R-ace GP

France R-ace GP
Founded 2011
Team principal(s) Thibaut de Merindol
Current series Formula Renault Eurocup
Formula Renault NEC
Former series Renault Sport Trophy
Current drivers United Kingdom Max Fewtrell[1]
France Victor Martins[2]
France Charles Milesi[3]
United States Logan Sargeant
Argentina Gabriel Gandulia[4]
Teams'
Championships		 Formula Renault Eurocup:
2017–2018
Formula Renault NEC:
2017–2018
Drivers'
Championships		 Formula Renault NEC:
2017: Michael Benyahia
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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9][10][11][12] 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.[10]

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[13], Logan Sargeant and Charles Milesi continue in Eurocup. In the NEC championship, Gabriel Gandulia joins the team [14].

Results

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2011 Barazi-Epsilon–Renault France Norman Nato 14 0 2 58 11th 8th
France Côme Ledogar 14 0 0 9 19th
Netherlands Pieter Schothorst 14 0 0 1 24th
2012 Barazi-Epsilon–Renault Netherlands Nyck de Vries 14 0 2 78 5th 5th
France Pierre Gasly 14 0 2 49 10th
France Andrea Pizzitola 14 0 0 12 21st
2013 Tatuus–Renault France Esteban Ocon 14 2 5 159 3rd 2nd
France Andrea Pizzitola 14 0 1 39 13th
France Alexandre Baron 8 0 0 0 27th
France Nico Jamin 2 0 0 0 NC†
2014 Tatuus–Renault France Aurélien Panis 14 1 2 82 9th 4th
Switzerland Levin Amweg 12 0 0 42 13th
South Africa Callan O'Keefe 14 0 0 28 16th
France Simon Gachet 14 0 0 10 19th
2015 Tatuus–Renault Japan Ukyo Sasahara 17 1 4 116 7th 6th
Switzerland Darius Oskoui 17 0 1 36 13th
Belgium Max Defourny 7 0 0 0 NC†
United Kingdom Will Palmer 3 0 0 0 NC†
2016 Tatuus–Renault Belgium Max Defourny 15 1 8 188.5 3rd 3rd
United Kingdom Will Palmer 15 1 2 76 7th
France Julien Falchero 15 0 0 32.5 13th
New Zealand Marcus Armstrong 2 0 0 0 NC†
2017 Tatuus–Renault United Kingdom Will Palmer 23 3 10 298 2nd 1st
Russia Robert Shwartzman 23 6 11 285 3rd
Belgium Max Defourny 23 1 10 255 4th
Mexico Raúl Guzmán 23 0 0 13 17th
France Théo Coicaud 7 0 0 0 NC†
France Charles Milesi 10 0 0 0 NC†
Morocco Michaël Benyahia 7 0 0 0 NC†
Belgium Gilles Magnus 3 0 0 0 NC†
United States Logan Sargeant 3 0 0 0 NC†
2018 Tatuus–Renault United Kingdom Max Fewtrell 18 6 11 251.5* 1st* 1st
United States Logan Sargeant 18 2 5 175 4th
France Victor Martins 18 2 5 171 5th
France Charles Milesi 18 2 4 111.5 7th

† Guest driver (ineligible for points)

Formula Renault 2.0 NEC

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

References

  1. ↑ Jackson, Connor. "Max Fewtrell to Remain in Eurocup Formula Renault". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Allen, Peter (15 January 2018). "French F4 rivals Arthur Rougier and Victor Martins become Renault juniors ahead of Eurocup moves". formulascout.com. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Charles Milesi sur le bon pied aux antipodes". 17 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Gabriel Gandulia announced at R-aceGP for 2018 campaign".
  5. ↑ "R-ace GP | Northern European Cup". Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Motorland Aragon 2011 – Motorland Aragon — Entry list". April 13, 2016. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  7. ↑ "New boys and old hands raring to go". April 27, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  8. ↑ "R-ace GP becomes the ART Junior Team". February 25, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Will Palmer stays with R-Ace GP Formula Renault squad for 2017". December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  10. 1 2 "Max Defourny to stay in Eurocup Formula Renault with R-ace GP". March 3, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Shwartzman to continue in Formula Renault with R-ace GP". January 11, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Raul Guzman moves to Formula Renault with R-ace GP". December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Renault Sport Academy 2018 line up annonced". January 2018.
  14. ↑ "Gandulia announced R-ace GP 2018 Campaign". January 2018.
Achievements
Preceded by
Josef Kaufmann Racing		 Formula Renault Eurocup Teams' Champion
2017–2018		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Josef Kaufmann Racing		 Formula Renault NEC Teams' Champion
2017–2018		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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