Racing Engineering

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Websitehttp://www.racing-engineering.com/

Racing Engineering is a Spanish

Jerez
, where all car preparation and race team organization is based. The team has won 12 championship in many categories including Spanish Formula 3, World Series by Nissan, and GP2 Series.

Notable former Racing Engineering drivers include Sebastian Vettel, Lucas di Grassi, Alexander Rossi and Justin Wilson.

History

In 2000, Racing Engineering was the first Spanish team to participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, doing so in the GT Class with a Porsche 911 GT3-R.

In ten years of history, the team has won eleven championship titles, which is a record for any motor racing team in such a brief period of time.

Racing Engineering has participated in categories such as the Spanish GT Championship,

World Series by Nissan and more recently, in the GP2 Series
, the main feeder championship for Formula 1.

Racing Engineering participated in the

in 2004.

The team also participated in the

World Series by Nissan
in 2002 and 2003. Winning the team championship in 2002 and were vice-champions in 2003.

In

2005 Racing Engineering embarked in a new adventure and joined the newly created GP2 Series
. Since 2007, all efforts of the Spanish team are solely focused on this championship.

In 2005 Racing Engineering featured the Swiss Neel Jani and the recently crowned Spanish Formula 3 champion Borja Garcia. The team finished the season fifth in the teams’ championship.

For

2006, Racing Engineering signed Briton Adam Carroll and the young Spanish Javier Villa
. The team finished the year in seventh position.

2007, Racing Engineering continued its GP2 participation with the young Javier Villa
, who once more was the youngest driver in the field. The Spaniard celebrated three victories in the Racing Engineering car.

For the

2008 season, the drivers were Javier Villa, in his third season in the championship with the team, and Giorgio Pantano, another veteran.[4]
Pantano celebrated an amazing season and claimed the drivers' title, whilst the team finished in fourth position.

2009 season, Racing Engineering signed the young Spaniard Dani Clos for his debut in the category and Brazilian Lucas di Grassi
, who was also the third driver for the Renault F1 Team. The Spanish rookie achieved his first podium at the Portimao round, whilst Di Grassi was third in the championship and, for the 2010 season, graduated to F1.

For the

2010 season Dani Clos continued with the team. Whilst continuing with their policy of having an experienced driver and giving a chance to a rookie, Racing Engineering signed the German newcomer Christian Vietoris, vice-champion of the 2009 F3 Euroseries. Dani Clos
has been in the fight for the drivers’ championship right up until the penultimate round, having achieved pole position in Monaco and having won the sprint race in Istanbul, as well as finishing on the podium several times during the season.
Christian Vietoris achieved his first win in the championship during the sprint race in Monza after a rocket start.[5] For the last round in Abu Dhabi, Vietoris suffered an appendicitis at the last minute, with Racing engineering being able to secure Ho-Pin Tung as a replacement just in time for the practice session. Dani Clos ended the season just one point shy of being third in the championship, whilst Racing Engineering finished the season in fourth position in the teams' table.
For the 2011 GP2 season, Racing Engineering competed in the
main series, replacing Berthon, but was then injured and sat out four races, for which he was replaced by Álvaro Parente. After Vietoris' return, he won two races and finished ninth in the drivers' championship, ahead of Clos (ninth) and Parente (16th), who also raced for the Carlin team later in the year. Racing Engineering finished a career-best third in the teams' championship, behind Addax and DAMS
.

In 2012, Racing Engineering signed

2012 season
, the Asia Series having been discontinued. Leimer finished seventh in the drivers' championship with six podium finishes, a pole position and two fastest laps; Berthon was twelfth with two second-placed finishes. The team manage to get to fourth place in the teams' championship.

In 2013 Racing Engineering finished the GP2 Team’s Championship in third with Fabio Leimer and Julián Leal behind the wheels of the Spanish team’s cars. The young Swiss Fabio Leimer was crowned 2013 GP2 Champion at the YAS Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, while his teammate Julián Leal finished the season as 12th in the overall standings.

In 2014, the team signed

2014 season
. The team achieved three victories and finished fourth in the teams' championship, with Coletti finishing 6th and Marciello 8th in the drivers' championship.

For 2015, Racing Engineering signed

Alexander Rossi for a drive in the 2015 season.[6]
The team finished second in the standings with Rossi scoring three wins and finishing runner-up.

The team retained King for the 2016 season whilst signing Norman Nato and retained second in the championship with four wins from the pair.

For the

2017 season, Nyck de Vries and Gustav Malja
were signed to the team.

The 2018 season sees the Spanish team compete in the European Le Mans Series, which means a return to endurance racing for Racing Engineering. The team will compete with an LMP2 car.

For the 2019 season, Racing Engineering will compete in the

Spanish Formula Three championship with the team in 2001, returns to the team to compete in the No. 48 Ford Mustang in the Elite 1 class.[1] He will be partnered by 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year Myatt Snider in the Elite 2 class.[3] The team would also field Romain Iannetta and Eric Clément in the No. 88 Ford Mustang in the Elite 1 and Elite 2 class respectively.[2]

Results

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1

Year Car No. Drivers Races Wins Poles FLaps Points D.C.
2019 Ford Mustang 48 Spain Ander Vilariño 4* 2* 2* 1* 123* 5th*
88 France Romain Iannetta 4* 0* 0* 0* 82* 16th*

* Season still in progress.

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 2

Year Car No. Drivers Races Wins Poles FLaps Points D.C.
2019 Ford Mustang 48 United States Myatt Snider 4* 0* 2* 2* 101* 6th*
88 France Eric Clément 2* 0* 0* 0* 15* 32nd*

* Season still in progress.

European Le Mans Series

Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles FLaps Points D.C. T.C.
2018 Oreca 07 France Norman Nato
France Paul Petit
France Olivier Pla
France Matthieu Vaxivière
6 1 0 2 66 - 2nd

FIA Formula 2 Championship

Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles FLaps Points D.C. T.C.
2017
Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome
Switzerland Louis Delétraz 14 0 0 0 16 17th 8th
Netherlands Nyck de Vries 8 1 0 1 114 7th
Sweden Gustav Malja 22 0 0 0 44 11th

† Delétraz and De Vries exchanged their seats at Racing Engineering and Rapax, respectively.

GP2 Series

Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.L. Points D.C. T.C.
2005
Dallara GP2/05-Mecachrome
Switzerland Neel Jani 23 2 1 0 48 7th 5th
Spain Borja García 22 0 0 0 17.5 14th
2006
Dallara GP2/05-Mecachrome
United Kingdom Adam Carroll 21 0 1 0 33 8th 7th
Spain Javier Villa 21 0 0 0 0 26th
2007
Dallara GP2/05-Mecachrome
Spain Javier Villa 21 3 0 0 42 5th 6th
Brazil Sérgio Jimenez 5 0 0 0 4 24th
Ernesto Viso
3 0 0 0 0 29th
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 2 0 0 0 0 32nd
Spain Marcos Martínez 8 0 0 0 5 22nd
2008
Dallara GP2/08-Mecachrome
Spain Javier Villa 20 0 0 0 8 17th 4th
Italy Giorgio Pantano 20 4 4 4 76 1st
2009
Dallara GP2/08-Mecachrome
Brazil Lucas di Grassi 20 1 1 1 63 3rd 4th
Spain Dani Clos 20 0 0 0 4 21st
2010
Dallara GP2/08-Mecachrome
Spain Dani Clos 20 1 1 1 51 4th 4th
Germany Christian Vietoris 18 1 0 0 29 9th
China Ho-Pin Tung 2 0 0 0 0 28th
2011
Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome
Spain Dani Clos 18 0 0 0 30 9th 3rd
Germany Christian Vietoris 14 2 1 2 35 7th
Portugal Álvaro Parente 4 0 0 0 8 16th
2012
Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome
Switzerland Fabio Leimer 23 0 1 2 152 7th 4th
France Nathanaël Berthon 23 0 0 0 60 12th
2013
Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome
Switzerland Fabio Leimer 23 3 1 1 201 1st 3rd
Colombia Julián Leal 23 0 0 0 62 12th
2014
Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome
Italy Raffaele Marciello 20 1 1 0 74 8th 4th
Monaco Stefano Coletti 20 2 0 5 115 6th
2015
Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome
United Kingdom Jordan King 21 0 0 1 60 12th 2nd
Alexander Rossi
21 3 1 0 181.5 2nd
2016
Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome
France Norman Nato 22 2 1 1 136 5th 2nd
United Kingdom Jordan King 22 2 0 1 122 7th

† Tung also competed in 14 races for DAMS in 2010.
‡ Parente also competed in 8 races for Carlin in 2011.

World Series by Nissan

World Series by Nissan results[7]
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C.
2002 Dallara SN01-Nissan France Franck Montagny 18 4 3 2 222 2nd 1st
United Kingdom Justin Wilson 18 2 2 1 173 4th
2003 Dallara SN01-Nissan France Stéphane Sarrazin 18 1 2 4 110 7th 2nd
Belgium Bas Leinders 18 2 2 1 128 3rd

Spanish Formula 3

Spanish Formula Three results[8]
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C.
2001
Dallara F300-Toyota Spain Ander Vilariño 13 6 7 7 196 1st 1st
France Benjamin Poron 6 0 0 0 28 18th
Spain Daniel Martin 8 1 1 2 157 2nd
2002
Dallara F300-Toyota Portugal Álvaro Parente 13 1 1 1 139 4th 1st
Spain Andy Soucek 13 0 1 0 118 8th
France Lucas Lasserre 13 3 0 1 183 2nd
2003
Dallara F300-Toyota Spain Pedro Barral 13 0 0 1 97 8th 1st
Ricardo Mauricio
13 6 4 2 192 1st
Germany Dennis Furchheim 5 0 0 0 28 16th
Spain Juan Antonio del Pino 5 0 0 0 76 10th
Belgium Jan Heylen 2 0 0 0
Portugal Lourenço da Veiga 12 0 0 0 89 9th
2004
Dallara F300-Toyota Spain Borja Garcia 13 9 8 8 149 1st 1st
United Kingdom Steven Kane 12 1 1 2 100 3rd
Maria de Villota
12 0 0 0 13 12th
Spain Emilio de Villota Jr. 2 0 0 0
2005
Dallara F305-Toyota
Spain Javier Villa 15 3 3 5 96 4th 1st
Argentina Ricardo Risatti 15 4 5 4 96 3rd
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 12 1 1 0 52 6th
Germany Sebastian Vettel 1 0 0 0 8 15th
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi 2 0 0 0
2006
Dallara F305-Toyota
Marcos Martinez Ucha
14 1 0 0 28 10th 1st
Spain Javier Villa 2 0 0 0 10 15th
Nicolas Prost
16 1 0 0 83 4th
Spain Miguel Molina 15 1 0 0 73 6th
Brazil Sérgio Jimenez 16 1 1 1 74 5th

Reference: GP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results Archived 2008-01-19 at the Wayback Machine

Results in detail

GP2 Series

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

Year Chassis
Engine
Tyres
Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 T.C. Points
2005
GP2/05
Renault
B
SMR
FEA
SMR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
MAG
FEA
MAG
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
5th 65.5
Switzerland Neel Jani 6 15 4 5 Ret 6 13† 5 4 5 6 Ret 22 1 4 Ret Ret 7 1 16 18 16 13
Spain Borja García Ret 10 Ret 10 10† Ret EX Ret 12 17 9 17 5 11 Ret 3 5 Ret 10 6 2 19 17
2006
GP2/05
Renault
B
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SMR
FEA
SMR
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
MAG
FEA
MAG
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
7th 33
United Kingdom Adam Carroll 14 Ret Ret 12 3 5 10 12 Ret 3 2 20 14 6 8 7 Ret 6 3 Ret Ret
Spain Javier Villa 18 9 13 18 9 20 14 15 Ret 14 13 17 16 11 13 Ret 15† 15 16 9 Ret
2007
GP2/05
Renault
B
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MAG
FEA
MAG
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
6th 51
Spain Javier Villa Ret 10 8 2 Ret 7 1 13 22† 8 1 8 1 12 Ret 6 Ret 4 15 8 2
Brazil Sérgio Jimenez 19† Ret 7 5 17†
Ernesto Viso
Ret DNS 14 8
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 15 14
Spain Marcos Martínez DNQ DNQ 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 22
2008
GP2/08
Renault
B
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
FEA
MAG
FEA
MAG
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
4th 84
Spain Javier Villa 14 6 7 15 14 13 14 10 13 Ret 10† 5 13 6 Ret 5 17 8 Ret EX
Italy Giorgio Pantano 4 3 1 4 Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 3 1 Ret 14 5 14 3 DSQ EX 10 5
2009
GP2/08
Renault
B
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
FEA
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
ALG
FEA
ALG
SPR
4th 67
Brazil Lucas di Grassi Ret 10 4 4 8 1 2 19 7 Ret 2 3 19† Ret 3 Ret 3 2 3 15
Spain Dani Clos Ret 19 Ret Ret 12 7 13 Ret 16 8 11 11 Ret Ret 10 Ret 15 Ret 9 3
2010
GP2/08
Renault
B
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
4th 80
Spain Dani Clos 3 6 3 Ret 8 1 5 7 3 3 4 6 16 7 Ret DNS Ret 12 4 4
Germany Christian Vietoris Ret 18 14 DNS 7 Ret 12 Ret 6 10 Ret 10 2 2 11 Ret 4 1
China Ho-Pin Tung Ret 13
2011
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
3rd 73
Spain Dani Clos 8 15 6 2 Ret 18 4 5 6 2 7 Ret 10 Ret 6 6 13 7
Germany Christian Vietoris 11 Ret Ret 13 2 Ret Ret 4 8 10 1 13 6 1
Portugal Álvaro Parente 11 7 2 16
2012 SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
BHR1
FEA
BHR1
SPR
BHR2
FEA
BHR2
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MRN
FEA
MRN
SPR
4th 212
Switzerland Fabio Leimer 4 6 7 12 2 8 12 11 18 Ret 4 3 14 9 2 4 9 14 Ret 5 5 2 3 3
France Nathanaël Berthon 11 8 21† Ret 12 10 5 2 9 7 6 5 12 14 15 9 7 2 14 19 15 15 10 15
2013 SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MRN
FEA
MRN
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
3rd 263
Colombia Julián Leal 5 Ret 19 16 13 25† Ret 14 8 4 22 12 15 21 6 2 5 3 Ret 12 16 10
Switzerland Fabio Leimer 1 12 1 9 18 9 Ret 13 4 15 4 3 4 3 4 5 1 6 5 3 4 3
2014 BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SOC
FEA
SOC
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
4th 210
Italy Raffaele Marciello 18 24 Ret 16 12 19 3 3 Ret Ret 17 Ret 19 8 1 14 Ret 18 3 Ret 11 7
Monaco Stefano Coletti 4 23 16 8 Ret 9 4 2 4 2 4 1 18 Ret Ret 7 9 2 Ret 8 7 1
2015 BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SOC
FEA
SOC
SPR
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
2nd 241.5
United Kingdom Jordan King 4 9 14 11 9 Ret 12 7 22† 10 6 12 8 2 8 Ret Ret 15 9 6 6 C
United States Alexander Rossi 3 4 3 4 2 7 6 8 2 4 12 20 6 1 1 Ret 1 6 18 9 4 C
2016
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
BAK
FEA
BAK
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
2nd 258
France Norman Nato 1 16 2 6 Ret Ret 7 12 7 22† 7 3 Ret 18 Ret 8 5 1 3 Ret 6 5
United Kingdom Jordan King 7 3 Ret 16 12† 4 8 1 8 1 8 2 15 11 2 12 7 4 5 14 13 10

GP2 Final

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

Year Chassis
Engine
Tyres
Drivers 1 2 T.C. Points
2011 YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
2nd 13
Switzerland Fabio Leimer 1 10
France Nathanaël Berthon 9 19

GP2 Asia Series

Year Chassis
Engine
Tyres
Drivers 1 2 3 4 T.C. Points
2011 YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
IMO
FEA
IMO
SPR
9th 8
France Nathanaël Berthon Ret 14 Ret 13
Spain Dani Clos Ret 22 7 1

FIA Formula 2 Championship

Year Chassis
Engine
Tyres
Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 T.C. Points
2017 BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
BAK
FEA
BAK
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
JER
FEA
JER
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
8th 87
Switzerland Louis Delétraz 20 12 11 14 14 16 Ret 16 17 13 12 13 10 12
Netherlands Nyck de Vries 5 2 18 12 13 6 4 9
Sweden Gustav Malja 18 13 7 6 6 3 11 13 12 15 14 9 13 NC 4 11 8 18 14 18 11 17

Timeline

Former series
Spanish Formula Three Championship 2001–2006
World Series by Nissan
2002-2003
GP2 Asia
2011
GP2 Series 2005–2016
FIA Formula 2 Championship 2017
European Le Mans Series 2018
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
2019

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