SG Formula

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Flag of France.svg SG Formula
Founded2004
Team principal(s)Stephane Guerin
Current series Formula Renault WEC
Former series World Series by Renault
Formula Renault Eurocup
Formula Renault France
Formula 3 Euro Series
Teams'
Championships
FRenault France 2005, 2006, 2007
FRenault Eurocup 2005, 2007, 2008
Formula Renault WEC 2008
Drivers'
Championships
FRenault France 2005 (Grosjean)
FRenault France 2007 (Bianchi)
Formula Renault WEC 2008 (Ricciardo)

SG Formula is a French auto racing team which participated in the junior categories of open wheel racing: Formula Renault and Formula Three. The team was founded in 2004 by Frenchman Stephane Guerin.

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History

After its foundation in 2004, SG Formula began racing in a number of Formula Renault championships with their drivers Yann Clairay, Guillaume Moreau and Romain Grosjean, with the team's concentrating mostly on the French championship with a handful of participations in the European and Swiss championships. The team enjoyed some success in its inaugural year of motorsport with Clairay and Moreau finishing second and third respectively in the French Drivers' Championship and Grosjean finished as runner-up rookie. The team finished second in that year's Team's Championship with 649 points; 27 points off champions Graff Racing. Wins were also present in SG Formula's other championships, including a win for Clairay at Magny-Cours in the European series and a win in the single entry they had in the Swiss championship.

2005 spread their wings into a number of other championships: While still remaining in the French and European series, with intentions to run a full championship campaign in both, they entered a selected number of events in the Dutch championship while dropping their involvement in the Swiss series. The team retained its drivers, bar Moreau who had moved to fellow French team Signature-Plus; Carlo van Dam, Johan Charpilienne and Julien Jousse were added at the team's roster. The team enjoyed far more success than the previous year, with Grosjean winning the Drivers' Championship in France and the team picked up the Team's Championship in the Eurocup as well as in the French series. The Dutchman van Dam also managed to score three podiums in the Dutch championship as well. At the end of the year, after partnering with Dyna Ten Motorsport, the team entered a Support Race for the Macau Grand Prix where the team finished twelfth and thirteenth.

Like Moreau before him, Grosjean jumped ship to Signature-Plus for a campaign in Formula Three, which is what SG Formula could not offer the French driver at the time. Clairay also entered a limited number of races for the team as he was concentrating on his Le Mans Series campaign with Paul Belmondo Racing; Charpilienne also left the team at the end of 2005. Van Dam and Jousse stayed with SG Formula for 2006 with Red Bull-backed Tom Dillmann joining the Dutch driver for the Eurocup team and rookie Jean Karl Vernay joining Jousse for the French championship. The two entries did well in their respective championships, with the Eurocup team finishing second in the Team's Championship, with Van Dam finishing third in the Drivers' Championship, and Vernay finished the year as both runner-up in the Drivers' and Rookie championship in the French Championship with a Team Championship for a second year in a row as well.

The team ran two Eurocup teams in 2007 named SG Formula and SG Driver's Project and hired a number of new drivers to their roster. Brit Jon Lancaster finished the season as runner-up to New Zealander Brendon Hartley with Charles Pic finishing behind him in third. The team also claimed that year's Team title in the Eurocup. In the French championship, incidentally the last championship before the series became the West European Cup, the team enjoyed their best season with Jules Bianchi taking home the Drivers' Title and the team won the Team's championship for the third year in succession.

SG Formula stepped up to Formula Three in 2008 by entering a team for the Formula Three Euroseries with a three-man team of former driver Clairay, Dutch driver Henkie Waldschmidt and Tom Dillmann, and ended up 6th in the teams' championship – mainly thanks to Clairay's solid finishing – which led him to 9th overall.

The team will return in 2009, with Lancaster returning to the team along with Waldschmidt, with Andrea Caldarelli moving up from the Eurocup. [1]

At the beginning of 2010, the team withdrew from the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Formula Three Euroseries and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.

Complete motor racing results

Formula Renault

Formula Renault
YearChampionshipDriversWinsPolesFast lapsPointsD.C.T.C.
(Points)
2004 Formula Renault France Flag of France.svg Yann Clairay 2112642nd2nd
Flag of France.svg Guillaume Moreau 3442273rd
Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean 1211307th
Formula Renault Eurocup Flag of France.svg Yann Clairay 1108210th4th
Flag of France.svg Guillaume Moreau 0111487th
2005 Formula Renault France Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean 1020112111st1st
Flag of France.svg Johan Charpilienne1011004th
Flag of France.svg Franck Mailleux 100815th
Flag of France.svg Julien Jousse 110706th
Formula Renault Eurocup Flag of France.svg Yann Clairay 3511253rd1st
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Carlo van Dam 0001004th
Formula Renault Netherlands Flag of France.svg Yann Clairay 0003715th ?
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Carlo van Dam 000747th
2006 Formula Renault France Flag of France.svg Jean-Karl Vernay 2331082nd1st
Flag of France.svg Julien Jousse 112893rd
Formula Renault Eurocup Flag of the Netherlands.svg Carlo van Dam 121903rd2nd
Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann 002618th
2007 Formula Renault France Flag of France.svg Nelson Panciatici 0001914th1st
Flag of France.svg Charles Pic 010694th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jon Lancaster 211646th
Flag of France.svg Alexandre Marsoin 201843rd
Flag of France.svg Edouard Texte000816th
Flag of France.svg Jules Bianchi 55101721st
Formula Renault Eurocup Flag of France.svg Nelson Panciatici 0004410th1st
Flag of France.svg Edouard Texte0000 
Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Onidi 000620th
Flag of France.svg Charles Pic 121883rd
Flag of France.svg Jules Bianchi 011421st
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jon Lancaster 5431022nd
Flag of France.svg Alexandre Marsoin 0002514th
Flag of Russia.svg Anton Nebylitskiy 0000 
2008 Formula Renault Eurocup Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ramez Azzam000037th1st
Flag of Russia.svg Anton Nebylitskiy 000720th
Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne 000536th
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo 6561362nd
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Caldarelli 0001233rd
Flag of France.svg Nelson Lukes000054th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alexander Sims 000719th
Flag of Spain.svg Miquel Monrás 000621st
Formula Renault WEC Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ramez Azzam000522nd1st
Flag of Russia.svg Anton Nebylitskiy 000417th
Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne 000954th
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo 8971921st
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Caldarelli 3011293rd
Flag of France.svg Tristan Vautier 000796th

Formula Three

Formula Three
YearChampionshipDriversWinsPolesFast lapsPointsD.C.T.C.
(Points)
2008 Formula Three Euroseries Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann 000818th6th
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Henkie Waldschmidt 000026th
Flag of France.svg Yann Clairay 001339th
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo 0000 —†
2009 Formula Three Euroseries Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jon Lancaster 0000 6th
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Henkie Waldschmidt 0001312th
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Caldarelli 0011114th

† - Ricciardo was ineligible to score points.
* - Season still in progress

D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.

References

  1. "Lancaster to lead SG line-up". autosport.com. 2009-01-23. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
Achievements
Preceded by Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Teams' Champion
2005
Succeeded by
Preceded by Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Teams' Champion
2008
Succeeded by