M2 Competition are a motorsport team based in New Zealand and Belgium.

History

Founded in 2010, M2 Competition began partaking in the New Zealand-based single-seater championship the Castrol Toyota Racing Series in

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, with

Ivan Lukashevich Ivan Andreyevich Lukashevich ( rus, Ива́н Андре́евич Лукаше́вич, p=ɪˈvan ɐnˈdrʲejɪvʲɪtɕ lʊkɐˈʂevʲɪtɕ, born 9 May 1991) is a Russian racing driver. He was part of the Marussia Motors driver development pr ...

taking the team's first win at

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. The following year, the team achieved their second victory and first pole position from Jordan King at Taupo. In

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, the team saw their first champion crowned with

Nick Cassidy Nick Cassidy (born 19 August 1994) is a New Zealand racing driver, currently competing in Formula E for Envision Racing, and in the World Endurance Championship and Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters with AF Corse. He has won the 2017 championship in ...

claiming his second successive title. Since then, the team has taken

Lance Stroll Lance Strulovitch (born 29 October 1998), better known as Lance Stroll, is a Canadian–Belgian racing driver competing under the Canadian flag in Formula One. He has driven for Aston Martin since , having previously driven for Williams and R ...

Lando Norris Lando Norris (born 13 November 1999) is a Belgian-British racing driver currently competing in Formula One with McLaren, racing under the British flag. He won the MSA Formula championship in 2015, and the Toyota Racing Series, Eurocup Formul ...

Robert Shwartzman Robert Mikhailovich Shwartzman ( rus, Ро́берт Миха́йлович Шва́рцман, p=ˈrobʲɪrt mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ˈʂvartsmɐn, he, רוברט מיכאילוביץ' שוורצמן; born 16 September 1999) is a Russian-Israeli ...

and

Liam Lawson Liam Lawson (born 11 February 2002) is a New Zealand motor racing driver set to compete in the 2023 Super Formula Championship with Team Mugen. Lawson, who is mentored by three-time New Zealand Grand Prix winner Ken Smith, previously competed f ...

to the TRS title as well as fielding the likes of

Earl Bamber Earl Anderson Bamber (born 9 July 1990) is a professional racing driver from New Zealand, currently competing as a factory driver for Porsche Motorsport in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTLM class. He is the 2014 Porsche Supercup and ...

Alex Lynn Alexander George Lynn (born 17 September 1993) is a British racing driver. He most recently competed in Formula E, driving for Mahindra Racing in the 2021 season, winning the second race of his home ePrix in London. Lynn has also competed full- ...

Raffaele Marciello Raffaele "Lello" Marciello (; born 17 December 1994) is a Swiss-born Italian professional racing driver. A former member of the Ferrari Driver Academy, he was the 2013 European Formula Three Champion, a reserve and test driver for the Sauber Fo ...

Marcus Armstrong Marcus Cornelius Armstrong (born 29 July 2000) is a New Zealand motor racing driver. He is due to compete in IndyCar on road and street courses with Chip Ganassi Racing in 2023. Previously he competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship between 2 ...

and

Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor (born 16 December 2000) is a Dutch racing driver set to compete for Van Amersfoort Racing in the Formula 2 Championship. Verschoor graduated to Formula 2 in 2021 with MP Motorsport before switching to Charouz Racing System, afte ...

. In November 2018, it was announced M2 would expand into Europe by competing in the

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championship under a Belgian license.

Current series results

Toyota Racing Series

Former series results

Formula Renault Eurocup

F4 Spanish Championship

Toyota Finance 86 Championship

British GT Championship

Timeline

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://m2-automotive.com/ New Zealand auto racing teams Auto racing teams established in 2010 2010 establishments in New Zealand Formula Renault Eurocup teams Belgian auto racing teams British GT Championship teams