Zeta Corse was a Russian motor racing team, who formerly operated in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series.

History

In January 2013, was announced that Giancarlo Zampieri (father of

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) bought BVM - Target Racing

Formula Renault 3.5 Series The World Series Formula V8 3.5, formerly the World Series by Nissan from 1998 to 2004, the Formula Renault 3.5 Series from 2005 to 2015 and the Formula V8 3.5 in 2016 and 2017, was a motor racing series promoted by RPM Racing (1998–2004) and R ...

subdivision. The team was renamed to Zeta Corse, headed by Claudio Corradini and used personnel that previously worked with

EPIC Racing EPIC Racing (Euskadi Phil Imanol Claudio Racing) was a racing team from Spain. The team's headquarters were located in Vitoria ( Alava). It was the second major motorsport team from the Basque Country, (Euskadi). Epsilon Euskadi was the bigg ...

and

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. The team headquarters was changed to Valencia. For their first Formula Renault 3.5 Series round at

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they signed

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and

Emmanuel Piget Emmanuel Piget (born February 25, 1984 in Cognac) is a French racing driver. In 2013 he starts in the Formula Renault 3.5. Career Piget began his racing career in karting in 1997. He competed in karting until 2000. 2001 und 2002 he took part ...

. But Piget raced just one round, in

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he was replaced by

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runner-up

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. In

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the squad decided to completely change their line-up to

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and

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. Marinescu returned to the team for

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and

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rounds, while Sainz was replaced by William Buller. At

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Marinescu's seat was occupied by

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, who handed back that seat to Sainz. On 14 December 2013 was revealed that the team was taken over by the Russian RMD Media company. The best achievement for Zeta Corse drivers in 2013 was three Buller's finishes in the top-five. In 2014, the team had two full-time drivers after signing

Roman Mavlanov Roman Mavlanov ( rus, Рома́н Мавла́нов, p=rɐˈman mɐvˈlanəv (born 5 July 1994) is a Russian racing driver. Career Karting Born in Moscow, Mavlanov began his racing career in karting at the age of 13 in the Russian cups, col ...

and

Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Muntan (born 22 March 1991), is a Spanish racing driver who drove in Formula One for the Manor Marussia F1 Team during the 2015 season. Merhi has also raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for Pons Racing, and won the Formula 3 ...

for their debut season in Formula Renault 3.5. Merhi started the season with the first podium for the team, finishing as runner-up to

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in the first race at Monza. On the home soil for the team at Moscow, Merhi took the first win for Zeta Corse. Merhi also achieved wins at

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and

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, finishing third in the drivers' standings and bringing the team the fourth in the teams' standings. For

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, the team decided to sign former

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driver

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. However the Argentine driver since moved to Comtec Racing, and then to the Auto GP World Series, with Zeta Corse participating in no further races.

Results

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the team competed under Italian racing license, since

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the team racing under Russian racing license.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.zetacorse.ru/en/ Auto racing teams in Russia Auto racing teams established in 2013 2013 establishments in the Valencian Community World Series Formula V8 3.5 teams Auto racing teams disestablished in 2015