EuroInternational is a racing organization (which includes Italian division EuroInternational Srl and American division EuroInternational Inc.[1]) owned by Antonio Ferrari.

ItalyUnited States EuroInternational
Founded1989
BaseSan Pietro Mosezzo, Italy
Team principal(s)Antonio Ferrari
Current seriesEuropean Le Mans Series
Former seriesEuropean Formula 3
Superleague Formula
Atlantic Championship
IRL IndyCar Series
CART
Formula BMW Europe
Formula BMW USA
Italian Formula 3
Formula Abarth
JK Racing Asia Series
Formula Pilota China
German Formula 3
Current driversNetherlands Glenn van Berlo
Spain Xavier Lloveras
Belgium Tom Cloet
France Adrien Chila
Netherlands Max Koebolt
Argentina Marcos Siebert
Switzerland Jérôme de Sadeleer
France Louis Rousset
United Kingdom Freddie Hunt
Italy Jacopo Faccioni
Italy Andrea Dromedari
Japan Masaki Tanaka
Teams'
Championships
2011 JK Racing Asia Series
2012 JK Racing Asia Series
Drivers'
Championships
2001 United States Formula 3 Championship
2011 JK Racing Asia Series (Auer)
2012 JK Racing Asia Series (Hare)
Websitehttp://www.eurointernationalgroup.com/

History

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Originally known as Euromotorsport, the team made its CART debut in 1989 with Jean-Pierre Frey at Phoenix.[2] After Frey was unable to complete the USAC Rookie Orientation Program at Indianapolis, the team signed Davy Jones, who qualified for the Indianapolis 500 and finished in 7th place in his only appearance for the team that year.[3]

The team went on to compete in the CART Indy Car World Series, often fielding a number of European pay drivers, from 1989 to 1994. The team's best finish was 4th place in the 1993 Detroit Grand Prix by Andrea Montermini. The team attempted to qualify its drivers for the Indianapolis 500 a number of times, but only succeeded three times, with Davy Jones in 1989 and 1993 and Mike Groff in 1992.

The team planned to enter Juri Nurminen in the 1995 CART season,[4] but they did not appear at any of the races. By this time, the team was also racing in the IMSA series and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, racing a Ferrari 333SP. During 1996, the team raced an Osella sports car in IMSA and entered the 1996 Indianapolis 500 as Osella USA, naming Russ Wicks as driver. However, they did not appear at the event due to a lack of sponsorship.[5]

The team changed its name to EuroInternational in 1997 and moved to the IRL IndyCar Series and fielded a car in two races for Billy Roe, including the 1997 Indianapolis 500.

EuroInternational was away from racing for a few years before resurfacing in Formula Renault and Formula BMW USA. The team was rumored to return to Champ Car in 2006[6] but the team never came to fruition. In 2007, the team announced that it had purchased the assets of Alan Sciuto Racing and was preparing to compete in the 2008 Champ Car Atlantic Series with Italian driver Edoardo Piscopo.[7] As the season began, the team fielded a pair of cars for Daniel Morad and Luis Schiavo rather than one for Piscopo.

In 2008 the team also began fielding the Superleague Formula teams for SC Corinthians and Atlético Madrid driven by Antônio Pizzonia and Andy Soucek.

They did not continue in either the Atlantic Championship or Superleague Formula in 2009.

List of drivers

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The following drivers made at least one race start in CART for Euromotorsport:

Results

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Complete CART Indy Car World Series results

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Year Chassis Engine Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
1989 PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH POC MDO ROA NAZ LAG
Lola T88/00 Cosworth DFX V8t   Jean-Pierre Frey 50 21 Wth DNQ DNQ
  Davy Jones 7
  Scott Atchison 17 27 14
  Guido Daccò 13 26 26 12 26
  Tero Palmroth 25
1990 PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH DEN VAN MDO ROA NAZ LAG
Lola T88/00 Cosworth DFX V8t   Guido Daccò 50 12 DNQ DNQ
  Rich Vogler DNQ
  Mike Groff DNQ
Lola T89/00 Cosworth DFS V8t DNQ 15 23 9 26
Lola T90/00 11 11 14 22 10 17 7 15
1991 SFR LBH PHX INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH DEN VAN MDO ROA NAZ LAG
Lola T90/00 Cosworth DFS V8t   Tony de Tommaso 42 DNQ
  Nicola Marozzo 22 DNS DNQ
Lola T91/00   Franco Scapini 11
  Mike Groff 50 8 23 16 24 18 22 11 10 11
  Roberto Guerrero 18
1992 SFR PHX LBH INDY DET POR MIL NHA TOR MCH CLE ROA VAN MDO NAZ LAG
Lola T90/00 Cosworth DFS V8t   Vinicio Salmi 42 18 20 15 20 24
  Steve Chassey 22 19 19
  Tero Palmroth 26
  Jeff Wood 13
  Guido Daccò 23
Lola T91/00   Nicola Marozzo 19
50 24
  Jovy Marcelo 14 19 19 DNQ
  Christian Danner 18 16 16 16 21 19 13 20
  Mike Groff 14 13
  George Snider 24
1993 SFR PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH NHA ROA VAN MDO NAZ LAG
Lola T91/00 Cosworth DFS V8t   Andrea Chiesa 42 26
  Jeff Wood DNQ 20 DNQ DNQ 28 17 28 27 15 DNQ DNQ
50 20 24 DNS
Lola T92/00 Chevrolet 265A V8t   Andrea Montermini 25 4 27 19
  David Kudrave 8 27 24 23 23
42 12 23 14
  Davy Jones 50 15
  Christian Danner 25 11 26
1994 SFR PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO NHA VAN ROA NAZ LAG
Lola T93/00 Ilmor 265C V8t   Alessandro Zampedri 50 22 22
Lola T92/00 Ilmor 265A V8t   Giovanni Lavaggi DNQ
  Jeff Wood Wth 29 23 28 17 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
  Franck Fréon DNQ 29
  David Kudrave DNQ DNQ
55 DNQ
Lola T93/00 Ilmor 265C V8t   Jeff Andretti 17

Complete Indy Racing League results

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Year Chassis Engine Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1996–1997 NHA LSV WDW PHX INDY TXS PPIR CLT NHA LSV
Dallara IR-7 Oldsmobile Aurora V8   Billy Roe 50 15 22 Wth

Complete Atlantic Championship results

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Year Car Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 D.C. Points
2008 Swift-Mazda Cosworth LBH LAG MTT EDM1 EDM2 ROA1 ROA2 TRR NJ UTA ATL
  Luis Schiavo 46 18 Ret DNS 16 14 10 12 16 7 20th 60
  Daniel Morad 70 6 9 Ret 11 8 Ret 9 6 12th 95

Superleague Formula

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Year Car Teams Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points T.C.
2008 Panoz DP09-Menard   SC Corinthians 12 0 0 1 264 9th
  Atlético Madrid 9 0 0 3 132 18th

24 Hours of Le Mans

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Year Entrant No. Car Drivers Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1995   Euromotorsport Racing Inc. 1 Ferrari 333 SP   René Arnoux
  Jay Cochran
  Massimo Sigala
WSC 7 DNF DNF
2020   EuroInternational 11 Ligier JS P217-Gibson   Christophe d'Ansembourg
  Erik Maris
  Adrien Tambay
LMP2 26 DNF DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Team". Eurointernational Group. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
  2. ^ John., Norwood (1989). Cart 89-90 : the men and machines of indy car racing. [Place of publication not identified]: Motorbooks Intl. ISBN 0929323033. OCLC 948434838.
  3. ^ Carl., Hungness (1989). The Indianapolis 500 Yearbook - 1989 (Vol. XVII ed.). Speedway, Ind.: Carl Hungness. ISBN 0915088533. OCLC 20603788.
  4. ^ Mandel, Leon (1995). "Official PPG Indy Car World Series Fan Guide". AutoWeek. 45–12.
  5. ^ "Russ Wicks Official Web Page - Interview May 2000". www.russwicks.com. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  6. ^ Cortes, Cassio, Eurointernational Eyes Partial Champ Car Schedule in '06, Racer Magazine UK, September 2, 2005
  7. ^ RACER, Eurointernational to Field Full-Time Entry for Piscopo, SPEEDtv.com, December 8, 2007
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