Racing Engineering
Founded1999
Folded2019
BaseSanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain
FoundersAlfonso de Orleans-Borbón
PrincipalAlfonso de Orleans-Borbón
Current seriesNASCAR Whelen Euro Series
Current driversElite 1:
48. Ander Vilariño[1]
88. Romain Iannetta[2]
Elite 2:
48. Myatt Snider[3]
88. Eric Clément
Former seriesFIA Formula 2 Championship
GP2 Series
World Series by Nissan
Spanish F3
European Le Mans Series
Websiteracing-engineering.com
Driver titlesSpanish Formula 3:
2001: Ander Vilariño
2003: Ricardo Mauricio
2004: Borja Garcia
GP2 Series:
2008: Giorgio Pantano
2013: Fabio Leimer
Team titlesSpanish Formula 3:
2001-2006
World Series by Nissan:
2002

Racing Engineering is a Spanish racing team founded in 1999 by Alfonso de Orleans-Borbón that currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. The team's headquarters are located in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, near Jerez, 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 include Sebastian Vettel, Lucas di Grassi, Alexander Rossi and Justin Wilson.

History

In 2000, Racing Engineering was the first Spanish team to participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, doing so in the GT Class with a Porsche 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 the GP2 Series, the main feeder championship for Formula 1.

Racing Engineering participated in the Spanish Formula Three championship between 2001 and 2006 and were team champions in each of those years. The team featured names such as Nicolas Prost, Sebastian Vettel, Sébastien Buemi, Ricardo Mauricio, Álvaro Parente and Miguel Molina among their drivers. They also achieved the drivers’ title with Ander Vilariño in 2001, Ricardo Mauricio in 2003 and Borja Garcia in 2004.

The team also participated in the World Series by Nissan in 2002 and 2003. Winning the team championship in 2002 and were vice-champions in 2003.

In 2005 Racing Engineering embarked in a new adventure and joined the newly created GP2 Series. Since 2007, all efforts of the Spanish team are solely focused on this championship.

In 2005 Racing Engineering featured the Swiss Neel Jani and the recently crowned Spanish Formula 3 champion Borja Garcia. The team finished the season fifth in the teams’ championship.

For 2006, Racing Engineering signed Briton Adam Carroll and the young Spanish Javier Villa. The team finished the year in seventh position.

In 2007, Racing Engineering continued its GP2 participation with the young Javier Villa, who once more was the youngest driver in the field. The Spaniard celebrated three victories in the Racing Engineering car.

For the 2008 season, the drivers were Javier Villa, in his third season in the championship with the team, and Giorgio Pantano, another veteran.[4] Pantano celebrated an amazing season and claimed the drivers' title, whilst the team finished in fourth position.

For the 2009 season, Racing Engineering signed the young Spaniard Dani Clos for his debut in the category and Brazilian Lucas 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 the 2010 season Dani 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 newcomer Christian 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 the Asia Series for the first time, with Nathanaël 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 the main series, replacing Berthon, but was then injured and sat out four races, for which he was replaced by Álvaro 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 the Carlin team later in the year. Racing Engineering finished a career-best third in the teams' championship, behind Addax and DAMS.

In 2012, Racing Engineering signed Fabio Leimer and rookie Nathanaël Berthon for the 2012 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 with Fabio Leimer and Julián Leal behind the wheels of the Spanish team’s cars. The young Swiss Fabio Leimer was crowned 2013 GP2 Champion at the YAS Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, while his teammate Julián Leal finished the season as 12th in the overall standings.

In 2014, the team signed Stefano Coletti and Ferrari junior Raffaele Marciello as their drivers for the 2014 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 signed Jordan King as one of their drivers. On February 27, the team confirmed Alexander 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 the 2016 season whilst signing Norman Nato and retained second in the championship with four wins from the pair.

For the 2017 season, Nyck de Vries and Gustav Malja were signed to the team.

The 2018 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 the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. Three-time Euro Series champion Ander Vilariño, who won the Spanish Formula Three championship with the team in 2001, returns to the team to compete in the No. 48 Ford Mustang in the Elite 1 class.[1] He will be partnered by 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year Myatt Snider in the Elite 2 class.[3] The team would also field Romain Iannetta and Eric Clément in the No. 88 Ford Mustang in the Elite 1 and Elite 2 class respectively.[2]

Results

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1

YearCarNo.DriversRacesWinsPolesFLapsPointsD.C.
2019Ford Mustang48Ander Vilariño4*2*2*1*123*5th*
88Romain Iannetta4*0*0*0*82*16th*

* Season still in progress.

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 2

YearCarNo.DriversRacesWinsPolesFLapsPointsD.C.
2019Ford Mustang48Myatt Snider4*0*2*2*101*6th*
88Eric Clément2*0*0*0*15*32nd*

* Season still in progress.

European Le Mans Series

YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesFLapsPointsD.C.T.C.
2018Oreca 07Norman Nato
Paul Petit
Olivier Pla
Matthieu Vaxivière
610266-2nd

FIA Formula 2 Championship

YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesFLapsPointsD.C.T.C.
Dallara GP2/11-MecachromeLouis Delétraz†140001617th8th
Nyck de Vries†81011147th
Gustav Malja220004411th

† Delétraz and De Vries exchanged their seats at Racing Engineering and Rapax, respectively.

GP2 Series

YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF.L.PointsD.C.T.C.
2005Dallara GP2/05-MecachromeNeel Jani23210487th5th
Borja García2200017.514th
2006Dallara GP2/05-MecachromeAdam Carroll21010338th7th
Javier Villa21000026th
2007Dallara GP2/05-MecachromeJavier Villa21300425th6th
Sérgio Jimenez5000424th
Ernesto Viso3000029th
Filipe Albuquerque2000032nd
Marcos Martínez8000522nd
2008Dallara GP2/08-MecachromeJavier Villa20000817th4th
Giorgio Pantano20444761st
2009Dallara GP2/08-MecachromeLucas di Grassi20111633rd4th
Dani Clos20000421st
2010Dallara GP2/08-MecachromeDani Clos20111514th4th
Christian Vietoris18100299th
Ho-Pin Tung†2000028th
2011Dallara GP2/11-MecachromeDani Clos18000309th3rd
Christian Vietoris14212357th
Álvaro Parente‡4000816th
2012Dallara GP2/11-MecachromeFabio Leimer230121527th4th
Nathanaël Berthon230006012th
2013Dallara GP2/11-MecachromeFabio Leimer233112011st3rd
Julián Leal230006212th
2014Dallara GP2/11-MecachromeRaffaele Marciello20110748th4th
Stefano Coletti202051156th
2015Dallara GP2/11-MecachromeJordan King210016012th2nd
Alexander Rossi21310181.52nd
2016Dallara GP2/11-MecachromeNorman Nato222111365th2nd
Jordan King222011227th

† Tung also competed in 14 races for DAMS in 2010.
‡ Parente also competed in 8 races for Carlin in 2011.

World Series by Nissan

World Series by Nissan results[7]
YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesFast lapsPointsD.C.T.C.
2002Dallara SN01-NissanFranck Montagny184322222nd1st
Justin Wilson182211734th
2003Dallara SN01-NissanStéphane Sarrazin181241107th2nd
Bas Leinders182211283rd

Spanish Formula 3

Spanish Formula Three results[8]
YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesFast lapsPointsD.C.T.C.
2001Dallara F300-ToyotaAnder Vilariño136771961st1st
Benjamin Poron60002818th
Daniel Martin81121572nd
2002Dallara F300-ToyotaÁlvaro Parente131111394th1st
Andy Soucek130101188th
Lucas Lasserre133011832nd
2003Dallara F300-ToyotaPedro Barral13001978th1st
Ricardo Mauricio136421921st
Dennis Furchheim50002816th
Juan Antonio del Pino50007610th
Jan Heylen2000
Lourenço da Veiga12000899th
2004Dallara F300-ToyotaBorja Garcia139881491st1st
Steven Kane121121003rd
Maria de Villota120001312th
Emilio de Villota Jr.2000
2005Dallara F305-ToyotaJavier Villa15335964th1st
Ricardo Risatti15454963rd
Filipe Albuquerque12110526th
Sebastian Vettel1000815th
Sébastien Buemi2000
2006Dallara F305-ToyotaMarcos Martinez Ucha141002810th1st
Javier Villa20001015th
Nicolas Prost16100834th
Miguel Molina15100736th
Sérgio Jimenez16111745th

Reference: GP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results Archived 2008-01-19 at the Wayback Machine

Results in detail

GP2 Series

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

YearChassis
Engine
Tyres
Drivers123456789101112131415161718192021222324T.C.Points
2005GP2/05
Renault
SMR
FEA
SMR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
MAG
FEA
MAG
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
5th65.5
Neel Jani61545Ret613†5456Ret2214RetRet7116181613
Borja GarcíaRet10Ret1010†RetEXRet1217917511Ret35Ret10621917
2006GP2/05
Renault
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SMR
FEA
SMR
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
MAG
FEA
MAG
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
7th33
Adam Carroll14RetRet12351012Ret322014687Ret63RetRet
Javier Villa18913189201415Ret141317161113Ret15†15169Ret
2007GP2/05
Renault
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MAG
FEA
MAG
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
6th51
Javier VillaRet1082Ret711322†818112Ret6Ret41582
Sérgio Jimenez19†Ret7517†
Ernesto VisoRetDNS148
Filipe Albuquerque1514
Marcos MartínezDNQDNQ13RetRetRetRetRet422
2008GP2/08
Renault
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
FEA
MAG
FEA
MAG
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
4th84
Javier Villa1467151413141013Ret10†5136Ret5178RetEX
Giorgio Pantano4314RetRet1Ret131Ret14514†3DSQEX105
2009GP2/08
Renault
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
FEA
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
ALG
FEA
ALG
SPR
4th67
Lucas di GrassiRet1044812197Ret2319†Ret3Ret32315
Dani ClosRet19RetRet12713Ret1681111RetRet10Ret15Ret93
2010GP2/08
Renault
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
4th80
Dani Clos363Ret81573346167RetDNSRet1244
Christian VietorisRet1814DNS7Ret12Ret610Ret102211Ret41
Ho-Pin TungRet13
2011GP2/11
Mecachrome
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
3rd73
Dani Clos81562Ret1845627Ret10Ret66137
Christian Vietoris11RetRet132RetRet481011361
Álvaro Parente117216
2012GP2/11
Mecachrome
SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
BHR1
FEA
BHR1
SPR
BHR2
FEA
BHR2
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MRN
FEA
MRN
SPR
4th212
Fabio Leimer4671228121118Ret4314924914Ret55233
Nathanaël Berthon11821†Ret1210529765121415972141915151015
2013GP2/11
Mecachrome
SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MRN
FEA
MRN
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
3rd263
Julián Leal5Ret19161325†Ret1484221215216253Ret121610
Fabio Leimer11219189Ret13415434345165343
2014GP2/11
Mecachrome
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SOC
FEA
SOC
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
4th210
Raffaele Marciello1824Ret16121933RetRet17Ret198114Ret183Ret117
Stefano Coletti423168Ret942424118RetRet792Ret871
2015GP2/11
Mecachrome
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SOC
FEA
SOC
SPR
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
2nd241.5
Jordan King4914119Ret12722†10612828RetRet15966C
Alexander Rossi34342768241220611Ret161894C
2016GP2/11
Mecachrome
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
BAK
FEA
BAK
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
2nd258
Norman Nato11626RetRet712722†73Ret18Ret8513Ret65
Jordan King73Ret1612†48181821511212745141310

GP2 Final

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

YearChassis
Engine
Tyres
Drivers12T.C.Points
2011GP2/11
Mecachrome
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
2nd13
Fabio Leimer110
Nathanaël Berthon919

GP2 Asia Series

YearChassis
Engine
Tyres
Drivers1234T.C.Points
2011GP2/11
Mecachrome
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
IMO
FEA
IMO
SPR
9th8
Nathanaël BerthonRet14Ret13
Dani ClosRet2271

FIA Formula 2 Championship

YearChassis
Engine
Tyres
Drivers12345678910111213141516171819202122T.C.Points
GP2/11
Mecachrome
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
8th87
Louis Delétraz201211141416Ret16171312131012
Nyck de Vries52181213649
Gustav Malja181376631113121514913NC41181814181117

Timeline

Former series
Spanish Formula Three Championship2001–2006
World Series by Nissan2002-2003
GP2 Asia2011
GP2 Series2005–2016
FIA Formula 2 Championship2017
European Le Mans Series2018
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series2019

References

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