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Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Srl (also known as Fortec Italia Motorsport, Euronova Racing, VS Racing) is an auto racing team based in Italy.
History
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After retiring from racing, Vincenzo Sospiri decided to collaborate with Fortec Motorsport and Italian investors to create in 2001 Euro Formula 3000 team with Michael Bentwood and Polo Villaamil as racing drivers.[1] In 2002, Sospiri joined forces with David Sears and the team was renamed to Euronova Racing.[4] Euronova entered in Formula Abarth in 2011.[5] The team wanted to return their initial name in 2014, but remained as Euronova.[6]
Former Series Results
[edit]F4 Japanese Championship
[edit]| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Dome F110 |  Takuro Shinohara | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11th | 7th |
 Nicolas Costa | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18th | |||
| Gustavo Myasava | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39th | |||
| 2016 | Dome F110 | Rikiya Kanazawa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | NC |
 Do Yun Hwang | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th | |||
| 2017 | Dome F110 | Rikiya Kanazawa | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22nd | NC |
 Akash Gowda | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th |
Italian F4 Championship
[edit]| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Tatuus F4-T014 |  Leonardo Pulcini | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 187‡ | 4th‡ | 2nd |
| Andrea Fontana | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 116 | 6th | |||
| Ukyo Sasahara | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 17th | |||
| Shinji Sawada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22nd | |||
 Sennan Fielding | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69† | 4th† | |||
 Ivan Matveev | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 9th | 7th | ||
| 2015 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Marino Sato | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 10th | 5th |
 Mauricio Baíz | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 12th | |||
| Simone Cunati | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 19th | |||
| 2016 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Simone Cunati | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 95 | 7th | 6th |
| Marino Sato | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 18th | |||
 Jaden Conwright | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30th |
† Italian F4 Trophy ‡ Shared results with other teams
Timeline
[edit]| Current series | |
|---|---|
| Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 2015-present |
| Italian GT Championship | 2016-2017; 2019-present |
| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | 2021-present |
| Former series | |
| Auto GP | 2001-2006, 2010, 2012-2014 |
| Italian Formula Renault Championship | 2002-2006 |
| Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | 2003-2006; 2013 |
| International Formula Master | 2005; 2007-2008 |
| Formula Abarth | 2011-2013 |
| Italian Formula Three Championship | 2012 |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series | 2013 |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup | 2014 |
| Italian F4 Championship | 2014-2016 |
| F4 Japanese Championship | 2015-2017 |
| Asian Le Mans Series | 2016-2017 |
| Blancpain GT Series Asia | 2017, 2019 |
| International GT Open | 2018-2019, 2021 |
| GT Cup Open Europe | 2019 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Fortec Italia Motorsport to enter Euro F3000". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 19 February 2001. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Story". Euronova Racing. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ "Euronova Racing will be on the Auto GP grid". autogp.org. 2010-02-04. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
- ^ "Sospiri and Sears reunite in Euronova venture". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 8 February 2002. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Euronova firma con Brena". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ^ "Nine teams set for 2014 Auto GP". Auto GP. Auto GP Organisation. 2 February 2014. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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