International Draco Racing was a motorsport team. It was most well known for operating in the World Series by Renault, but had also taken part in Formula Opel Lotus, International Formula 3000 and Euro Formula 3000.

Career

Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries Draco was founded in 1989 by Adriano and Nadia Morini, and entered the Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries. In its first year, the Italian takes Brazilian driver Eduar Neto to second place in F. Opel, with five wins. The team continued to be one of the most competitive in the series for the following years, winning the F. Opel championship in 1990 with Rubens Barrichello, 1991 with Pedro Lamy, 1993 with Patrick Crinelli and 1994 with Marco Campos (in 1992, Gualter Salles was second).

International Formula 3000 Draco stayed in Formula Opel until the championship's demise in 1996, but the year before Adriano Morini took his team to Formula 3000, creating the outfit specifically for Marco Campos. Morini took a gamble on the Brazilian driver's talent, but he ultimately lost it when 18-year-old Campos died in the race at Magny-Cours. Draco was never so successful in F3000, even with drivers such as Ricardo Zonta (in 1996) and Bruno Junqueira (in 1998) and left the series after the 1999 season.

Euro Formula 3000 In 2000, Draco moved down to the Italian F3000 Championship (now Euro 3000), for older 1996 cars. This proved to be the wisest move, as Felipe Massa completely dominated the series in 2001, taking the championship title, a performance repeated in 2003 with Augusto Farfus and 2004 with Nicky Pastorelli.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series In 2005, Draco changed series, again, to the World Series by Renault, where their lead drivers Pastor Maldonado and Miloš Pavlović finished third in the 2006 and 2007 seasons. In 2008 the drivers was Bertrand Baguette and Marco Barba. In 2009 the Draco Team won the Formula Renault 3.5 Championship with the Team Title and the Driver Title with Bertrand Baguette. Following funding issues midway through the 2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season, the team closed down at the end of the year.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pts. WCC 2005 ZOL ZOL MON VAL VAL BUG BUG BIL BIL OSC OSC DON DON EST EST MNZ MNZ2nd167 Markus Winkelhock Ret 3 DNS 11 12 1 5 Ret 7 Ret 3 5 1 4 2 3 1 Christian Montanari 7 DNS 1 12 15 12 6 6 10 11 17 2 15 8 5 12 9 2006 ZOL ZOL MON IST IST MIS MIS SPA SPA NÜR NÜR DON DON BUG BUG CAT CAT2nd132 Pastor Maldonado 8 3 1 11 Ret DSQ Ret 1 2 6 22 8 Ret Ret 1 10 2 Tomas Kostka 14 14 8 Ret 15 20 Ret 20 9 Ret 17 Miloš Pavlović 3 8 2 Ret Ret 18 2007 MNZ MNZ NÜR NÜR MON HUN HUN SPA SPA DON DON MAG MAG EST EST CAT CAT2nd160 Miloš Pavlović 6 2 15 24 4 7 2 7 1 11 Ret 4 Ret 9 1 4 4 Álvaro Barba Ret Ret 4 5 19 Ret Ret Ret 17 1 Ret 12 11 3 6 18 Ret 2008 MNZ MNZ SPA SPA MON SIL SIL HUN HUN NÜR NÜR BUG BUG EST EST CAT CAT 6th 93 Bertrand Baguette Ret Ret 1 11 5 6 16 4 4 5 5 Ret 16 Ret 4 Ret 4 Marco Barba 12 8 Ret 20 Ret 12 7 10 7 Ret 10 10 8 6 10 16 Ret 2009 CAT CAT SPA SPA MON HUN HUN SIL SIL BUG BUG ALG ALG NÜR NÜR ALC ALC1st205 Bertrand Baguette 2 Ret 2 2 5 3 6 8 5 1 1 2 5 1 5 1 1 Marco Barba Ret Ret 7 12 16 2 2 10 10 5 7 16 11 8 7 14 6 2010 ALC ALC SPA SPA MON BRN BRN MAG MAG HUN HUN HOC HOC SIL SIL CAT CAT 7th 71 Nathanaël Berthon Ret 3 Ret 10 Ret 8 2 9 1 Ret 13 9 3 Ret Ret 6 12 Omar Leal Ret Ret 11 12 16 4 13 Ret 19 Ret 16 13 9 Ret 10 Ret Ret 2011 ALC ALC SPA SPA MNZ MNZ MON NÜR NÜR HUN HUN SIL SIL LEC LEC CAT CAT 12th 26 Stéphane Richelmi 16 Ret 17 Ret 7 15 16 13 13 15 20 19 20 17 13 Ret Ret André Negrão 14 9 DNS 11 10 10 Ret 6 12 20 Ret Ret 16 15 6 Adrien Tambay DNS Ret 2012 ALC ALC MON SPA SPA NÜR NÜR MOS MOS SIL SIL HUN HUN LEC LEC CAT CAT 8th 114 Nico Müller Ret Ret 5 5 4 2 Ret 8 Ret Ret 7 6 Ret 8 7 12 15 André Negrão 8 10 Ret 12 12 19 3 13 4 Ret 16 15 Ret Ret 22 14 8

Complete former series results

3000 Pro Series 3000 Pro Series results Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Points 2005 Lola B99/50–Zytek Timo Lienemann 8 2 0 41 3rd 1st Alessandro Bonetti 8 1 0 39 4th

Italian/Euro Formula 3000 Italian/Euro Formula 3000 results Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Points 1999 Lola T96/50-Zytek Oliver Martini 1 0 0 0 0 14th NC Walter Thimmler 1 0 0 0 0 NC 2000 Lola T96/50-Zytek Rodrigo Sperafico 8 0 1 0 22 4th 5th Leonardo Nienkötter 8 0 0 0 0 NC 2001 Lola T96/50-Zytek Lucas Vacis 8 0 0 0 1 13th 1st Felipe Massa 8 6 6 5 60 1st 2002 Lola B99/50-Zytek Augusto Farfus 9 0 0 0 8 9th 5th Matteo Grassotto 9 0 0 0 12 7th 2003 Lola B99/50-Zytek Augusto Farfus 9 4 5 3 60 1st 1st Sven Heidfeld 9 0 0 0 4 11th 2004 Lola B99/50-Zytek Nicky Pastorelli 10 2 0 1 46 1st 1st Fausto Ippoliti 10 0 0 0 17 7th

International Formula 3000 Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Points 1995 Lola-Cosworth Marco Campos 8 0 0 0 3 13th 9th 1996 Lola T96/50-Zytek Judd Ricardo Zonta 10 2 1 2 27 4th 4th Alexandre de Andrade 1 0 0 0 0 NC Sergio Paese 2 0 0 0 0 NC Esteban Tuero 6 0 0 0 0 24th 1997 Lola T96/50-Zytek Judd Cyrille Sauvage 10 0 0 0 5 13th 8th Pedro Couceiro 9 0 0 0 6 11th 1998 Lola T96/50-Zytek Judd Bruno Junqueira 12 0 0 0 3 18th 15th Giovanni Montanari 12 0 0 0 0 27th 1999 Lola B99/50-Zytek Fabrice Walfisch 9 0 0 0 4 14th 11th Oliver Martini 3 0 0 0 8 NC Cyrille Sauvage 1 0 0 0 0 NC

Notes: 1. - Martini scored 3 points in 1 race for Sighinolfi Autoracing. 2. - Sauvage also entered in 4 races for Monaco Motorsport.

External links Draco Racing official website Draco Racing official website Renault Sport official website