R-ace GP

R-ace GP
Founded	2011
Base	La Rochelle, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Team principal(s)	Thibaut de Merindol
Current series	Italian F4 Championship; ADAC Formula 4; Formula Regional European Championship
Former series	Renault Sport Trophy; Formula Renault NEC; Formula Renault Eurocup
Current drivers	Formula Regional European Championship; Léna Bühler; Hadrien David; Isack Hadjar; Zane Maloney; ADAC Formula 4; Marcus Amand; Victor Bernier; Marcos Flack; Sami Meguetounif; Italian Formula 4; Marcus Amand; Marcos Flack
Teams'; Championships	Formula Renault Eurocup:; 2017, 2018, 2019; Formula Renault NEC:; 2017–2018 ; Formula Regional European Championship:; 2021
Drivers'; Championships	Renault Sport Trophy:; 2015: Andrea Pizzitola; Formula Renault NEC:; 2017: Michael Benyahia; Formula Renault Eurocup:; 2018: Max Fewtrell; 2019: Oscar Piastri:;
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 ADAC F4.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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[]

ADAC Formula 4[]

ADAC Formula 4 results
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2019	Tatuus F4-T014	Michael Belov	17	1	0	1	2	122	8th	4th
		Grégoire Saucy	20	0	0	0	2	95	12th
		László Tóth	20	0	0	0	0	2	20th
		Hadrien David	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2020	Tatuus F4-T014	Victor Bernier	21	2	0	2	6	225	5th	3rd
		Kirill Smal	21	0	1	0	3	91	9th
		Artem Lobanenko	9	0	0	0	0	24	13th
		Roee Meyuhas	15	0	0	0	0	20	14th
2021	Tatuus F4-T014	Victor Bernier	18	1	0	2	4	167	4th	3rd
		Sami Meguetounif	18	0	0	0	0	61	11th
		Marcus Amand	18	0	0	0	0	37	12th
		Nikhil Bohra	3	0	0	0	0	0	22nd
		Levente Revesz	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC†

Italian F4 Championship[]

Italian F4 Championship results
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast 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

^† Kirill Smal raced for Prema Powerteam for nine races in 2020.

Formula Regional European Championship[]

Year	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F. Laps	Podiums	D.C.	T.C.	Pts
2021	Tatuus F3 T-318	Alpine	P	Isack Hadjar	20	2	1	3	6	5th	1st	481
				Hadrien David	20	2	1	2	9	2nd
				Léna Bühler	18	0	0	0	0	38th
				Zane Maloney	20	1	1	1	8	4th
				Sami Meguetounif	4	0	0	0	0	NC

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	1	2	21	4	6	11	7	9	12	6	9	4	12	13	2	1
	Hadrien David	3	4	12	Ret	4	3	1	10	3	12	2	3	2	Ret	7	6	23	6	1	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	4	6	15	8	3	2	9	3	8	8	11	14	3	7
	Sami Meguetounif																	22	20	15	13

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'Keefe	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'Keefe	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–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†

^† Guest driver (ineligible for points)

Toyota Racing Series


Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fast laps	Points	D.C.
2020	Toyota FT60	Petr Ptacek	15	0	3	1	0	241	5th
		Caio Collet	15	1	1	1	2	219	7th
		Jackson Walls	15	1	1	1	0	160	10th
		Oliver Rasmussen	15	0	2	0	1	158	11th
		Lucas Petersson	15	0	0	0	0	127	12th

Timeline[]

Current series
ADAC Formula 4	2019–2021
Italian Formula 4 Championship	2018–2021
Formula Regional European Championship	2021-
Former series
Formula Renault Northern European Cup	2011-2018
Renault Sport Trophy	2015-2016
Eurocup Formula Renault	2011-2020
Toyota Racing Series	2020

References[]

^ "R-ace GP | Northern European Cup". Retrieved 13 December 2016.
^ "Motorland Aragon 2011 – Motorland Aragon — Entry list". 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "New boys and old hands raring to go". 27 April 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
^ "R-ace GP becomes the ART Junior Team". 25 February 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
^ "Will Palmer stays with R-Ace GP Formula Renault squad for 2017". 13 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Max Defourny to stay in Eurocup Formula Renault with R-ace GP". 3 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
^ "Shwartzman to continue in Formula Renault with R-ace GP". 11 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
^ "Raul Guzman moves to Formula Renault with R-ace GP". 21 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
^ "Renault Sport Academy 2018 line up announced". January 2018.
^ Jackson, Connor. "Max Fewtrell to Remain in Eurocup Formula Renault". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
^ Allen, Peter (15 January 2018). "French F4 rivals Arthur Rougier and Victor Martins become Renault juniors ahead of Eurocup moves". formulascout.com. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ "Charles Milesi sur le bon pied aux antipodes". 17 January 2018.
^ "Gandulia announced R-ace GP 2018 Campaign". January 2018.
^ "Renault Sport Academy signs Caio Collet". 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "OSCAR PIASTRI SIGNS WITH FORMULA RENAULT CHAMPIONS". 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
^ "Alexander Smolyar will drive in Formula Renault Eurocup in 2019 season". 11 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
^ "Talented youngsters on the way up: Fifth season of ADAC Formula 4 about to get underway". 8 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
^ "Formula Renault Eurocup - Press release - The win for Victor Martins, the title for Oscar Piastri! - renaultsport.com". Renault Sport. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
^ Herrero, Daniel (30 July 2019). "Top European team joins Toyota Racing Series". Speedcafe. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

External links[]

Achievements
Preceded by Josef Kaufmann Racing	Formula Renault Eurocup Teams' Champion 2017–2019	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Josef Kaufmann Racing	Formula Renault NEC Teams' Champion 2017–2018	Succeeded by Incumbent

[1] "R-ace GP | Northern European Cup". Retrieved 13 December 2016.

[2] "Motorland Aragon 2011 – Motorland Aragon — Entry list". 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[3] "New boys and old hands raring to go". 27 April 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

[4] "R-ace GP becomes the ART Junior Team". 25 February 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

[5] "Will Palmer stays with R-Ace GP Formula Renault squad for 2017". 13 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

[Defourny-6] "Max Defourny to stay in Eurocup Formula Renault with R-ace GP". 3 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[7] "Shwartzman to continue in Formula Renault with R-ace GP". 11 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.

[8] "Raul Guzman moves to Formula Renault with R-ace GP". 21 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.

[9] "Renault Sport Academy 2018 line up announced". January 2018.

[10] Jackson, Connor. "Max Fewtrell to Remain in Eurocup Formula Renault". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

[11] Allen, Peter (15 January 2018). "French F4 rivals Arthur Rougier and Victor Martins become Renault juniors ahead of Eurocup moves". formulascout.com. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[12] "Charles Milesi sur le bon pied aux antipodes". 17 January 2018.

[13] "Gandulia announced R-ace GP 2018 Campaign". January 2018.

[14] "Renault Sport Academy signs Caio Collet". 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.

[15] "OSCAR PIASTRI SIGNS WITH FORMULA RENAULT CHAMPIONS". 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.

[16] "Alexander Smolyar will drive in Formula Renault Eurocup in 2019 season". 11 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.

[17] "Talented youngsters on the way up: Fifth season of ADAC Formula 4 about to get underway". 8 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.

[18] "Formula Renault Eurocup - Press release - The win for Victor Martins, the title for Oscar Piastri! - renaultsport.com". Renault Sport. Retrieved 27 October 2019.

[19] Herrero, Daniel (30 July 2019). "Top European team joins Toyota Racing Series". Speedcafe. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

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