EPIC Racing (Euskadi Phil Imanol Claudio Racing), formerly known as Epsilon Euskadi, was a racing team from Spain. The team's headquarters were located in Vitoria within Basque Country. Epsilon Euskadi ran teams within World Series by Renault and Formula Renault before selling the racing division to EPIC Racing in March 2011 in a bid to run the World Series by Renault with both Formula Renault 3.5 and Formula Renault 2.0.
In 2008 Epsilon Euskadi participated in sports car racing with the Epsilon Euskadi ee1 car.
Bid for Formula One Although the team announced on 3 June 2009 that it had submitted an entry for the Formula 1 World Championship for 2010, the FIA did not list them amongst the 13 teams in the preliminary entry list released on 12 June 2009. They were however placed on the reserve list in case one of the 13 teams withdrew, but the withdrawal of USF1 took place too late for this contingency to operate.
In March 2010 Epsilon Euskadi announced it applied to enter the 2011 Formula One championship, following the failure of US F1 to use the entry they had been granted. This application was also unsuccessful.
Corruption
Epsilon Euskadi sponsored EPIC Racing with public funding of the Basque Country government.
In 2013 Epsilon Euskadi founder Joan Villadelprat and Mark Phillip Payne were taken to court in Vitoria under allegations of corruption. They were also alleged to have mismanaged public funds granted by the Basque Country government during the presidency of Juan Jose Ibarratxe.
Results
World Series by Renault (Note: 2011 results are for EPIC Racing) World Series by Renault resultsWSbR&N complete results speedsportmag.com Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles FLaps Points D.C. T.C. 2005 Dallara T05-Renault Félix Porteiro 17 3 4 1 77 5th 1st Robert Kubica 17 4 2 1 154 1st 2006 Dallara T05-Renault Steven Kane 17 0 0 1 15 20th 10th Davide Valsecchi 17 0 1 0 43 10th 2007 Dallara T05-Renault Filipe Albuquerque 17 1 0 1 81 4th 4th Davide Valsecchi 17 1 0 0 37 16th 2008 Dallara T08-Renault Alexandre Marsoin 17 0 0 0 19 19th 10th Filipe Albuquerque 4 0 0 0 12 21st Mario Romancini 13 0 0 0 3 29th 2009 Dallara T08-Renault Adrián Vallés 8 0 1 0 19 17th 8th Dani Clos 4 0 0 0 5 25th Keisuke Kunimoto 4 0 0 0 0 NC Chris van der Drift 17 0 0 0 41 11th 2010 Dallara T08-Renault Albert Costa 17 0 0 0 78 5th 6th Keisuke Kunimoto 17 0 0 0 8 22nd 2011 Dallara T08-Renault Sten Pentus 17 0 0 0 11 24th 4th Albert Costa 17 1 1 1 151 4th D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Class No Tyres Car Drivers Pole Fastlap Laps Pos. ClassPos. 2008 LMP1 20 Epsilon Euskadi ee1Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10 Ángel Burgueño Miguel Ángel de Castro Adrián Vallés no no 189(DNF) 41st 17th 21 Shinji Nakano Stefan Johansson Jean-Marc Gounon no no 158(DNF) 43rd 19th
References
External links
Epsilon Euskadi