Delahaye Racing

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Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Delahaye Racing
DelahayeRacing Logo.jpg
Founded1999
Team principal(s)Gilles Terlinden
Pierre Sevrin
Current series TCR International Series
TCR Benelux Series
Michelin Le Mans Cup
Volkswagen Fun Cup
Former series GT4 European Series
Blancpain Endurance Series
Supercar Challenge
Noted driversTCR
12. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Guillaume Mondron
25. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Edouard Mondron
TCR Benelux
4. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Romain de Leval
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Guillaume Mondron
Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Altoè
5. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Edouard Mondron
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Guillaume Mondron
Le Mans Cup
28. Flag of France.svg Pierre-Étienne Bordet
Flag of France.svg Alexandre Viron
Website http://www.delahaye-racing.com

Delahaye Racing is a Belgian auto racing team based in Wavre, Belgium. The team has raced in the TCR International Series, since 2017. [1] The team also races in the TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship, Michelin Le Mans Cup and Volkswagen Fun Cup. Having previously raced in the Blancpain Endurance Series amongst others.

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Blancpain Endurance Series

The team entered the Blancpain Endurance Series for first time in 2011, entering the Spa 24 Hours with a Corvette Z06 GT3. But they retired from the race after completing 215 laps. With the team returning for a full season in 2013, with a Porsche 997 GT3-R. With the team finishing twenty-sixth in the Spa 24 Hours. They returned for the 2014 24 Hours of Spa, finishing thirty-third. In 2015 they again competed a full season, with the team finishing ninth in the Am Cup teams championship.

TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship

Having first entered the championship in 2016, running a single SEAT León Cup Racer and two Volkswagen Golf GTI TCRs. The team finished fourth in the teams championship, while their drivers finished fourth, eighth and ninth in the drivers championship with drivers Edouard and Guillaume Mondron being the only duo of the three to take a victory. The team took fifteen podium finishes. They returned in 2017 running a SEAT León TCR for 2016 drivers Edouard and Guillaume Mondron and a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for 2016 driver Romain de Leval and Giacomo Altoè. However, for the second round of the championship, the team only fielded a single car with Guillaume Mondron joining Giacomo Altoè in the Golf. [2] [3] [4]

TCR International Series

SEAT León TCR & Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR (2017–)

After having raced in the TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship, the team entered the 2017 TCR International Series with Edouard Mondron and Guillaume Mondron driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR and SEAT León TCR respectively. [5] With Edouard taking two points scoring positions, a seventh and fourth-place finish in the two races at Spa-Francorchamps. With Guillaume failing to score any points after a crash in qualifying that meant he had to start from twenty-second position, he went on to finish nineteenth and twelfth.

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References

  1. ↑ Hudson, Neil (25 April 2017). "TCR Benelux race winner Guillaume Mondron to join the International Series at Spa". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "TCR Benelux entry list confirmed ahead of Spa opener". TouringCarTimes. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  3. ↑ Hudson, Neil (20 April 2017). "Giacomo Altoè joins Romain de Leval at Delahaye this weekend". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Giacome Altoè and Guillaume Mondron win the QLR at Zandvoort". TouringCarTimes.com. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Guillaume and Edouard Mondron confirmed for Spa-Francorchamps". tcr-series.com. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
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