International Draco Racing was a motorsport team. It was most well known for operating in the World Series by Renault, but had also taken part in Formula Opel Lotus, International Formula 3000 and Euro Formula 3000.
| Founded | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Adriano Morini Nadia Morini |
| Former series | Formula Renault 3.5 Series Opel Lotus Euroseries International Formula 3000 Euro Formula 3000 |
| Teams' Championships | Euro Formula 3000: 2001, 2003, 2004 3000 Pro Series: 2005 Formula Renault 3.5 Series: 2009 |
| Drivers' Championships | Opel Lotus Euroseries: 1990: Rubens Barrichello 1991: Pedro Lamy 1993: Patrick Crinelli 1994: Marco Campos Euro Formula 3000: 2001: Felipe Massa 2003: Augusto Farfus 2004: Nicky Pastorelli Formula Renault 3.5 Series: 2009: Bertrand Baguette |
Career edit
Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries edit
Draco was founded in 1989 by Adriano and Nadia Morini, and entered the Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries. In its first year, the Italian takes Brazilian driver Eduar Neto to second place in F. Opel, with five wins. The team continued to be one of the most competitive in the series for the following years, winning the F. Opel championship in 1990 with Rubens Barrichello, 1991 with Pedro Lamy, 1993 with Patrick Crinelli and 1994 with Marco Campos (in 1992, Gualter Salles was second).
International Formula 3000 edit
Draco stayed in Formula Opel until the championship's demise in 1996, but the year before Adriano Morini took his team to Formula 3000, creating the outfit specifically for Marco Campos. Morini took a gamble on the Brazilian driver's talent, but he ultimately lost it when 18-year-old Campos died in the race at Magny-Cours. Draco was never so successful in F3000, even with drivers such as Ricardo Zonta (in 1996) and Bruno Junqueira (in 1998) and left the series after the 1999 season.
Euro Formula 3000 edit
In 2000, Draco moved down to the Italian F3000 Championship (now Euro 3000), for older 1996 cars. This proved to be the wisest move, as Felipe Massa completely dominated the series in 2001, taking the championship title, a performance repeated in 2003 with Augusto Farfus and 2004 with Nicky Pastorelli.
Formula Renault 3.5 Series edit
In 2005, Draco changed series, again, to the World Series by Renault, where their lead drivers Pastor Maldonado and Miloš Pavlović finished third in the 2006 and 2007 seasons. In 2008 the drivers was Bertrand Baguette and Marco Barba. In 2009 the Draco Team won the Formula Renault 3.5 Championship with the Team Title and the Driver Title with Bertrand Baguette. Following funding issues midway through the 2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season, the team closed down at the end of the year.
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results edit
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pts. | WCC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | ZOL | ZOL | MON | VAL | VAL | BUG | BUG | BIL | BIL | OSC | OSC | DON | DON | EST | EST | MNZ | MNZ | 2nd | 167 | |
 Markus Winkelhock
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Ret | 3 | DNS | 11 | 12 | 1 | 5 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
 Christian Montanari
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7 | DNS | 1 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 2006 | ZOL | ZOL | MON | IST | IST | MIS | MIS | SPA | SPA | NÜR | NÜR | DON | DON | BUG | BUG | CAT | CAT | 2nd | 132 | |
 Pastor Maldonado
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8 | 3 | 1 | 11 | Ret | DSQ | Ret | 1 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 10 | 2 | |||
 Tomas Kostka
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14 | 14 | 8 | Ret | 15 | 20 | Ret | 20 | 9 | Ret | 17 | |||||||||
 Miloš Pavlović
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3 | 8 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | MNZ | MNZ | NÜR | NÜR | MON | HUN | HUN | SPA | SPA | DON | DON | MAG | MAG | EST | EST | CAT | CAT | 2nd | 160 | |
| Miloš Pavlović
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6 | 2 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
 Álvaro Barba
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Ret | Ret | 4 | 5 | 19 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 17 | 1 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 18 | Ret | |||
| 2008 | MNZ | MNZ | SPA | SPA | MON | SIL | SIL | HUN | HUN | NÜR | NÜR | BUG | BUG | EST | EST | CAT | CAT | 6th | 93 | |
 Bertrand Baguette
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Ret | Ret | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 4 | |||
| Marco Barba
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12 | 8 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 12 | 7 | 10 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 16 | Ret | |||
| 2009 | CAT | CAT | SPA | SPA | MON | HUN | HUN | SIL | SIL | BUG | BUG | ALG | ALG | NÜR | NÜR | ALC | ALC | 1st | 205 | |
| Bertrand Baguette
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2 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Marco Barba
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Ret | Ret | 7 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 6 | |||
| 2010 | ALC | ALC | SPA | SPA | MON | BRN | BRN | MAG | MAG | HUN | HUN | HOC | HOC | SIL | SIL | CAT | CAT | 7th | 71 | |
 Nathanaël Berthon
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Ret | 3 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 8 | 2 | 9 | 1 | Ret | 13 | 9 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 12 | |||
 Omar Leal
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Ret | Ret | 11 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 13 | Ret | 19 | Ret | 16 | 13 | 9 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | |||
| 2011 | ALC | ALC | SPA | SPA | MNZ | MNZ | MON | NÜR | NÜR | HUN | HUN | SIL | SIL | LEC | LEC | CAT | CAT | 12th | 26 | |
 Stéphane Richelmi
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16 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 7 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 13 | Ret | Ret | |||
 André Negrão
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14 | 9 | DNS | 11 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 6 | 12 | 20 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 15 | 6 | |||||
| Adrien Tambay
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DNS | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | ALC | ALC | MON | SPA | SPA | NÜR | NÜR | MOS | MOS | SIL | SIL | HUN | HUN | LEC | LEC | CAT | CAT | 8th | 114 | |
 Nico Müller
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Ret | Ret | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 12 | 15 | |||
| André Negrão
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8 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 4 | Ret | 16 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 22 | 14 | 8 |
Complete former series results edit
3000 Pro Series edit
| 3000 Pro Series results | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2005 | Lola B99/50–Zytek | Timo Lienemann
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8 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 3rd | 1st | |
 Alessandro Bonetti
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8 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 4th | ||||
Italian/Euro Formula 3000 edit
| Italian/Euro Formula 3000 results | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 1999 | Lola T96/50-Zytek | Oliver Martini
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14th1 | NC |
 Walter Thimmler
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
| 2000 | Lola T96/50-Zytek | Rodrigo Sperafico
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8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4th | 5th |
| Leonardo Nienkötter
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8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
| 2001 | Lola T96/50-Zytek | Lucas Vacis
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8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13th | 1st |
| Felipe Massa
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8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 60 | 1st | |||
| 2002 | Lola B99/50-Zytek | Augusto Farfus
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9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9th | 5th |
| Matteo Grassotto
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9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7th | |||
| 2003 | Lola B99/50-Zytek | Augusto Farfus
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9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 60 | 1st | 1st |
| Sven Heidfeld
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9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11th | |||
| 2004 | Lola B99/50-Zytek |  Nicky Pastorelli
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10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 1st | 1st |
| Fausto Ippoliti
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7th | |||
International Formula 3000 edit
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Lola-Cosworth | Marco Campos
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8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13th | 9th |
| 1996 | Lola T96/50-Zytek Judd | Ricardo Zonta
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10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 4th | 4th |
| Alexandre de Andrade
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
| Sergio Paese
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
 Esteban Tuero
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6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th | |||
| 1997 | Lola T96/50-Zytek Judd | Cyrille Sauvage
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10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13th | 8th |
 Pedro Couceiro
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9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11th | |||
| 1998 | Lola T96/50-Zytek Judd | Bruno Junqueira
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12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18th | 15th |
| Giovanni Montanari
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12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th | |||
| 1999 | Lola B99/50-Zytek | Fabrice Walfisch
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9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14th | 11th |
| Oliver Martini
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | NC | |||
| Cyrille Sauvage
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC2 |
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