EPIC Racing

Last updated
Flag of Spain.svg EPIC Racing
Logo epsilon.png
Founded1999
Team principal(s) Joan Villadelprat
Former series Le Mans Series
Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup
World Series by Renault
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Teams'
Championships
2005 World Series by Renault
2006 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Series
2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
2009 Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup
Drivers'
Championships
2005 World Series by Renault (Kubica)
2006 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Series (Alguersuari)
2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (Hartley)
2009 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (Costa)
2009 Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup (Costa)

EPIC Racing [1] (Euskadi Phil Imanol Claudio Racing) was a racing team from Spain. The team's headquarters were located in Vitoria (Alava). It was the second major motorsport team from the Basque Country, (Euskadi). Epsilon Euskadi was the biggest one and ran their own team in World Series by Renault and Formula Renault before selling the racing division to EPIC Racing in March 2011 in a bid to run the World Series by Renault with both FR3.5 and FR2.0 when Epsilon Euskadi ran into financial trouble and allowed all personnel involved to maintain their jobs.

Contents

Epic Racing was born from a sell out of Epsilon Euskadi and not a name change as it mistakenly written in several places. Nevertheless, Epsilon Euskadi continued non-racing activities until 2013 when administrators took the lead of the operations.

In 2008 Epsilon Euskadi participated in sports car racing for the first time with their Epsilon Euskadi ee1 car.

Bid for Formula One

This page is mistakenly written for EPIC Racing. It is only related to Epsilon Euskadi.

Although the team announced on 3 June 2009 that it had submitted an entry for the Formula 1 World Championship for 2010, the FIA did not list them amongst the 13 teams in the preliminary entry list released on 12 June 2009. They were however placed on the reserve list in case one of the 13 teams withdrew, but the withdrawal of USF1 took place too late for this contingency to operate. [2]

In March 2010 Epsilon Euskadi announced it applied to enter the 2011 Formula One championship, following the failure of US F1 to use the entry they had been granted. [3] This application was also unsuccessful.

Corruption

Epsilon Euskadi sponsored EPIC Racing with public funding of the Basque Country government.

In 2013 Epsilon Euskadi ee1 founder Joan Villadelprat and Mark Phillip Payne were taken to court in Vitoria (Spain) under allegations of corruption and negligent management of public funding granted by the Basque Country government when Juan Jose Ibarratxe was president of the Basque Country. [4] [5]

Results

The results of EPIC Racing are only the ones during 2011 season. Previous seasons are Epsilon Euskadi results only

World Series by Renault

World Series by Renault results [6]
YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesFLapsPointsD.C.T.C.
2005 Dallara T05-Renault Flag of Spain.svg Félix Porteiro 17341775th1st
Flag of Poland.svg Robert Kubica 174211541st
2006 Dallara T05-Renault Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steven Kane 170011520th10th
Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi 170104310th
2007 Dallara T05-Renault Flag of Portugal.svg Filipe Albuquerque 17101814th4th
Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi 171003716th
2008 Dallara T08-Renault Flag of France.svg Alexandre Marsoin 170001919th10th
Flag of Portugal.svg Filipe Albuquerque 40001221st
Flag of Brazil.svg Mario Romancini 13000329th
2009 Dallara T08-Renault Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Vallés 80101917th8th
Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos 4000525th
Flag of Japan.svg Keisuke Kunimoto 40000NC
Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris van der Drift 170004111th
2010 Dallara T08-Renault Flag of Spain.svg Albert Costa 17000785th6th
Flag of Japan.svg Keisuke Kunimoto 17000822nd
2011 Dallara T08-Renault Flag of Estonia.svg Sten Pentus 170001124th4th
Flag of Spain.svg Albert Costa 171111514th

Sports car

Again this chapter is only Epsilon Euskadi. EPIC Racing also purchased the LMP section of Epsilon Euskadi but never competed or ran the cars again.

24 Hours of Le Mans results
YearClassNoTyresCarDriversPoleFast
lap
LapsPos.Class
Pos.
2008 LMP120 M Epsilon Euskadi ee1
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10
Flag of Spain.svg Ángel Burgueño
Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel de Castro
Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Vallés
nono189
(DNF)
41st17th
LMP121 M Epsilon Euskadi ee1
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10
Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Nakano
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson
Flag of France.svg Jean-Marc Gounon
nono158
(DNF)
43rd19th

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References

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  3. "Epsilon Euskadi to apply for 2011 F1 debut | F1 News". www.motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06.
  4. "Hiriko, unos números de escándalo". El Correo (in European Spanish). 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  5. "Villadelprat acusa a la crisis y al gobierno de López de la quiebra de Epsilon". El Correo (in European Spanish). 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  6. WSbR&N complete results speedsportmag.com