R-ace GP

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, 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 the Eurocup and NEC championships of Formula Renault 2.0. Their driver line-up included Norman 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.

In 2012, the team entered with a line-up of Andrea Pizzitola, Red Bull Junior Pierre Gasly and the McLaren-backed Nyck 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.

The following year, the team formed a close collaboration with ART Grand Prix and was renamed the ART Junior Team.^[7] 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.^{[8][9][10][11]} 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.^[9]

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,^[12][13][14] Logan Sargeant and Charles Milesi continued in Eurocup.^[15] In the NEC championship, Gabriel Gandulia joins the team.^[16]

For the 2019 season, the team signed returnees Oscar Piastri and Aleksandr Smolyar and reigning French F4 champion and Renault junior Caio Collet.^[17][18][19] R-ace GP also expanded into the ADAC Formula 4 Championship, fielding Gregoire Saucy and László Tóth.^[20] The team will also take part in 3 meetings of Italian 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 the Toyota Racing Series, collaborating with MTEC Motorsport for the 2020 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.

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

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

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

^† Guest driver (ineligible for points)

^† Guest driver (ineligible for points)

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

† Shared results with Saintéloc Racing

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