EuroInternational is a racing organization (which includes Italian division EuroInternational Srl and American division EuroInternational Inc.[1]) owned by Antonio Ferrari.

History

Originally known as Euromotorsport, the team made its CART debut in 1989 with Jean-Pierre Frey at Phoenix.[2] After Frey was unable to complete the USAC Rookie Orientation Program at Indianapolis, the team signed Davy Jones, who qualified for the Indianapolis 500 and finished in 7th place in his only appearance for the team that year.[3]

The team went on to compete in the CART Indy Car World Series, often fielding a number of European pay drivers, from 1989 to 1994. The team's best finish was 4th place in the 1993 Detroit Grand Prix by Andrea Montermini. The team attempted to qualify its drivers for the Indianapolis 500 a number of times, but only succeeded three times, with Davy Jones in 1989 and 1993 and Mike Groff in 1992.

The team planned to enter Juri Nurminen in the 1995 CART season,[4] but they did not appear at any of the races. By this time, the team was also racing in the IMSA series and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, racing a Ferrari 333SP. During 1996, the team raced an Osella sports car in IMSA and entered the 1996 Indianapolis 500 as Osella USA, naming Russ Wicks as driver. However, they did not appear at the event due to a lack of sponsorship.[5]

The team changed its name to EuroInternational in 1997 and moved to the IRL IndyCar Series and fielded a car in two races for Billy Roe, including the 1997 Indianapolis 500.

EuroInternational was away from racing for a few years before resurfacing in Formula Renault and Formula BMW USA. The team was rumored to return to Champ Car in 2006[6] but the team never came to fruition. In 2007, the team announced that it had purchased the assets of Alan Sciuto Racing and was preparing to compete in the 2008 Champ Car Atlantic Series with Italian driver Edoardo Piscopo.[7] As the season began, the team fielded a pair of cars for Daniel Morad and Luis Schiavo rather than one for Piscopo.

In 2008 the team also began fielding the Superleague Formula teams for SC Corinthians and Atlético Madrid driven by Antônio Pizzonia and Andy Soucek.

They did not continue in either the Atlantic Championship or Superleague Formula in 2009.

List of drivers

The following drivers made at least one race start in CART for Euromotorsport:

Results

Complete CART Indy Car World Series results

(key)

YearChassisEngineDriversNo.1234567891011121314151617
1989PHXLBHINDYMILDETPORCLEMEATORMCHPOCMDOROANAZLAG
Lola T88/00Cosworth DFX V8tJean-Pierre Frey5021WthDNQDNQ
Davy Jones7
Scott Atchison172714
Guido Daccò1326261226
Tero Palmroth25
1990PHXLBHINDYMILDETPORCLEMEATORMCHDENVANMDOROANAZLAG
Lola T88/00Cosworth DFX V8tGuido Daccò5012DNQDNQ
Rich VoglerDNQ
Mike GroffDNQ
Lola T89/00Cosworth DFS V8tDNQ1523926
Lola T90/00111114221017715
1991SFRLBHPHXINDYMILDETPORCLEMEATORMCHDENVANMDOROANAZLAG
Lola T90/00Cosworth DFS V8tTony de Tommaso42DNQ
Nicola Marozzo22DNSDNQ
Lola T91/00Franco Scapini11
Mike Groff5082316241822111011
Roberto Guerrero18
1992SFRPHXLBHINDYDETPORMILNHATORMCHCLEROAVANMDONAZLAG
Lola T90/00Cosworth DFS V8tVinicio Salmi421820152024
Steve Chassey221919
Tero Palmroth26
Jeff Wood13
Guido Daccò23
Lola T91/00Nicola Marozzo19
5024
Jovy Marcelo141919DNQ
Christian Danner1816161621191320
Mike Groff1413
George Snider24
1993SFRPHXLBHINDYMILDETPORCLETORMCHNHAROAVANMDONAZLAG
Lola T91/00Cosworth DFS V8tAndrea Chiesa4226
Jeff WoodDNQ20DNQDNQ2817282715DNQDNQ
502024DNS
Lola T92/00Chevrolet 265A V8tAndrea Montermini2542719
David Kudrave827242323
42122314
Davy Jones5015
Christian Danner251126
1994SFRPHXLBHINDYMILDETPORCLETORMCHMDONHAVANROANAZLAG
Lola T93/00Ilmor 265C V8tAlessandro Zampedri502222
Lola T92/00Ilmor 265A V8tGiovanni LavaggiDNQ
Jeff WoodWth29232817DNQDNQDNQDNQ
Franck FréonDNQ29
David KudraveDNQDNQ
55DNQ
Lola T93/00Ilmor 265C V8tJeff Andretti17

Complete Indy Racing League results

(key)

YearChassisEngineDriversNo.12345678910
1996–1997NHALSVWDWPHXINDYTXSPPIRCLTNHALSV
Dallara IR-7Oldsmobile Aurora V8Billy Roe501522Wth

Complete Atlantic Championship results

(key)

YearCarDriversNo.1234567891011D.C.Points
2008Swift-Mazda CosworthLBHLAGMTTEDM1EDM2ROA1ROA2TRRNJUTAATL
Luis Schiavo4618RetDNS1614101216720th60
Daniel Morad7069Ret118Ret9612th95

Superleague Formula

YearCarTeamsRacesWinsPolesFast lapsPointsT.C.
2008Panoz DP09-MenardSC Corinthians120012649th
Atlético Madrid900313218th

24 Hours of Le Mans

YearEntrantNo.CarDriversClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
1995Euromotorsport Racing Inc.1Ferrari 333 SPRené Arnoux
Jay Cochran
Massimo Sigala		WSC7DNFDNF
2020EuroInternational11Ligier JS P217-GibsonChristophe d'Ansembourg
Erik Maris
Adrien Tambay		LMP226DNFDNF

References

  1. ^ "Team". Eurointernational Group. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
  2. ^ John., Norwood (1989). Cart 89-90 : the men and machines of indy car racing.. [Place of publication not identified]: Motorbooks Intl. ISBN 0929323033. OCLC 948434838
  3. ^ Carl., Hungness (1989). The Indianapolis 500 Yearbook - 1989. Vol. XVII ed. Speedway, Ind.: Carl Hungness. ISBN 0915088533. OCLC 20603788
  4. ^ Mandel, Leon (1995). "Official PPG Indy Car World Series Fan Guide". AutoWeek. 45-12
  5. ^ "Russ Wicks Official Web Page - Interview May 2000". www.russwicks.com. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  6. ^ Cortes, Cassio, Eurointernational Eyes Partial Champ Car Schedule in '06, Racer Magazine UK, September 2, 2005
  7. ^ RACER, Eurointernational to Field Full-Time Entry for Piscopo, SPEEDtv.com, December 8, 2007