Vincenzo Sospiri Racing

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Flag of Italy.svg Vincenzo Sospiri Racing
VSR logo.png
Founded2001 as Fortec Italia Motorsport [1]
2002 as Euronova Racing [2]
Base Forlì, Italy
Team principal(s) Vincenzo Sospiri [3]
Current series Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe
Italian GT Championship
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
Former series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 Italia
International Formula Master
Italian Formula Three Championship
Formula Abarth
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
Auto GP
Italian F4 Championship
F4 Japanese Championship
Asian Le Mans Series
International GT Open
GT Cup Open Europe
Blancpain GT Series Asia
Current drivers Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Michael Dörrbecker
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Baptiste Moulin
Flag of Norway.svg Marcus Påverud
Flag of Italy.svg Mattia Michelotto
Flag of Italy.svg Michele Beretta
Flag of Chile.svg Benjamin Hites
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Nemoto
Flag of Poland.svg Karol Basz
Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Liberati
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Cola
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jean-Luc D'Auria
Flag of France.svg Stephane Tribaudini
Flag of San Marino.svg Emanuel Colombini
Flag of San Marino.svg Emanuele Zonzini
Teams'
Championships
Formula Abarth
2012
European Formula Abarth
2012
GT Cup Open Europe
2019
Drivers'
Championships
European Formula Abarth
2011: Sergey Sirotkin
2012: Nicolas Costa
Formula Abarth
2012: Nicolas Costa
Auto GP
2014: Kimiya Sato
Italian GT Championship
2016: Nicolas Costa
2017: Tuomas Tujula & Aaro Vainio
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe
2017 ProAm: Christopher Dreyspring & JiaTong Liang
2017 Am Cup:
Andrzej Lewandowski & Teodor Myszkowski
2018 Am Cup:
Andrzej Lewandowski
2020 ProAm Cup:
Andrzej Lewandowski & Karol Basz
International GT Open
2018 AM: Giulio Borlenghi & Andrzej Lewandowski
2019 GT3 ProAm  :
Frederik Scandorff
GT Cup Open Europe
2019: Hans-Peter Koller
Website https://www.vs-racing.com/

Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Srl (also known as Fortec Italia Motorsport, Euronova Racing, VS Racing) is an auto racing team based in Italy.

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History

After retiring from racing, Vincenzo Sospiri decided to collaborate with Fortec Motorsport and Italian investors to create in 2001 Euro Formula 3000 team with Michael Bentwood and Polo Villaamil as racing drivers. [1] In 2002, Sospiri joined forces with David Sears and the team was renamed to Euronova Racing. [4] Euronova entered in Formula Abarth in 2011. [5] The team wanted to return their initial name in 2014, but remained as Euronova. [6]

Former Series Results

F4 Japanese Championship

YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsD.C.T.C.
2015 Dome F110 Flag of Japan.svg Takuro Shinohara 1400003511th7th
Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Costa 700001018th
Flag of Brazil.svg Gustavo Myasava60000039th
2016 Dome F110 Flag of Japan.svg Rikiya Kanazawa30000029thNC
Flag of South Korea.svg Do Yun Hwang140000034th
2017 Dome F110 Flag of Japan.svg Rikiya Kanazawa140000022ndNC
Flag of India.svg Akash Gowda120000024th

Italian F4 Championship

YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsD.C.T.C.
2014 Tatuus F4-T014 Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Pulcini 210006187‡4th‡2nd
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Fontana1810131166th
Flag of Japan.svg Ukyo Sasahara 310012517th
Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Sawada30000222nd
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sennan Fielding 6100369†4th†
Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Matveev210001769th7th
2015 Tatuus F4-T014 Flag of Japan.svg Marino Sato 2100116210th5th
Flag of Venezuela.svg Mauricio Baíz2100114812th
Flag of Italy.svg Simone Cunati300011819th
2016 Tatuus F4-T014 Flag of Italy.svg Simone Cunati180013957th6th
Flag of Japan.svg Marino Sato 2110014218th
Flag of the United States.svg Jaden Conwright200000230th

† Italian F4 Trophy ‡ Shared results with other teams

Timeline

Current series
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe 2015-present
Italian GT Championship 2016-2017; 2019-present
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 2021-present
Former series
Auto GP 2001-2006, 2010, 2012-2014
Italian Formula Renault Championship 2002-2006
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 2003-2006; 2013
International Formula Master 2005; 2007-2008
Formula Abarth 2011-2013
Italian Formula Three Championship 2012
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series 2013
Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup 2014
Italian F4 Championship 2014-2016
F4 Japanese Championship 2015-2017
Asian Le Mans Series 2016-2017
Blancpain GT Series Asia 2017, 2019
International GT Open 2018-2019, 2021
GT Cup Open Europe 2019

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