ByKolles Racing

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Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Germany.svg ByKolles Racing
ByKolles Racing logo.png
Founded2000
Founder(s)Romulus Kolles
Colin Kolles
Former namesKolles Racing
Kodewa GmbH & Co. KG
Vanwall Racing Team
Base Greding, Germany
Team principal(s) Colin Kolles
Romulus Kolles
Current series FIA World Endurance Championship
Former series German Formula Three Championship
Formula 3 Euro Series
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
European Le Mans Series
Noted drivers Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann
Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri
Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Holzer
Flag of Germany.svg Mirco Schultis
Flag of Italy.svg Luca Moro
Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Weeda
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Renger van der Zande
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rossiter
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve
Website ByKolles.com

ByKolles Racing, formerly known as Kodewa, is an Austrian-German auto racing team based in Greding, Germany. The team most recently fielded the No. 4 Vanwall Vandervell 680 in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2023. It was founded in 2000 by Romulus Kolles and his son Colin Kolles as Kolles Racing, but has undergone several rebrands over the years. These include a sponsorship deal with Lotus Cars from 2012 to 2014, [1] a failed takeover of Tyrrell's naming rights, [2] and a subsequent switch to Vanwall that went to court in 2023. [3] [4]

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History

The company initially participated in German Formula 3 before moving to the F3 Euro Series from 2003 to 2005. Colin Kolles left the team to become director of the Jordan Grand Prix Formula One team at the start of the 2005 season, a position he held until 2009. With his son away, Romulus moved the team to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters series with Audi under the sponsorship title Futurecom TME. The Kolles team shifted their interest to sports car racing by participating in the Le Mans Series and later the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, again with customer Audi prototypes. Kolles returned to Formula One to helm the HRT F1 team in 2010, with Kodewa's workshop in Greding serving as a base of operations for the new team before HRT's new owners chose to release Kolles from the team and move their operations to Spain in 2012.

Kodewa's Lola B12/80-Lotus at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans Lola B12-80 Lotus.jpg
Kodewa's Lola B12/80-Lotus at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans

Kodewa participated in the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship with the backing of Lotus Cars under the title Lotus LMP2. In 2014 they lost their Lotus backing and rebranded as ByKolles Racing with a new LMP1 prototype, the CLM P1/01. [1]

In 2017 Robert Kubica was set to return to active racing again in the ByKolles car for the WEC season. [5] In April 2018 he withdrew from the team before the first race of the 2018-2019 season. [6]

Former Caterham F1 boss Manfredi Ravetto joined the ByKolles team in 2018. [7]

In 2019 Kolles announced his team would not compete in the full 2019-2020 FIA World Endurance championship, but would still compete in the 2019 24 hours of Le Mans. This was announced to allow the team to contest in the then forthcoming Le Mans Hypercar class. [8]

On March 25, 2022, Kolles announced his intention to enter the car in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship, stating that "If we receive a welcome, we will be ready to race." [9]

Vanwall Racing Team Logo VanwallRacingTeamLogo2.jpg
Vanwall Racing Team Logo

On 2 April 2022 the team revealed the new Vanwall Le Mans Hypercar following a photoshoot held at a German airport some days earlier with Christophe Bouchut driving the car. [10] The team officially rebranded to become the Vanwall Racing Team [3] with the chassis named after 1950s Vanwall team owner Tony Vandervell.

On 11 January 2023, the entry was accepted by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and the team would enter the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship in the Hypercar class with the Vanwall Vandervell 680, built to LMH specifications. The team's lineup would consist of Tom Dillmann, Jacques Villeneuve and Esteban Guerrieri, with the car being sponsored by German travel bag and luggage company Floyd GmbH. [11] [12]

The Vanwall name was registered as a marque by Kolles' agents PMC, in Germany, before the launch of the car. [13] However, the use of the Vanwall marque is in question after ByKolles lost a EUIPO case brought by the continuity project Vanwall 1958 based in the UK, who also plan to build cars for competition using the Vanwall marque and history. [4]

After a string of uncompetitive results and retirements, Villeneuve was dropped by the team for the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans and replaced with Tristan Vautier. Villeneuve subsequently withdrew from the remainder of the season, releasing a statement questioning the team's actions and expressing his disappointment at the situation. [14] Dillmann would leave the team following the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans, stating that his leave was on "good terms"; he was replaced by João Paulo de Oliveira for future rounds. [15] Ryan Briscoe would end up replacing de Oliveira for the final round of the season. [16] In November 2023 the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship entry list was announced and did not include the team. [17] It was later revealed that Kolles had struck an engine deal with Pipo Moteurs, who had previously powered Glickenhaus, before the entry request was declined. [18]

Results

German Formula Three Championship results

YearTeamnameCarEngineDriverRacesPointsPos.
2000 AIL Team Kolles Racing Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda Flag of the Netherlands.svg Elran Nijenhuis141818th
Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Feichtner4424th
Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Sundberg 10425th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marc Hynes 20NC
2001 Team Kolles Racing Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Kaffer 201564th
Flag of Finland.svg Kimmo Liimatainen202516th
2002 Team Kolles Racing Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira 141612th
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Charles Zwolsman Jr. 10815th
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ross Zwolsman10021st
Flag of Japan.svg Sakon Yamamoto 6022nd
Dallara F399 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Proetto 14030th
Carlo van Dam's Kolles & Heinz Union Dallara F309 at Hockenheim in 2009. Formel3 Dallara F308 van Dam 2009 amk.jpg
Carlo van Dam's Kolles & Heinz Union Dallara F309 at Hockenheim in 2009.

Formula 3 Euro Series results

YearTeamnameCarEngineDriverRacesPointsPos.
2003 Kolles Dallara F303 Mercedes Flag of the Netherlands.svg Charles Zwolsman Jr. 20719th
Dallara F302 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Green 6620th
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jan Heylen 14028th
2004 Team Kolles Dallara F303 Mercedes Flag of Germany.svg Adrian Sutil 18917th
Flag of Germany.svg Maximilian Götz 2319th
Dallara F302 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Kimber-Smith 20220th
2009 Kolles & Heinz Union Dallara F309 Volkswagen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Robert Wickens 4022nd
Flag of Denmark.svg Johan Jokinen 18024th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Tandy 16028th
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Carlo van Dam 4031st
Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Mortara 20NC
Vanina Ickx's Futurecom TME Audi at Brands Hatch in 2006. Vanina Ickx 2006 DTM.jpg
Vanina Ickx's Futurecom TME Audi at Brands Hatch in 2006.

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

YearTeamnameCarDriverRacesPointsPos.
2006 Futurecom TME Audi A4 DTM 2004 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Vanina Ickx 10019th
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Bleekemolen 2020th
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Olivier Tielemans 3021st
Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk 2022nd
Flag of Denmark.svg Nicolas Kiesa 3023rd
2007 Futurecom TME Audi A4 DTM 2005 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Carroll 5018th
Flag of Germany.svg Markus Winkelhock 5019th
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Vanina Ickx 10021st
2008 Futurecom TME Audi A4 DTM 2006 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christijan Albers 11019th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katherine Legge 11021st
2009 Kolles Futurecom Audi A4 DTM 2007 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Kostka 10017th
Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Bakkerud 9019th
Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Seidlitz 8020th

Le Mans Series results

YearTeamnameCarEngineDriverRacesPointsPos.
2009 Flag of Germany.svg Kolles Audi R10 TDI Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Charles Zwolsman Jr. 5127th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Meyrick 5
Flag of India.svg Narain Karthikeyan 4
Flag of Germany.svg Michael Krumm 1
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christijan Albers 5610th
Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Bakkerud 5
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Giorgio Mondini 3
Christophe Bouchut escaping from a burning Lotus CLM P1/01 at Fuji in 2014. Christophe Bouchut escaping from burning Lotus 2014 WEC Fuji.jpg
Christophe Bouchut escaping from a burning Lotus CLM P1/01 at Fuji in 2014.

FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearTeamnameCarEngineClassTyreDriverRacesPointsPos.
2012 Flag of Germany.svg Lotus Lola B12/80 Lotus (Judd) 3.6 L V8 LMP2 D Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Holzer 8328th
Flag of Germany.svg Mirco Schultis7
Flag of Italy.svg Luca Moro 4
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Renger van der Zande 1
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christijan Albers 1
Flag of Italy.svg Luca Moro 1N/ANC
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Weeda6
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rossiter 6
Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi 4
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Charouz 1
2013 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lotus Lotus T128 Praga (Judd) LMP2 D Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Weeda8118th
Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi 6
Flag of France.svg Christophe Bouchut 4
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rossiter 4
Flag of Austria.svg Lucas Auer 8
Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Holzer 8377th
Flag of Austria.svg Dominik Kraihamer 8
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Charouz 8
2014 Flag of Romania.svg Lotus CLM P1/01 AER P60 Turbo V6 LMP1-L M Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rossiter 2333rd
Flag of France.svg Christophe Bouchut 2
Flag of Austria.svg Lucas Auer 3
Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Kaffer 4
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simon Trummer 1
Flag of France.svg Nathanaël Berthon 1
2015 Flag of Austria.svg Team ByKolles CLM P1/01 AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6 LMP1 M Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simon Trummer 81043rd
Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi 2
Flag of Austria.svg Christian Klien 2
Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro 1
Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Kaffer 6
2016 Flag of Austria.svg ByKolles Racing Team CLM P1/01 AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6 LMP1 D Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simon Trummer 91092nd
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Webb 9
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rossiter 2
Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Kaffer 6
2017 Flag of Austria.svg ByKolles Racing Team ENSO CLM P1/01 Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6 LMP1 M Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Webb 4N/ANC
Flag of Austria.svg Dominik Kraihamer 4
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rossiter 2
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Bonanomi 4
2018-2019 Flag of Austria.svg ByKolles Racing Team ENSO CLM P1/01 Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
LMP1 M Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Webb 5224th
Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann 4
Flag of Austria.svg Dominik Kraihamer 2
Flag of Austria.svg René Binder 1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rossiter 2
2019-2020 Flag of Austria.svg ByKolles Racing Team ENSO CLM P1/01 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 LMP1 M Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann 2N/ANC
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bruno Spengler 2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Webb 2
2023 Flag of Austria.svg Vanwall Racing Team Vanwall Vandervell 680 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 LMH M Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann 4107th
Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri 7
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve 3
Flag of France.svg Tristan Vautier 4
Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira 2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Briscoe 1
Kolles' Audi R10 TDI at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in 2009. Kolles Audi R10.png
Kolles' Audi R10 TDI at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in 2009.
The Lotus T128 at the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans. 2013 Lotus T128 Praga.JPG
The Lotus T128 at the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans.
ByKolles' ENSO CLM P1/01 at Silverstone in 2017. ENSO CLM P1-01 - 6 Hours of Silverstone 2017 - FIA WEC.jpg
ByKolles' ENSO CLM P1/01 at Silverstone in 2017.
Jacques Villeneuve at the wheel of his Vanwall Vandervell 680 at Spa-Francorchamps in 2023. 2023 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Floyd Vanwall Racing Team Vanwall Vandervell 680 No.4 (DSC00012).jpg
Jacques Villeneuve at the wheel of his Vanwall Vandervell 680 at Spa-Francorchamps in 2023.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearEntrantNo.CarDriversClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2009 Flag of Germany.svg Kolles14 Audi R10 TDI Flag of India.svg Narain Karthikeyan [lower-alpha 1]
Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Charles Zwolsman Jr.
LMP13697th7th
15 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christijan Albers
Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Bakkerud
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Giorgio Mondini
3609th9th
2010 Flag of Germany.svg Kolles14 Audi R10 TDI Flag of France.svg Christophe Bouchut
Flag of Portugal.svg Manuel Rodrigues
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Tucker
LMP1182DNFDNF
15 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christijan Albers
Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Bakkerud
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Jarvis
331DNFDNF
2012 Flag of Germany.svg Lotus 31 Lola B12/80-Lotus (Judd) Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Holzer
Flag of Italy.svg Luca Moro
Flag of Germany.svg Mirco Schultis
LMP2155DNFDNF
2013 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lotus 31 Lotus T128-Praga (Judd) Flag of France.svg Christophe Bouchut
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rossiter
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Weeda
LMP217DNFDNF
32 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Charouz
Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Holzer
Flag of Austria.svg Dominik Kraihamer
219DNFDNF
2015 Flag of Austria.svg Team ByKolles4 CLM P1/01-AER Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Kaffer
Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simon Trummer
LMP1260EX [lower-alpha 2] EX
2016 Flag of Austria.svg ByKolles Racing Team4 CLM P1/01-AER Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Kaffer
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simon Trummer
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Webb
LMP1206DNFDNF
2017 Flag of Austria.svg ByKolles Racing Team4 ENSO CLM P1/01-Nismo Flag of Italy.svg Marco Bonanomi
Flag of Austria.svg Dominik Kraihamer
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Webb
LMP17DNFDNF
2018 Flag of Austria.svg ByKolles Racing Team4 ENSO CLM P1/01-Nismo Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann
Flag of Austria.svg Dominik Kraihamer
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Webb
LMP165DNFDNF
2019 Flag of Austria.svg ByKolles Racing Team4 ENSO CLM P1/01-Gibson Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Ruberti
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Webb
LMP1163DNFDNF
2020 Flag of Austria.svg ByKolles Racing Team4 ENSO CLM P1/01-Gibson Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bruno Spengler
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Webb
LMP197DNFDNF
2023 Flag of Austria.svg Floyd Vanwall Racing Team4 Vanwall Vandervell 680-Gibson Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann
Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri
Flag of France.svg Tristan Vautier
Hypercar165DNFDNF

Timeline

The series in which the team competed are listed:

Current series
FIA World Endurance Championship 2012–2020, 2023
Former series
German Formula Three Championship 2000–2002
Formula 3 Euro Series 2003–2004, 2009
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 2006–2009
Le Mans Series 2009

Notes

    1. Karthikeyan, who was nominated as the starting driver for the No. 14 Kolles entry, dislocated his shoulder going over the pitwall before the formation lap. He was unable to take part in the race and was therefore not credited with seventh place. [19]
    2. The No. 4 ByKolles CLM-AER was excluded from the race for not having the correct driver weight ballast. Prior to the exclusion, the car was not classified in the race results for failing to complete 70 per cent of the overall winner's distance. [20]

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