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R-ace GP
R-ace GP is an auto racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsport, specifically those involving Renault. They are currently competing in the Formula Regional European Championship, Formula Regional Middle East, F4 Middle East, Italian F4, Euro 4 and Michelin Le Mans Cup in LMP3. History R-ace GP was founded in 2011 by Thibaut de Merindol and Cyril Comte. They partook in the Eurocup and NEC championships of Formula Renault 2.0. Their driver line-up included Norman Nato, 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, Red Bull Junior Pierre Gasly and the McLaren-backed Nyck de Vries. The team climbed up to fifth in both standings, with de Vries taking the team's maiden victory in the NEC championship. 2013 - 2015: The following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fontenay-le-Comte
Fontenay-le-Comte (; Poitevin dialect, Poitevin: ''Funtenaes'' or ''Fintenè'') is a Communes of France, commune and Subprefectures in France, subprefecture in the Vendée Departments of France, department in the Pays de la Loire Regions of France, region of Western France. In 2018, it had a population of 13,302, while its functional area (France), functional area had a population of 41,273.Comparateur de territoire INSEE, retrieved 20 June 2022. Geography The river Vendée (river), Vendée flows through the town. The town has an area of .History Fontenay was in existence as early as the time of the Gauls. The affix of comte is said to have been applied to it when it was taken by Louis IX of France, King Louis IX from the family of Lusignan and gi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Formula Renault 2
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Ukyo Sasahara
is a Japanese racing driver for Toyota Gazoo Racing who is currently competing in Super GT and Super Formula Championship, Super Formula for TOM'S. He was previously a factory driver for Honda in motorsport, Honda, and has achieved successes in a wide variety of motorsport disciplines. 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 Rotax Max Challenge Junior Grand Final, a title he went on to win for a second time in 2011. He went on to enjoy further success in the category, winning the Rotax Max Euro Challenge Junior title in 2011, and the Central Eastern European Rotax Max Challenge Senior title in 2012, his final year in karting. European racing career Sasahara graduated to open wheel car, single-seaters in 2013, racing in the 2013 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season, Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship for Vincenzo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Gachet
Simon Gachet (born 14 October 1993) is a French racing driver who currently competes in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup for Tresor by Car Collection. Career Early career An avid rugby player as a young boy, Gachet was not heavily involved with motorsports in his youth. He was introduced to motorsport through car magazines, and discovered single-seater racing while attending the Formula Motorsport school at the Circuit du Laquais. In 2011, he began competing in the V de V Challenge Monoplace, completely forgoing the karting process. Junior formulae In his opening season of single-seater competition, Gachet was crowned champion, taking two wins and 11 podiums in 15 races. That winter, Gachet won the Euroformula Volant test, awarding him a €60,000 bursary which allowed him to compete in the French F4 Championship for 2012. Scoring six podiums in 14 races, Gachet finished third in the overall points classification. For 2013, Gachet stepped up to the Formula Renault 2.0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurélien Panis
Aurélien Antoine Philippe Panis (born 29 October 1994) is a professional French racing driver. He is best known for being the son of the former Formula 1 driver, Olivier Panis. From 2017 he is one of the two drivers of Zengő Motorsport - the first non-Hungarian the team has fielded in the WTCC. Career Aurélien Panis began his career in 2011 in the national French F4 Championship. He finished tenth. In 2012, he joined Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps, but scored no points in Eurocup, and only 26 in Alps. He became a member of the Caterham Racing Academy, from Caterham F1 Team in 2013, and scored his first points in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. In 2014, he left Caterham but won two victories: one in Eurocup and another one in Northern European Cup. He joined Formula Renault 3.5 Series for 2015, with Tech 1 Racing. Next year, in the series - which was renamed as Formula V8 3.5 Series - he scored two wins and finished the championship in 5th positio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tech 1 Racing
Tech 1 Racing is a racing team based in Toulouse, France. Founded in 2000 by racing driver Simon Abadie and his sister Sarah, it has garnered success in the World Series by Renault, the Eurocup Mégane Trophy and the GP3 Series, most notably winning the 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series with Álvaro Parente. More recently, Tech 1 operated the racing programmes of Panis Racing and its predecessor Panis Barthez Compétition from 2016 to 2023. These included entry to the European Le Mans Series and Asian Le Mans Series's LMP2 class, as well as the GT World Challenge Europe, where they ran a Lexus RC F GT3. Ultimate, a small outfit owned by brothers Jean-Baptiste and Matthieu Lahaye, also partnered Tech 1 for their LMP2 efforts in the ELMS in 2021 and the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2022. Career French Formula Renault 2.0 The team was founded in 2000 by French racing driver Simon Abadie. They joined the French Formula Renault 2.0 championship the same year, with Aba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esteban Ocon
Esteban José Jean-Pierre Ocon-Khelfane (; born 17 September 1996) is a French racing driver who competes in Formula One for Haas F1 Team, Haas. Ocon won the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix with Alpine F1 Team, Alpine. Born and raised in Normandy to a working-class family, Ocon began competitive kart racing aged nine, winning several national and international titles. Graduating to junior formulae in 2012, Ocon won his first title at the 2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Prema Racing, Prema, ahead of Tom Blomqvist and Max Verstappen. Ocon then won the 2015 GP3 Series with ART Grand Prix, ART, achieving 14 podiums in 18 races. A member of the Mercedes Junior Team since 2015, Ocon made his Formula One debut at the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix with Manor Racing, Manor, replacing Rio Haryanto for the remainder of the season. He moved to Force India—who later became Racing Point—in , partnering Sergio Pérez. After two seasons, Ocon left Racing Point at the end of , becoming a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nico Jamin
Nicolas Jamin (born December 5, 1995) is a French racing driver who currently competes in the European Le Mans Series with United Autosports. Open Wheel Racing F2000 Jamin made his professional debut in the 2014 U.S. F2000 National Championship with Belardi Auto Racing and Pabst Racing Services. He returned in 2015 in the U.S. F2000 National Championship with Cape Motorsports Wayne Taylor Racing. He then won ten of the fifteen races in the 2015 season on his way to the title. He finished on the podium in every race except one, earning an automatic promotion to the Pro Mazda Championship in 2016. Pro Mazda Jamin scored two wins and six podiums in his debut season in the Pro Mazda Championship, finishing third in the standings. After being scouted by Andretti Autosport during an end of season test, he was signed to drive in the Indy Lights championship for them in 2017. Indy Lights Jamin joined Andretti Autosport for the 2017 Indy Lights season and recorded his first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 2.0 Eurocup but left the series after eight races. He also made five Formula Renault 2.0 NEC starts. That autumn he made four starts in the U.S. F2000 National Championship for Belardi Auto Racing and won two races in four starts, including his first start and the season finale. In 2014 he signed with Belardi to race in the Indy Lights Indy NXT (pronounced "Indy Next"), previously Indy Lights, is an American developmental automobile racing series sanctioned by IndyCar, currently known as INDY NXT by Firestone for sponsorship reasons. Indy NXT is the highest step on the Roa ... series. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ART Grand Prix
ART Grand Prix is a French motor racing team that competes in formula single-seaters in Europe. In 2012, it competed in the GP2 Series and GP3 Series as Lotus GP to reflect sponsorship from British sports and racing car manufacturer Lotus. The team competed as Lotus ART in 2011. Corporate history ART Grand Prix was created in 2005 as a collaborative project between Frédéric Vasseur, the principal of ASM Formule 3, and Nicolas Todt, the son of the then Scuderia Ferrari team principal and eventually Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) president Jean Todt. Vasseur wanted to expand his championship-winning Formula Three team into the newly created GP2 Series, while Nicolas Todt had expressed an interest in team management. He had become involved in motorsport as a driver manager, and was notable for representing Felipe Massa. Todt took charge of the new team's commercial and promotional interests, while Vasseur managed the day-to-day running of the operation. ART ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McLaren
McLaren Racing Limited ( ) is a British auto racing, motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. The team is a subsidiary of the McLaren Group, which owns a majority of the team. McLaren is best known as a Formula One chassis List of Formula One constructors, constructor, the second-oldest active team and the second-most successful Formula One team after Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari, having won races, 12 Formula One Drivers' Championship, Drivers' Championships, and nine Formula One constructors' championship, Constructors' Championships. McLaren also has a history in American open wheel racing as both an entrant and a chassis constructor, and has won the Can-Am, Canadian-American Challenge Cup (Can-Am) sports car racing championship. McLaren is one of only three constructors, and the only team, to complete the Triple Crown of Motorsport#Teams and manufacturers, Triple Crown of Motorsport (wins at the Indianapolis 500, 24 Hours of Le Mans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Gasly
Pierre Jean-Jacques Gasly (; born 7 February 1996) is a French racing driver who competes in Formula One for Alpine. Gasly won the 2020 Italian Grand Prix with AlphaTauri. Born and raised in Normandy, Gasly began competitive kart racing aged 10. Graduating to junior formulae in 2011, Gasly finished third in the French F4 Championship that year with the FFSA Academy. He won his first championship at the Formula Renault Eurocup in 2013 with Tech 1. Gasly then progressed to the GP2 Series, winning the championship in 2016 with Prema amid a close title battle with Antonio Giovinazzi. He moved to Super Formula the following year, finishing runner-up to Hiroaki Ishiura with Mugen, and debuted in Formula E at the New York City ePrix for Renault e.dams. A member of the Red Bull Junior Team since 2014, Gasly made his Formula One debut with Toro Rosso at the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix, replacing Daniil Kvyat for the remainder of the season. He completed a full-time mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
