R-ace GP

R-ace GP

Founded	2011
Base	Fontenay-le-Comte
Team principal(s)	Thibaut de Mérindol
Current series	Formula Regional Formula 4 Michelin Le Mans Cup
Current drivers	Formula Regional European Championship Tuukka Taponen Zachary David Enzo Deligny Formula 4 Luka Sammalisto Enzo Yeh Michelin Le Mans Cup Hadrien David Fabien Michal
Drivers' Championships	Drivers champions : Renault Sport Trophy 2015 : Andrea Pizzitola FR2.0 NEC 2017 : Michaël Benyahia FR2.0 Eurocup 2018 : Max Fewtrell FR2.0 Eurocup 2019 : Oscar Piastri FRMEC 2024 : Tuukka Taponen FR2.0 Eurocup 2012 : Nyck de Vries FR2.0 NEC 2015 : Max Defourny FR2.0 Eurocup 2019 : Caio Collet FRECA 2021 : Isack Hadjar FRECA 2023 : Martinius Stenshorne FRMEC 2024 : Tuukka Taponen Rookies champions : FR2.0 Eurocup 2012 : Nyck de Vries FR2.0 NEC 2015 : Max Defourny FR2.0 Eurocup 2019 : Caio Collet FRECA 2021 : Isack Hadjar FRECA 2023 : Martinius Stenshorne FRMEC 2024 : Tuukka Taponen
Website	http://www.r-ace-gp.com/

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, Italian F4 and Michelin Le Mans Cup in LMP3.

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History

R-ace GP was founded in 2011 by Thibaut de Merindol and Cyril Comte.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, the team entered with a line-up of Andrea Pizzitola, Red Bull Junior Pierre Gasly and the McLaren-backed Nyck de Vries.^[3] The team climbed up to fifth in both standings, with de Vries taking the team's maiden victory in the NEC championship.^{[citation needed]}

The following year, the team formed a close collaboration with ART Grand Prix and was renamed the ART Junior Team.^[4] Pizzitola remained with Alexandre Baron, Nico Jamin, Tanart Sathienthirakul, Alberto di Folco and Esteban Ocon joining the team. The team finished runners-up to Tech 1 Racing in the Eurocup standings, with Ocon achieving third place in the driver's standings.^{[citation needed]}

In 2014, the team went forth with a new line-up of Aurélien Panis, Callan O'Keefe, Levin Amweg and Simon Gachet. The team achieved fourth place in both championships with wins from Amweg, O'Keefe and Panis. The following year, Max Defourny, Ukyo Sasahara, Darius Oskoui and Will Palmer (Eurocup only) formed the team's 2015 line-up. The team finished as runners-up to Josef Kaufmann Racing in the NEC championship, with Sasahara and Defourny claiming wins and spots in the top five in the overall standings, and sixth in Eurocup.^{[citation needed]}

In 2016, it was announced that the R-ace GP name would return. Defourny and Palmer remained with the team and were joined by newcomer Julien Falchero and Marcus Armstrong in a guest drive. In the championships, the team repeated their feat of 2015 in NEC and claimed third place in Eurocup, with Defourny finishing in the top three of the driver's standings.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017, Palmer and Defourny were contracted to the team for a third season with Robert Shwartzman and Italian F4 driver Raúl Guzman joining the team.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] For the 2017 NEC Championship, the team signed three drivers from the 2016 French F4 Championship, vice champion Gilles Magnus, third-place finisher Michael Benyahia and race winner Théo Coicaud with karting champion Charles Milesi making his single-seater debut with the team.^[6]

In 2018, R-ace GP puts his title back on the line with a new line-up. Max Fewtrell and Victor Martins, both in the Renault Sport Academy,^[9]^[10]^[11] Logan Sargeant and Charles Milesi continued in Eurocup.^[12] In the NEC championship, Gabriel Gandulia joins the team.^[13]

For the 2019 season, the team signed returnees Oscar Piastri and Aleksandr Smolyar and reigning French F4 champion and Renault junior Caio Collet.^[14]^[15]^[16] R-ace GP also expanded into the ADAC Formula 4 Championship, fielding Gregoire Saucy and László Tóth.^[17] The team will also take part in 3 meetings of Italian F4 Championship. The team won the triple crown in Eurocup^[18] that season: teams' title for the 3rd year in a row, rookie title with Caio Collet and drivers' title with Australian Oscar Piastri with 7 wins and 320 points.

In July 2019, it was announced R-ace GP would expand into the Toyota Racing Series, collaborating with MTEC Motorsport for the 2020 season.^[19]

Current series results

Italian F4 Championship

Italian F4 Championship results
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2019	Tatuus F4-T014	Grégoire Saucy	9	0	0	0	0	28	15th	8th
2019	Tatuus F4-T014	László Tóth	9	0	0	0	0	0	38th	8th
2020	Tatuus F4-T014	Kirill Smal	2	0	0	0	0	30†	15th†	13th
2020	Tatuus F4-T014	Victor Bernier	3	0	0	0	0	1	28th	13th
2021	Tatuus F4-T014	Victor Bernier	6	0	0	0	0	30	13th	7th
		Sami Meguetounif	6	0	0	0	0	22	19th
		Marcus Amand	6	0	0	0	0	0	40th
2022	Tatuus F4-T421	Hadrien David	2	0	0	0	0	10	18th	7th
		Adam Fitzgerald	6	0	0	0	0	4	22nd
		Frederik Lund	20	0	1	0	0	0	29th
		Marcos Flack	6	0	0	0	0	0	39th
		Giovanni Maschio^†	16	0	0	0	0	0	43rd
		Raphaël Narac	2	0	0	0	0	0	50th
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	Raphaël Narac	21	0	0	0	0	11	19th	6th
		Matteo De Palo	3	0	0	0	0	10	20th
		Matteo Quintarelli	21	0	0	0	0	0	31st
		Kabir Anurag^‡	9	0	0	0	0	0	41st

^† Giovanni Maschio raced for AS Motorsport for thirteen races in 2022.

^‡ Anurag raced for US Racing for six races in 2023.

Euro 4 Championship

Euro 4 Championship results
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	Raphaël Narac	3	0	0	0	0	1	18th	5th
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	Matteo Quintarelli	3	0	0	0	0	0	30th	5th

Formula Regional European Championship

Year	Chassis	Tyres	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F. Laps	Podiums	D.C.	Pts	T.C.	Pts
2021	Tatuus F3 T-318-Alpine	P	Hadrien David	20	2	1	2	9	2nd	209	1st	481
			Zane Maloney	20	1	1	1	8	4th	170
			Isack Hadjar	20	2	1	3	6	5th	166
			Léna Bühler	18	0	0	0	0	38th	0
			Sami Meguetounif	4	0	0	0	0	NC	0
2022	Tatuus F3 T-318-Alpine	P	Hadrien David	20	3	3	4	7	4th	222	2nd	421
			Gabriel Bortoleto	20	2	2	1	5	6th	174
			Lorenzo Fluxá	19	0	0	0	1	12th	49
			Léna Bühler	3	0	0	0	0	39th	0
2023	Tatuus F3 T-318-Alpine	P	Martinius Stenshorne	20	5	3	3	11	2nd	261	2nd	510
			Tim Tramnitz	20	3	4	1	10	3rd	239
			Matías Zagazeta	20	0	0	0	0	22nd	12

In detail

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

Year	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	T.C.	Points
2021		IMO 1	IMO 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	MCO 1	MCO 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	MUG 1	MUG 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	1st	481
	Isack Hadjar	7	12	7	3^F	1^{P F}	2	21	4	6	11	7	9	12	6	9	4	12	13	2^F	1
	Hadrien David	3^F	4	12	Ret	4	3	1^F	10	3	12	2	3	2	Ret	7	6	23	6	1^P	3
	Léna Bühler			25	27	20	DNQ	29	30	24	30	27	27	Ret	26	30	25	29	32	30	23
	Zane Maloney	Ret	3	9	9	2	1^{P F}	4	6	15	8	3	2	9	3	8	8	11	14	3	7
	Sami Meguetounif																	22	20	15	13
2022		MNZ 1	MNZ 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	MCO 1	MCO 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	MUG 1	MUG 2	2nd	421
	Léna Bühler	Ret	Ret	WD	WD	26	DNQ
	Lorenzo Fluxá	3	23	11	11	DNQ	18	8	8	15	14	14	13	5	Ret	9	Ret	16	9	13	5
	Hadrien David	4	7	10	4	1^P	2	6	4^F	12^F	7	8	1^P	18	2^F	13	1^P	2^F	2	8	4
	Gabriel Bortoleto	6	9	7	3	6	5	4	5	Ret	8	9	3	14	1	15	5	7^F	1^P	Ret	2^P
2023		IMO 1	IMO 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	MUG 1	MUG 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	2nd	510
	Martinius Stenshorne	1^{P F}	2	7	12	1^P	1^F	3	17	1^{P F}	3	3	4	18	17	3	Ret	4	6	2	1
	Tim Tramnitz	6	Ret^P	1	1^P	8	16	2	2^P	3	7	4	3	3	12	Ret	3	6	4	1^F	2^P
	Matías Zagazeta	13	5	14	23	27	Ret	20	23	20	24^†	24	19	22	21	21	27	15	10	Ret	23

Formula 4 UAE Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2022	Tatuus F4-T421	Martinius Stenshorne	19	0	0	1	72	10th	7th
		Nikhil Bohra	20	0	0	0	17	20th
		Maksim Arkhangelskiy	4	0	0	0	0	31st
		Victoria Blokhina	16	0	0	0	0	37th
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	Zachary David	15	1	0	2	59	8th	7th
		Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.	15	0	1	0	20	18th
		Alexander Abkhazava	15	0	0	0	2	28th
		Raphaël Narac	12	0	0	0	0	32nd
2024	Tatuus F4-T421	Enzo Deligny	9	1	0	2	73	8th	6th
		Enzo Yeh	15	0	0	1	37	14th
		Jules Caranta†	15	0	0	0	37	15th
		Luka Sammalisto	15	0	0	0	12	20th
		Raphaël Narac†	15	0	0	0	4	23rd

† Shared results with Saintéloc Racing

Formula Regional Middle East Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2023	Tatuus F3 T-318	Nikhil Bohra	15	1	0	1	2	73	9th	5th
		Matías Zagazeta	9	0	0	0	1	28	17th
		Martinius Stenshorne	9	0	0	0	0	20	18th
		Tim Tramnitz	6	0	0	0	0	14	20th
		Levente Révész	15	0	0	0	0	9	25th
		Francesco Braschi	6	0	0	0	0	6	27th
2024	Tatuus F3 T-318	Tuukka Taponen	15	5	5	7	9	255	1st	1st
		Zachary David	15	0	0	0	4	112	4th
		Martinius Stenshorne	9	0	0	1	4	100	8th
		Kanato Le	6	0	0	0	0	1	22nd
		Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.	14	0	0	0	0	0	24th

Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	Hadrien David	3	3	2	0	3	75	3rd	4th
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	Raphaël Narac	3	0	0	1	1	28	13th	4th

Former series results

Formula Renault 2.0 NEC

Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2011	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Pieter Schothorst	11	0	1	91	18th	9th
		Côme Ledogar	9	0	1	91	19th
		Norman Nato	7	0	1	56	25th
2012	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Nyck de Vries	11	1	4	166	10th	5th
		Andrea Pizzitola	11	0	4	141	13th
		Pierre Gasly	7	0	1	78	23rd
2013	Tatuus–Renault	Andrea Pizzitola	14	1	3	190	6th	2nd
		Nico Jamin	18	0	1	144	7th
		Tanart Sathienthirakul	18	0	0	123	11th
		Esteban Ocon	8	1	3	122	12th
		Alberto di Folco	9	0	0	73	20th
		Thiago Vivacqua	5	0	0	8	42nd
		Alexandre Baron	5	0	0	0	54th
2014	Tatuus–Renault	Callan O'Keeffe	15	1	3	187	7th	4th
		Jake Hughes	15	0	1	152	8th
		Levin Amweg	7	1	4	107	15th
		Aurélien Panis	6	1	2	77	19th
		James Allen	2	0	0	0	NC
2015	Tatuus–Renault	Ukyo Sasahara	21	2	8	296	3rd	2nd
		Max Defourny	16	2	4	218	4th
		Darius Oskoui	16	0	0	143	9th
2016	Tatuus–Renault	Max Defourny	15	3	9	285	2nd	2nd
		Will Palmer	13	0	3	126	12th
		Julien Falchero	15	0	0	124	13th
		Marcus Armstrong	2	0	0	23	24th
2017	Tatuus–Renault	Michael Benyahia	11	0	4	163	1st	1st
		Gilles Magnus	11	2	2	161	2nd
		Théo Coicaud	11	0	1	129.5	4th
		Charles Milesi	11	1	2	106	7th
2018	Tatuus–Renault	Gabriel Gandulia	12	0	8	216	3rd	1st
		Logan Sargeant	12	1	3	87	5th
		Victor Martins	12	1	2	83	6th
		Charles Milesi	12	0	1	57	9th
		Max Fewtrell	10	0	1	24	15th

Renault Sport Trophy

Renault Sport Trophy results
Year	Car	Category	Drivers	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fast laps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2015	Renault Sport R.S. 01	Elite	Andrea Pizzitola	9	2	6	3	2	140	1st	2nd
		Prestige	Richard Gonda	9	3	5	6	3	123	2nd
		Elite	Indy Dontje	9	1	4	0	0	96	4th
		Prestige	Toni Forné	9	0	3	0	0	81	6th
2016	Renault Sport R.S. 01	Elite	Kevin Korjus	9	1	4	1	0	111	2nd	3rd
		Prestige	Fredrik Blomstedt	9	1	5	2	3	115	3rd
		Prestige	Philippe Haezebrouck	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
		Elite	Raoul Owens	9	0	0	0	0	37	9th
		Prestige	Toni Forné	3	0	0	0	0	24	10th
		Prestige	Jean-Marc Merlin	1	0	0	0	0	0	20th

^† Guest driver (ineligible for points)

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2011	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Norman Nato	14	0	2	58	11th	8th
		Côme Ledogar	14	0	0	9	19th
		Pieter Schothorst	14	0	0	1	24th
2012	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Nyck de Vries	14	0	2	78	5th	5th
		Pierre Gasly	14	0	2	49	10th
		Andrea Pizzitola	14	0	0	12	21st
2013	Tatuus–Renault	Esteban Ocon	14	2	5	159	3rd	2nd
		Andrea Pizzitola	14	0	1	39	13th
		Alexandre Baron	8	0	0	0	27th
		Nico Jamin	2	0	0	0	NC†
2014	Tatuus–Renault	Aurélien Panis	14	1	2	82	9th	4th
		Levin Amweg	12	0	0	42	13th
		Callan O'Keeffe	14	0	0	28	16th
		Simon Gachet	14	0	0	10	19th
2015	Tatuus–Renault	Ukyo Sasahara	17	1	4	116	7th	6th
		Darius Oskoui	17	0	1	36	13th
		Max Defourny	7	0	0	0	NC†
		Will Palmer	3	0	0	0	NC†
2016	Tatuus–Renault	Max Defourny	15	1	8	188.5	3rd	3rd
		Will Palmer	15	1	2	76	7th
		Julien Falchero	15	0	0	32.5	13th
		Marcus Armstrong	2	0	0	0	NC†
2017	Tatuus–Renault	Will Palmer	23	3	10	298	2nd	1st
		Robert Shwartzman	23	6	11	285	3rd
		Max Defourny	23	1	10	255	4th
		Raúl Guzmán	23	0	0	13	17th
		Théo Coicaud	7	0	0	0	NC†
		Charles Milesi	10	0	0	0	NC†
		Michaël Benyahia	7	0	0	0	NC†
		Gilles Magnus	3	0	0	0	NC†
		Logan Sargeant	3	0	0	0	NC†
2018	Tatuus–Renault	Max Fewtrell	20	6	11	275.5	1st	1st
		Logan Sargeant	20	3	7	218	4th
		Victor Martins	20	2	6	186	5th
		Charles Milesi	20	2	4	122.5	7th
2019	Tatuus F3 T-318–Renault	Oscar Piastri	20	7	11	320	1st	1st
		Caio Collet	20	0	5	207	5th
		Aleksandr Smolyar	20	3	10	255	3rd
		Grégoire Saucy	4	0	0	0	NC†
2020	Tatuus F3 T-318–Renault	Caio Collet	20	5	12	304	2nd	2nd
		Petr Ptáček	14	0	0	39	14th
		Michael Belov	10	0	0	40	13th
		Johnathan Hoggard	2	0	0	0	22nd
		Elias Seppänen	2	0	0	0	NC†