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for all seasons, although

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operated the Rangers team in 2008 pre-season. The car was revealed outside

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with the Rangers first team present, including manager

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. Rangers Football Club had a team in the Superleague Formula race car series. The Rangers F.C. team had been operated by

. In 2008

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drove for Rangers F.C. in the team's maiden season. James Walker also drove for the team in one round of the 2008 season and posted their best result, a fourth-place finish.

2008 season

In 2008

drove for Rangers F.C. in the team's maiden season finished overall in the mid table in 13th. It was only 1 of 3 teams that completed the whole season (a world record at the time) but did not get on to the

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. James Walker also drove for the team in one round of the 2008 season and posted their best result, a fourth-place finish.

2009 season

For the

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, John Martin was the driver. For the first round of the season Rangers F.C. had a bad weekend. In race one Rangers got caught up in a mistake from

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) eliminating them from the race. In race 2 Rangers F.C. led after lap 1 and built up a lead before the pitstop window opened. The car got stuck on the jack in the pits and lost 35 seconds coming out in 13th place. After that driver John Martin made a small mistake putting Rangers F.C. out of the race. At the Zolder round Rangers F.C. got to their first 'Pole Shoot Out' of qualifying and narrowly lost out on pole to

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(Kasper Andersen). John Martin and Rangers F.C. followed this up with a debut podium finishing in 2nd place. In the second race of the day at

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Rangers F.C. retired early with gearbox problems. At the Donington round Rangers F.C. and John Martin claimed their 2nd podium in Superleague Formula. They were in position to win race one before being impeded by

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) allowing FC Basel to get their first win. Rangers F.C. finished 2nd. In race two John Martin and Rangers F.C. crashed into

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) ending both teams races. In the 6 car 'Super Final' Rangers F.C. and John Martin claimed their very first Superleague Formula win, passing

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) with 2 laps to go. At the Estoril round it was the first time Rangers F.C. finished both races this season. They claimed a 5th place and an 8th place. During race two Rangers F.C. had an incident with

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) which sent both teams spinning and dropping a couple of places. For the 2009 season, the team were much more successful with Australian driver John Martin posting three podium places including one win at

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. The Rangers team did not compete in the 2010 Superleague Formula season as it was not named in the provisional entry list, which included which race teams might operate each car.

Record

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2008

2009

*Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.

References

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