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| Founded | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Alfonso de Orleans-Borbón |
| Folded | 2019 |
| Base | Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain |
| Teamprincipal(s) | Alfonso de Orleans-Borbón |
| Current series | NASCAR Whelen Euro Series |
| Former series | FIA Formula 2 Championship GP2 Series World Series by Nissan Spanish F3 European Le Mans Series |
| Current drivers | Elite 1: 48. 88. Elite 2: 48. 88. |
| Teams' Championships | Spanish Formula 3: 2001-2006 World Series by Nissan: 2002 |
| Drivers' Championships | Spanish Formula 3: 2001:Ander Vilariño 2003:Ricardo Mauricio 2004:Borja Garcia GP2 Series: 2008:Giorgio Pantano 2013:Fabio Leimer |
| Website | racing-engineering.com |
Racing Engineering is a Spanishracing team founded in 1999 byAlfonso de Orleans-Borbón that currently competes in theNASCAR Whelen Euro Series. The team's headquarters are located inSanlúcar de Barrameda, nearJerez, where all car preparation and race team organization is based. The team has won 12 championships in many categories, including Spanish Formula 3, World Series by Nissan, and GP2 Series. Notable former Racing Engineering drivers includeSebastian Vettel,Lucas di Grassi,Alexander Rossi andJustin Wilson.
In 2000, Racing Engineering was the first Spanish team to participate in the24 Hours of Le Mans, doing so in the GT Class with aPorsche 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,Spanish Formula Three, in which Racing Engineering won all six consecutive championships in which it participated,World Series by Nissan and more recently, in theGP2 Series, the main feeder championship for Formula 1.
Racing Engineering participated in theSpanish Formula Three championship between 2001 and 2006 and were team champions in each of those years. The team featured names such asNicolas Prost,Sebastian Vettel,Sébastien Buemi,Ricardo Mauricio,Álvaro Parente andMiguel Molina among their drivers. They also achieved the drivers’ title withAnder Vilariño in 2001,Ricardo Mauricio in 2003 andBorja Garcia in 2004.
The team also participated in theWorld Series by Nissan in 2002 and 2003. Winning the team championship in 2002 and were vice-champions in 2003.
In2005 Racing Engineering embarked in a new adventure and joined the newly createdGP2 Series. Since 2007, all efforts of the Spanish team are solely focused on this championship.
In 2005 Racing Engineering featured the SwissNeel Jani and the recently crowned Spanish Formula 3 championBorja Garcia. The team finished the season fifth in the teams’ championship.
For2006, Racing Engineering signed BritonAdam Carroll and the young SpanishJavier Villa. The team finished the year in seventh position.

In2007, Racing Engineering continued its GP2 participation with the youngJavier Villa, who once more was the youngest driver in the field. The Spaniard celebrated three victories in the Racing Engineering car.
For the2008 season, the drivers wereJavier Villa, in his third season in the championship with the team, andGiorgio Pantano, another veteran.[4] Pantano celebrated an amazing season and claimed the drivers' title, whilst the team finished in fourth position.

For the2009 season, Racing Engineering signed the young SpaniardDani Clos for his debut in the category and BrazilianLucas 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 the2010 seasonDani 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 newcomerChristian 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 theAsia Series for the first time, withNathanaël Berthon joining Clos on the driving strength. Clos took victory in the final race of the truncated season, elevating the team to ninth in the championship. Vietoris returned for themain series, replacing Berthon, but was then injured and sat out four races, for which he was replaced byÁlvaro 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 theCarlin team later in the year. Racing Engineering finished a career-best third in the teams' championship, behindAddax andDAMS.
In 2012, Racing Engineering signedFabio Leimer and rookieNathanaël Berthon for the2012 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 withFabio Leimer andJulián Leal behind the wheels of the Spanish team’s cars. The young Swiss Fabio Leimer was crowned 2013 GP2 Champion at theYAS Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, while his teammate Julián Leal finished the season as 12th in the overall standings.
In 2014, the team signedStefano Coletti andFerrari juniorRaffaele Marciello as their drivers for the2014 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 signedJordan King as one of their drivers. On February 27, the team confirmedAlexander 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 the2016 season whilst signingNorman Nato and retained second in the championship with four wins from the pair.
For the2017 season,Nyck de Vries andGustav Malja were signed to the team.
The2018 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 theNASCAR Whelen Euro Series. Three-time Euro Series championAnder Vilariño, who won theSpanish Formula Three championship with the team in 2001, returns to the team to compete in the No. 48Ford Mustang in the Elite 1 class.[1] He will be partnered by2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck SeriesRookie of the YearMyatt Snider in the Elite 2 class.[3] The team would also fieldRomain Iannetta and Eric Clément in the No. 88Ford Mustang in the Elite 1 and Elite 2 class respectively.[2]
| Year | Car | No. | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Points | D.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Ford Mustang | 48 | 4* | 2* | 2* | 1* | 123* | 5th* | |
| 88 | 4* | 0* | 0* | 0* | 82* | 16th* |
* Season still in progress.
| Year | Car | No. | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Points | D.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Ford Mustang | 48 | 4* | 0* | 2* | 2* | 101* | 6th* | |
| 88 | 2* | 0* | 0* | 0* | 15* | 32nd* |
* Season still in progress.
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Oreca 07 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | - | 2nd |
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 17th | 8th | |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 7th | ||||
| 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 11th |
† Delétraz and De Vries exchanged their seats at Racing Engineering and Rapax, respectively.
† Tung also competed in 14 races forDAMS in 2010.
‡ Parente also competed in 8 races forCarlin in 2011.
| World Series by Nissan results[7] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2002 | Dallara SN01-Nissan | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 222 | 2nd | 1st | |
| 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 173 | 4th | ||||
| 2003 | Dallara SN01-Nissan | 18 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 110 | 7th | 2nd | |
| 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 128 | 3rd | ||||
| Spanish Formula Three results[8] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2001 | Dallara F300-Toyota | 13 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 196 | 1st | 1st | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 18th | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 157 | 2nd | ||||
| 2002 | Dallara F300-Toyota | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 139 | 4th | 1st | |
| 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 118 | 8th | ||||
| 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 183 | 2nd | ||||
| 2003 | Dallara F300-Toyota | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 8th | 1st | |
| 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 192 | 1st | ||||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 16th | ||||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 10th | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 9th | ||||
| 2004 | Dallara F300-Toyota | 13 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 149 | 1st | 1st | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 100 | 3rd | ||||
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12th | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2005 | Dallara F305-Toyota | 15 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 96 | 4th | 1st | |
| 15 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 96 | 3rd | ||||
| 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 6th | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15th | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2006 | Dallara F305-Toyota | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10th | 1st | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15th | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 4th | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 6th | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 5th | ||||
Reference:GP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete resultsArchived 2008-01-19 at theWayback Machine
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Chassis Engine Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | T.C. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | GP2/11 Mecachrome P | YMC FEA | YMC SPR | 2nd | 13 | |
| 1 | 10 | |||||
| 9 | 19 |
| Year | Chassis Engine Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T.C. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | GP2/11 Mecachrome P | YMC FEA | YMC SPR | IMO FEA | IMO SPR | 9th | 8 | |
| Ret | 14 | Ret | 13 | |||||
| Ret | 22 | 7 | 1 |
| 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 | GP2/11 Mecachrome P | 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 | |
| 20 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 16 | Ret | 16 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 13 | NC | 4 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 17 |
| 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 |