Founded | 2015 |
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Base | Pézenas, France |
Team principal(s) | Arnaud Gomez Olivier Gomez |
Current series | 24H Series Ultimate Cup Series Campeonato de España de GT |
Former series | Tourisme Trophee Endurance V de V Endurance Series |
Current drivers | Lionel Amrouche Philippe Bonnel Arnaud Gomez Olivier Gomez Philippe Gruau Sébastien Lajoux Nicolas Nobs |
Teams' Championships | 1 (2021 24H Series GTX) |
Drivers' Championships | 9 (2017 Spanish, 2017 Spanish GT - Class 1, 2017 Spanish GT - Class 3, 2019 Ultimate Cup Challenge GT UGT, 2021 Spanish GT, 2021 24H Series GTX, 2022 Ultimate Cup GT Endurance GT3B, 2022 Ultimate Cup GT Sprint GT3B, 2023 Ultimate Cup GT Endurance GT3B) |
Website | https://www.vortexsas.fr/ |
Vortex SAS is a French auto racing team founded by brothers Arnaud and Olivier Gomez in 2015. After competing in silhouette race cars for a number of years, the team was created by the Gomez brothers. [1] Competing as Vortex V8, they build and run their own lightweight GT cars that compete in the 24H Series, Ultimate Cup Series and Campeonato de España de GT.
The team made their 24H Series debut in 2016 at the season-opening Dubai 24 Hour with a GC10-V8 built by GC Automobile, qualifying on pole in the SP2 class, being the first non-GT3 car on the grid in 18th overall. The car ended the race in 2nd in class, 27th overall. [2] [3]
A podium-less streak followed for the rest of the 2016 season, the team ending their season 4th in class with 69 points, 10th in the overall GT standings. [4] [5]
The team upgraded to a full-season entry for 2017 in both the SPX and SP2 classes. A heavily unsubscribed entry in the former resulted in a lack of competition for the team debuting their Vortex 1.0 car. The team competed in every round except the 12H Imola but struggled to score points throughout the season, only taking 2nd in class at Mugello and the Red Bull Ring in SPX and 3rd at the Italian venue in SP2, ending their season in 4th and 7th in their class standings. [1]
Vortex downsized their operation to just two events in 2018, failing to finish at the 12H Navarra and managing enough laps to be classified as fifth in class at the 24 Hours of Barcelona. The team would end the season fifth, and last, in class. [6]
2019 marked the return of the GC10 which took a maiden win for Vortex SAS in the season-opener at Dubai, whilst the 1.0 SPX entry retired shortly before halfway distance. The GC10 took second at the 12 Hours of Mugello in class in its final race. The 1.0 returned for the 24 Hours of Barcelona for the final round of the European segment of the season, qualifying on pole and finishing in third, one lap clear of the next car. [7]
The 1.0 was entered into the 2020 Dubai 24 Hour into the renamed GTX class. The car only managed 33 laps before the race was called off due to flooding. [8] [9]
Vortex were one of four GTX teams to enter in the first round at Dubai, despite being 100 laps down on the class winner, they took the flag in second position. This result would be succeeded by multiple podium finishes in every subsequent race bar the 24 Hours of Barcelona. The team entered two cars, the No. 701 and No. 712, at 3 rounds throughout the season, Mugello, Paul Ricard and Barcelona. [10]
One highlight of the season was a double podium finish in class at the 12 Hours of Mugello. The No. 701 finished 15th overall and 3rd in class at the 24 Hours of Sebring, thus allowing Philippe Bonnel to secure GTX drivers' and teams' championship for Vortex V8, with 96 points despite not winning a single race. They finished in the GT Teams' standings in 4th, tied with two GT3 teams on 109 points.
At the 2022 edition of the Dubai 24 Hour, mechanical troubles delayed the 701 car almost to the point of non-classification, amassing enough laps to be classified as third in GTX. Three Vortex 1.0s were present for the following championship round at Mugello, the additional No. 703 car taking third place in class whilst the main two cars faltered, still finishing however. The Vortex 1.0s were ultimately out-paced by their GTX competitors, only taking three more podium finishes at Spa-Francorchamps, Barcelona and Kuwait. [11]
After the Middle East Trophy-opening round at Kuwait, the 1.0s were only challenged by Razoon – More than Racing's KTM X-BOW. The cars ran without troubles for most of the event until the No. 702 car caught fire with under four hours to go, being classified in third through its adequate race distance whilst the 701 finished second 59 laps down. At the Trophy-season-closing round at Yas Marina Circuit, the 701 finished in fourth, ending the season 2nd in the GTX standings of the Middle East Trophy, twelve points shy of Razoon – More than Racing.
Upon the season's first race in Europe at the 12 Hours of Mugello, the duo of 1.0 cars ran smoothly, taking the lead and holding it for many hours in both parts of the evenly-split race. Despite both cars having to deal with separate wheel issues, the team finished 1–2 in GTX, 24th and 25th overall respectively, marking the team's second win in the 24H Series. [12]
After Mugello, the second of the 1.0's crashed in wet conditions at the 12 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. The #701 finished on the podium at every other race in the European season, making the podium in the 24 Hours of Barcelona after troubles for other class competitors, narrowly missing out on the GTX title by 2 points after dropped scores were applied.
In the Ultimate Cup Series' GT Endurance and Touring Challenge, the pair of 1.0 cars ran with opposition from a Ferrari 488 Challenge, though it was faulted by mechanical troubles and Miguel Moiola was able to seal the 3B title despite the team missing the Estoril round of the series.
Vortex SAS competed in the 2024 edition of the Bathurst 12 Hour with the Vortex 1.0 in the Invitational class, which was the team's first race in Oceania. Lionel Amrouche, Julien Boilot and Philippe Bonnel drove the car in the event. [13] The event took place on 16–18 February, after the Middle East Trophy's conclusion and before the 24H Series' European campaign starts.
Vortex's debut at Bathurst yielded a fourth-place finish in class and 23rd overall after causing a few cautions, mostly due to spins at various points on the track and a lengthy pit stop. Shipping delays prevented the team's first 2.0 chassis from making it to Europe for the opening Ultimate Cup Series and 24H Series rounds, the team resorting to a 1.0 chassis, which gave them a UGTX class win at Paul Ricard with an all-new driver line up and 2nd in the 12 Hours of Mugello in GTX.
The 2.0 model's first European Creventic race came at the 12 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, in which both cars managed to finish in a 1-2 class formation, lead by the Nr. 701, ahead of their rivals in a soaked two-part event, before which the Nr. 702 took class pole in GTX. [14] The team were the only GTX competitors in the 2024 edition of the 24 Hours of Portimão. Despite a two-hour stay in the pits, the team finished the race albeit 172 laps down, winning their class.
The 701 Vortex took class victory in the 24 Hours of Barcelona, winning the GTX title with very little opposition, giving the 2.0 its first championship crown. A trying Ultimate Cup campaign gave the 2.0 second place, less than two seconds off the leader at Mugello, following an overall win at Magny-Cours by Arnaud and Olivier Gomez. The team had Sébastien Loeb signed for the GT Endurance season finale, entering 3 additional cars in the UCS1 class.
Constructor | Vortex SAS | ||||
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Designer(s) | Arnaud Gomez Olivier Gomez | ||||
Technical specifications [1] [15] | |||||
Chassis | Carbon Monocoque | ||||
Suspension (front) | Ohlins double wishbones, shock absorbers, adjustable anti-roll bar | ||||
Suspension (rear) | As front | ||||
Engine | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L (6,200 cc; 378 cu in) V8 mid-engined, longitudinally mounted | ||||
Transmission | 6-speed sequential semi-automatic paddle-shift gearbox | ||||
Weight | 1,050 kg (2,310 lb) | ||||
Tyres | Michelin Hankook | ||||
Competition history | |||||
Notable entrants | Vortex V8 GPC Motorsport | ||||
Debut | 2016 4 Hours of Barcelona | ||||
First win | 2017 CER-GT Aragon Race 1 | ||||
Last win | 2024 Ultimate Cup GT Endurance Mugello UCS3 | ||||
Last event | 2024 Ultimate Cup GT Endurance Paul Ricard UCS3 | ||||
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Teams' Championships | 1 (2021 24H Series GTX) | ||||
Drivers' Championships | 9 (2017 Spanish GT, 2017 Spanish GT - Class 1, 2019 Ultimate Cup Challenge GT UGT, 2021 Spanish GT, 2021 24H Series GTX, 2022 Ultimate Cup GT Endurance GT3B, 2022 Ultimate Cup GT Sprint GT3B, 2023 Ultimate Cup GT Endurance GT3B, 2024 Ultimate Cup GT Endurance UCS3) |
The 1.0 would make its competitive debut in the VdeV Endurance Series at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, competing in the 4-hour-long season opener with GPC Motorsport, the #20 car being driven by Iradj Alexander and Alexandre Coigny. After qualifying 20th out of 23 cars, the car would go on to finish in 21st, six laps down on the next car. [16] It would fail to finish the next three races in entered before being pulled from the final trio of events.
Despite not being built to any given class specifications, the car has found its way into many championships, either into classes that are generally open to all GT cars or Open GT-type classes, one example being 24H Series' GTX class which is open to similar cars like the Mustang-shaped MARC II V8.
The Vortex 1.0 has taken championship titles in three of the championships it has taken part in: three in the Ultimate Cup Series, two in the Spanish GT Championship in 2017 and 2021 and one in the 24H Series in 2021.
It is also notable for its unique, independently produced appearance among more popular, conventionally-bodied GT cars it competes against. It is one of the only remaining cars to be built and run in an international championship by the same team, other similar examples including the Brokernet Silver Sting, [17] and the Solution-F-made cars, the Divitec SF11 and Foenix, which all have unique body shapes respectively. [18]
The #701 Vortex 1.0 claimed its first GTX and 24H Series victory at the 2023 12 Hours of Mugello, ending an almost seven-year winless streak. [12]
Constructor | Vortex SAS | ||||||||
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Designer(s) | Arnaud Gomez Olivier Gomez | ||||||||
Technical specifications [19] | |||||||||
Chassis | Carbon Monocoque | ||||||||
Suspension (front) | PKM double wishbones with pushrod, adjustable anti-roll bar | ||||||||
Suspension (rear) | As front | ||||||||
Length | 4,500 mm | ||||||||
Width | 1,996 mm | ||||||||
Height | 1,165 mm | ||||||||
Engine | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L (6,200 cc; 378 cu in) V8 mid-engined, longitudinally mounted | ||||||||
Transmission | 6-speed Sadev sequential semi-automatic paddle-shift SLR90 gearbox | ||||||||
Weight | 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) | ||||||||
Tyres | Michelin Hankook | ||||||||
Competition history | |||||||||
Notable entrants | Vortex V8 | ||||||||
Debut | 2023 12 Hours of Kuwait | ||||||||
First win | 2024 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi | ||||||||
Last win | 2024 Ultimate Cup GT Endurance Magny-Cours | ||||||||
Last event | 2025 Dubai 24 Hour | ||||||||
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Teams' Championships | 1 (2024 24H Series GTX) | ||||||||
Drivers' Championships | 1 (2024 24H Series GTX) |
The team's latest innovation was announced as the Vortex 2.0, possessing a more streamlined but similar look to its predecessor. It made its debut in the 2023 24H Series season. [20]
The 2.0 was revealed during the 2023 24 Hours of Barcelona event on 15 September, Friday. The car's improvements from its predecessor include a 120 kg kerb weight drop, PKM suspension and many changes to assist with cooling the brakes and amending many issues the 1.0 had. A full-width rear wing is another complete change, in an effort to improve downforce which is assisted by the bodywork that will help to direct air rearwards. The car is scheduled to debut at the 2023–24 Middle East Trophy-opening 12 Hours of Kuwait round on 8–9 December 2023. [21] [19]
On its event debut, the 2.0 took pole position at the 12 Hours of Kuwait, averaging a time, across all three session, 1.1 seconds quicker than the next GTX car. Following multiple mechanical failures, the car finished 13th overall and third in class on debut. The 2.0 took GTX pole by nearly 7 tenths for the 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi after 3 qualifying sessions ahead of its second race. The 2.0 took its first class win by half a second in the Abu Dhabi race and went on to take pole for the Dubai 24 Hour the next week.
The 2.0 claimed its first overall win at round 5 of the Ultimate Cup GT Endurance season at Magny-Cours.
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Car | Class | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Team Pts. | Team Pos. |
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2016 | GC Automobile GC10-V8 | SP2 | DUB | MUG | SIL | ZAN | LEC | BAR | BRN | |||||
Lionel Amrouche | 203 | 27 | 41 | 37 | 17 | Ret | 69 | 4th | ||||||
Cyril Calmon | 27 | 41 | 37 | Ret | ||||||||||
Mathieu Pontais | 27 | 17 | ||||||||||||
Alban Varutti | 27 | |||||||||||||
Franck Leone-Provost | 41 | |||||||||||||
Amro Al-Hamad | 37 | |||||||||||||
Nagy Kabaz Jérémy Reymond | 17 | |||||||||||||
Philippe Burel Philippe Gruau | Ret | |||||||||||||
GC Automobile GC10.2-V6 | SP-Touring | Lionel Amrouche Cyril Calmon Jérémy Reymond Kurt Thiel | 17 | NC | 0 | |||||||||
2017 | Vortex 1.0 | SPX [N 1] | DUB | MUG | RBR | LEC | IMO | ALG | COA | |||||
Lionel Amrouche Cyril Calmon | 204 | Ret | Ret | 27 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 4th | ||||||
Arnaud Gomez | Ret | Ret | ||||||||||||
Olivier Gomez | Ret | |||||||||||||
Philippe Gruau | Ret | |||||||||||||
Amaury Bonduel | 27 | Ret | ||||||||||||
Alain Costa | Ret | |||||||||||||
Martin Hald Gøtsche Nanna Hald Gøtsche | Ret | |||||||||||||
GC Automobile GC10-V8 | SP2 | Günther Deutsch Marco Deutsch Mathieu Pontais Kurt Thiel | 203 | Ret | 16 | 7th | ||||||||
Martin Hald Gøtsche Nanna Hald Gøtsche | 17 | Ret | DNS | |||||||||||
Florian Revaz | 17 | |||||||||||||
Maxim Aronov Lev Fridman Jean Christophe Rey | Ret | |||||||||||||
Lionel Amrouche | DNS | |||||||||||||
2018 | Vortex 1.0 | SPX | DUB | SIL | NAV | IMO | POR | BAR | SPA | COA | ||||
Lionel Amrouche Philippe Gruau Philippe Valenza | 204 | Ret | 4 | 5th | ||||||||||
Julien Boillot Philippe Burel Stephane Cottrell Victor Fernandes | 36 | |||||||||||||
2019 2019 | Vortex 1.0 | SPX | DUB | MUG | SPA | BRN | POR | BAR | COA | |||||
Arnaud Gomez Olivier Gomez Alban Varutti | 701 | Ret | 16 | NC | ||||||||||
Stephane Cottrell Philippe Gruau Francesc Gutierrez Agüi Nicolas Nobs | 25 | |||||||||||||
GC Automobile GC10.2-V6 | SP3 | Philippe Bonnel Franck Lefèvre Nicolas Nobs | 301 | 47 | 39 | 28 [N 2] 11 | NC [N 2] NC | |||||||
Thomas Cordelier | 47 | |||||||||||||
2020 | Vortex 1.0 | GTX | DUB | POR | MNZ | HOC | PER | MUG | ||||||
Julien Boillot Philippe Bonnel Arnaud Gomez Olivier Gomez | 701 | Ret | 0 | NC | ||||||||||
2021 | Vortex 1.0 | GTX | DUB | MUG | LEC | HOC | BAR | HUN | SEB | |||||
Lionel Amrouche Karen Gaillard | 701 | 35 | 30 | 21 | 109 | 1st | ||||||||
Philippe Bonnel | 35 | 22 | 13 | 15 | ||||||||||
Alban Varutti | 35 | |||||||||||||
Boris Gimond | 30 | 15 | ||||||||||||
Bastien Gouret | 15 | 22 | ||||||||||||
Philippe Gruau | 15 | 21 | ||||||||||||
Olivier Gomez | 15 | |||||||||||||
Nicolas Nobs | 22 | 13 | ||||||||||||
Arnaud Gomez | 22 | |||||||||||||
Franck Leone-Provost | 21 | |||||||||||||
Gilles Courtois | 13 | |||||||||||||
"Steve Brooks" Sébastien Lajoux | 15 | |||||||||||||
Philippe Bonnel Nicolas Nobs | 712 | 23 | 19 | 22 | 39 | 4th | ||||||||
Pierre Fontaine | 23 | 19 | ||||||||||||
Boris Gimond Sébastien Lajoux | 22 | |||||||||||||
2022 | Vortex 1.0 | GTX | DUB | MUG | SPA | HOC | POR | BAR | KUW | |||||
Lionel Amrouche Philippe Bonnel | 701 | 70 | 38 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 34 | 15 | 47 [N 3] 44 | 2nd [N 3] 3rd | ||||
Sébastien Lajoux | 70 | 38 | 21 | 23 | ||||||||||
Philippe Gruau | 70 | |||||||||||||
Olivier Gomez | 19 | 34 | ||||||||||||
Arnaud Gomez Lucas Lasserre | 34 | |||||||||||||
Nicolas Nobs | 15 | |||||||||||||
Gilles Courtois | 702 | 34 | Ret | 16 [N 4] 26 | NC [N 4] 4th | |||||||||
Nicolas Nobs | 34 | 31 | ||||||||||||
Patrick Brochier | 34 | |||||||||||||
Philippe Gruau | Ret | 31 | ||||||||||||
Boris Gimonnd | Ret | |||||||||||||
Lionel Amrouche Philippe Bonnel Francesc Gutierrez Agüi | 31 | |||||||||||||
Christophe Decultot Pierre Fontaine Philippe Gruau | 703 | 27 | 11 [N 5] | NC [N 5] | ||||||||||
2023 | Vortex 1.0 | GTX | MUG | SPA | MNZ | EST | BAR | |||||||
Lionel Amrouche | 701 | 24 | 40 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 24 | 20 | 172 | 2nd | ||||
Philippe Bonnel | 24 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 24 | 20 | ||||||||
Philippe Gruau | 24 | |||||||||||||
Olivier Gomez | 40 | |||||||||||||
Gilles Courtois | 22 | 18 | 15 | |||||||||||
Miguel Moiola Lucas Sugliano | 24 | 20 | ||||||||||||
Laurent Misbach Lucas Sugliano | 702 | 25 | Ret | 66 | 5th | |||||||||
Pierre Fontaine | 25 | |||||||||||||
Philippe Gruau | Ret | 30 | 31 | |||||||||||
Solenn Amrouche Julien Boillot Stéphane Cottrell | 30 | 31 | ||||||||||||
2024 | Vortex 1.0 1 Vortex 2.0 4 | GTX | MUG | SPA | POR | MIS | BAR | |||||||
Lionel Amrouche Philippe Bonnel Gilles Courtois | 701 | 31 | 33 | 18 | 15 | 20† | 26 | 22 | 200 | 1st | ||||
Lucas Sugliano | 31 | 18 | 15 | |||||||||||
Solenn Amrouche | 26 | 22 | ||||||||||||
Vortex 2.0 | Lucas Sugliano | 702 | 36 | 31 | 29† | 84 | 2nd | |||||||
Arnaud Gomez Olivier Gomez | 36 | |||||||||||||
Cyril Calmon Pierre Fontaine Miguel Moiola | 31 | 29† | ||||||||||||
* Season still in progress.
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Car | Class | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | Team Pts. | Team Pos. |
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2022–23 | Vortex 1.0 | GTX | KUW | DUB | ABU | ||||
Lionel Amrouche Philippe Bonnel | 701 | 15 | 34 | 20 | 100 | 2nd | |||
Nicholas Nobs | 15 | ||||||||
Philippe Gruau Tom Pieri | 34 | ||||||||
Julien Boillot | 20 | ||||||||
Philippe Fertoret Miguel Moiola Nicolas Nobs Lucas Sugliano | 702 | 38 | 0 | NC | |||||
2023–24 | Vortex 2.0 | GTX | KUW | ABU | DUB | ||||
Lionel Amrouche Philippe Bonnel Arnaud Gomez Olivier Gomez | 701 | 13 | 19 | 30 | 76 | 2nd | |||
* Season still in progress.
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Car | Class | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Driver Pts. | Driver Pos. | Team Pts. | Team Pos. |
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2019 | Vortex 1.0 | UGT | EST | DIJ | SVK | MUG | VAL | MAG | LEC | [22] | |||||
Philippe Bonnel Frank Lefevre | 701 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 200 | 1st | N/A | |||||
Arnaud Gomez | 5 | 50 | 3rd | ||||||||||||
Nicolas Nobs | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 100 | 2nd | |||||||||
Olivier Gomez | 12 | 50 | 3rd | ||||||||||||
2021 | Vortex 1.0 | UGT3B | LEC1 | DIJ | LEC2 | BUG | MAG | EST | [23] | ||||||
Karen Gaillard | 701 | 20 | 7 | 30 | 7th | 42.5 | 14th | ||||||||
Gilles Courtois | 20 | 20 | Ret | 27 | 8th | ||||||||||
Philippe Gaillard | 20 | 15 | 10th | ||||||||||||
Lionel Amrouche Boris Gimond | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Patrick Brochier | 20 | Ret | 12 | 11th | |||||||||||
Frank Lefevre | 20 | ||||||||||||||
Alex Di Bernardini | Ret | 0 | NC | ||||||||||||
Patrick Brochier Gilles Courtois Stephane Gervais | 702 | Ret | 0 | NC | |||||||||||
Sébastien Lajoux | 712 | 7 | 10 | 14 | Ret | 52 | 4th | ||||||||
Philippe Bonnel Nicolas Nobs | 7 | 10 | 14 | ||||||||||||
Laurène Godey Sébastien Loeb | Ret | 0 | NC | ||||||||||||
2022 | Vortex 1.0 | UGT3B | LEC1 | NAV | MIS | HOC | MAG | LEC2 | [24] [25] | ||||||
Lucas Sugliano | 701 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 7 | DSQ | 16 | 154 | 1st | 87.5 | 6th | ||||
Miguel Moiola | 17 | 5 | 8 | 93 | 4th | ||||||||||
Philippe Bonnel | 17 | 5 | 7 | DSQ | 16 | 129 | 2nd | ||||||||
Cyril Calmon | 8 | DSQ | 16 | 93 | 3rd | ||||||||||
Vincent Congnet | 7 | 75 | 5th | ||||||||||||
702 | DSQ | 9 | |||||||||||||
Christophe Decultot Pierre Fontaine | DSQ | 9 | 50 | 7th | |||||||||||
Cyril Calmon | 703 | 9 | 6 | 93 | 3rd | ||||||||||
Sébastien Lajoux | 9 | 6 | 61 | 6th | |||||||||||
Lionel Amrouche | 9 | Ret | 25 | 10th | |||||||||||
Philippe Gruau | 6 | 36 | 9th | ||||||||||||
Solenn Amrouche | Ret | 0 | NC | ||||||||||||
Miguel Moiola | Ret | 93 | 4th | ||||||||||||
2023 | Vortex 1.0 | 3B | LEC1 | NAV | HOC | EST | MAG | LEC2 | [26] | ||||||
Miguel Moiola | 701 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 137.5 | 1st | 68.75 | 7th | |||||
Vincent Congnet | 8 | 6 | 5 | 75 | 4th | ||||||||||
Cyril Calmon | 8 | 10 | 50 | 7th | |||||||||||
Lorina Padovani | 6 | 91.5 | 2nd | ||||||||||||
Philippe Gruau | 6 | 37.5 | 11th | ||||||||||||
Philippe Bonnel | 6 | 5 | 10 | 75 | 4th | ||||||||||
Solenn Amrouche | 702 | 11 | Ret | 7 | 18 | 54 | 6th | ||||||||
Lorina Padovani | 11 | WD | 7 | 18 | 91.5 | 2nd | |||||||||
Antoine Rizzo | 11 | 18 | 36 | 12th | |||||||||||
Arnaud Gomez | 7 | Ret | 27 | 13th | |||||||||||
Lionel Amrouche | 7 | 7 | 45 | 9th | |||||||||||
Olivier Gomez | 7 | 27 | 13th | ||||||||||||
2024 | Vortex 2.0 | UCS1 | LEC1 | ALG | HOC | MUG | MAG | LEC2 | |||||||
Arnaud Gomez | 20 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 1 | 43 | 62.5* | 3rd* | |||||||
Olivier Gomez | 20 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 1 | 9 | 45 | ||||||||
Sébastien Loeb | 20 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Cyril Calmon | 21 | WD | 4 | 18* | 7th* | ||||||||||
Philippe Bonnel | WD | DNS | 0* | NC* | |||||||||||
Miguel Moiola | WD | 0* | NC* | ||||||||||||
Solenn Amrouche | 4 | 11† | 4th* | 33* | |||||||||||
Lionel Amrouche | DNS | 11† | 9th* | 15* | |||||||||||
Vincent Congnet | DNS | DNS | 0* | NC* | |||||||||||
Pierre Fontaine | DNS | 0* | NC* | ||||||||||||
Vortex 1.0 | UCS2 | Christophe Derouineau Stéphane Gouverneur Jimmy Luminier | 701 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10† | 8 | 118* | 1st* | |||||
* Season still in progress.
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Car | Class | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Driver Pts. | Driver Pos. | Team Pts. | Team Pos. | ||
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2021 | Vortex 1.0 | UGT3B | LEC1 | DIJ | LEC2 | BUG | MAG | EST | [23] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Karen Gaillard | 701 | 17 | DNS | 4 | DNS | 9 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 2nd | 80 | 9th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Lionel Amrouche | Ret | 10 | 9 | 16 | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olivier Gomez | 712 | 4 | DNS | DNS | DNS | 8 | 10th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sébastien Lajoux | 11 | DNS | 13 | DNS | 12 | 8th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Vortex 1.0 | UGT3B | LEC1 | NAV | MIS | HOC | MAG | LEC2 | [27] [28] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alex Di Bernardini | 70 | DSQ | 0 | NC | 236 | 3rd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Solenn Amrouche | 14 | 10 | 0 | NC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jeremy Faligand | Ret | 6 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 204 | 1st | ||||||||||||||||||
Maxime Rizzo | 5 | 6 | 0 | NC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lugas Sugliano | 71 | 2 | DNS | 11 | 14 | 44 | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miguel Moiola | 1 | DNS | 0 | NC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicolas Nobs | 13 | 14 | 0 | NC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Vortex 1.0 | UGT3B | LEC1 | NAV | HOC | EST | MAG | LEC2 | [29] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lionel Amrouche | 702 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 9th | 48 | 16th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olivier Gomez | Ret | 8 | 30 | 12th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Vortex 1.0 | UCS3 | LEC1 | ALG | HOC | MUG | MAG | LEC2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Solenn Amrouche | 95 | 11 | 10 | 12 | DNS | 6 | DNS | Ret | DNS | 12 | 13 | Ret | DNS | 23* | 9th* | 40* | 16th* | |||||||||||||||||
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Car | Class | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Driver Pts. | Driver Pos. |
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2016 | GC Automobile GC10-V8 | GT | BAR | NAV | ARA | VAL | JAR | [30] | |||||||||
Philippe Gruau | 104 | 44 | 5 | Ret | 57.6 | 3rd | |||||||||||
Nicolas Nobs | 44 | 10 | 15th | ||||||||||||||
Antonio Castillo Desire Torres | 9 | 21.6 | 11th | ||||||||||||||
Lionel Amrouche | 5 | Ret | 2 | 50.4 | 4th | ||||||||||||
Olivier Gomez | 2 | 25.2 | 8th | ||||||||||||||
Antonio Castillo Desire Torres | 105 | Ret | Ret | 21.6 | 11th | ||||||||||||
Philippe Gruau | 3 | 57.6 | 3rd | ||||||||||||||
Arnaud Gomez | 3 | 22.4 | 10th | ||||||||||||||
2017 | GC Automobile GC10-V8 | C1 | VAL | ARA | JAR | BAR | NAV | [31] | |||||||||
Philippe Gruau | 103 | 7 | 162 | 1st | |||||||||||||
Stephane Cottrel | 7 | 56.4 | 4th | ||||||||||||||
Vortex 1.0 | Philippe Gruau | 1 | 2 | Ret | 42 | 2 | 3 | 162 | 1st | ||||||||
Arnaud Gomez | 1 | 2 | 50.2 | 5th | |||||||||||||
Stephane Cottrel | Ret | 42 | 56.4 | 4th | |||||||||||||
Lionel Amrouche | 2 | 3 | 0 | NC | |||||||||||||
GC Automobile GC10.2-V6 | C3 | Nicolas Nobs | 104 | 24 | 17 | Ret | 13 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 175.2 | 1st | |||||
Arnaud Gomez | 24 | 39.6 | 8th | ||||||||||||||
Olivier Gomez | 17 | Ret | 22.4 | 9th | |||||||||||||
Gilles Courtois | 23 | 26 | 18 | 79.6 | 5th | ||||||||||||
2018 | Vortex 1.0 | C1 | VAL | ARA | NAV | JAR | BAR | [32] | |||||||||
Philippe Gruau | 101 | EX | 91 | 4th | |||||||||||||
Stephane Cottrell | EX | 0 | NC | ||||||||||||||
Lionel Amrouche | 102 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | Ret | 134.2 | 2nd | ||||||||
Philippe Valenza | 6 | Ret | 43.2 | 5th | |||||||||||||
Philippe Gruau | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 91 | 4th | |||||||||||
GC Automobile GC10.2-V6 | C3 | Nicolas Nobs | 101 | 9 | 6 | 39.2 | 7th | ||||||||||
2019 | Vortex 1.0 | C1 | NAV | ARA | VAL | JAR | BAR | [33] | |||||||||
Philippe Gruau | 101 | 4 | Ret | 2 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 6 | DNS | 76.4 | 5th | ||||||
Arnaud Gomez | 2 | Ret | 76.4 | 5th | |||||||||||||
Vortex Light | C2 | Arnaud Gomez Olivier Gomez | 100 | 6 | 0 | NC | |||||||||||
2020 | Vortex 1.0 | C1 | NAV | VAL | JER | BAR | ARA | [34] | |||||||||
Philippe Bonnel Nicolas Nobs | 135 | 6 | 30.8 | 5th | |||||||||||||
Arnaud Gomez Philippe Gruau | 136 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 9 | 3 | 203.6 | 2nd | |||||
Vortex Light | C3 | Karen Gaillard | 134 | 6 | 8 | 60 | 4th | ||||||||||
Patrick Brochier Gilles Courtois | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 166.4 | 2nd | ||||||||
Philippe Bonnel Nicolas Nobs | 135 | 10 | 6 | 50 | 7th | ||||||||||||
Lionel Amrouche | 6 | 5 | 60 | 4th | |||||||||||||
2021 | Vortex 1.0 | C1 | NAV | ARA | VAL | JER | BAR | [35] | |||||||||
Lionel Amrouche | 102 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | Ret | DNS | 7 | 156 | 5th | |||||
Philippe Gruau | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | Ret | DNS | 156 | 5th | |||||||
Sebastien Lajoux | 7 | 0 | NC | ||||||||||||||
Arnaud Gomez Olivier Gomez | 112 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 272 | 1st | |||||||
Patrick Brochier Nicolas Nobs | 122 | 8 | 0 | NC | |||||||||||||
2022 | Vortex 1.0 | C1 | VAL | ALG | ARA | JER | NAV | BAR | [36] | ||||||||
Philippe Gruau | 112 | 6 | 6 | DNS | 22.4 | 4th | |||||||||||
Solenn Amrouche | 6 | 6 | 22.4 | 5th | |||||||||||||
Arnaud Gomez | DNS | 0 | NC | ||||||||||||||
2023 | Vortex 1.0 | GPX | NAV | ALG | ARA | VAL | JER | BAR | [37] | ||||||||
Solenn Amrouche | 101 | 3 | C | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 2 | 126.4 | 2nd | |||
Lionel Amrouche | 3 | C | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 84 | 4th | |||||||
Nicolas Nobs | 11 | 11 | 51.2 | 6th | |||||||||||||
Arnaud Gomez | 2 | 0 | NC | ||||||||||||||
Nicolas Nobs | 102 | 8 | C | 14 | 17 | 51.2 | 6th | ||||||||||
Philippe Gruau | 8 | C | Ret | 17 | Ret | 76.8 | 5th | ||||||||||
Philippe Bonnel | WD | WD | 7 | 7 | 16 | 12th | |||||||||||
Gilles Courtois | Ret | 17 | 10 | 13th | |||||||||||||
Stephane Gouverner | Ret | 0 | NC | ||||||||||||||
Philippe Gruau | 103 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 76.8 | 5th | ||||||||||
2024 | Vortex 2.0 | GPX | ALG | NAV | ARA | JER | VAL | BAR | [38] | ||||||||
Joanna Gruau Philippe Gruau | 101 | 15 | Ret | 10* | 10th* | ||||||||||||
Arnaud Gomez Olivier Gomez | 120 | 4 | Ret | 20* | 4th* | ||||||||||||
Solenn Amrouche | 121 2 101 2 | DNS | DNS | Ret | 7 | 8 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 36* | 6th* | ||||||
Lionel Amrouche | 121 1 101 2 | DNS | DNS | 8 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 16* | 9th* | ||||||||
Philippe Bonnel | 121 | Ret | 7 | 20* | 8th* | ||||||||||||
Vortex 1.0 | GPX | Patrick Bay | 701 | 11 | 11 | 44.8* [N 6] | 5th* | ||||||||||
Alex Gruau Marc Gruau | 7 | 8 | 36* | 6th* | |||||||||||||
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