Josef Kaufmann Racing is a motorsport team from Germany. It mainly operates in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 as well as Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. The team was founded in 1982.

History In 1982, Josef Kaufmann Racing was founded by Josef Kaufmann, who was a racing driver and raced in his own team in the German Formula Three Championship. In the first year of the team's existence Gerhard Berger and Kaufmann finished third and fourth respectively in the German Formula 3. Josef Kaufmann Racing first drivers' title was achieved by Volker Weidler, who won the German Formula Three Championship in 1985. Their next success was in 1994, when Arnd Meier won B-Cup of the German F3 Championship. The team remained in the German Formula Three Championship till 2002.

In 2003 the team decided to concentrate on Formula BMW ADAC championship, which they joined in 2002. Nico Hülkenberg won their first Formula BMW ADAC title in 2005. The success was repeated in the following year by Christian Vietoris. In 2008, ADAC series was merged with UK series into Formula BMW Europe. Esteban Gutiérrez brought their first title in the series and with help of Kazeem Manzur and Marco Wittmann their first teams' title ever. The team repeated titles in both the drivers' and teams' championships in 2010 with Robin Frijns.

As Formula BMW Europe was folded, the German outfit decided to move to Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 in 2011 and Frijns won another drivers' title for the team. Stoffel Vandoorne achieved their second Eurocup title in the following season. Lando Norris collected another Eurocup drivers' championship for the German squad in 2016. Also the team won the teams' championship in Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup in 2014 and 2015, as well as drivers' title for Louis Delétraz.

For the 2017 and seasons, the team signed Sacha Fenestraz, Luis Leeds and French F4 champion Yifei Ye. The team failed to defend teams' title but Sacha Fenestraz achieved drivers' title.

In 2018, the team retained Ye and hired former Red Bull Junior Richard Verschoor and karting champion and Toyota Racing Series race winner Clément Novalak, with Ye claiming third in the drivers' standings. At the end of the season, the team withdrew from the championship.

Former series results Formula BMW ADAC Formula BMW ADAC results Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Podiums Points 2002 Mygale FB02–BMW Hannes Neuhauser 20 1 2 1 4 145 3rd N/A 2003 Mygale FB02–BMW Christopher Wassermann 20 1 0 0 1 62 12th N/A Christian Paar 20 0 0 0 1 36 15th 2004 Mygale FB02–BMW Adrian Zaugg 20 0 0 0 0 55 7th N/A Benjamin Leuchter 20 0 0 0 0 4 19th 2005 Mygale FB02–BMW Nico Hülkenberg 20 8 9 6 13 287 1st N/A Nick de Bruijn 20 0 2 1 3 109 5th Natacha Gachnang 20 0 0 0 3 90 6th 2006 Mygale FB02–BMW Christian Vietoris 18 9 9 3 16 277 1st N/A Nick de Bruijn 18 1 1 3 5 120 5th Patrick Kronenberg 10 0 0 0 0 8 17th Daniel Campos-Hull 8 0 0 0 0 4 18th 2007 Mygale FB02–BMW Adrien Tambay 18 2 2 0 7 573 4th 2nd Marco Wittmann 18 2 4 2 6 570 5th Mathjis Harkema 18 0 0 0 0 376 9th

Formula BMW Europe Formula BMW Europe results Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Podiums Points 2008 Mygale FB02–BMW Esteban Gutiérrez 16 7 3 8 12 353 1st 1st Marco Wittmann 16 1 1 1 11 327 2nd Kazeem Manzur 16 0 0 0 0 48 18th 2009 Mygale FB02–BMW Robin Frijns 16 1 1 1 6 265 3rd 2nd Facundo Regalia 16 0 0 0 0 148 8th Kazeem Manzur 16 0 0 0 2 107 11th 2010 Mygale FB02–BMW Robin Frijns 16 6 3 3 13 383 1st 1st Hannes van Asseldonk 16 0 0 1 2 176 7th Petri Suvanto 16 0 0 0 0 100 11th

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Podiums Points 2011 Barazi-Epsilon–Renault Robin Frijns 14 5 1 0 9 245 1st 2nd Óscar Andrés Tunjo 14 0 0 0 0 58 10th Mathieu Jaminet 14 0 0 0 0 15 16th 2012 Barazi-Epsilon–Renault Stoffel Vandoorne 14 4 6 3 11 245 1st 1st Alex Riberas 14 0 0 2 0 62 9th Pieter Schothorst 14 0 0 0 0 2 28th 2013 Barazi-Epsilon–Renault Óscar Tunjo 14 0 0 0 2 99 6th 5th Steijn Schothorst 14 0 0 0 1 62 14th Gustav Malja 14 0 0 0 0 4 20th 2014 Barazi-Epsilon–Renault Kevin Jörg 14 1 0 0 2 87 6th 5th Gustav Malja 14 0 0 0 1 62 14th Ryan Tveter 12 0 0 0 0 1 23rd Louis Delétraz 2 0 0 0 0 N/A NC† 2015 Barazi-Epsilon–Renault Louis Delétraz 14 3 0 0 2 87 2nd 1st Kevin Jörg 14 1 0 0 1 62 3rd Nikita Mazepin 6 0 0 0 0 N/A NC† Dries Vanthoor 2 0 0 0 0 N/A NC† 2016 Barazi-Epsilon–Renault Lando Norris 15 5 6 4 12 253 1st 1st Robert Shwartzman 15 0 0 0 1 75 8th Jehan Daruvala 15 0 0 1 1 62 9th 2017 Barazi-Epsilon–Renault Sacha Fenestraz 23 7 9 5 18 367.5 1st 2nd Yifei Ye 23 0 0 1 3 106.5 8th Luis Leeds 23 0 0 0 0 7 19th 2018 Barazi-Epsilon–Renault Clément Novalak 4 0 0 0 0 0 23rd 3rd Richard Verschoor 4 0 0 0 0 6 15th Yifei Ye 4 1 1 2 3 58 2nd † Guest driver, who was ineligible for championship points.

Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup results Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Podiums Points 2010 Barazi-Epsilon–Renault Robin Frijns 3 1 0 1 2 70 14th N/A Côme Ledogar 5 0 0 0 0 59 16th 2011 Barazi-Epsilon–Renault Robin Frijns 12 1 1 2 7 238 4th 5th Óscar Andrés Tunjo 7 0 0 0 1 63 23rd Mathieu Jaminet 5 0 0 0 0 27 31st 2012 Barazi-Epsilon–Renault Stoffel Vandoorne 7 5 4 5 6 176 9th 4th Alex Riberas 6 1 2 0 0 97 16th Pieter Schothorst 8 0 0 0 0 45 30th 2013 Barazi-Epsilon–Renault Dennis Olsen 16 0 1 0 3 211 3rd N/A Steijn Schothorst 10 3 2 2 4 202 5th Óscar Tunjo 7 1 3 1 3 118 13th Gustav Malja 7 0 0 0 2 98 15th 2014 Barazi-Epsilon–Renault Louis Delétraz 15 1 1 0 5 242 2nd 1st Gustav Malja 14 2 1 1 4 193 5th Ryan Tveter 15 0 0 0 1 150 9th Kevin Jörg 7 2 3 3 3 118 13th 2015 Barazi-Epsilon–Renault Louis Delétraz 16 9 12 8 12 378 1st 1st Kevin Jörg 16 2 2 3 11 305 2nd Dries Vanthoor 16 1 0 0 2 181 6th Nikita Mazepin 16 0 0 0 1 125.5 12th 2016 Barazi-Epsilon–Renault Lando Norris 15 6 10 4 11 326 1st 1st Jehan Daruvala 15 1 1 2 5 223 4th Robert Shwartzman 15 2 1 2 2 206 6th 2017 Barazi-Epsilon–Renault Sacha Fenestraz 7 5 4 3 7 108 6th 2nd Yifei Ye 7 2 2 2 5 104 8th James Pull 4 0 0 0 0 28‡ 13th‡ Luis Leeds 5 0 0 0 0 28 19th2018Barazi-Epsilon–Renault Clément Novalak600000NC†NC† Richard Verschoor200000NC† Yifei Ye810050NC† ‡Shared position and points for the other team.

† ineligible for championship points.

Timeline Former series German Formula Three Championship 1982–1990, 1994–2002, 2006–2008 Formula Renault Germany 1991–1993 Formula BMW ADAC 2002–2007 Formula BMW Europe 2008–2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup 2010–2018 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 2011–2018

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