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Martin Molnár
NationalityHungary Hungarian
Born (2008-08-21) 21 August 2008 (age 17)
Budapest, Hungary
F4 British Championship career
Debut season2024
Current teamVirtuosi Racing
Car number33
Starts60 (60 entries)
Wins2
Podiums15
Poles3
Fastest laps7
Best finish3rd in 2025

Martin Molnár (born 21 August 2008) is a Hungarian racing driver who last competed in the 2025 F4 British Championship for Virtuosi Racing.

Career

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Karting

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Molnár made his competitive karting debut in 2017, where he came 7th in the Micro Max class of the Hungarian International Open and came 13th following year. After competing in various WSK sanctioned events in 2019, he had his breakout season in 2020, where he won three karting titles in the Mini Max category of the Rotax Max Challenge Austria, Rotax Max Challenge Central-Eastern Europe and the CEZ Karting Trophy. He also came fifth in the Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy.[1]

In late 2021, he moved up to the OK Junior class and came runner-up in both the 49th and 50th editions of the Trofeo delle Industrie. He also came eighth on his CIK-FIA World Championship debut in 2022.[2][3]

Molnár stepped up to the OK category in late 2022, and in 2023 he won the 27° South Garda Winter Cup and finished runner-up to the WSK Champions Cup.

Formula 4

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2024

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After not winning the 2024 Richard Mille Young Talent Academy shootout, Molnár made his single-seater and Formula 4 debut in the 2024 F4 British Championship, driving for Virtuosi Racing, where he partnered Yuhao Fu and Maxwell Dodds.[4][5]

By a significant margin, he was the best driver in the team and the only one to get a podium. Molnár grabbed five podiums throughout the latter half of the season from Circuit Zandvoort and onwards.[6] He finished 8th in the drivers championship with 117.5 points and also beat Mercedes Junior Yuanpu Cui to the Rookies Cup by eleven points.[7][8]

He also won the inaugural Jake Cook Memorial Award, awarded by the team managers to the driver with the most improvement during the season.[9]

2025

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He kicked off his 2025 Formula 4 campaign with the 2025 F4 Middle East Championship driving for Evans GP.[10] Molnár got points in the first five races and maintained a consistent streak, which was halted by a retirement in the third race of the second round at the Yas Marina Circuit, which was caused by a collision with Oleksandr Bondarev.[11] Later, he matched his best result in the championship of seventh in the second race of the fourth round at Yas Marina Circuit. Molnár retired from the second race of the fifth and final round at the Lusail International Circuit after Salim Hanna crashed on top of him on lap seven.[12] He finished the championship in 13th with 42 points.[13]

Following his winter series venture, he continued his partnership with Virtuosi Racing for the 2025 F4 British Championship.[14] He got a podium in the first round at Donington Park and collected two more podiums at Silverstone Circuit.[15]

After achieving another second place at Snetterton Circuit, he won his first ever race a round later in the first race of Thruxton Circuit and collected a second place in the final race.[16][17][18]

At Oulton Park, he got his first ever pole positions in the first and third race, converting them to second and eighth places, respectively.[19][20][21] He recorded his final win of the series at Circuit Zandvoort, and in the latter half of the season he lost his lead on the championship, which went to Irishman and Red Bull Junior Team driver, Fionn McLaughlin.[22][23][24] James Piszcyk, also overtook him in the championship and Molnár ended up third in the standings with two wins, three pole positions, seven fastest laps, ten podiums and 277 points.[25]

Personal life

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He was signed by Motorsport Talent Management in 2021, and is currently managed by former racing driver Tamás Pál Kiss.[26]

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2017 Hungarian International Open – Micro Max Hargitai Racing 7th
2018 Hungarian International Open – Micro Max Hargitai Racing 13th
FIA Central European Zone – Rotax Micro
IAME Series Mediterranean Cup – Micro Max 7th
2019 24° South Garda Winter Cup – Mini ROK Xforce Racing KFT
WSK Champions Cup – 60 Mini XForce Racing Team
WSK Super Master Series – 60 Mini 89th
FIA Central European Zone – Rotax Mini 4th
FIA Central European Zone – Rotax Micro 24th
ROK Cup Superfinal – Mini ROK Team Driver Racing Kart
48° Trofeo delle Industrie – 60 Mini 24th
WSK Open Cup – 60 Mini 59th
WSK Final Cup – 60 Mini
Austrian Karting-Meisterschaft - Div IV – Rotax Mini Max Xforce Racing 3rd
2020 WSK Champions Cup – Mini AV Racing
WSK Super Master Series – 60 Mini 45th
25° South Garda Winter Cup – Mini ROK 18th
31° Andrea Margutti Trophy – 60 Mini 27th
WSK Euro Series – 60 Mini 40th
Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy – Mini Max KMS Europe KFT 5th
CEZ Karting Trophy – Mini Max XForce Racing Team 1st
Rotax Max Challenge Austria – Mini Max 1st
Rotax Max Challenge Central-Eastern Europe – Mini Max 1st
IAME International Games – X30 Junior Kart Republic Spain 32nd
2021 WSK Champions Cup – OK Junior KR Motorsport
WSK Super Master Series – OK Junior 45th
WSK Euro Series – OK Junior Revesz TRT KFT 55th
CIK-FIA European Karting Championship – OK Junior 49th
Deutsche Kart Meisterschaft – OK Junior 47th
Champions of the Future – OK Junior 70th
WSK Open Cup – OK Junior 21st
26° South Garda Winter Cup – OK Junior 33rd
WSK Final Cup – OK Junior 19th
Italian ACI Karting Championship – OK Junior 5th
IAME Euro Series – X30 Junior Team Driver Racing Kart 55th
49° Trofeo delle Industrie – OK Junior 2nd
2022 WSK Champions Cup – OK Junior Team Driver Racing Kart 16th
WSK Super Master Series – OK Junior KR Motorsport 18th
Champions of the Future – Winter Series – OK Junior Energy Corse Srl 19th
Champions of the Future – OK Junior 11th
CIK-FIA European Karting Championship – OK Junior 21st
WSK Euro Series – OK Junior 7th
CIK-FIA World Championship – OK Junior 8th
WSK Open Cup – OK Junior 21st
50° Trofeo delle Industrie – OK Junior 2nd
WSK Final Cup – OK 26th
Italian ACI Karting Championship – OK Junior 24th
SKUSA SuperNationals XXV – KA100 Jr. Nash Motorsportz 14th
2023 WSK Champions Cup – OK 2nd
WSK Super Master Series – OK Energy Corse 23rd
27° South Garda Winter Cup – OK 1st
CIK-FIA European Karting Championship – OK Senior 33rd
Source:[27]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2024 F4 British Championship Virtuosi Racing 30 0 0 0 5 117.5 8th
2025 F4 Middle East Championship Evans GP 15 0 0 0 0 42 13th
F4 British Championship Virtuosi Racing 30 2 3 7 10 277 3rd

*season in progress

Complete F4 British Championship results

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(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 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 DC Points
2024 Virtuosi Racing DPN
1
15 		DPN
2
Ret 		DPN
3
C 		BHI
1
9 		BHI
2
94 		BHI
3
10 		SNE
1
10 		SNE
2
16 		SNE
3
9 		THR
1
14 		THR
2
13 		THR
3
8 		SILGP
1
13 		SILGP
2
162 		SILGP
3
17 		ZAN
1
3 		ZAN
2
72 		ZAN
3
5 		KNO
1
3 		KNO
2
10 		KNO
3
2 		DPGP
1
14 		DPGP
2
10 		DPGP
3
123 		DPGP
4
9 		SILN
1
9 		SILN
2
C 		SILN
3
3 		BHGP
1
9 		BHGP
2
42 		BHGP
3
31 		BHGP
4
13 		8th 117.5
2025 Virtuosi Racing DPN
1
7 		DPN
2
23 		DPN
3
5 		SILGP
1
3 		SILGP
2
10 		SILGP
3
2 		SNE
1
5 		SNE
2
9 		SNE
3
2 		THR
1
1 		THR
2
82 		THR
3
2 		OUL
1
2 		OUL
2
20 		OUL
3
9 		SILGP
1
7 		SILGP
2
5 		ZAN
1
1 		ZAN
2
83 		ZAN
3
Ret 		KNO
1
5 		KNO
2
71 		KNO
3
18 		DPGP
1
3 		DPGP
2
20 		DPGP
3
2 		SILN
1
8 		SILN
2
23 		SILN
3
5 		BHGP
1
5 		BHGP
2
7 		BHGP
3
6 		3rd 277

Complete F4 Middle East Championship results

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(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 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2025 Evans GP YMC1
1
11 		YMC1
2
9 		YMC1
3
8 		YMC2
1
7 		YMC2
2
9 		YMC2
3
Ret 		DUB
1
11 		DUB
2
13 		DUB
3
Ret 		YMC3
1
14 		YMC3
2
7 		YMC3
3
11 		LUS
1
14 		LUS
2
Ret 		LUS
3
8 		13th 42

References

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