R-ace GP
| Founded | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Team principal(s) | Thibaut de Merindol |
| Current series |
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup |
| Former series | Renault Sport Trophy |
| Current drivers |
.svg.png){kind=small} Max Defourny Raúl Guzman Will Palmer Robert Shwartzman Michael Benyahia Théo Coicaud Gilles Magnus Charles Milesi Logan Sargeant |
| Website | http://www.r-ace-gp.com/ |
R-ace GP (formerly known as ART Junior Team) is an auto racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsport, specifically those involving Renault.
History
R-ace GP was founded in 2011 by Thibaut de Merindol and Cyril Comte.[1] They partook in the Eurocup and NEC championships of Formula Renault 2.0. Their driver line-up included Norman Nato, Pieter Schothorst and Côme Ledogar.[2] In its first year of Formula Renault 2.0, the team scored eighth in the Eurocup championship, with Nato taking two podiums, and ninth in NEC, with Nato and Ledogar taking podiums.
In 2012, the team entered with a line-up of Andrea Pizzitola, Red Bull Junior Pierre Gasly and the McLaren-backed Nyck de Vries.[3] The team climbed up to fifth in both standings, with de Vries taking the team's maiden victory in the NEC championship.
The following year, the team formed a close collaboration with ART Grand Prix and was renamed the ART Junior Team.[4] Pizzitola remained with Alexandre Baron, Nico Jamin, Tanart Sathienthirakul, Alberto di Folco and Esteban Ocon joining the team. The team finished runners-up to Tech 1 Racing in the Eurocup standings, with Ocon achieving third place in the driver's standings.
In 2014, the team went forth with a new line-up of Aurélien Panis, Callan O'Keefe, Levin Amweg and Simon Gachet. The team achieved fourth place in both championships with wins from Amweg, O'Keefe and Panis. The following year, Max Defourny, Ukyo Sasahara, Darius Oskoui and Will Palmer (Eurocup only) formed the team's 2015 line-up. The team finished as runners-up to Josef Kaufmann Racing in the NEC championship, with Sasahara and Defourny claiming wins and spots in the top five in the overall standings, and sixth in Eurocup.
In 2016, it was announced that the R-ace GP name would return. Defourny and Palmer remained with the team and were joined by newcomer Julien Falchero and Marcus Armstrong in a guest drive. In the championships, the team repeated their feat of 2015 in NEC and claimed third place in Eurocup, with Defourny finishing in the top three of the driver's standings.
In 2017, Palmer and Defourny were contracted to the team for a third season with Robert Shwartzman and Italian F4 driver Raúl Guzman joining the team.[5][6][7][8] For the 2017 NEC Championship, the team signed three drivers from the 2016 French F4 Championship, vice champion Gilles Magnus, third place finisher Michael Benyahia and race winner Théo Coicaud with karting champion Charles Milesi making his single-seater debut with the team.[6]
Results
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
| Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2011 | Barazi-Epsilon–Renault | Côme Ledogar |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19th | 8th |
 Pieter Schothorst |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24th | |||
| Norman Nato |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 11th | |||
| 2012 | Barazi-Epsilon–Renault | Nyck de Vries |
14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 78 | 5th | 5th |
| Pierre Gasly |
14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 10th | |||
| Andrea Pizzitola |
14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 21st | |||
| 2013 | Tatuus–Renault | Alexandre Baron |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th | 2nd |
| Nico Jamin |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |||
| Esteban Ocon |
14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 159 | 3rd | |||
| Andrea Pizzitola |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 13th | |||
| 2014 | Tatuus–Renault | Aurélien Panis |
14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 9th | 4th |
 Levin Amweg |
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 13th | |||
| Simon Gachet |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19th | |||
 Callan O'Keefe |
14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 16th | |||
| 2015 | Tatuus–Renault |  Ukyo Sasahara |
17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 116 | 7th | 6th |
| Darius Oskoui |
17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 13th | |||
| Max Defourny |
7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |||
| Will Palmer |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |||
| 2016 | Tatuus–Renault | Will Palmer |
15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 76 | 7th | 3rd |
| Julien Falchero |
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.5 | 13th | |||
| Max Defourny |
15 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 188.5 | 3rd | |||
 Marcus Armstrong |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |||
| 2017 | Tatuus–Renault | Will Palmer |
13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 188 | 3rd | 1st |
| Max Defourny |
13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 131 | 4th | |||
| Robert Shwartzman |
13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 198 | 1st | |||
| Raúl Guzmán |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15th | |||
| Théo Coicaud |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32nd | |||
| Charles Milesi |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33rd | |||
† Guest driver (ineligible for points)
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
| Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results | ||||||||||
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| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2011 | Barazi-Epsilon–Renault | Côme Ledogar |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 19th | 9th |
| Pieter Schothorst |
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 18th | |||
| Norman Nato |
7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 25th | |||
| 2012 | Barazi-Epsilon–Renault | Nyck de Vries |
11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 166 | 10th | 5th |
| Pierre Gasly |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 23rd | |||
| Andrea Pizzitola |
11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 141 | 13th | |||
| 2013 | Tatuus–Renault |  Alberto di Folco |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 20th | |
| Alexandre Baron |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54th | |||
| Nico Jamin |
18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 144 | 7th | |||
| Esteban Ocon |
8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 122 | 12th | |||
| Andrea Pizzitola |
14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 190 | 6th | |||
 Tanart Sathienthirakul |
18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 11th | |||
 Thiago Vivacqua |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 42nd | |||
| 2014 | Tatuus–Renault | Aurélien Panis |
6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 19th | 4th |
| Jake Hughes |
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 152 | 8th | |||
| Levin Amweg |
7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 107 | 15th | |||
| Callan O'Keefe |
15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 187 | 7th | |||
 James Allen |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
| 2015 | Tatuus–Renault | Ukyo Sasahara |
21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 296 | 3rd | 2nd |
| Darius Oskoui |
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 9th | |||
| Max Defourny |
16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 218 | 4th | |||
| 2016 | Tatuus–Renault | Will Palmer |
13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 126 | 12th | 2nd |
| Julien Falchero |
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 13th | |||
| Max Defourny |
15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 285 | 2nd | |||
| Marcus Armstrong |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 24th | |||
| 2017 | Tatuus–Renault | Michael Benyahia |
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| Théo Coicaud |
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| Gilles Magnus |
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| Charles Milesi |
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References
- ↑ "R-ace GP | Northern European Cup". Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- ↑ "Motorland Aragon 2011 - Motorland Aragon - Entry list". April 13, 2016. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- ↑ "New boys and old hands raring to go". April 27, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- ↑ "R-ace GP becomes the ART Junior Team". February 25, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- ↑ "Will Palmer stays with R-Ace GP Formula Renault squad for 2017". December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- 1 2 "Max Defourny to stay in Eurocup Formula Renault with R-ace GP". March 3, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ↑ "Shwartzman to continue in Formula Renault with R-ace GP". January 11, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
- ↑ "Raul Guzman moves to Formula Renault with R-ace GP". December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2016.