Piro Sports is a German
auto racing
Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition.
Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...
team based in
Heusweiler
Heusweiler (; Saarlandic: ''Heiswiller''; older french: Hoysviller, link=no) is a municipality in the District of Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. ...
,
Germany
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. The team currently participates in the
ADAC GT4 Germany
The ADAC GT4 Germany is a grand tourer-based auto racing series that is largely held in Germany. The races are held as part of the ADAC GT Masters, and GT4 vehicles are used. The championship took place for the first time in 2019.
History
On 27 J ...
after previously competed in single-make touring car series and
junior formula racing such as
ADAC Formula 4
ADAC Formula 4 (german: ADAC Formel 4) is a racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The inaugural season was the 2015 ADAC Formula 4. It replaced the ADAC Formel Masters, held from 2008 to 2014.
History
Gerhard Berger and ...
and
Formula Renault 1.6 NEC Junior.
History
The team was founded by hillclimb racing driver Erwin Piro in 1998 to compete in the Ford Puma Cup. Between 2000 and 2004 the team competed in the Alfa Romeo 147 Cup and in the MINI Challenge between 2005 and 2012.
Junior formula racing
In 2014 the team made a switch to single seaters entering the Formula Renault 1.6 NEC Junior for Erwin Piro's son Cedric Piro and
Larry ten Voorde
Larry ten Voorde (born 2 October 1996, in Enschede) is a Dutch racing driver who won the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup in 2020 and 2021.
Racing record Career summary
* Season still in progress.
Complete Porsche Supercup results
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. The drivers finished 8th (Piro) and 10th (ten Voorde). The team entered the
inaugural ADAC Formula 4 season for Piro and Toni Wolf. Wolf finished the season in 22nd position while Piro finished 24th. For 2016 the team entered a single car for Piro at selected races finishing again 24th. The team returned again with Piro in 2017 and adding a second car Doureid Ghattas. Piro finished the season 20th while Ghattas finished 26th without scoring points.
TCR Europe Series
Piro Sports made a return to touring cars by entering in the
TCR Europe Series
A TCR Touring Car is a touring car specification, first introduced in 2014 and is now employed by a multitude of series worldwide. All TCR Touring Cars are front-wheel drive cars based on 4 or 5 door production vehicles, and are powered by 1.75 t ...
under the Autodis Racing by Piro Sports under
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
racing license. The team entered two cars -
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) for Cedric Piro and
Hyundai i30 N TCR
The Hyundai i30 N TCR is a racing car developed by Hyundai Motorsport, which was built according to the TCR rule system. It is based on the Hyundai i30 5-door hatchback.
The project started in September 2016 with the help of Gabriele Tarquini ...
for Loris Cencetti.
Former Series results
ADAC Formula 4
Timeline
References
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External links
Official website
Auto racing teams in Germany
Auto racing teams established in 1998
Formula Renault teams