| Category | Single seater |
|---|---|
| Region | Europe |
| Inaugural season | 2010 |
| Folded | 2018 |
| Last Drivers' champion | |
| Last Teams' champion | TS Corse |
| Official website | Official website |
TheV de V Challenge Monoplace is a single-seater racing series active in Europe. The series was founded in 2010 set up byV de V Sports.
The series was founded in 2010 and originally divided into three sub classes. The series saw the light as theTatuus FR2000, which was abundant in Europe, was replaced by theBarazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 in variousFormula Renault series. The Tatuus FR2000 formed Class A along with 1990-2007Formula 3 cars andVan DiemenFormula X cars. During the inaugural season only Tatuus FR2000 competed in Class A. Class B was open for the Tatuus FR1600, 1995-1999 Formula Renault cars,Formula Ford Zetec cars andFormula Renault Campus. Finally, Class C was open forFormula BMW and other single seaters with a motorbike engine.[1]
The inaugural race was run atCircuit de Haute Saingonge nearLa Genétouze, Charente-Maritime. Experienced gentleman racerPhilippe Haezebrouck won Class A and the overall championship. As of 2011 theTatuus N.T07 was accepted in the series. The car previously raced in theInternational Formula Master between 20072007 and2009. The car formed Class A along with older Formula 3 chassis. The Tatuus FR2000 was relegated into Class B along with Formula X. Grids grew in the sophomore season as the series visited Spain for the first time, atJarama andMotorland Aragon.[2] YoungSimon Gachet won Class B and the overall championship, as it was still the most abundant car in the field. For 2012 the class rules were again amended with theColoni CN1/98Formula Nissan added to Class A.Hugo Blanchot won the overall championship scored ten podium finishes in fifteen races.[3] For 2013 the Tatuus FR2000 was further relegated into Class C. As theBarazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 was replaced by the Tatuus FR 2.0-13 the car was accepted in Class B. TatuusFormula Abarth chassis were also added to Class C.John Filippi won the overall championship in a Tatuus N.T07 as the Baraz-Epsilon car became more prominent but was not as fast at the Tatuus.
As of 2014 also current spec Formula Renault cars were allowed by the V de V organisation, starting with the Tatuus FR 2.0-13. The car was allowed in Class A as Formula Master cars and Formula 3 cars were no longer allowed. Italian driverDaniele Cazzaniga won the series in 2014 with eight 2013 spec Formula Renault cars filling the top ten. The following season the class distribution remained the same withDavid Droux winning the overall championship.
| Year | Driver | Car |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Tatuus FR2000 | |
| 2011 | Tatuus FR2000 | |
| 2012 | Tatuus FR2000 | |
| 2013 | Tatuus N.T07 | |
| 2014 | Tatuus FR 2.0-13 | |
| 2015 | Tatuus FR 2.0-13 | |
| 2016 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | |
| 2017 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | |
| 2018 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 |