Team Motopark, previously known as Motopark Academy, (raced under Lotus moniker from 2012 to 2014) is an auto racing team based in Oschersleben, Germany, next to the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben race track. In 2013, the team competed in the GP2 Series under the name Russian Time and until 2024 had operated a satellite team called CryptoTower Racing.
History
Single-seaters The team have competed in open-wheel racing consistently since the start of the 21st century. They have competed in the Formula 3 Euro Series since 2009.
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 They were teams' champions in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 in 2004, with their American driver Scott Speed taking the drivers' title with eight wins. Motopark Academy won the drivers' title of the 2006 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season with Filipe Albuquerque, with the Portuguese driver collecting four wins in all.
Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup Motopark Academy have won all four Drivers' Championships in Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, since it formed in 2006. They won with Filipe Albuquerque in 2006, Frank Kechele in 2007, Valtteri Bottas in 2008 and António Félix da Costa in 2009. Motopark Academy also won the Teams' Championship of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC three times: 2007, 2008 and 2009.
GP2 and GP3 Series Russian Time was established by former Russian racing driver and manager Igor Mazepa and Motopark Academy team principal Timo Rumpfkeil in 2013. The team had sought an entry to the GP2 Series for two years before finally being accepted in 2013, replacing iSport International. iSport International withdrew from the series after being unable to secure a budget to compete in the upcoming season, and so its management elected to shut the team down in order to avoid bankruptcy.
The team won its first race in only its fourth appearance, when Sam Bird won the sprint race of the Bahrain round of the championship. The team took a second win on the streets of Monaco, with Bird finishing ahead of Kevin Ceccon after a fourteen-car pile-up on the opening lap forced nine drivers out of the race.
In 2014, the team was set to make their debut in GP3 Series, taking Bamboo Engineering's slot and continue to participate in GP2, German Formula Three and ADAC Formel Masters. The team's preparations for the 2014 season were disrupted by the death of Mazepa from complications relating to thrombosis in February 2014. On 18 February 2014, it was announced that Motopark had ended their partnership with Russian Time, leaving the position of all those drivers signed on for the 2014 GP2 and GP3 seasons, in limbo.
Formula 3 and Japanese single-seaters
In 2018, Motopark spent last season in the history of FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Jonathan Aberdein, Sebastián Fernández, Fabio Scherer, Marino Sato, Dan Ticktum and Jüri Vips.
Motopark is scheduled to make their debut in Japan in collaboration with the B-Max racing team, competing in Super Formula with Lucas Auer and Harrison Newey and Japanese Formula 3 with Sacha Fenestraz, Enaam Ahmed, 'Dragon' and Tairoku Yamaguchi. The team was also set to partake in the inaugural season of the Formula European Masters Championship reuniting with Sato and signing Red Bull Juniors Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson, but the series ended up being cancelled due to a lack of entrants. In April 2019, it was announced Motopark would switch to the Euroformula Open Championship and retain its intended Formula European Masters line-up with Julian Hanses joining in a fourth car.
Current series results
Euroformula Open Championship Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C. 2019 Dallara F317-Volkswagen Marino Sato 16 9 6 5 11 307 1st 1st Liam Lawson 14 4 2 1 7 179 2nd Yuki Tsunoda 14 1 0 3 6 151 4th Julian Hanses 12 0 1 0 4 98 8th Cameron Das 10 0 0 1 0 54 12th Toshiki Oyu 2 2 2 0 2 52 14th Enaam Ahmed 2 0 0 1 2 37 15th Dennis Hauger 2 0 0 0 0 18 19th Niklas Krütten 6 0 0 0 0 14 20th2020Dallara 320-Volkswagen Niklas Krütten 18 0 0 0 5 153 5th 2nd Manuel Maldonado 18 0 0 0 4 153 4th Cameron Das1400121236th Yifei Ye1811121216369 1st 1st Lukas Dunner1455510248 2nd Rui Andrade1800002814th2021Dallara 320-Volkswagen Cameron Das24716163821st1st Jak Crawford168412103043rd Christian Mansell †900017911th Roman Staněk310025512th Reshad de Gerus600003016th Vivien Keszthelyi1200001220th Matthias Lüthen30000023rd Louis Foster24324133152nd2nd Nazim Azman2410072704th Filip Kaminiarz2400018010th2022Dallara 320-Volkswagen Oliver Goethe261171218499 1st2nd Frederick Lubin2610293014th Alex García2600011167th Vladislav Lomko26625194342nd 1st Christian Mansell2631315381 3rd Josh Mason2630172785th2023Dallara 320-Volkswagen Noel León237511163941st1st Cian Shields23303103072nd Bryce Aron2030152384th Levente Révész810031039th Jakob Bergmeister1400021485th300012nd Charlie Wurz1111351396th Joshua Dufek810071387th Enzo Trulli622039810th Josh Mason610039611th Tim Tramnitz300235512th Vladislav Ryabov300002415th Benjámin Berta300002016th Attila Pénzes300001617th Gerrard Xie30000818th2024Dallara 320-Volkswagen Brad Benavides249410194311st1st Fernando Barrichello2410152643rd Jakob Bergmeister1810072434th Levente Révész1810282365th Michael Shin1221161876th José Garfias90114997th Edward Pearson60013808th Lorenzo Fluxá31013599th Vladislav Ryabov610015810th Gerrard Xie310113611th Ricardo Escotto300001813th Enzo Richer300001614th Cenyu Han000000NC Yevan David320030NC2025Dallara 324-TOM'S Yevan David24632143452nd1st Michael Shin24407123173rd José Garfias24303102764th Everett Stack2420062266th Fernando Barrichello2110162127th Diego de la Torre2300011538th Luca Viișoreanu‡600001818th2026Dallara 324-TOM'S Wiktor Dobrzański Everett Stack Lorenzo Castillo Enzo Yeh Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. Diego de la Torre Jan Koller Niels Koolen † Mansell drove for Carlin in round 3.
‡ Viișoreanu drove for Nielsen Racing in round 8.
Former series results GP2 Series Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Points 2013 Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome Sam Bird 22 5 2 3 181 2nd 1st Tom Dillmann 22 0 1 2 92 10th
Formula 3 Euro Series Year Car DriversRaces Wins Poles F.Laps Points 2009Dallara F308-Mercedes Christopher Zanella20 0 0 0 11 13th7th Renger van der Zande8 1 0 0 7 15th Atte Mustonen12 0 0 0 4 19th2010Dallara F308-Volkswagen António Félix da Costa18 3 0 1 40 7th4th Kevin Magnussen2 1 0 1 8 12th Adrian Quaife-Hobbs4 0 0 0 7 13th Matias Laine18 0 0 0 3 14th Christopher Zanella6 0 0 0 2 15th Tobias Hegewald2 0 0 0 1 16th Mika Mäki6 0 0 0 0 17th Renger van der Zande [G]2 0 0 0 0 N/A Dallara F305-Volkswagen Jimmy Eriksson [G]2 0 0 0 0 N/A Luís Sá Silva [G]2 0 0 0 0 N/A 2011 Dallara F308-Volkswagen Jimmy Eriksson27 0 0 0 93 9th 4th Kimiya Sato27 1 0 0 86 10th Gianmarco Raimondo27 0 0 0 66 11th† Kuba Giermaziak18 0 0 0 29 12th Tom Dillmann [G]6 0 0 0 0 N/A† Artem Markelov [G]3 0 0 0 0 N/A
† Shared results with other teams
FIA Formula 3 International Trophy Year Car DriversRaces Wins Poles F.Laps Points 2011 Dallara F308-Volkswagen Kimiya Sato6 0 0 0 7 9th Tom Dillmann [G]3 0 0 0 0 N/A Jimmy Eriksson [G]4 0 0 0 0 N/A Gianmarco Raimondo [G]2 0 0 0 0 N/A Kuba Giermaziak [G]2 0 0 0 0 N/A
FIA European Formula 3 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C. 2015 Dallara F315-Volkswagen Markus Pommer 33 1 0 1 2 116.5 10th 7th Sam MacLeod 30 0 0 0 0 2 24th Dallara F314-Volkswagen Nabil Jeffri 33 0 0 0 0 2 26th Mahaveer Raghunathan 27 0 0 0 0 0 39th Tanart Sathienthirakul 3 0 0 0 0 0 40th 2016 Dallara F315-Volkswagen Joel Eriksson 30 1 0 2 10 252 5th 3rd Niko Kari 30 1 0 0 5 129 10th -Volkswagen Sérgio Sette Câmara 30 0 0 1 2 107 11th Dallara F314-Volkswagen Guanyu Zhou 30 0 0 0 2 101 13th 2017 Dallara F315-Volkswagen Joel Eriksson 30 3 2 2 14 139 2nd 3rd Petru Florescu 6 0 0 0 0 0 23rd Jüri Vips 3 0 0 0 0 N/A NC Dallara F316-Volkswagen David Beckmann 21 0 0 0 0 45 16th† Dallara F314-Volkswagen Marino Sato 30 0 0 0 0 1 17th -Volkswagen Keyvan Andres 30 0 0 0 0 0 21st 2018 Dallara F318-Volkswagen Dan Ticktum 30 4 4 1 8 308 2nd 2nd Dallara F315-Volkswagen Jüri Vips 30 4 3 6 7 284 4th Jonathan Aberdein 30 0 0 1 3 108 12th Dallara F316-Volkswagen Fabio Scherer 30 0 1 2 1 64 14th Dallara F314-Volkswagen Marino Sato 30 0 0 0 0 31.5 16th -Volkswagen Sebastián Fernández 30 0 0 0 0 5 21st
† Includes points scored for Van Amersfoort Racing
Japanese Formula 3 Championship Japanese Formula 3 Championship Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C. 2019 Dallara F314-Volkswagen Sacha Fenestraz 20 8 5 9 18 162 1st 1st 'Dragon' 20 0 0 0 0 0 14th Dallara F315-Volkswagen Ameya Vaidyanathan 20 0 0 0 0 0 13th Dallara F312-Volkswagen Enaam Ahmed 20 2 1 1 8 63 3rd Harrison Newey 3 0 0 0 0 5 11th Dallara F316-Volkswagen Ukyo Sasahara 3 0 0 0 0 3 12th Takashi Hata 2 0 0 0 0 0 20th
ADAC Formula 4
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C. 2015 Tatuus F4-T014-Abarth Joel Eriksson 24 7 3 1 299 2nd N/A Jannes Fittje 24 0 0 0 22 18th Jonathan Cecotto 24 0 0 0 18 20th Michael Waldherr 24 0 0 0 83 11th 2016 Tatuus F4-T014-Abarth Michael Waldherr 18 0 0 0 28 16th 7th Richard Verschoor 6 0 0 0 34 15th Jonathan Aberdein 24 0 0 0 49 14th Simo Laaksonen 24 1 0 0 88 11th Sophia Flörsch 24 0 0 1 25 19th 2017 Tatuus F4-T014-Abarth Jonathan Aberdein 21 0 0 1 94 9th 6th Leonard Hoogenboom 21 0 0 0 10 21st David Malukas 18 0 0 0 20 19th Charles Weerts 21 0 0 0 3 22nd
Formula 4 UAE Championship
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C.2016–17Tatuus F4-T014-Abarth Jonathan Aberdein 18 14 12 11 368 1st1st Logan Sargeant 18 0 0 7 261 2nd Charles Weerts 11 0 0 0 84 7th5th Sebastián Fernández 7 1 0 0 65 10th Leonard Hoogenboom 4 0 0 0 25 13th 2017–18 Tatuus F4-T014-Abarth Charles Weerts 23 8 3 8 377 1st 1st Lucas Alecco Roy 23 0 0 0 131 5th Amaury Cordeel 17 1 0 1 120 8th
Super Formula Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Points 2019 Dallara SF19-Honda Lucas Auer 7 0 0 1 14 9th 8th Harrison Newey 7 0 0 0 6 15th2020Dallara SF19-Honda Nobuharu Matsushita40001615th9th Sérgio Sette Câmara 1 0 1 0 320th Charles Milesi 3 0 0 0 021st Mitsunori Takaboshi1000026th
Super Formula Lights Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Points 2020Dallara 320-Volkswagen Sena Sakaguchi 17 4 5 2 116 2nd Yoshiaki Katayama5000106th Mitsunori Takaboshi 3 0 0 0 87th Mizuki Ishizaka2000311th "Dragon"17000212th Kiyoto Fujinami 3 0 0 0 213th Masami Kageyama2000114th Sakon Yamamoto3000016th Satoshi Motoyama3000017th Nobuhiro Imada9000018th Motoyoshi Yoshida8000019th Takashi Hata6000020th
Timeline Current series Euroformula Open Championship 2019–presentInternational GT Open2022–presentLe Mans Cup2024–presentMiddle East Trophy2025–presentGT3 Revival Series2026–present Former series Formula König 1999–2000 Formula Renault 2.0 Germany 2001–2005 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 2001–2009 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup 2006–2009 Formula 3 Euro Series 2009–2011 German Formula Three Championship 2010–2014Porsche Supercup2011 British Formula Three Championship 2011, 2014 ADAC Formel Masters 2011–2014 GP2 Series 2013Porsche Carrera Cup Germany2013 ADAC Formula 4 2015–2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship 2015–2018 Formula 4 UAE Championship 2016–2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship 2019 Super Formula 2019–2020 Super Formula Lights 2020Asian Le Mans Series2023–2024
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