Team Lazarus is an Italian

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team, based in

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, which is currently competing in the

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and Blancpain GT Endurance Series formerly starting in

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and

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Background

Team Lazarus were founded in 2009 by Tancredi Pagiaro, who also founded the

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team in

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. The team took part in three rounds of the

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, debuting at the season-opener in

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with

drivers

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and Diego Nunes, who were racing in order to learn the circuit ahead of the GP2 Series visit there later in the year. The team scored eleven points over the course of the weekend with Nunes and Herck finishing fourth and fifth respectively in the Saturday feature race. At the next round in

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, the team were down to a single car entry with

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graduate Michael Dalle Stelle taking over the driving duties. He remained with the team for the following round at

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, but failed to start either race during the event. The team then missed the final three events of the season in

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, Vallelunga and Monza. They finished the season in seventh place in the Teams' standings with twelve points. In 2010, Team Lazarus have entered the new Auto GP series with a single car for Italian

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. The new partnership delivered a podium finish in the opening race of the season at Brno, with Onidi finishing third behind

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and race winner

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. In February 2012, it was announced that Lazarus would be joining the GP2 Series under the name "Venezuela GP Lazarus", replacing

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. In 2017 Team Lazarus participated in two Championships: the Blancpain GT Series, with an orange Lamborghini Huracán with GT3 configuration, and a black Huracán with a layout for the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia Championship. In 2018 Team Lazarus is starting in the Blancpain GT Endurance Series as well as in the International GT Open Championship. Drivers for Team Lazarus include Fabrizio Crestani (Italy), Miguel Ramos (Portugal).

Results

GP2 Series

† Lazarus competed under the name Venezuela GP Lazarus from 2012 to 2014.

In detail

GP2 Series

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

References

External links

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