R-ace GP

R-ace GP is an auto racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsport, specifically those involving Renault.

R-ace GP
Founded2011
Team principal(s)Thibaut de Merindol
Current seriesFormula Renault Eurocup
Italian F4 Championship
ADAC Formula 4
Former seriesRenault Sport Trophy
Formula Renault NEC
Current drivers Caio Collet
Kush Maini
Lucas Petersson
Petr Ptáček
Oliver Rasmussen
Jackson Walls
Victor Bernier
Artem Lobanenko
Roee Meyuhas
Teams'
Championships		Formula Renault Eurocup:
2017, 2018, 2019
Formula Renault NEC:
2017–2018
Drivers'
Championships		Renault Sport Trophy:
2015: Andrea Pizzitola
Formula Renault NEC:
2017: Michael Benyahia
Formula Renault Eurocup:
2018: Max Fewtrell
2019: Oscar Piastri:
Websitehttp://www.r-ace-gp.com/

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]

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

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 Norman Nato 14 0 2 58 11th 8th
Côme Ledogar 14 0 0 9 19th
Pieter Schothorst 14 0 0 1 24th
2012 Barazi-Epsilon–Renault Nyck de Vries 14 0 2 78 5th 5th
Pierre Gasly 14 0 2 49 10th
Andrea Pizzitola 14 0 0 12 21st
2013 Tatuus–Renault 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 Tatuus–Renault Aurélien Panis 14 1 2 82 9th 4th
Levin Amweg 12 0 0 42 13th
Callan O'Keefe 14 0 0 28 16th
Simon Gachet 14 0 0 10 19th
2015 Tatuus–Renault 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 Tatuus–Renault 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 Tatuus–Renault 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 Tatuus–Renault 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–Renault 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†

† Guest driver (ineligible for points)

ADAC Formula 4
ADAC Formula 4 results
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Podiums Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C.
2019 Tatuus F4-T014 Gregoire Saucy 20 0 2 0 0 95 12th 4th
László Tóth 20 0 0 0 0 2 20th
Michael Belov 17 1 2 0 1 122 8th
Hadrien David 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC†

Italian F4 Championship
Italian F4 Championship results
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Podiums Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C.
2019 Tatuus F4-T014 Gregoire Saucy 9 0 0 0 0 28 15th 8th
László Tóth 9 0 0 0 0 0 38th

Former series results

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 Pieter Schothorst 11 0 1 91 18th 9th
Côme Ledogar 9 0 1 91 19th
Norman Nato 7 0 1 56 25th
2012 Barazi-Epsilon–Renault Nyck de Vries 11 1 4 166 10th 5th
Andrea Pizzitola 11 0 4 141 13th
Pierre Gasly 7 0 1 78 23rd
2013 Tatuus–Renault 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 Tatuus–Renault Callan O'Keefe 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 Tatuus–Renault Ukyo Sasahara 21 2 8 296 3rd 2nd
Max Defourny 16 2 4 218 4th
Darius Oskoui 16 0 0 143 9th
2016 Tatuus–Renault 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 Tatuus–Renault 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 Tatuus–Renault 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
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)

References
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  2. "Motorland Aragon 2011 – Motorland Aragon — Entry list". 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  3. "New boys and old hands raring to go". 27 April 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  4. "R-ace GP becomes the ART Junior Team". 25 February 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  5. "Will Palmer stays with R-Ace GP Formula Renault squad for 2017". 13 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  6. "Max Defourny to stay in Eurocup Formula Renault with R-ace GP". 3 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  7. "Shwartzman to continue in Formula Renault with R-ace GP". 11 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  8. "Raul Guzman moves to Formula Renault with R-ace GP". 21 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  9. "Renault Sport Academy 2018 line up announced". January 2018.
  10. Jackson, Connor. "Max Fewtrell to Remain in Eurocup Formula Renault". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  11. 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.
  12. "Charles Milesi sur le bon pied aux antipodes". 17 January 2018.
  13. "Gandulia announced R-ace GP 2018 Campaign". January 2018.
  14. "Renault Sport Academy signs Caio Collet". 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  15. "OSCAR PIASTRI SIGNS WITH FORMULA RENAULT CHAMPIONS". 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  16. "Alexander Smolyar will drive in Formula Renault Eurocup in 2019 season". 11 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  17. "Talented youngsters on the way up: Fifth season of ADAC Formula 4 about to get underway". 8 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  18. "Formula Renault Eurocup - Press release - The win for Victor Martins, the title for Oscar Piastri! - renaultsport.com". Renault Sport. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  19. Herrero, Daniel (30 July 2019). "Top European team joins Toyota Racing Series". Speedcafe. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
Achievements
Preceded by
Josef Kaufmann Racing		 Formula Renault Eurocup Teams' Champion
2017–2019		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Josef Kaufmann Racing		 Formula Renault NEC Teams' Champion
2017–2018		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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