R-ace GP is an auto racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsport, specifically those involving Renault. They are currently competing in the Formula Regional European Championship, Italian F4 and Michelin Le Mans Cup in LMP3.

France R-ace GP
Founded2011
BaseFrance Fontenay-le-Comte
Team principal(s)Thibaut de Mérindol



Current seriesFormula Regional
Formula 4
Michelin Le Mans Cup



Current driversFormula Regional European Championship
Finland Tuukka Taponen
Philippines Zachary David
Norway Enzo Deligny


Formula 4
Finland Luka Sammalisto
Italy Enzo Yeh

Michelin Le Mans Cup
France Hadrien David
France Fabien Michal


Drivers'
Championships
Drivers champions :
Renault Sport Trophy 2015 : Andrea Pizzitola
FR2.0 NEC 2017 : Michaël Benyahia
FR2.0 Eurocup 2018 : Max Fewtrell
FR2.0 Eurocup 2019 : Oscar Piastri
FRMEC 2024 : Tuukka Taponen

FR2.0 Eurocup 2012 : Nyck de Vries
FR2.0 NEC 2015 : Max Defourny
FR2.0 Eurocup 2019 : Caio Collet
FRECA 2021 : Isack Hadjar
FRECA 2023 : Martinius Stenshorne
FRMEC 2024 : Tuukka Taponen


Rookies champions :
FR2.0 Eurocup 2012 : Nyck de Vries
FR2.0 NEC 2015 : Max Defourny
FR2.0 Eurocup 2019 : Caio Collet
FRECA 2021 : Isack Hadjar
FRECA 2023 : Martinius Stenshorne
FRMEC 2024 : Tuukka Taponen
Websitehttp://www.r-ace-gp.com/

History edit

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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]

In 2018, R-ace GP puts his title back on the line with a new line-up. Max Fewtrell and Victor Martins, both in the Renault Sport Academy,[9][10][11] Logan Sargeant and Charles Milesi continued in Eurocup.[12] In the NEC championship, Gabriel Gandulia joins the team.[13]

For the 2019 season, the team signed returnees Oscar Piastri and Aleksandr Smolyar and reigning French F4 champion and Renault junior Caio Collet.[14][15][16] R-ace GP also expanded into the ADAC Formula 4 Championship, fielding Gregoire Saucy and László Tóth.[17] The team will also take part in 3 meetings of Italian F4 Championship. The team won the triple crown in Eurocup[18] that season: teams' title for the 3rd year in a row, rookie title with Caio Collet and drivers' title with Australian Oscar Piastri with 7 wins and 320 points.

In July 2019, it was announced R-ace GP would expand into the Toyota Racing Series, collaborating with MTEC Motorsport for the 2020 season.[19]

Current series results edit

Italian F4 Championship edit

Italian F4 Championship results
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2019 Tatuus F4-T014   Grégoire Saucy 9 0 0 0 0 28 15th 8th
  László Tóth 9 0 0 0 0 0 38th
2020 Tatuus F4-T014   Kirill Smal 2 0 0 0 0 30† 15th† 13th
  Victor Bernier 3 0 0 0 0 1 28th
2021 Tatuus F4-T014   Victor Bernier 6 0 0 0 0 30 13th 7th
  Sami Meguetounif 6 0 0 0 0 22 19th
  Marcus Amand 6 0 0 0 0 0 40th
2022 Tatuus F4-T421   Hadrien David 2 0 0 0 0 10 18th 7th
  Adam Fitzgerald 6 0 0 0 0 4 22nd
  Frederik Lund 20 0 1 0 0 0 29th
  Marcos Flack 6 0 0 0 0 0 39th
  Giovanni Maschio 16 0 0 0 0 0 43rd
  Raphaël Narac 2 0 0 0 0 0 50th
2023 Tatuus F4-T421   Raphaël Narac 21 0 0 0 0 11 19th 6th
  Matteo De Palo 3 0 0 0 0 10 20th
  Matteo Quintarelli 21 0 0 0 0 0 31st
  Kabir Anurag 9 0 0 0 0 0 41st
2024 Tatuus F4-T421   Enzo Yeh
  Luka Sammalisto

Giovanni Maschio raced for AS Motorsport for thirteen races in 2022.

Anurag raced for US Racing for six races in 2023.

Euro 4 Championship edit

Euro 4 Championship results
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2023 Tatuus F4-T421   Raphaël Narac 3 0 0 0 0 1 18th 5th
  Matteo Quintarelli 3 0 0 0 0 0 30th

Formula Regional European Championship edit

Year Chassis Tyres Drivers Races Wins Poles F. Laps Podiums D.C. Pts T.C. Pts
2021 Tatuus F3 T-318-Alpine P   Hadrien David 20 2 1 2 9 2nd 209 1st 481
  Zane Maloney 20 1 1 1 8 4th 170
  Isack Hadjar 20 2 1 3 6 5th 166
  Léna Bühler 18 0 0 0 0 38th 0
  Sami Meguetounif 4 0 0 0 0 NC 0
2022 Tatuus F3 T-318-Alpine P   Hadrien David 20 3 3 4 7 4th 222 2nd 421
  Gabriel Bortoleto 20 2 2 1 5 6th 174
  Lorenzo Fluxá 19 0 0 0 1 12th 49
  Léna Bühler 3 0 0 0 0 39th 0
2023 Tatuus F3 T-318-Alpine P   Martinius Stenshorne 20 5 3 3 11 2nd 261 2nd 510
  Tim Tramnitz 20 3 4 1 10 3rd 239
  Matías Zagazeta 20 0 0 0 0 22nd 12

In detail edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 T.C. Points
2021 IMO
1
IMO
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
MCO
1
MCO
2
LEC
1
LEC
2
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
RBR
1
RBR
2
VAL
1
VAL
2
MUG
1
MUG
2
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
1st 481
  Isack Hadjar 7 12 7 3F 1P F 2 21 4 6 11 7 9 12 6 9 4 12 13 2F 1
  Hadrien David 3F 4 12 Ret 4 3 1F 10 3 12 2 3 2 Ret 7 6 23 6 1P 3
  Léna Bühler 25 27 20 DNQ 29 30 24 30 27 27 Ret 26 30 25 29 32 30 23
  Zane Maloney Ret 3 9 9 2 1P F 4 6 15 8 3 2 9 3 8 8 11 14 3 7
  Sami Meguetounif 22 20 15 13
2022 MNZ
1
MNZ
2
IMO
1
IMO
2
MCO
1
MCO
2
LEC
1
LEC
2
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
RBR
1
RBR
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
MUG
1
MUG
2
2nd 421
  Léna Bühler Ret Ret WD WD 26 DNQ
  Lorenzo Fluxá 3 23 11 11 DNQ 18 8 8 15 14 14 13 5 Ret 9 Ret 16 9 13 5
  Hadrien David 4 7 10 4 1P 2 6 4F 12F 7 8 1P 18 2F 13 1P 2F 2 8 4
  Gabriel Bortoleto 6 9 7 3 6 5 4 5 Ret 8 9 3 14 1 15 5 7F 1P Ret 2P
2023 IMO
1
IMO
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
MUG
1
MUG
2
LEC
1
LEC
2
RBR
1
RBR
2
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
HOC
1
HOC
2
2nd 510
  Martinius Stenshorne 1P F 2 7 12 1P 1F 3 17 1P F 3 3 4 18 17 3 Ret 4 6 2 1
  Tim Tramnitz 6 RetP 1 1P 8 16 2 2P 3 7 4 3 3 12 Ret 3 6 4 1F 2P
  Matías Zagazeta 13 5 14 23 27 Ret 20 23 20 24 24 19 22 21 21 27 15 10 Ret 23

Formula 4 UAE Championship edit

Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2022 Tatuus F4-T421   Martinius Stenshorne 19 0 0 0 1 72 10th 7th
  Nikhil Bohra 20 0 0 0 0 17 20th
  Maksim Arkhangelskiy 4 0 0 0 0 0 31st
  Victoria Blokhina 16 0 0 0 0 0 37th
2023 Tatuus F4-T421   Zachary David 15 1 0 0 2 59 8th 7th
  Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. 15 0 0 1 0 20 18th
  Alexander Abkhazava 15 0 0 0 0 2 28th
  Raphaël Narac 12 0 0 0 0 0 32nd
2024 Tatuus F4-T421   Enzo Deligny 9 1 0 0 2 73 8th 6th
  Enzo Yeh 15 0 0 0 1 37 14th
  Jules Caranta† 15 0 0 0 0 37 15th
  Luka Sammalisto 15 0 0 0 0 12 20th
  Raphaël Narac† 15 0 0 0 0 4 23rd

† Shared results with Saintéloc Racing

Formula Regional Middle East Championship edit

Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2023 Tatuus F3 T-318   Nikhil Bohra 15 1 0 1 2 73 9th 5th
  Matías Zagazeta 9 0 0 0 1 28 17th
  Martinius Stenshorne 9 0 0 0 0 20 18th
  Tim Tramnitz 6 0 0 0 0 14 20th
  Levente Révész 15 0 0 0 0 9 25th
  Francesco Braschi 6 0 0 0 0 6 27th
2024 Tatuus F3 T-318   Tuukka Taponen 15 5 5 7 9 255 1st 1st
  Zachary David 15 0 0 0 4 112 4th
  Martinius Stenshorne 9 0 0 1 4 100 8th
  Kanato Le 6 0 0 0 0 1 22nd
  Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. 14 0 0 0 0 0 24th

Formula 4 South East Asia Championship edit

Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2023 Tatuus F4-T421   Hadrien David 3 3 2 0 3 75 3rd 4th
  Raphaël Narac 3 0 0 1 1 28 13th

Former series results edit

Formula Renault 2.0 NEC edit

Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2011 Barazi-EpsilonRenault   Pieter Schothorst 11 0 1 91 18th 9th
  Côme Ledogar 9 0 1 91 19th
  Norman Nato 7 0 1 56 25th
2012 Barazi-EpsilonRenault   Nyck de Vries 11 1 4 166 10th 5th
  Andrea Pizzitola 11 0 4 141 13th
  Pierre Gasly 7 0 1 78 23rd
2013 TatuusRenault   Andrea Pizzitola 14 1 3 190 6th 2nd
  Nico Jamin 18 0 1 144 7th
  Tanart Sathienthirakul 18 0 0 123 11th
  Esteban Ocon 8 1 3 122 12th
  Alberto di Folco 9 0 0 73 20th
  Thiago Vivacqua 5 0 0 8 42nd
  Alexandre Baron 5 0 0 0 54th
2014 TatuusRenault   Callan O'Keeffe 15 1 3 187 7th 4th
  Jake Hughes 15 0 1 152 8th
  Levin Amweg 7 1 4 107 15th
  Aurélien Panis 6 1 2 77 19th
  James Allen 2 0 0 0 NC
2015 TatuusRenault   Ukyo Sasahara 21 2 8 296 3rd 2nd
  Max Defourny 16 2 4 218 4th
  Darius Oskoui 16 0 0 143 9th
2016 TatuusRenault   Max Defourny 15 3 9 285 2nd 2nd
  Will Palmer 13 0 3 126 12th
  Julien Falchero 15 0 0 124 13th
  Marcus Armstrong 2 0 0 23 24th
2017 TatuusRenault   Michael Benyahia 11 0 4 163 1st 1st
  Gilles Magnus 11 2 2 161 2nd
  Théo Coicaud 11 0 1 129.5 4th
  Charles Milesi 11 1 2 106 7th
2018 TatuusRenault   Gabriel Gandulia 12 0 8 216 3rd 1st
  Logan Sargeant 12 1 3 87 5th
  Victor Martins 12 1 2 83 6th
  Charles Milesi 12 0 1 57 9th
  Max Fewtrell 10 0 1 24 15th

Renault Sport Trophy edit

Renault Sport Trophy results
Year Car Category Drivers Races Wins Podiums Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C.
2015 Renault Sport R.S. 01 Elite   Andrea Pizzitola 9 2 6 3 2 140 1st 2nd
Prestige   Richard Gonda 9 3 5 6 3 123 2nd
Elite   Indy Dontje 9 1 4 0 0 96 4th
Prestige   Toni Forné 9 0 3 0 0 81 6th
2016 Renault Sport R.S. 01 Elite   Kevin Korjus 9 1 4 1 0 111 2nd 3rd
Prestige   Fredrik Blomstedt 9 1 5 2 3 115 3rd
Prestige   Philippe Haezebrouck 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Elite   Raoul Owens 9 0 0 0 0 37 9th
Prestige   Toni Forné 3 0 0 0 0 24 10th
Prestige   Jean-Marc Merlin 1 0 0 0 0 0 20th

Guest driver (ineligible for points)

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 edit

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2011 Barazi-EpsilonRenault   Norman Nato 14 0 2 58 11th 8th
  Côme Ledogar 14 0 0 9 19th
  Pieter Schothorst 14 0 0 1 24th
2012 Barazi-EpsilonRenault   Nyck de Vries 14 0 2 78 5th 5th
  Pierre Gasly 14 0 2 49 10th
  Andrea Pizzitola 14 0 0 12 21st
2013 TatuusRenault   Esteban Ocon 14 2 5 159 3rd 2nd
  Andrea Pizzitola 14 0 1 39 13th
  Alexandre Baron 8 0 0 0 27th
  Nico Jamin 2 0 0 0 NC†
2014 TatuusRenault   Aurélien Panis 14 1 2 82 9th 4th
  Levin Amweg 12 0 0 42 13th
  Callan O'Keeffe 14 0 0 28 16th
  Simon Gachet 14 0 0 10 19th
2015 TatuusRenault   Ukyo Sasahara 17 1 4 116 7th 6th
  Darius Oskoui 17 0 1 36 13th
  Max Defourny 7 0 0 0 NC†
  Will Palmer 3 0 0 0 NC†
2016 TatuusRenault   Max Defourny 15 1 8 188.5 3rd 3rd
  Will Palmer 15 1 2 76 7th
  Julien Falchero 15 0 0 32.5 13th
  Marcus Armstrong 2 0 0 0 NC†
2017 TatuusRenault   Will Palmer 23 3 10 298 2nd 1st
  Robert Shwartzman 23 6 11 285 3rd
  Max Defourny 23 1 10 255 4th
  Raúl Guzmán 23 0 0 13 17th
  Théo Coicaud 7 0 0 0 NC†
  Charles Milesi 10 0 0 0 NC†
  Michaël Benyahia 7 0 0 0 NC†
  Gilles Magnus 3 0 0 0 NC†
  Logan Sargeant 3 0 0 0 NC†
2018 TatuusRenault   Max Fewtrell 20 6 11 275.5 1st 1st
  Logan Sargeant 20 3 7 218 4th
  Victor Martins 20 2 6 186 5th
  Charles Milesi 20 2 4 122.5 7th
2019 Tatuus F3 T-318Renault   Oscar Piastri 20 7 11 320 1st 1st
  Caio Collet 20 0 5 207 5th
  Aleksandr Smolyar 20 3 10 255 3rd
  Grégoire Saucy 4 0 0 0 NC†
2020 Tatuus F3 T-318Renault   Caio Collet 20 5 12 304 2nd 2nd
  Petr Ptáček 14 0 0 39 14th
  Michael Belov 10 0 0 40 13th
  Johnathan Hoggard 2 0 0 0 22nd
  Elias Seppänen 2 0 0 0 NC†

Guest driver (ineligible for points)

Toyota Racing Series edit

Year Car Drivers Races Wins Podiums Poles Fast laps Points D.C.
2020 Tatuus FT-60   Petr Ptacek 15 0 3 1 0 241 5th
  Caio Collet 15 1 1 1 2 219 7th
  Jackson Walls 15 1 1 1 0 160 10th
  Oliver Rasmussen 15 0 2 0 1 158 11th
  Lucas Petersson 15 0 0 0 0 127 12th

ADAC Formula 4 edit

ADAC Formula 4 results
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2019 Tatuus F4-T014   Michael Belov 17 1 0 1 2 122 8th 4th
  Grégoire Saucy 20 0 0 0 2 95 12th
  László Tóth 20 0 0 0 0 2 20th
  Hadrien David 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2020 Tatuus F4-T014   Victor Bernier 21 2 0 2 6 225 5th 3rd
  Kirill Smal 21 0 1 0 3 91 9th
  Artem Lobanenko 9 0 0 0 0 24 13th
  Roee Meyuhas 15 0 0 0 0 20 14th
2021 Tatuus F4-T014   Victor Bernier 18 1 0 2 4 167 4th 3rd
  Sami Meguetounif 18 0 0 0 0 61 11th
  Marcus Amand 18 0 0 0 0 37 12th
  Nikhil Bohra 3 0 0 0 0 0 22nd
  Levente Révész 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2022 Tatuus F4-T421   Frederik Lund 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC† N/A†
  Marcos Flack 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†

Kirill Smal raced for Prema Powerteam for nine races in 2020.

Formula Regional Asian Championship edit

Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2022 Tatuus F3 T-318   Hadrien David 6 2 1 3 2 64 9th 5th
  Lorenzo Fluxá 15 0 0 0 1 64 10th
  Gabriel Bortoleto 6 1 0 0 1 46 14th
  Francesco Braschi 9 0 0 0 0 3 22nd
  Oliver Goethe 13 0 0 0 0 1 25th
  Léna Bühler 6 0 0 0 0 0 29th


Timeline edit

Current series
Italian F4 Championship 2018–present
Formula Regional European Championship 2021–present
Formula 4 UAE Championship 2022–present
Formula Regional Middle East Championship 2023–present
Euro 4 Championship 2023–present
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship 2023–present
Le Mans Cup 2024–present
Prototype Winter Series 2024–present
Former series
Formula Renault Northern European Cup 2011–2018
Renault Sport Trophy 2015–2016
Formula Renault Eurocup 2011–2020
ADAC Formula 4 2019–2022
Toyota Racing Series 2020
Formula Regional Asian Championship 2022

References edit

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External links edit

Achievements
Preceded by Formula Renault Eurocup Teams' Champion
20172019
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Formula Renault NEC Teams' Champion
20172018
Succeeded by
Incumbent