France R-ace GP
Founded2011
BaseFontenay-le-Comte, Pays de la Loire, France
Team principal(s)Thibaut de Merindol
Current seriesItalian F4 Championship
Formula Regional European Championship
Formula 4 UAE Championship
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
Former seriesRenault Sport Trophy
Formula Renault NEC
Formula Renault Eurocup
Toyota Racing Series
Formula Regional Asian Championship
ADAC Formula 4
Current driversFormula Regional European Championship
Germany Tim Tramnitz
Peru Matías Zagazeta
Norway Martinius Stenshorne
Formula 4
France Raphaël Narac
Italy Matteo De Palo
United Arab Emirates Matteo Quintarelli
Singapore Kabir Anurag
Teams'
Championships
Formula Renault Eurocup:
2017, 2018, 2019
Formula Renault NEC:
20172018
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:
Websitehttp://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 and Italian 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

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 Switzerland Grégoire Saucy 9 0 0 0 0 28 15th 8th
Hungary László Tóth 9 0 0 0 0 0 38th
2020 Tatuus F4-T014 Russia Kirill Smal 2 0 0 0 0 30† 15th† 13th
France Victor Bernier 3 0 0 0 0 1 28th
2021 Tatuus F4-T014 France Victor Bernier 6 0 0 0 0 30 13th 7th
France Sami Meguetounif 6 0 0 0 0 22 19th
France Marcus Amand 6 0 0 0 0 0 40th
2022 Tatuus F4-T421 France Hadrien David 2 0 0 0 0 10 18th 7th
Republic of Ireland Adam Fitzgerald 6 0 0 0 0 4 22nd
Denmark Frederik Lund 20 0 1 0 0 0 29th
Australia Marcos Flack 6 0 0 0 0 0 39th
Italy Giovanni Maschio 16 0 0 0 0 0 43rd
France Raphaël Narac 2 0 0 0 0 0 50th
2023 Tatuus F4-T421 France Raphaël Narac 21 0 0 0 0 11 19th 6th
Italy Matteo De Palo 3 0 0 0 0 10 20th
United Arab Emirates Matteo Quintarelli 21 0 0 0 0 0 31st
Singapore 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 nine races in 2023.

Euro 4 Championship

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

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 France Hadrien David 20 2 1 2 9 2nd 209 1st 481
Barbados Zane Maloney 20 1 1 1 8 4th 170
France Isack Hadjar 20 2 1 3 6 5th 166
Switzerland Léna Bühler 18 0 0 0 0 38th 0
France Sami Meguetounif 4 0 0 0 0 NC 0
2022 Tatuus F3 T-318-Alpine P France Hadrien David 20 3 3 4 7 4th 222 2nd 421
Brazil Gabriel Bortoleto 20 2 2 1 5 6th 174
Spain Lorenzo Fluxá 19 0 0 0 1 12th 49
Switzerland Léna Bühler 3 0 0 0 0 39th 0
2023 Tatuus F3 T-318-Alpine P Norway Martinius Stenshorne 20 5 3 3 11 2nd 261 2nd 510
Germany Tim Tramnitz 20 3 4 1 10 3rd 239
Peru 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
France Isack Hadjar 7 12 7 3F 1P F 2 21 4 6 11 7 9 12 6 9 4 12 13 2F 1
France Hadrien David 3F 4 12 Ret 4 3 1F 10 3 12 2 3 2 Ret 7 6 23 6 1P 3
Switzerland Léna Bühler 25 27 20 DNQ 29 30 24 30 27 27 Ret 26 30 25 29 32 30 23
Barbados Zane Maloney Ret 3 9 9 2 1P F 4 6 15 8 3 2 9 3 8 8 11 14 3 7
France 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
Switzerland Léna Bühler Ret Ret WD WD 26 DNQ
Spain Lorenzo Fluxá 3 23 11 11 DNQ 18 8 8 15 14 14 13 5 Ret 9 Ret 16 9 13 5
France Hadrien David 4 7 10 4 1P 2 6 4F 12F 7 8 1P 18 2F 13 1P 2F 2 8 4
Brazil Gabriel Bortoleto 6 9 7 3 6 5 4 5 Ret 8 9 3 14 1 15 5 7F 1P Ret 2P
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
Norway Martinius Stenshorne 1P F 2 7 12 1P 1F 3 17 1P F 3 3 4 18 17 3 Ret 4 6 2 1
Germany Tim Tramnitz 6 RetP 1 1P 8 16 2 2P 3 7 4 3 3 12 Ret 3 6 4 1F 2P
Peru 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 Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2022 Tatuus F4-T421 Norway Martinius Stenshorne 19 0 0 0 1 72 10th 7th
Singapore Nikhil Bohra 20 0 0 0 0 17 20th
Russia Maksim Arkhangelskiy 4 0 0 0 0 0 31st
Russia Victoria Blokhina 16 0 0 0 0 0 37th
2023 Tatuus F4-T421 Malta Zachary David 15 1 0 0 2 59 8th 7th
Mexico Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. 15 0 0 1 0 20 18th
Latvia Alexander Abkhazava 15 0 0 0 0 2 28th
France Raphaël Narac 12 0 0 0 0 0 32nd
2024 Tatuus F4-T421 Finland Luka Sammalisto
France Raphaël Narac
Italy Enzo Yeh
France Jules Caranta
France Enzo Deligny

Formula Regional Middle East Championship

Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2023 Tatuus F3 T-318 Singapore Nikhil Bohra 15 1 0 1 2 73 9th 5th
Peru Matías Zagazeta 9 0 0 0 1 28 17th
Norway Martinius Stenshorne 9 0 0 0 0 20 18th
Germany Tim Tramnitz 6 0 0 0 0 14 20th
Hungary Levente Révész 15 0 0 0 0 9 25th
Italy Francesco Braschi 6 0 0 0 0 6 27th
2024 Tatuus F3 T-318 Finland Tuukka Taponen
Mexico Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.
Malta Zachary David
Norway Martinius Stenshorne

Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

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

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-EpsilonRenault Netherlands Pieter Schothorst 11 0 1 91 18th 9th
France Côme Ledogar 9 0 1 91 19th
France Norman Nato 7 0 1 56 25th
2012 Barazi-EpsilonRenault Netherlands Nyck de Vries 11 1 4 166 10th 5th
France Andrea Pizzitola 11 0 4 141 13th
France Pierre Gasly 7 0 1 78 23rd
2013 TatuusRenault France Andrea Pizzitola 14 1 3 190 6th 2nd
France Nico Jamin 18 0 1 144 7th
Thailand Tanart Sathienthirakul 18 0 0 123 11th
France Esteban Ocon 8 1 3 122 12th
Italy Alberto di Folco 9 0 0 73 20th
Brazil Thiago Vivacqua 5 0 0 8 42nd
France Alexandre Baron 5 0 0 0 54th
2014 TatuusRenault South Africa Callan O'Keeffe 15 1 3 187 7th 4th
United Kingdom Jake Hughes 15 0 1 152 8th
Switzerland Levin Amweg 7 1 4 107 15th
France Aurélien Panis 6 1 2 77 19th
Australia James Allen 2 0 0 0 NC
2015 TatuusRenault Japan Ukyo Sasahara 21 2 8 296 3rd 2nd
Belgium Max Defourny 16 2 4 218 4th
Switzerland Darius Oskoui 16 0 0 143 9th
2016 TatuusRenault Belgium Max Defourny 15 3 9 285 2nd 2nd
United Kingdom Will Palmer 13 0 3 126 12th
France Julien Falchero 15 0 0 124 13th
New Zealand Marcus Armstrong 2 0 0 23 24th
2017 TatuusRenault Morocco Michael Benyahia 11 0 4 163 1st 1st
Belgium Gilles Magnus 11 2 2 161 2nd
France Théo Coicaud 11 0 1 129.5 4th
France Charles Milesi 11 1 2 106 7th
2018 TatuusRenault Argentina Gabriel Gandulia 12 0 8 216 3rd 1st
United States Logan Sargeant 12 1 3 87 5th
France Victor Martins 12 1 2 83 6th
France Charles Milesi 12 0 1 57 9th
United Kingdom 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 France Andrea Pizzitola 9 2 6 3 2 140 1st 2nd
Prestige Slovakia Richard Gonda 9 3 5 6 3 123 2nd
Elite Netherlands Indy Dontje 9 1 4 0 0 96 4th
Prestige Spain Toni Forné 9 0 3 0 0 81 6th
2016 Renault Sport R.S. 01 Elite Estonia Kevin Korjus 9 1 4 1 0 111 2nd 3rd
Prestige Sweden Fredrik Blomstedt 9 1 5 2 3 115 3rd
Prestige France Philippe Haezebrouck 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Elite United Kingdom Raoul Owens 9 0 0 0 0 37 9th
Prestige Spain Toni Forné 3 0 0 0 0 24 10th
Prestige France 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-EpsilonRenault France Norman Nato 14 0 2 58 11th 8th
France Côme Ledogar 14 0 0 9 19th
Netherlands Pieter Schothorst 14 0 0 1 24th
2012 Barazi-EpsilonRenault Netherlands Nyck de Vries 14 0 2 78 5th 5th
France Pierre Gasly 14 0 2 49 10th
France Andrea Pizzitola 14 0 0 12 21st
2013 TatuusRenault France Esteban Ocon 14 2 5 159 3rd 2nd
France Andrea Pizzitola 14 0 1 39 13th
France Alexandre Baron 8 0 0 0 27th
France Nico Jamin 2 0 0 0 NC†
2014 TatuusRenault France Aurélien Panis 14 1 2 82 9th 4th
Switzerland Levin Amweg 12 0 0 42 13th
South Africa Callan O'Keeffe 14 0 0 28 16th
France Simon Gachet 14 0 0 10 19th
2015 TatuusRenault Japan Ukyo Sasahara 17 1 4 116 7th 6th
Switzerland Darius Oskoui 17 0 1 36 13th
Belgium Max Defourny 7 0 0 0 NC†
United Kingdom Will Palmer 3 0 0 0 NC†
2016 TatuusRenault Belgium Max Defourny 15 1 8 188.5 3rd 3rd
United Kingdom Will Palmer 15 1 2 76 7th
France Julien Falchero 15 0 0 32.5 13th
New Zealand Marcus Armstrong 2 0 0 0 NC†
2017 TatuusRenault United Kingdom Will Palmer 23 3 10 298 2nd 1st
Russia Robert Shwartzman 23 6 11 285 3rd
Belgium Max Defourny 23 1 10 255 4th
Mexico Raúl Guzmán 23 0 0 13 17th
France Théo Coicaud 7 0 0 0 NC†
France Charles Milesi 10 0 0 0 NC†
Morocco Michaël Benyahia 7 0 0 0 NC†
Belgium Gilles Magnus 3 0 0 0 NC†
United States Logan Sargeant 3 0 0 0 NC†
2018 TatuusRenault United Kingdom Max Fewtrell 20 6 11 275.5 1st 1st
United States Logan Sargeant 20 3 7 218 4th
France Victor Martins 20 2 6 186 5th
France Charles Milesi 20 2 4 122.5 7th
2019 Tatuus F3 T-318Renault Australia Oscar Piastri 20 7 11 320 1st 1st
Brazil Caio Collet 20 0 5 207 5th
Russia Aleksandr Smolyar 20 3 10 255 3rd
Switzerland Grégoire Saucy 4 0 0 0 NC†
2020 Tatuus F3 T-318Renault Brazil Caio Collet 20 5 12 304 2nd 2nd
Czech Republic Petr Ptáček 14 0 0 39 14th
Russia Michael Belov 10 0 0 40 13th
United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard 2 0 0 0 22nd
Finland Elias Seppänen 2 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 Tatuus FT-60 Czech Republic Petr Ptacek 15 0 3 1 0 241 5th
Brazil Caio Collet 15 1 1 1 2 219 7th
Australia Jackson Walls 15 1 1 1 0 160 10th
Denmark Oliver Rasmussen 15 0 2 0 1 158 11th
Sweden Lucas Petersson 15 0 0 0 0 127 12th

ADAC Formula 4

ADAC Formula 4 results
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2019 Tatuus F4-T014 Russia Michael Belov 17 1 0 1 2 122 8th 4th
Switzerland Grégoire Saucy 20 0 0 0 2 95 12th
Hungary László Tóth 20 0 0 0 0 2 20th
France Hadrien David 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2020 Tatuus F4-T014 France Victor Bernier 21 2 0 2 6 225 5th 3rd
Russia Kirill Smal 21 0 1 0 3 91 9th
Russia Artem Lobanenko 9 0 0 0 0 24 13th
Israel Roee Meyuhas 15 0 0 0 0 20 14th
2021 Tatuus F4-T014 France Victor Bernier 18 1 0 2 4 167 4th 3rd
France Sami Meguetounif 18 0 0 0 0 61 11th
France Marcus Amand 18 0 0 0 0 37 12th
United States Nikhil Bohra 3 0 0 0 0 0 22nd
Hungary Levente Révész 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2022 Tatuus F4-T421 Costa Rica Frederik Lund 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC† N/A†
Australia Marcos Flack 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†

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

Formula Regional Asian Championship

Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2022 Tatuus F3 T-318 France Hadrien David 6 2 1 3 2 64 9th 5th
Spain Lorenzo Fluxá 15 0 0 0 1 64 10th
Brazil Gabriel Bortoleto 6 1 0 0 1 46 14th
Italy Francesco Braschi 9 0 0 0 0 3 22nd
Monaco Oliver Goethe 13 0 0 0 0 1 25th
Switzerland Léna Bühler 6 0 0 0 0 0 29th


Timeline

Current series
Italian F4 Championship 2018–present
Formula Regional European Championship 2021–present
Formula 4 UAE Championship 2022–present
Formula Regional Middle East Championship 2023–present
Euro 4 Championship 2023–present
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship 2023–present
Former series
Formula Renault Northern European Cup 2011–2018
Renault Sport Trophy 2015–2016
Formula Renault Eurocup 2011–2020
ADAC Formula 4 2019–2022
Toyota Racing Series 2020
Formula Regional Asian Championship 2022

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