R-ace GP

Founded	2011
Base	Fontenay-le-Comte
Teamprincipal(s)	Thibaut de Mérindol
Teams' Championships	FR2.0 Eurocup 2017[1] FR2.0 NEC 2017[2] FR2.0 Eurocup 2018[3] FR2.0 Nec 2018 FR2.0 Eurocup 2019 FRECA 2021 FRMEC 2024 F4 Middle East 2025
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 F4MEC 2025 :Emanuele Olivieri 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 anauto racing team fromFrance, involved in many areas ofmotorsport, specifically those involvingRenault. They are currently competing in the Formula Regional European Championship, Formula Regional Middle East, F4 Middle East, Italian F4, Euro 4 and Michelin Le Mans Cup in LMP3.

R-ace GP was founded in 2011 by Thibaut de Merindol and Cyril Comte.^[4] They partook in theEurocup andNEC championships ofFormula Renault 2.0. Their driver line-up includedNorman Nato, Pieter Schothorst and Côme Ledogar.^[5] 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 ofAndrea Pizzitola,Red Bull JuniorPierre Gasly and theMcLaren-backedNyck de Vries.^[6] 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 withART Grand Prix and was renamed the ART Junior Team.^[7] Pizzitola remained withAlexandre Baron,Nico Jamin, Tanart Sathienthirakul, Alberto di Folco andEsteban Ocon joining the team. The team finished runners-up toTech 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 ofAurélien Panis, Callan O'Keefe, Levin Amweg andSimon 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 andWill Palmer (Eurocup only) formed the team's 2015 line-up. The team finished as runners-up toJosef 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 newcomerJulien Falchero andMarcus 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 withRobert Shwartzman andItalian F4 driverRaúl Guzman joining the team.^{[8][9][10][11]} For the2017 NEC Championship, the team signed three drivers from the2016 French F4 Championship, vice champion Gilles Magnus, third-place finisherMichael Benyahia and race winner Théo Coicaud with karting champion Charles Milesi making his single-seater debut with the team.^[9]

In 2018, R-ace GP puts his title back on the line with a new line-up.Max Fewtrell andVictor Martins, both in theRenault Sport Academy,^[12][13][14] Logan Sargeant and Charles Milesi continued in Eurocup.^[15] In the NEC championship, Gabriel Gandulia joins the team.^[16]

For the2019 season, the team signed returneesOscar Piastri and Aleksandr Smolyar and reigningFrench F4 champion andRenault junior Caio Collet.^[17][18][19] R-ace GP also expanded into theADAC Formula 4 Championship, fielding Gregoire Saucy and László Tóth.^[20] The team will also take part in 3 meetings ofItalian F4 Championship. The team won the triple crown in Eurocup^[21] 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 theToyota Racing Series, collaborating with MTEC Motorsport for the2020 season.^[22]

In 2020, R-ace GP is bringing Caio Collet back to Formula Renault Eurocup. He is joined by Petr Ptacek. Competing with Victor Martins for the title, the Brazilian finished runner-up. In ADAC Formula 4, R-ace GP is continuing its development and has put its faith in Victor Bernier, Kirill Smal, Artem Lobanenko and Roe Meyuhas.

In 2021, with Hadrien David, Zane Maloney, Isack Hadjar and Léna Bühler, the team won the team title in Formula Regional. David also finished second in the drivers' standings.

In 2022 and 2023, the team was runner-up in the Formula Regional Championship.

In 2024, the team took part in the Formula Middle East Regional Championship, winning the Team Champion and Driver Champion titles. Tuukka Taponen also won the Rookie Champion title. That same year, the team also took part in the Michelin Le Mans Cup, finishing runner-up.

In 2025, R-ace GP won three F4 Middle East titles: Team Champion, Driver Champion (with Emanuele Olivieri) and Driver Vice-Champion (with Mercedes junior driver Alex Powell). The team also finished runner-up in the Formula Regional Middle East, with Ugo Ugochukwu finishing third in the drivers' standings. For its return to the Michelin Le Mans Cup, R-ace GP has announced three Duqueine D09 LMP3s.

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
		László Tóth	9	0	0	0	0	0	38th
2020	Tatuus F4-T014	Kirill Smal	2	0	0	0	0	30†	15th†	13th
		Victor Bernier	3	0	0	0	0	1	28th
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
2024	Tatuus F4-T421	Luka Sammalisto	15	0	0	0	0	11	18th	6th
		Enzo Yeh	21	0	0	0	0	6	23rd

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

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

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
		Matteo Quintarelli	3	0	0	0	0	0	30th
2024	Tatuus F4-T421	Luka Sammalisto	6	0	0	0	0	4	20th	7th
		Enzo Yeh	9	0	0	0	0	0	25th

Year	Chassis	Tyres	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F. Laps	Podiums	D.C.	Pts	T.C.	Pts
2021	Tatuus F3 T-318-Alpine	P	Isack Hadjar	20	2	1	3	6	5th	166	1st	481
			Hadrien David	20	2	1	2	9	2nd	209
			Léna Bühler	17	0	0	0	0	38th	0
			Zane Maloney	20	1	1	1	8	4th	170
			Sami Meguetounif	4	0	0	0	0	NC	0
2022	Tatuus F3 T-318-Alpine	P	Léna Bühler	3	0	0	0	0	39th	0	2nd	421
			Lorenzo Fluxá	19	0	0	0	1	12th	49
			Hadrien David	20	3	3	4	7	4th	222
			Gabriel Bortoleto	20	2	2	1	5	6th	174
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
2024	Tatuus F3 T-318-Alpine	P	Tuukka Taponen	20	4	3	2	7	3rd	198	2nd	312
			Zachary David	20	0	0	0	1	13th	57
			Enzo Deligny	20	0	0	0	0	12th	61

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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	3F	1P F	2	21	4	6	11	7	9	12	6	9	4	12	13	2F	1
	Hadrien David	3F	4	12	Ret	4	3	1F	10	3	12	2	3	2	Ret	7	6	23	6	1P	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	1P 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	1P	2	6	4F	12F	7	8	1P	18	2F	13	1P	2F	2	8	4
	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
	Martinius Stenshorne	1P F	2	7	12	1P	1F	3	17	1P F	3	3	4	18	17	3	Ret	4	6	2	1
	Tim Tramnitz	6	RetP	1	1P	8	16	2	2P	3	7	4	3	3	12	Ret	3	6	4	1F	2P
	Matías Zagazeta	13	5	14	23	27	Ret	20	23	20	24†	24	19	22	21	21	27	15	10	Ret	23
2024		HOC 1	HOC 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	MUG 1	MUG 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	2nd	312
	Tuukka Taponen	2	9	13	5	1	6	1P F	1P F	1P	4	5	Ret	2	Ret	12	Ret	2	Ret	9	Ret
	Zachary David	Ret	16	3	12	8	18	7	12	12	6	16	7	27	4	Ret	9	21	13	14	8
	Enzo Deligny	10	4	9	8	6	12	14	5	18	17	19	5	4	Ret	16	Ret	12	9	15	16

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
2025	Tatuus F3 T-318	Ugo Ugochukwu	15	1	1	2	6	205	3rd	2nd
		Enzo Deligny	15	1	0	2	3	147	5th
		Jin Nakamura	15	1	0	0	2	94	10th
		Akshay Bohra	15	1	0	1	1	48	14th

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2025	Tatuus F4-T421	Emanuele Olivieri	15	6	5	9	13	339	1st	1st
		Alex Powell	15	5	4	2	9	281	2nd
		Oleksandr Savinkov	15	0	0	0	0	64	11th
		Emily Cotty	15	0	0	0	0	3	21st

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 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 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†

^† Guest driver (ineligible for points)

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fast laps	Points	D.C.
2020	Tatuus FT-60	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

ADAC Formula 4 results
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/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 Révész	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2022	Tatuus F4-T421	Frederik Lund	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC†	N/A†
		Marcos Flack	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC†

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

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

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
		Raphaël Narac	3	0	0	1	1	28	13th

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

† Shared results withSaintéloc Racing

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