Draco Racing

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Draco Racing
Founded 1989
Founder(s)Adriano Morini
Nadia Morini
Former series Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Opel Lotus Euroseries
International Formula 3000
Euro Formula 3000
Teams'
Championships
Euro Formula 3000 :
2001, 2003, 2004
3000 Pro Series :
2005
Formula Renault 3.5 Series :
2009
Drivers'
Championships
Opel Lotus Euroseries :
1990: Rubens Barrichello
1991: Pedro Lamy
1993: Patrick Crinelli
1994: Marco Campos
Euro Formula 3000 :
2001: Felipe Massa
2003: Augusto Farfus
2004: Nicky Pastorelli
Formula Renault 3.5 Series :
2009: Bertrand Baguette
Team Principal Nadia Morini in 2011 Nadia Morini.JPG
Team Principal Nadia Morini in 2011

International Draco Racing was a motorsport team. It was most well known for operating in the World Series by Renault, but had also taken part in Formula Opel Lotus, International Formula 3000 and Euro Formula 3000.

Contents

Career

Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries

Draco was founded in 1989 by Adriano and Nadia Morini, and entered the Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries. In its first year, the Italian takes Brazilian driver Eduar Neto to second place in F. Opel, with five wins. The team continued to be one of the most competitive in the series for the following years, winning the F. Opel championship in 1990 with Rubens Barrichello, 1991 with Pedro Lamy, 1993 with Patrick Crinelli and 1994 with Marco Campos (in 1992, Gualter Salles was second).

International Formula 3000

Draco stayed in Formula Opel until the championship's demise in 1996, but the year before Adriano Morini took his team to Formula 3000, creating the outfit specifically for Marco Campos. Morini took a gamble on the Brazilian driver's talent, but he ultimately lost it when 18-year-old Campos died in the race at Magny-Cours. Draco was never so successful in F3000, even with drivers such as Ricardo Zonta (in 1996) and Bruno Junqueira (in 1998) and left the series after the 1999 season.

Euro Formula 3000

In 2000, Draco moved down to the Italian F3000 Championship (now Euro 3000), for older 1996 cars. This proved to be the wisest move, as Felipe Massa completely dominated the series in 2001, taking the championship title, a performance repeated in 2003 with Augusto Farfus and 2004 with Nicky Pastorelli.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

In 2005, Draco changed series, again, to the World Series by Renault, where their lead drivers Pastor Maldonado and Miloš Pavlović finished third in the 2006 and 2007 seasons. In 2008 the drivers was Bertrand Baguette and Marco Barba. In 2009 the Draco Team won the Formula Renault 3.5 Championship with the Team Title and the Driver Title with Bertrand Baguette. Following funding issues midway through the 2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season, the team closed down at the end of the year.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearDrivers1234567891011121314151617Pts.WCC
2005 ZOL ZOL MON VAL VAL BUG BUG BIL BIL OSC OSC DON DON EST EST MNZ MNZ 2nd167
Flag of Germany.svg Markus Winkelhock Ret3DNS111215Ret7Ret3514231
Flag of San Marino (1862-2011).svg Christian Montanari 7DNS11215126610111721585129
2006 ZOL ZOL MON IST IST MIS MIS SPA SPA NÜR NÜR DON DON BUG BUG CAT CAT 2nd132
Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado 83111RetDSQRet126228RetRet1102
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomas Kostka 14148Ret1520Ret209Ret17
Flag of Serbia.svg Miloš Pavlović 382RetRet18
2007 MNZ MNZ NÜR NÜR MON HUN HUN SPA SPA DON DON MAG MAG EST EST CAT CAT 2nd160
Flag of Serbia.svg Miloš Pavlović 6215244727111Ret4Ret9144
Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Barba RetRet4519RetRetRet171Ret12113618Ret
2008 MNZ MNZ SPA SPA MON SIL SIL HUN HUN NÜR NÜR BUG BUG EST EST CAT CAT 6th93
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Baguette RetRet11156164455Ret16Ret4Ret4
Flag of Spain.svg Marco Barba 128Ret20Ret127107Ret1010861016Ret
2009 CAT CAT SPA SPA MON HUN HUN SIL SIL BUG BUG ALG ALG NÜR NÜR ALC ALC 1st205
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Baguette 2Ret225368511251511
Flag of Spain.svg Marco Barba RetRet7121622101057161187146
2010 ALC ALC SPA SPA MON BRN BRN MAG MAG HUN HUN HOC HOC SIL SIL CAT CAT 7th71
Flag of France.svg Nathanaël Berthon Ret3Ret10Ret8291Ret1393RetRet612
Flag of Colombia.svg Omar Leal RetRet111216413Ret19Ret16139Ret10RetRet
2011 ALC ALC SPA SPA MNZ MNZ MON NÜR NÜR HUN HUN SIL SIL LEC LEC CAT CAT 12th26
Flag of Monaco.svg Stéphane Richelmi 16Ret17Ret715161313152019201713RetRet
Flag of Brazil.svg André Negrão 149DNS111010Ret61220RetRet16156
Flag of France.svg Adrien Tambay DNSRet
2012 ALC ALC MON SPA SPA NÜR NÜR MOS MOS SIL SIL HUN HUN LEC LEC CAT CAT 8th114
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nico Müller RetRet5542Ret8RetRet76Ret871215
Flag of Brazil.svg André Negrão 810Ret1212193134Ret1615RetRet22148

Complete former series results

3000 Pro Series

3000 Pro Series results
YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF.L.PointsD.C.T.C.
2005 Lola B99/50Zytek Flag of Germany.svg Timo Lienemann 820413rd1st
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Bonetti 810394th

Italian/Euro Formula 3000

Italian/Euro Formula 3000 results
YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF.L.PointsD.C.T.C.
1999 Lola T96/50-Zytek Flag of Italy.svg Oliver Martini 1000014th 1 NC
Flag of Austria.svg Walter Thimmler10000NC
2000 Lola T96/50-Zytek Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo Sperafico 8010224th5th
Flag of Brazil.svg Leonardo Nienkötter80000NC
2001 Lola T96/50-Zytek Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Vacis8000113th1st
Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa 8665601st
2002 Lola B99/50-Zytek Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus 900089th5th
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Grassotto 9000127th
2003 Lola B99/50-Zytek Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus 9453601st1st
Flag of Germany.svg Sven Heidfeld 9000411th
2004 Lola B99/50-Zytek Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nicky Pastorelli 10201461st1st
Flag of Italy.svg Fausto Ippoliti 10000177th

International Formula 3000

YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF.L.PointsD.C.T.C.
1995 Lola-Cosworth Flag of Brazil.svg Marco Campos 8000313th9th
1996 Lola T96/50-Zytek Judd Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Zonta 10212274th4th
Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandre de Andrade10000NC
Flag of Brazil.svg Sergio Paese20000NC
Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Tuero 6000024th
1997 Lola T96/50-Zytek Judd Flag of France.svg Cyrille Sauvage 10000513th8th
Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Couceiro 9000611th
1998 Lola T96/50-Zytek Judd Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Junqueira 12000318th15th
Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Montanari 12000027th
1999 Lola B99/50-Zytek Flag of France.svg Fabrice Walfisch9000414th11th
Flag of Italy.svg Oliver Martini 30008NC
Flag of France.svg Cyrille Sauvage 10000NC 2

Notes:

Achievements
Preceded by Formula Renault 3.5 Series Teams' Champion
2009
Succeeded by

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