R-ace GP is an

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team from

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, involved in many areas of

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, specifically those involving

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. They are currently competing in the

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, Italian F4 and ADAC F4.

History

R-ace GP was founded in 2011 by Thibaut de Merindol and Cyril Comte. They partook in the Eurocup and

NEC is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. The company was known as the Nippon Electric Company, Limited, before rebranding in 1983 as NEC. It provides IT and network soluti ...

championships of Formula Renault 2.0. Their driver line-up included

Norman Nato Norman Nato (born 8 July 1992) is a French professional racing driver who is currently driving for Realteam Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Nato is known for finishing as the runner-up in the 2010 F4 Eurocup 1.6 season and the 2 ...

, Pieter Schothorst and Côme Ledogar. 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 Andrea Pizzitola (born 19 June 1992) is a professional French racing driver. He is best known for finishing as the runner-up in the 2011 French F4 Championship season. Career Karting Born in Montpellier, Pizzitola entered karting in 2008, raci ...

, Red Bull Junior

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and the

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-backed

Nyck de Vries Hendrik Johannes Nicasius "Nyck" de Vries (; born 6 February 1995) is a Dutch racing driver who is currently serving as the reserve driver for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team. He is confirmed to be driving full-time in Formula 1 at Scuderia A ...

. 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

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and was renamed the ART Junior Team. Pizzitola remained with

Alexandre Baron Alexandre Baron (born 6 December 1994) is a French racing driver from Narbonne. After karting, Baron raced in the French F4 Championship in 2012 and won the championship with nine wins in 13 races. In 2013 he began the season in Formula Renault ...

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, Tanart Sathienthirakul, Alberto di Folco and Esteban Ocon joining the team. The team finished runners-up to

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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

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. The team achieved fourth place in both championships with wins from Amweg, O'Keefe and Panis. The following year,

Max Defourny Max Defourny (born 9 October 1998) is a Belgian-born professional racing driver based in Luxembourg, currently competing in Formula Renault 2.0. Career Karting Born in Liège, Defourny began karting in 2009 at the age of eleven and took his ...

Ukyo Sasahara is a Japanese racing driver. Career Karting Sasahara began karting aged seven in 2003. He won numerous domestic titles, including becoming JAF All Japan Championship Junior Champion in 2009. In the same year, he beat Matt Parry to win the Rota ...

, Darius Oskoui and

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(Eurocup only) formed the team's 2015 line-up. The team finished as runners-up to

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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

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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

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and Italian F4 driver Raúl Guzman joining the team. For the 2017 NEC Championship, the team signed three drivers from the 2016 French F4 Championship, vice champion Gilles Magnus, third-place finisher

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and race winner Théo Coicaud with karting champion Charles Milesi making his single-seater debut with the team. In 2018, R-ace GP puts his title back on the line with a new line-up.

Max Fewtrell Maximilian Bradley Fewtrell (born 29 July 1999) is a British former racing driver, and former member of the Renault Sport Academy and 2016 British F4 champion. He competed in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Hitech Grand Prix alongside K ...

and

Victor Martins Victor Martins (born 16 June 2001) is a French- Portuguese racing driver and member of the Alpine Academy. He won the 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup and the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship. Career Karting Born in Quincy-sous-Sénart to a Fr ...

, both in the

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, Logan Sargeant and Charles Milesi continued in Eurocup. In the NEC championship, Gabriel Gandulia joins the team. For the

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season, the team signed returnees

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and Aleksandr Smolyar and reigning French F4 champion and

junior Caio Collet. R-ace GP also expanded into the ADAC Formula 4 Championship, fielding Gregoire Saucy and László Tóth. The team will also take part in 3 meetings of

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. The team won the triple crown in Eurocup 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

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, collaborating with MTEC Motorsport for the 2020 season.

Current series results

ADAC Formula 4

^† Kirill Smal raced for

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for nine races in 2020.

Italian F4 Championship

^† Giovanni Maschio raced for AS Motorsport for thirteen races in 2022.

Formula Regional European Championship

In detail

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Formula 4 UAE Championship

Formula Regional Asian Championship

Former series results

Formula Renault 2.0 NEC

Renault Sport Trophy

^† Guest driver (ineligible for points)

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

^† Guest driver (ineligible for points)

Toyota Racing Series

Timeline

References

External links

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Renault-Sport Official website

Northern European Cup

Formula Renault
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