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
2010, with
Ivan Lukashevich taking the team's first win at
Manfield. The following year, the team achieved their second victory and first pole position from Jordan King at
Taupo. In
2013
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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 Form ...
,
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 an ...
,
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
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,
Marcus Armstrong 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, aft ...
.
In November 2018, it was announced M2 would expand into Europe by competing in the
2019 Formula Renault Eurocup
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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