R-ace GP is an auto racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsport, specifically those involving Renault. They are currently competing in the Formula Regional European Championship, Formula Regional Middle East, F4 Middle East, Italian F4, Euro 4 and Michelin Le Mans Cup in LMP3.
History R-ace GP was founded in 2011 by Thibaut de Merindol and Cyril Comte. They partook in the Eurocup and NEC championships of Formula Renault 2.0. Their driver line-up included Norman Nato, Pieter Schothorst and Côme Ledogar. In its first year of Formula Renault 2.0, the team scored eighth in the Eurocup championship, with Nato taking two podiums, and ninth in NEC, with Nato and Ledogar taking podiums.
In 2012, the team entered with a line-up of Andrea Pizzitola, Red Bull Junior Pierre Gasly and the McLaren-backed Nyck de Vries. The team climbed up to fifth in both standings, with de Vries taking the team's maiden victory in the NEC championship.
2013 - 2015 The following year, the team formed a close collaboration with ART Grand Prix and was renamed the ART Junior Team. Pizzitola remained with Alexandre Baron, Nico Jamin, Tanart Sathienthirakul, Alberto di Folco and Esteban Ocon joining the team. The team finished runners-up to Tech 1 Racing in the Eurocup standings, with Ocon achieving third place in the driver's standings.
In 2014, the team went forth with a new line-up of Aurélien Panis, Callan O'Keefe, Levin Amweg and Simon Gachet. The team achieved fourth place in both championships with wins from Amweg, O'Keefe and Panis. The following year, Max Defourny, Ukyo Sasahara, Darius Oskoui and Will Palmer (Eurocup only) formed the team's 2015 line-up. The team finished as runners-up to Josef Kaufmann Racing in the NEC championship, with Sasahara and Defourny claiming wins and spots in the top five in the overall standings, and sixth in Eurocup.
2016 - 2019 In 2016, it was announced that the R-ace GP name would return. Defourny and Palmer remained with the team and were joined by newcomer Julien Falchero and Marcus Armstrong in a guest drive. In the championships, the team repeated their feat of 2015 in NEC and claimed third place in Eurocup, with Defourny finishing in the top three of the driver's standings.
In 2017, Palmer and Defourny were contracted to the team for a third season with Robert Shwartzman and Italian F4 driver Raúl Guzman joining the team. For the 2017 NEC Championship, the team signed three drivers from the 2016 French F4 Championship, vice champion Gilles Magnus, third-place finisher Michael Benyahia and race winner Théo Coicaud with karting champion Charles Milesi making his single-seater debut with the team.
In 2018, R-ace GP puts his title back on the line with a new line-up. Max Fewtrell and Victor Martins, both in the Renault Sport Academy, Logan Sargeant and Charles Milesi continued in Eurocup. In the NEC championship, Gabriel Gandulia joins the team.
For the 2019 season, the team signed returnees Oscar Piastri and Aleksandr Smolyar and reigning French F4 champion and Renault junior Caio Collet. R-ace GP also expanded into the ADAC Formula 4 Championship, fielding Gregoire Saucy and László Tóth. The team will also take part in 3 meetings of Italian F4 Championship. The team won the triple crown in Eurocup that season: teams' title for the 3rd year in a row, rookie title with Caio Collet and drivers' title with Australian Oscar Piastri with 7 wins and 320 points.
In July 2019, it was announced R-ace GP would expand into the Toyota Racing Series, collaborating with MTEC Motorsport for the 2020 season.
2020 - 2024 In 2020, R-ace GP is bringing Caio Collet back to Formula Renault Eurocup. He is joined by Petr Ptacek. Competing with Victor Martins for the title, the Brazilian finished runner-up. In ADAC Formula 4, R-ace GP is continuing its development and has put its faith in Victor Bernier, Kirill Smal, Artem Lobanenko and Roe Meyuhas.
In 2021, with Hadrien David, Zane Maloney, Isack Hadjar and Léna Bühler, the team won the team title in Formula Regional. David also finished second in the drivers' standings.
In 2022 and 2023, the team was runner-up in the Formula Regional Championship.
In 2024, the team took part in the Formula Middle East Regional Championship, winning the Team Champion and Driver Champion titles. Tuukka Taponen also won the Rookie Champion title. That same year, the team also took part in the Michelin Le Mans Cup, finishing runner-up.
2025 : Titles in F4 Middle East, Michelin Le Mans Cup and FRECA At the beginning of 2025, R-ace GP won three titles in F4 Middle East: Team Champion, Drivers' Champion (with Emanuele Olivieri) and Drivers' Runner-Up (with Alex Powell, Mercedes junior driver). The team also finished as Runner-Up in Formula Regional Middle East, with Ugo Ugochukwu taking third place in the drivers' standings.
For its return to the Michelin Le Mans Cup, R-ace GP entered three Duqueine D09 LMP3 cars. After a difficult start to the season, the team gained momentum and won brilliantly in the last three races (with pole position and victory). It won the championship at Silverstone with one round to go, clinching the team title with the #85 Duqueine D09 and the drivers' title with Hadrien David and Hugo Schwarze.
In early September, the team announced its participation in the Asian Le Mans Series with one LMP3.
In FRECA, R-ace GP performed very well throughout the season with its three drivers Enzo Deligny, Akshay Bohra and Jin Nakamura. It won the championship in the final at Monza, while Deligny finished third in the drivers' standings.
The team also made good progress in Italian F4, with a double victory for Alex Powell and third place in the championship.
At the end of the year, R-ace GP closed its season in Regional Formula with third place in the Macau Grand Prix (FIA FR World Cup) claimed by Enzo Deligny.
2026 In early 2026, R-ace GP retains its Teams' Championship title in Formula 4 Middle East. Andy Consani finishes runner-up, while Kenzo Craigie completes the podium in the overall standings and wins the Rookie title.
The team is once again runner-up in Formula Regional Middle East, a result matched by Rashid Al Dhaheri in the drivers' standings.
In February, R-ace GP acquires a stake in Duqueine Team, an LMP2 outfit, as part of a "long-term strategic partnership." The team takes on operational management of the LMP2 structure.
In September 2026, R-ace GP wins the team and drivers’ championships in the Michelin Le Mans Cup at Silverstone (with Enzo Peugeot and Danial Frost) for the second year running. The team also secures its very first victory in the ELMS.
That same weekend, the team emerges victorious from the FREC at Hockenheim: securing the Team Championship title, as well as the Drivers’ Championship with Emanuele Olivieri (who had already won the Rookie Championship the week before at Imola).
Current series results
European Le Mans Series - LMP3 European Le Mans SeriesYearChassisNumberDriversRacesWinsPodiumsPointsDriver StandingsTeam Standings2026Duqueine D0985 Fabien Michal513752nd*2nd* Hugo Schwarze Pierre-Alexandre Provost
Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3 Asian Le Mans SeriesYearChassisNumberDriversRacesWinsPodiumsPointsDriver StandingsTeam Standings2025-26Duqueine D0985 Fabien Michal4003013th8th Pierre-Alexandre Provost Zack Scoular2001216th Danial Frost2001217th Shahan Sarkissian Hugo Schwarze200819th Léna Bühler200021st
Le Mans Cup - LMP3 Michelin Le Mans CupYearChassisNumberDriversRacesVictoriesPodiumsPointsDriver StandingsTeam Standings2024Duqueine D0885 Hadrien David713682nd2nd Fabien Michal2025Duqueine D0985 Hadrien David624901st1st Hugo Schwarze86 Edgar Pierre6002010th Joel Granfors20014 NC Jin Nakamura2000 NC Antoine Doquin200617th88 (PRO / AM) Romano Ricci601299th5th Fabien Lavergne40128 NC Ewan Thomas100129th2026Duqueine D0985 Enzo Peugeot423871st*1st* Danial Frost86 Zack Scoular4011511th11th Léna Bühler
Italian F4 Championship Italian F4 Championship results Year Car Drivers Races WinsPolesF/Laps Podiums Points 2019 Tatuus F4-T014 Grégoire Saucy 9 000 0 28 15th 8th László Tóth 9 000 0 0 38th2020Tatuus F4-T014 Kirill Smal2000030†15th†13th Victor Bernier30000128th2021Tatuus F4-T014 Victor Bernier600003013th7th Sami Meguetounif600002219th Marcus Amand60000040th2022Tatuus F4-T421 Hadrien David200001018th7th Adam Fitzgerald60000422nd Frederik Lund200100029th Marcos Flack60000039th Giovanni Maschio†160000043rd Raphaël Narac20000050th2023Tatuus F4-T421 Raphaël Narac2100001119th6th Matteo De Palo300001020th Matteo Quintarelli210000031st Kabir Anurag‡90000041st2024Tatuus F4-T421 Luka Sammalisto1500001118th6th Enzo Yeh210000623rd2025Tatuus F4-T421 Emanuele Olivieri2002241407th3rd Alex Powell2022141269th Luca Viișoreanu٭1500001424th Oleksandr Savinkov180010127th Emily Cotty180000031st Andy Consani50000032nd Guy Albag200000037th2026Tatuus F4-T421 Andy Consani20101112012th*3rd* Tamás Gender200000243rd* Kenzo Craigie2020162265th* Payton Westcott170000144th* Emily Cotty170000144th* † Maschio raced for AS Motorsport for thirteen races in 2022.
‡ Anurag raced for US Racing for six races in 2023.
٭ Viișoreanu drove for Real Racing until round 5.
Euro 4 Championship Euro 4 Championship results Year Car Drivers Races WinsPolesF/Laps Podiums Points2023Tatuus F4-T421 Raphaël Narac30000118th5th Matteo Quintarelli30000030th2024Tatuus F4-T421 Luka Sammalisto60000420th7th Enzo Yeh90000025th2025Tatuus F4-T421 Alex Powell91113865th4th Andy Consani60000318th Oleksandr Savinkov90000121st Guy Albag90000025th Emily Cotty90000027th2026Tatuus F4-T421 Andy Consani300001014th*3rd* Kenzo Craigie31341562nd* Philippe Armand Karras30000420th* Jean-Paul Karras30000031st* Tamas Gender30000035th*
Formula Regional European Championship Year Chassis Tyres Drivers Races Wins Poles Podiums 2021Tatuus F3 T-318-Alpine Isack Hadjar 20 2 1 3 6 5th 166 1st 481 Hadrien David 20 2 1 2 9 2nd 209 Léna Bühler 17 0 0 0 0 38th 0 Zane Maloney 20 1 1 1 8 4th 170 Sami Meguetounif 4 0 0 0 0 02022Tatuus F3 T-318-Alpine Léna Bühler3000039th0 2nd 421 Lorenzo Fluxá19000112th49 Hadrien David2033474th222 Gabriel Bortoleto2022156th1742023Tatuus F3 T-318-Alpine Martinius Stenshorne2053311 2nd 261 2nd 510 Tim Tramnitz2034110 3rd 239 Matías Zagazeta20000022nd122024Tatuus F3 T-318-Alpine Tuukka Taponen204327 3rd 198 2nd 312 Zachary David20000113th57 Enzo Deligny20000012th612025Tatuus F3 T-318-Alpine Jin Nakamura20003110th81 1st 455 Enzo Deligny204429 3rd 235 Akshay Bohra2011166th1592026Tatuus T-326-Toyota Yuki Sano1911129th67 1st 465 Rashid Al Dhaheri193128 4th 180 Emanuele Olivieri192239 1st 218
In detail (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)