Conquest Racing

Conquest Racing

Founded	1997
Founder(s)	Éric Bachelart
Base	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Team principal(s)	Éric Bachelart
Current series	IMSA SportsCar Championship Ferrari Challenge North America
Former series	IndyCar Series Atlantic Championship Champ Car World Series
Current drivers	IMSA SportsCar Championship: 34. Albert Costa Manny Franco Cédric Sbirrazzuoli Alessandro Balzan 35. Daniel Serra Albert Costa Giacomo Altoè
Website	https://conquestracing.com/

Conquest Racing is an auto racing team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The team currently competes in the Ferrari Challenge North America and in the IMSA SportsCar Championship in both the GTD Pro and GTD classes. ^{[1] [2]} Previously, Conquest Racing competed in the IndyCar Series, Atlantic Championship, Champ Car World Series, and the GT World Challenge America. ^[3]

History

Conquest's Enrique Bernoldi practices for the 2008 Indianapolis 500.

Conquest Racing is owned by former series competitor Éric Bachelart. The team started in Indy Lights in the late 1990s with drivers like Felipe Giaffone and the Menninga brothers. In 2002, they moved to the Indy Racing League with Laurent Rédon, who won Rookie of the Year. In 2003, the team switched to Champ Car with Mario Haberfeld and later Justin Wilson in 2004. The team expanded to multiple drivers in 2005–2006, including Nelson Philippe, Andrew Ranger, and Charles Zwolsman Jr.

Conquest also competed in Champ Car Atlantic with drivers Graham Rahal and Al Unser III. Sponsorship changes affected the team through 2007–2008, including partnerships with 42 Below and Opes Prime which later ended abruptly. During 2008–2011, the team participated in the IndyCar Series with drivers such as Franck Perera, Enrique Bernoldi, Alex Tagliani, Bruno Junqueira, Mario Romancini, and Sebastián Saavedra.

In 2012, Conquest Racing left IndyCar and entered the American Le Mans Series with a Morgan-Nissan LMP2, taking their first victory at the 2012 Grand Prix of Mosport. After a period of limited activity, the team returned in the IMSA Prototype Challenge in 2019 in the LMP3 category. ^[4]

Racing record

IndyCar Series results

Legend

Color	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	4th–5th place (Top 5)
Light Blue	6th–10th place (Top 10)
Dark Blue	Finished (Outside Top 10)
Purple	Did not finish (DNF)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown	Withdrew (Wth)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled or abandoned (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
	Driver replacement (Rpl)
	Race not held (NH)
	Not competing

In-line notation
Bold	Pole position (1 point; except Indy)
Italics	Ran fastest race lap
L	Led race lap (1 point)
*	Led most race laps (2 points)
1–12	Indy 500 "Fast Twelve" bonus points
c	Qualifying canceled (no bonus point)
RY	Rookie of the Year
R	Rookie

Complete IRL / IndyCar Series results

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	D.C.
2002	Dallara-Infiniti	Laurent Redon	15	0	0	0	229	12th
2008	Dallara-Honda / Panoz DP01-Cosworth	Franck Perera, Enrique Bernoldi	15	0	0	0	291	29th / 22nd
2009	Dallara-Honda	Alex Tagliani, Bruno Junqueira, Nelson Philippe	8	0	0	0	143	22nd / NA / 35th
2010	Dallara-Honda	Mario Romancini, Bertrand Baguette, Francesco Dracone	15	0	0	0	386	22nd / 24th / 37th
2011	Dallara-Honda	Sebastián Saavedra	14	0	0	0	178	25th

Champ Car results

Complete Champ Car / CART results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
2003	Reynard 02i	Ford XFE V8	Mario Haberfeld	34	4	16	9	9	14	7	5	8	15	19	7	8	10	11	10	5	12	14
2004–2007	Multiple entries / chassis	Ford Cosworth / Panoz Cosworth	Multiple drivers	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

1. Gilain, Eliane (May 17, 2024). "Conquest Racing Returns to Laguna Seca for Second Round of Ferrari Challenge". Conquest Racing. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
2. Dagys, John (September 7, 2023). "Conquest Set for IMSA Return in Ferrari GTD Entry for Franco – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
3. "Conquest Racing GT3 Debut In Sebring, Preparations Underway For Full-Time 2023 Effort". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
4. Marie-Lyse Tremblay (January 2, 2019). "L'équipe Conquest Racing inscrite en IMSA LMP3 pour la saison 2019, avec le Canadien Aaron Povoledo". poleposition.ca (in French). Retrieved June 18, 2019.