Virtuosi Racing (previously known as Virtuosi UK, and UNI Virtuosi in Formula 2) is a British racing team currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. The team previously ran in the Auto GP series, in addition to running the

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outfit in Formula 2 and its predecessor GP2 Series up until 2018. With the withdrawal of Russian Time, the team assumed its new name UNI Virtuosi Racing for the 2019 Formula 2 season.

History

In 2012, Paul Devlin and Andy Roche approached businessman Declan Lohan for financial backing and Virtuosi UK team was founded at Carleton Rode, Norfolk in order to participate in the Auto GP. The team signed GP2 Series driver

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. His team-mates in the first rounds was

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driver Matteo Beretta and

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driver

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, before they was replaced by Auto GP veteran Francesco Dracone. Varhaug won feature race at Sonoma and reverse-grid races at

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and Hungaroring, finishing as runner-up in the drivers' standings and bringing fourth place in the teams' standings. For

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, the team signed

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graduate Andrea Roda. He was partnered by

Max Snegirev Maksim "Max" Sergeyevich Snegirev ( rus, Макси́м Серге́евич Снегирёв, p=mɐkˈsʲim sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvʲɪtɕ sʲnʲɪɡʲɪˈrʲɵf; born 12 June 1987) is a Russian racing driver. He currently resides in London. Career ...

, who previously raced for Campos Racing. Also British team supported Comtec by Virtuosi entry. Unlike the previous season Virtuosi drivers even failed to achieve podium finish and downgraded to seventh in the teams' standings. The squad prolonged Andrea Roda for 2014 campaign. Also the team expanded to three cars for two opening rounds, fielding Richard Gonda and Sam Dejonghe. At Imola, second car was occupied by returnee Varhaug but he was replaced at Spielberg by Tamás Pál Kiss, who left Zele Racing. Also at Spielberg Roda won a reverse-grid race, it was first win for Virtuosi since 2012. Kiss collected another two wins for the team at

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and Estoril. The team finished as runner-up in the teams' standings. In

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, the team signed

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driver Nikita Zlobin. As well the team will replace iSport International in the managing of the

team in the GP2 Series. On 4 December 2018, it was announced Virtuosi would replace the outgoing Russian Time outfit in the FIA Formula 2 Championship in under the name UNI-Virtuosi. The following day, the team confirmed Guanyu Zhou as its first driver. Day after, Luca Ghiotto filled the remained slot in the Virtuosi's line-up. On 20 October 2021, Virtuosi Racing announced its expansion to Formula 4 racing by entering the F4 British Championship from the 2022 season onwards.

Current series results

FIA Formula 2 Championship

In detail

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) * Season still in progress.

F4 British Championship

Timeline

Notes

References

External links

* {{FIA Formula 2 Championship teams British auto racing teams Auto GP teams GP2 Series teams 2012 establishments in the United Kingdom Auto racing teams established in 2012 FIA Formula 2 Championship teams