Eurasia Motorsport, formerly known as Team Goddard, Minardi Team Asia and Team Eurasia, is an auto racing team from the Philippines, founded in 2003 by British racing driver Mark Goddard. Registered in Hong Kong, the team operates from two locations each situated near a racing circuit; Clark International Speedway in Mabalacat, Pampanga, Philippines and Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. Eurasia currently race in the TCR Asia Series.
Since their inception, the team have competed in junior formula, sports car racing, and touring car racing, including series such as Blancpain GT Series Asia, Formula BMW Pacific, Asian Le Mans Series, and European Le Mans Series. Eurasia have also previously participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 2016 to 2021, where they were the first and, so far, the only racing team based in the Philippines to have raced at Le Mans.
History British racing driver Mark Goddard moved to Asia in 1994 to manage and race with various racing teams in Formula Toyota, Formula Asia, and the Asian Formula Three Championship, eventually earning a drivers' title in the latter series with a team entered under his own name. Goddard retired from racing in 2004 and founded Eurasia Motorsport in the Philippines later that year.
Junior formula Eurasia Motorsport entered a partnership with Italian Formula One team Minardi in 2004 to run their junior development team for Asian young drivers. The combined team would race as Minardi Team Asia in both the Formula BMW Pacific series and the Asian Formula Three Championship. In the two years that the team competitively raced, they were listed under the Malaysian and Hong Kong flags.
In the 2006 Formula BMW Asia season, Daniel Ricciardo won two races, both at Bira Circuit, ending the season in 3rd overall behind Sam Abay and eventual champion Earl Bamber.
Eurasia Motorsport won the 2010 Formula BMW Pacific drivers' title with rookie Richard Bradley, scoring 7 wins and 217 points.
The team completed a dominant campaign in the 2012 Formula Pilota China season, as they would score 10 victories across 18 races. Team driver and series debutant Antonio Giovinazzi would be responsible for six of the ten, finishing as the overall champion. Eurasia's efforts would also allow them to take the Best Asian Driver Trophy with Parth Ghorpade and the overall team's title. They would fight for the driver's titles on two more occasions in 2014 with Matt Solomon and in 2016 with Aidan Read, completing the season 2nd overall on both occasions.
Sports car racing
Eurasia Motorsport explored sports car racing for the first time in 2014, when they announced that they would be competing in the Asian Le Mans Series. They contested the season against OAK Racing, the only other entry in the LMP2 class, however, were beaten comprehensively by the French squad, who were far more experienced in comparison and would later proceed to sweep the season. Amidst further mixed results in later seasons, Eurasia Motorsport were able to win the final two rounds of the 2015–16 Asian Le Mans Series, doing so in a second entry driven by Sean Gelael and Antonio Giovinazzi. The team switched to LMP3 machinery a few years later in 2018–19. In 2019–20, they entered two cars, bearing numbers #1 and #36. Each car saw contrasting campaigns; the #36 secured three consecutive podium finishes and a pole position to conclude the season 3rd in class, whereas the #1 retired in three out of the four rounds.
The team expanded their sports car programme to Europe in 2015, by entering the 2015 European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 class with Nick de Bruijn and Pu Junjin. Richard Bradley would return to Eurasia to substitute for Junjin in the fourth round. The team concluded their first ELMS season 6th in class, settling into the midfield. Tristan Gommendy joined Eurasia in 2016, where they would improve to 5th in class, collecting a podium in the 2016 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring. That same year, Eurasia Motorsport also competed in the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans, entering an Oreca 05 with Gommendy, de Bruijn, and Junjin. Their entry marked the first time in the history of the 24 Hours of Le Mans that a team from the Philippines would participate in the event. Despite suffering sensor issues, the team remained out of trouble to finish in the top 10, taking home 9th overall and 5th in class. Eurasia attempted Le Mans four more times in 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2021, but were unable to repeat the same success. As of 2025, Eurasia Motorsport are the only racing team from the Philippines to have competed at Le Mans.
In 2017, Eurasia Motorsport joined the 2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia, entering an Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 with James Cai and Kenneth Lim in the Am-Am class. Despite missing a round at Suzuka Circuit, Cai and Lim won the Am-Am class championship, five points clear of the closest competitor.
Eurasia made a one-off appearance in the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship, competing in the 2020 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps as a precursor for their appearance at the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans. In preparation, Eurasia were temporarily based in Ligier's factory in Le Mans, France and were assisted by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest in traveling to Stavelot, Belgium for the race amidst travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eurasia experienced multiple driver changes as a result of the restrictions, with Nick Foster, Roberto Merhi, and Nobuya Yamanaka forming the final lineup.
In 2021, Eurasia Motorsport confirmed that they would be fielding a Ligier JS P217 for the 2021 24 Hours of Daytona in collaboration with American outfit Rick Ware Racing. The car would be driven by Austin Dillon, Cody Ware, Salih Yoluç, and Sven Müller, who replaced Mathieu Jaminet who was originally set to drive, but had tested positive for COVID-19. Racing as RWR-Eurasia, they fared well in the race, crossing the line 10th overall and 4th in class.
Touring car racing In 2019, Eurasia Motorsport entered the 2019 TCR Asia Series with Daniel Miranda and Gao Hua Yang. Miranda collected two podiums and Yang earned one, ending their seasons in 4th and 5th overall respectively. Eurasia Motorsport returned to the championship six years later in the 2025 TCR Asia Series with Andy Liang Wenyao and Reignbert Diwa. The pair scored a double podium for the team at Sepang International Circuit.
Current series results TCR Asia Series YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsD.C.T.C.2019Hyundai i30 N TCR Daniel Julián Miranda100002844th3rd Gao Hua Yang100001715th2025Hyundai Elantra N TCR Andy Liang Wenyao Reignbert Diwa TCR World Tour YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsD.C.T.C.2025Hyundai Elantra N TCR Andy Liang†60000047th? Reignbert Diwa60000049th † Liang drove for Z.Speed N MAS in round 8.
Former series results Formula V6 Asia YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsD.C.T.C.2006Tatuus-Renault V4Y RS Ananda Mikola122005983rd4th2007Tatuus-Renault V4Y RS Parthiva Sureshwaren†80002368th6th † Sureshwaren drove for CT Motorsport in round 4.
Formula Masters China YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsD.C.T.C.2011Tatuus FA010 David Zhu40001398thN/A Natasha Seatter200001813th Aaron Chang Mun Shien400001814th Jordan Oon20000721st2012Tatuus FA010 Antonio Giovinazzi18676132291st1st Parth Ghorpade1831281503rd Sean Gelael1811261324th Sami Luka600012411th Sean Hudspeth30000717th Robin Tato60000119th Yuan Bo300000NC2013Tatuus FA010 Matthew Solomon1800141285th2nd Tanart Sathienthirakul1213061157th Pu Jun Jin180000458th Andrea Reggiani90000119th Wing Chung Chang300000NC2014Tatuus FA010 Matthew Solomon18526121872nd2nd Yuan Bo180111538th Pu Jun Jin1800002914th Sean Hudspeth800002315th Hua Miao180000421st Aidan Read30000024th Dominic Tjia30000025th2015Tatuus FA010 Aidan Read1800021155th3rd Sean Hudspeth150000529th Kim Jeong Tae1500001914th Asuka Muratomi30100418th Hua Miao60000221st William Lok60000023rd Sam Lok10000025th Takeru Muratomi200000NC2016Tatuus FA010 Aidan Read16929131862ndN/A2017Tatuus FA010 Danial Frost17143101663rdN/A Kurt Hill180112827th Isyraf Danish801102312th Nazim Azman30000415th Liu Zexuan30000217th Angie King30000019th
24 Hours of Daytona YearEntrantNo.CarDriversClassLaps2021 RWR-Eurasia51Ligier JS P217 Austin Dillon Sven Müller Cody Ware Salih YoluçLMP277810th4th
24 Hours of Le Mans Year Entrant No. Car Drivers Class Laps 2016 Eurasia Motorsport33 Oreca 05-Nissan Nick de Bruijn Tristan Gommendy Pu Junjin LMP2 348 9th 5th 2017 Eurasia Motorsport 33 Ligier JS P217-Gibson Erik Maris Jacques Nicolet Pierre Nicolet LMP2 341 15th 13th 2018 Eurasia Motorsport 44 Ligier JS P217-Gibson Andrea Bertolini Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn LMP2 334 NC NC 2020 Eurasia Motorsport 35 Ligier JS P217-Gibson Nick Foster Roberto Merhi Nobuya Yamanaka LMP2 351 18th 14th 2021 Racing Team India Eurasia 74 Ligier JS P217-Gibson Tom Cloet John Corbett James Winslow LMP2 (Pro-Am) 338 28th 7th
Timeline Current seriesTCR Asia Series2019, 2025–presentTCR World Tour2025–presentFormer seriesAsian Formula Three Championship2002–2008JK Racing Asia Series2003–2012Formula V6 Asia2006–2007GT Asia Series2011–2012, 2014Formula Masters China2011–2017Asian Le Mans Series2014–2020European Le Mans Series2015–201624 Hours of Le Mans2016–2018, 2020–2021FRD LMP3 Series2017–2018GT World Challenge Asia2017–2018Asian Formula Renault Series2018China Endurance Championship2018IMSA SportsCar Championship2021
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