V de V Sports
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V de V Series is a motor racing organisation that owns and runs a group of international motor racing championships. Based in Paris, the majority of events are held in France although the series regularly visits Spain and Portugal and has also visited Belgium, Germany and Italy. The organisation takes its name from founder . His family is involved in most aspects of running the series and they have their own racing team within the series.
Championships[]
The series presently hosts five separate championships;
- Challenge Monoplace, for open wheel racing cars
- Challenge Endurance Proto, for prototype sports racing cars
- Challenge Endurance GT/Tourisme, for GT sport cars and touring cars
- Challenge Funyo, a one-make series of prototype sports racing cars
- Challenge Endurance VHC, for historic GT sport cars and touring cars
The series are recognised and sanctioned by the FIA as International Series.[1]
Challenge Monoplace[]
Introduced in 2010, this series caters for a wide variety of eligible open wheel racing cars, mostly second hand from other series. The majority of present cars are Formula Renault 2.0L cars built by Tatuus or Barazi-Epsilon. Formula 3, Formula Master, Formula Nissan, Formula Renault 1.6L, Formula Campus, Formula BMW, Formula Abarth and some Formula Fords are also eligible. Champions sourced from:[2]
| Year | Champion | Car |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 |  Philippe Haezebrouck
|
Tatuus FR2000 Renault |
| 2011 |
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Tatuus FR2000 Renault |
| 2012 |
|
Tatuus FR2000 Renault |
| 2013 | John Filippi
|
Tatuus N.T07 Honda |
| 2014 | 
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Tatuus FR 2.0-13 Renault |
| 2015 | 
|
Tatuus FR 2.0-13 Renault |
| 2016 |  Alex Peroni
|
Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0–10 |
| 2017 |
|
Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0–10 |
| 2018 |  Nicolás Varrone
|
Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 |
Challenge Funyo[]
Single-maque competition with prototypes from Y.O Concept (Funyo).
Champions sourced from:[3]
| Year | Champion | Car |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 |
|
Funyo 4 RC |
| 2009 |
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Funyo 4 RC |
| 2010 |
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Funyo 4 RC |
| 2011 |
|
Funyo 5 |
| 2012 |
|
Funyo 5 |
| 2013 |
|
Funyo 5 |
| 2014 |
|
Funyo 5 |
| 2015 |
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Funyo 5 |
| 2016 |
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Funyo SP05 |
| 2017 |
|
|
| 2018 | Aurélien Robineau
|
Challenge Endurance Proto[]
Champions sourced from:[4]
| Year | Champion | Car |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 
|
Juno SSE |
| 2008 |
|
Ligier JS49 Honda |
| 2009 |
|
Norma M20 F Honda |
| 2010 |
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Norma M20 F Honda |
| 2011 |
|
Norma M20 F Honda Norma M20 FC Honda |
| 2012 |
|
Norma M20 FC Honda |
| 2013 |
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Norma M20 FC Honda |
| 2014 |
|
Norma M20 FC Honda |
| 2015 |
|
Norma M20 FC Honda |
| 2016 | Alain Ferté  Ander Vilariño
|
Norma M20 FC Honda |
| 2017 | Alain Ferté Ander Vilariño
|
Norma M20 FC Honda |
Challenge Endurance GT/Tourisme[]
Champions sourced from:[5]
| Year | Champion | Car |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 |
|
Porsche 996 GT3 RSR |
| 2008 |
|
Ferrari F430 |
| 2009 |
|
Porsche 996 GT3 RSR Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S |
| 2010 |
|
Porsche 997 GT3 RSR |
| 2011 |
|
Porsche 997 GT3 RSR |
| 2012 |
|
Porsche 997 GT3 RSR |
| 2013 | Jean-Philippe Belloc
|
Porsche 997 GT3-R |
| 2014 |
|
Porsche 997 GT3-R |
| 2015 | Thierry Perrier
|
Ferrari F458 Italia GT2 |
| 2016 | Thierry Perrier
|
Ferrari F458 Italia GT2 & Ferrari F488 GT3 |
| 2017 | David Loger Éric Mouez
|
Ferrari 458 GT3 |
| 2018 | Jean-Paul Pagny Thierry Perrier Jean-Bernard Bouvet
|
Ferrari F488 GT3 |
Challenge Endurance VHC[]
VHC stands for Véhicule historiques de compétition. Originally there was only one overall champion. For the 2009 season, the championships for Prototype and GT cars were separated. Champions sourced from:[6]
| Year | Champion | Car | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 |
|
Porsche 911 3.0 RSR | ||
| 2008 |
|
Porsche 911 3.0 RSR | ||
| Year | Prototype | GT | ||
| Champion | Car | Champion | Car | |
| 2009 | Lionel Robert
|
Elva Mk.8 |
|
Porsche 911 3.0 RSR |
| 2010 |
|
Elva Mk.8 |
|
Porsche 911 3.0 RSR |
| 2011 |
|
Elva Mk.8 |
|
Porsche 911 3.0 RSR |
| 2012 |
|
Ford GT40 |
|
Porsche 911 3.0 RSR |
| 2013 |
|
Elva Mk.8 |
|
Porsche 911 2.8 RSR |
| 2014 | "Nelson"
|
March 81S | 
|
Porsche 911 3.0 SC RS Porsche 964 Cup |
| 2015 | "John Doe"
|
Chevron B60 |
|
Porsche 944 Cup |
| 2016 | 
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Ford GT40 | Lionel Robert
|
Lucchini SP91 Evo n°9 |
Racing team[]
The racing team owns a Mosler MT900 GT3 which races in the Endurance GT/Tourisme, and a TVR Griffith and Hema Porsche which race in Endurance VHC. In 2015 their primary team parked the Mosler and began racing an Audi R8 LMS in conjunction with racing team.
References[]
External links[]
- Auto racing series in France
- Multi-sport events in France