM 2 |
BHR 1 |
BHR 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
SAL 1 |
SAL 2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
OSC 1 |
OSC 2 |
CHA 1 14 |
CHA 2 12 |
ZHE 1 |
ZHE 2 |
DUB 1 |
DUB 2 |
NC | 0 |
Complete TCR Europe Series results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Monlau Competición | CUPRA León TCR | LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
ZAN 1 |
ZAN 2 |
SPA 1 12 |
SPA 2 15 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
ASS 1 20† |
ASS 2 15 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
CAT 1 18 |
CAT 2 Ret |
33rd | 0 |
† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.
References
edit- ^ "Mungkong Sathienthirakul career statistics". Driver Database. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ "Thai driver joins Craft-Bamboo for home event". tcr-series.com. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ "25 cars entered for TCR race in Thailand". TouringCarTimes.com. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ "The TCR field increases further to 25 entries". tcr-series.com. 20 October 2015. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
External links
edit- Munkong Sathienthirakul career summary at DriverDB.com