M2 Competition (team)

M2 Competition
Founded	2010
Founder(s)	Jonathan Moury; Mark Pilcher
Team principal(s)	Elise Moury (co-owner); Jonathan Moury (co-owner); Mark Pilcher(co-owner)
Current series	Formula Regional Oceania Championship
Former series	Formula Renault Eurocup ; F4 Spanish Championship ; Toyota Finance 86 Championship ; British GT Championship
Current drivers	Charlie Wurz ; Callum Hedge ; Liam Sceats; David Morales ; Ryder Quinn
Drivers'; Championships	Toyota Racing Series:; 2013: Nick Cassidy ; 2015: Lance Stroll ; 2016: Lando Norris ; 2018: Robert Shwartzman ; 2019: Liam Lawson ; 2020: Igor Fraga ; 2021: Matthew Payne ; 2023: Charlie Wurz
Website	m2-automotive.com

Last updated September 18, 2024

M2 Competition are a motorsport team based in New Zealand and Belgium.

History

Founded in 2010, M2 Competition began partaking in the New Zealand-based single-seater championship the Castrol Toyota Racing Series in 2011, with Ivan Lukashevich taking the team's first win at Manfield. The following year, the team achieved their second victory and first pole position from Jordan King at Taupo.^[1] In 2013, the team saw their first champion crowned with Nick Cassidy claiming his second successive title.^[2] Since then, the team has taken Lance Stroll, Lando Norris, Robert Shwartzman and Liam Lawson to the TRS title as well as fielding the likes of Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn, Raffaele Marciello, Marcus Armstrong and Richard Verschoor.

In November 2018, it was announced M2 would expand into Europe by competing in the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup championship under a Belgian license.^[3]

Current series results

Toyota Racing Series / Formula Regional Oceania Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Podiums	Points	D.C.
2011	Tatuus-Toyota	Ivan Lukashevich	12	1	0	0	2	531	7th
		Jordan Skinner	15	0	0	0	0	410	11th
		Kotaro Sakurai	12	0	0	0	0	325	14th
		Earl Bamber	6	0	0	0	0	164	15th
		Ken Smith	3	0	0	0	0	78	17th
2012	Tatuus-Toyota	Jordan King	15	1	1	0	4	591	5th
		Nathanaël Berthon	15	0	0	0	0	555	7th
		Raffaele Marciello	15	1	0	0	2	535	9th
		Tanart Sathienthirakul	15	0	0	0	0	383	14th
		Sheban Siddiqi	15	0	0	0	0	212	20th
2013	Tatuus-Toyota	Nick Cassidy	15	1	0	6	10	915	1st
		Alex Lynn	15	3	3	2	9	803	2nd
		Steijn Schothorst	15	1	0	1	5	754	4th
		Dennis Olsen	15	0	0	0	0	410	13th
		Spike Goddard	15	0	0	0	0	262	17th
		Ryan Cullen	6	0	0	0	0	122	20th
		Pieter Schothorst	3	0	0	0	0	67	21st
2014	Tatuus-Toyota	Steijn Schothorst	15	2	1	1	5	630	4th
		Egor Orudzhev	15	3	1	1	8	595	6th
		Levin Amweg	15	0	0	0	0	409	11th
		Gustavo Lima	15	0	0	0	0	405	12th
		Macauley Jones	15	0	0	0	0	340	18th
		Pedro Piquet	9	0	0	0	0	140	23rd
2015	Tatuus FT-50-Toyota	Lance Stroll	15	4	0	1	10	906	1st
		Brandon Maïsano	15	5	4	5	8	798	2nd
		Arjun Maini	15	2	4	2	5	750	4th
		Charlie Eastwood	15	0	0	1	2	535	7th
		Mathias Kristensen	15	0	0	0	0	502	11th
		Jamie Conroy	15	1	0	0	1	446	15th
2016	Tatuus FT-50-Toyota	Lando Norris	15	6	8	5	11	924	1st
		Jehan Daruvala	15	3	1	3	6	789	2nd
		Pedro Piquet	15	2	1	3	7	710	5th
		Guanyu Zhou	15	1	0	1	4	685	6th
		Artem Markelov	15	0	0	0	5	588	8th
		Kami Laliberté	15	0	0	0	0	386	13th
2017	Tatuus FT-50-Toyota	Pedro Piquet	15	3	0	0	8	850	2nd
		Marcus Armstrong	15	3	1	0	8	792	4th
		Jehan Daruvala	15	2	5	2	9	781	5th
		Ferdinand Habsburg	15	0	0	0	2	552	8th
		Kami Laliberté	15	0	0	0	0	498	10th
		Jean Baptiste Simmenauer	15	0	0	0	0	248	19th
2018	Tatuus FT-50-Toyota	Robert Shwartzman	15	1	3	2	9	916	1st
		Richard Verschoor	15	6	4	4	12	911	2nd
		Marcus Armstrong	15	2	1	1	10	901	3rd
		Juan Manuel Correa	15	2	1	2	3	756	4th
		James Pull	15	0	0	0	3	692	6th
2019	Tatuus FT-50-Toyota	Liam Lawson	15	5	4	5	11	356	1st
		Marcus Armstrong	15	5	2	5	10	346	2nd
		Lucas Auer	15	1	3	1	7	270	3rd
		Esteban Muth	15	1	0	0	3	263	5th
		Cameron Das	15	1	0	2	2	205	7th
		Artem Petrov	15	1	0	1	3	181	9th
2020	Tatuus FT-60-Toyota	Igor Fraga	15	4	3	3	9	362	1st
		Liam Lawson	15	5	3	7	10	356	2nd
		Yuki Tsunoda	15	1	0	0	3	257	4th
		Ido Cohen	15	0	0	0	0	164	9th
		Émilien Denner	13	1	0	0	1	72	15th
		Rui Andrade	15	0	0	0	0	70	16th
2021	Tatuus FT-60-Toyota	Matthew Payne	9	5	6	5	9	287	1st
		Kaleb Ngatoa	9	0	1	0	3	229	2nd
		Billy Frazer	9	1	0	0	3	201	3rd
		Chris Vlok	9	0	0	0	0	149	6th
		Shane van Gisbergen	3	3	1	3	3	105	7th
		Josh Bethune	3	0	0	0	0	23	14th
2023	Tatuus FT-60-Toyota	Charlie Wurz	15	4	4	1	7	343	1st
		Callum Hedge	15	3	4	3	9	329	2nd
		Liam Sceats	15	0	0	1	3	245	4th
		David Morales	15	1	0	1	2	200	6th
		Ryder Quinn	15	0	0	0	2	199	7th
		Laurens van Hoepen	6	1	2	1	5	154	11th
2024	Tatuus FT-60-Toyota	Roman Bilinski	15	6	5	5	12	385	1st
		Liam Sceats	15	3	2	4	8	342	2nd
		Michael Shin	15	1	0	1	5	245	4th
		Gerrard Xie	14	1	1	0	2	206	6th
		Nicola Lacorte	9	1	0	1	2	130	10th
		Bryce Aron	6	1	0	1	1	99	15th
		Ryder Quinn	3	0	0	0	0	30	21st

Formula 4 Australian Championship

Year	Car	Drivers
2024	Tatuus F4-T421	Mark Wilson
		Nathan Gotch
		Nicholas Filipetto
		Joanne Ciconte
		Lawrence Katsidis
		Tom Boydle

Former series results

Formula Renault Eurocup

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2019	Tatuus F3 T-318	Kush Maini	14	1	74	6th	5th
		Yves Baltas	6	0	3	19th
		Esteban Muth	2	0	0	25th
		Lucas Alecco Roy	8	0	2	20th
		Callan O'Keeffe	2	0	1	17th
		Patrick Schott	4	0	0	22nd
2020	Tatuus F3 T-318	Michael Belov	10	0	40	13th	8th

F4 Spanish Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2020	Tatuus F4-T014	Émilien Denner	3	0	0	0	0	0	28th	NC

Toyota Finance 86 Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Podiums	Points	D.C.
2017-18	Toyota 86	Peter Vodanovich	9	1	422	9th
2018-19	Toyota 86	Connor Davison	18	0	541	12th
2019-20	Toyota 86	Connor Davison	9	0	246	15th
2019-20	Toyota 86	Campbell Stewart	12	2	567	5th

British GT Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2019	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Tony Quinn Darren Turner	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC	NC

Timeline

Current series
Formula Regional Oceania Championship	2011–2021, 2023–present
Formula 4 Australian Championship	2024–present
Former series
Toyota Finance 86 Championship	2017–2020
British GT Championship	2019
Formula Renault Eurocup	2019–2020
F4 Spanish Championship	2020

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References

↑ "Jordan King 'stronger' for New Zealand experience". February 21, 2012. Archived from the original on November 14, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
↑ "Kiwi Nick Cassidy prepares for second crack at Japan Super GT Series". February 6, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
↑ "Ten teams pre-selected for the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup". November 14, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.

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[1] "Jordan King 'stronger' for New Zealand experience". February 21, 2012. Archived from the original on November 14, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[2] "Kiwi Nick Cassidy prepares for second crack at Japan Super GT Series". February 6, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2018.

[3] "Ten teams pre-selected for the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup". November 14, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.

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