Pepe Massot

Pepe Massot (born 14 November 1995) is a Spanish racing driver from Barcelona, Spain currently competing in the 2016 Porsche Supercup driving for Momo Megatron Team. In 2015 Pepe drives for Küs Team75 Bernhard.[1]

Pepe Massot
Pepe Massot at Brands Hatch, 29 Mar 2014
NationalitySpanish
Born (1995-11-14) 14 November 1995
Barcelona (Catalunya, Spain)
Porsche Mobil1 Supercup career
Debut season2015
Current teamMomo Megatron Partrax
Car numberTBA
Starts0
Wins0
Poles0
Previous series
2012
2013
2014
2014
2014		Ginetta Junior Championship
Ginetta GT Supercup
Ginetta GT4 Supercup
Porsche Supercup
Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

Prior to racing in Germany, Massot's career from 2012 to 2014 was based in Great Britain in the various support series for the British Touring Car Championship including the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, the Ginetta GT4 Supercup and the Ginetta Junior championship.

Racing career

2012 - Ginetta Juniors
Pepe Massot in a Ginetta G40 at Brands Hatch, 21st Oct 2012

In 2012 Pepe Massot decided to try racing in the Ginetta Junior championship, initially with just the first two of the season's ten meetings.

Early success saw him able to commit to the full season with Hillspeed. He finished the season 4th overall helped by wins at Snetterton and Silverstone. There were other podium places won at Donington, Oulton Park, Croft, and Brands Hatch (GP circuit). His performances during the season saw him listed as one of the drivers of the season by Autosport.[2]

2013 - Ginetta GT Supercup
Pepe Massot, Ginetta G55, Brands Hatch, 31 Mar 2013

On 18th Jan 2013, Hillspeed announced they would be entering a car in the Ginetta GT Supercup for the first time, with Pepe as the driver.[3]

At the first meeting of the season at Brands Hatch Indy circuit, despite limited testing time in the more powerful G55 car, he managed to qualify 4th and in the weekend's three races finished, 6th, 1st and 7th.[4]

The second meeting of the season was held over the weekend of 20 and 21 April at Donington Park. Massot finished 4th in round 4, 6th in round 5 and in the final 6th round, he scored his second win in the senior Ginetta series.[5]

In the Snetterton and Knockhill meetings Massot drove for the Century Motorsport team,[6] moving then to the JHR Developments team for the rest of the season.[7]

2014 - Ginetta GT4 Supercup

For the renamed 2014 season, Massot remained with JHR Developments, with G55 cars now in full GT4 specifications.[7][8] After an unsuccessful start to the season,[9] in which he won just one race, Massot decided to leave the series in favour of the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain.[10]

Pepe Massot's Ginetta G55 car for 2014

2014 - Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
Massot in his Parr Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 car at Snetterton in 2014

For the remainder of the season starting with round 5 at Croft, Massot competed in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain driving with Parr Motorsport.[11] Initially, he was placed in the Pro-Am1 class but following his performance at Croft, where he took a podium finish in his first meeting,[12] he was re-evaluated as a Pro driver.[13] He was to finish the season in 5th place with 135 points.[14]

After the season finished, he made his début in the Porsche Supercup, driving for MOMO-Megatron at the Circuit of the Americas.[15] It would not prove to be a successful début; a mechanical failure on Colin Thompson's car caused him to crash into Massot in the first race, forcing both drivers to retire.[16]

2015 - Porsche Carrera Cup Germany

2015 seen Massot compete in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany for the Küs Team75 Bernhard squad alongside teammate Nicki Thiim,[1] but retired on mid season due to a back injury.

2016 - Porsche Mobil1 Supercup

After a long recovery Pepe goes back to the competition entering in rounds 7 & 9 -Spa and COTA- of the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup with Momo-Megatron Partrax Team.

Racing record

Complete Porsche Supercup 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 DC Points
2014 MOMO-Megatron ESP MON AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA USA
Ret		 USA
DNS		 NC 0
2016 MOMO Megatron Team PARTRAX ESP MON AUT GBR HUN GER BEL
11		 ITA USA
12		 USA
19		 17th 15

References
  1. "Massot switches to Carrera Cup Deutschland for 2015". 8 March 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  2. Orme, Marc (November 2012). "Season Review 2012 Ginetta Junior: Robertson rides the Junior rollercoaster". Autosport. p. 83.
  3. "Massot Remains with Hillspeed for Ginetta GT Supercup Debut". Retrieved 2013-01-18.
  4. "Sensational Massot Wins on First Weekend in Ginetta GT Supercup". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
  5. "Massot Wins Final Ginetta GT Supercup Race in Derby". Archived from the original on 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
  6. "Massot & Orton Join Forces with Century Motorsport". 2 August 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  7. "Pepe Massot to return to Michelin Ginetta GT4 SuperCup with JHR". Ginetta. 4 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  8. Orme, Marc (15 April 2014). "Massot Aiming for Donington Wins as GT4 Supercup Season Resumes". Sportscar Racing News. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  9. "Pepe Massot Hungry For Hat Trick Of Wins At Thruxton Ginetta GT4". racecar. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  10. Paice, Simon (14 August 2014). "Massot Talks Ginetta Exit: "It Just Didn't Work Out" – Ginetta GT4 Supercup". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  11. "Pepe Massot to make Porsche debut with Parr Motorsport". Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  12. Paice, Simon (17 August 2014). "Massot Ready to Challenge for Porsche Wins – Porsche Carrera Cup GB". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  13. "Wonderful Webster Wows in Qualifying". 4 August 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
  14. "Event Details — BARC — BTCC — Round 10 - Brands Hatch :: Timing Solutions Ltd" (PDF). Timing Solutions Ltd.
  15. "Pepe Massot Heads Stateside For Porsche Supercup Debut In Texas". Racecar. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  16. DiZinno, Tony (1 November 2014). "Title drama occurs in penultimate Porsche Supercup race at Austin". MotorSportsTalk. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
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