G-Drive Racing

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Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing
G-Drive Racing logo.png
Founded2012
Base Moscow, Russia
Team principal(s)
  • Alexander Krylov
Former series FIA World Endurance Championship
European Le Mans Series
Asian Le Mans Series
IMSA SportsCar Championship
Blancpain GT Series
Noted drivers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Conway
Flag of France.svg Olivier Pla
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird
Flag of Brazil.svg Pipo Derani
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde
Flag of Germany.svg René Rast
Flag of Japan.svg Ryō Hirakawa
Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Jensen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nyck de Vries
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Rusinov
Website https://www.gdriveracing.com/

G-Drive Racing is a Russian sports car racing team. It is named after the commercial fuel distributed by Gazprom Neft, a subsidiary of oil giant Gazprom. [1] They made their debut in the LMP2 class of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship in a partnership with Signatech, before quickly rising to prominence, winning three titles in the European Le Mans Series, taking the 2015 WEC title, as well as winning the Asian Le Mans Series twice. [2] [3] Over the years, G-Drive ran in conjunction with multiple race teams, including Jota Sport, TDS Racing, Graff Racing, and Algarve Pro Racing. [4] [5]

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As a result of regulations imposed by the FIA on Russian competitors in the aftermath of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, G-Drive withdrew from international competition. They currently organise multiple sporting events in Russia. [6] The team opened a rally raid division in 2023 for Roman Rusinov and Anastasiya Nifontova, and the former won the Silk Way Rally in the T3 category the following year. [7] [8]

G-Drive Racing at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans. G-Drive Racing - Oreca 07 - Gibson -26 (42917713642).jpg
G-Drive Racing at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearEntrantTeamNo.CarDriversClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2012 Flag of France.svg Signatech-Nissan Signatech 26 Oreca 03-Nissan Flag of France.svg Nelson Panciatici
Flag of France.svg Pierre Ragues
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Rusinov
LMP2 35110th4th
2013 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Delta-ADR Delta-ADR 25 Oreca 03-Nissan Flag of Thailand.svg Tor Graves
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Archie Hamilton
Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Nakano
LMP2 101DNFDNF
Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing26 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Conway
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Martin
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Rusinov
327DSQDSQ
2014 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing OAK Racing 26 Morgan LMP2-Nissan Flag of France.svg Julien Canal
Flag of France.svg Olivier Pla
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Rusinov
LMP2 120DNFDNF
Flag of France.svg OAK Racing 35 Ligier JS P2-Nissan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Brundle
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jann Mardenborough
Flag of Russia.svg Mark Shulzhitskiy
3549th5th
2015 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing OAK Racing 26 Ligier JS P2-Nissan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird
Flag of France.svg Julien Canal
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Rusinov
LMP2 35811th3rd
28 Flag of Brazil.svg Pipo Derani
Flag of Mexico.svg Ricardo González
Flag of Colombia.svg Gustavo Yacamán
35412th4th
2016 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing Jota Sport 26 Oreca 05-Nissan Flag of Germany.svg René Rast
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Rusinov
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Will Stevens
LMP2 3576th2nd
38 Gibson 015S-Nissan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jake Dennis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Simon Dolan
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde
222DNFDNF
2017 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing DragonSpeed 22 Oreca 07-Gibson Flag of Mexico.svg José Gutiérrez
Flag of Japan.svg Ryō Hirakawa
Flag of Mexico.svg Memo Rojas
LMP2 32739th17th
TDS Racing 26 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Rusinov
Flag of France.svg Pierre Thiriet
20DNFDNF
2018 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing TDS Racing 26 Oreca 07-Gibson Flag of France.svg Andrea Pizzitola
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Rusinov
Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne
LMP2 369DSQDSQ
Graff Racing 40 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Allen
Flag of France.svg Enzo Guibbert
Flag of Mexico.svg José Gutierrez
197DNFDNF
2019 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing TDS Racing 26 Aurus 01-Gibson Flag of Russia.svg Roman Rusinov
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Job van Uitert
Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne
LMP2 36411th6th
2020 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing by Algarve Algarve Pro Racing 16 Aurus 01-Gibson Flag of Ireland.svg Ryan Cullen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Jarvis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Tandy
LMP2 105DNFDNF
Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing TDS Racing 26 Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Jensen
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Rusinov
Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne
3679th5th
2021 Russian Automobile Federation flag.svg G-Drive Racing [lower-alpha 1] Algarve Pro Racing 25 Aurus 01-Gibson Flag of Portugal.svg Rui Andrade
Flag of the United States.svg John Falb
Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Merhi
LMP2 (Pro-Am)108DNFDNF
26 Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Colapinto
Russian Automobile Federation flag.svg Roman Rusinov [lower-alpha 1]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nyck de Vries
LMP2 35812th7th

European Le Mans Series

YearEntrantTeamClassNoChassisEngineDrivers123456Pos.Pts
2016 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing Jota Sport LMP2 38 Gibson 015S Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Simon Dolan
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Tincknell
SIL
1
IMO
2
RBR
3
LEC
5
SPA
5
EST
1
1st103
2017 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing DragonSpeed LMP2 22 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Flag of Mexico.svg Memo Rojas
Flag of France.svg Léo Roussel
Flag of Japan.svg Ryō Hirakawa (rounds 1–2, 5–6)
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Minassian (rounds 3–4)
SIL
2
MNZ
1
RBR
2
LEC
2
SPA
2
ALG
4
1st110
2018 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing TDS Racing LMP2 26 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Flag of France.svg Andrea Pizzitola
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Rusinov
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexandre Imperatori (round 1)
Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne (rounds 2–6)
LEC
4
MNZ
1
RBR
1
SIL
1
SPA
12‡
ALG
4
1st100.25
Graff 40 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Allen
Flag of Mexico.svg José Gutiérrez (rounds 1–4)
Flag of France.svg Enzo Guibbert (rounds 1–2)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Garry Findlay (round 4)
Flag of Sweden.svg Henning Enqvist (rounds 5–6)
Flag of France.svg Julien Falchero (rounds 5–6)
LEC
6
MNZ
Ret
RBR
13
SIL
12
SPA
11‡
ALG
7
12th15.25
2019 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing TDS Racing LMP2 26 Aurus 01 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Flag of Russia.svg Roman Rusinov
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Job van Uitert
Flag of France.svg Norman Nato (round 1–2)
Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne (rounds 3–6)
LEC
4
MNZ
1
CAT
1
SIL
2
SPA
4
ALG
6
2nd101
2020 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing TDS Racing LMP2 26 Aurus 01 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Jensen
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Rusinov
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nyck de Vries (rounds 1, 4–5)
Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne (round 3)
LEC
2
SPA
Ret
LEC
2
MNZ
Ret
ALG
1
3rd61
2021 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 25 Aurus 01 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Flag of Portugal.svg Rui Andrade
Flag of the United States.svg John Falb
Flag of Brazil.svg Pietro Fittipaldi (round 1)
Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Merhi (rounds 2–4)
Flag of the United States.svg Gustavo Menezes (rounds 5–6)
CAT
7
RBR
3
LEC
10
MNZ
6
SPA
7
ALG
8
6th42
26 Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Colapinto
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Rusinov
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nyck de Vries (rounds 1–3, 5–6)
Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Jensen (round 4)
CAT
4
RBR
2
LEC
1
MNZ
8
SPA
NC
ALG
5
4th74

Notes

  1. 1 2 G-Drive Racing and Roman Rusinov are Russian, but both competed as neutral competitors using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes. [9]

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