Tatuus is an Italian

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manufacturer for a series of

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series, being first founded in 1980. The company is known for its association with

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for its production of the

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chassis.

History

The Tatuus company was founded by Artico Sandonà in 1980. The first cars were manufactured for the 500cc and 1000cc

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championship. Founder Sandona was one of the drivers in the Formula Monza championship. Luca Melgrati won the first championship for Tatuus in 1983 in the Formula Panda Monza championship. Sandona achieved a second place in the championship. Tatuus were the team and chassis to beat. Melgrati won the championship again in 1985 and 1986. For the 1988 season the Italian manufacturer was contracted to build the cars for the new

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. The car was a tube framed, wings and slicks racecar. The first season was won by seven-time

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champion

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Formula 3 team

Although not a

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constructor, Tatuus entered the

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as a team in 1989. Driver Fabrizio Bettini took the rookie of the year title in their inaugural season. Bettini drove an

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powered

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389 chassis and achieved two podium finishes in seven races. Niko Palhares represented Tatuus in their 1991 campaign. Palhares scored one pole position and one podium finish in the Italian championship. Tatuus entered the Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three support race for the first time. Palhares achieved a 16th place, he was the last running driver. Their 1992 campaign ended in a second place in the championship for Brazilian driver Niko Palhares. Palhares had less luck in the annual Monaco F3 Grand Prix, he failed to finish. Tatuus made their first appearance in the

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. Palhares finished in 14th place during the second edition of this Formula 3 classic. The following year

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appointed Tatuus as their official factory team. The team had little success in the Italian championship ( Gianantonio Pacchioni finishing seventh). But Pacchioni achieved a win at the prestigious Monaco F3 Grand Prix. At the Masters of Formula 3 at

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local

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1600 driver

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joined the team. Pacchioni scored a seventh-place finish while Coronel finished in 20th place. The team improved for the following season. The team fielded Pacchioni, who was considered one of the favorites, and rookie

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. Pacchioni didn't take the title but managed to finish third in the standings. For the Masters of Formula 3 Rebai was replaced by Roberto Colciago. Coming over from RC Motorsport Colciago managed to beat regular driver Pachioni by placing seventh compared to Pachioni's 25th place. After winning the

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championship in a Tatuus chassis

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joined the Tatuus Formula 3 team. Kanaan scored one win and was the best foreign driver in the Italian championship finishing fifth in the final standings. After this season, Tatuus focused on Formula Renault.

Formula Renault era

In 1993 Gianfranco De Bellis became co-proprietor. Tatuus then-on focused on producing

cars. The Tatuus RC95 was the first Formula Renault car made by Tatuus. The Tatuus factory team fielded three drivers, Italian

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, Norwegian

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and Brazilian

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. The team competed in the

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, Tommy Rustad won three races during the inaugural season for the team. The first title for the Tatuus factory team and chassis came in 1996.

won six out of ten races and took the title. Teammate Danilo Cascio was places seventh.

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entered a Tatuus customer car in the

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championship. In this very competitive championship Cook beat

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to the 1996 title. Other customer Tatuus chassis were entered in the

French Formula Renault The Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup (WEC) was a Formula Renault 2.0 championship that replaced the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 as of 2008,Antoine Brousseau achieved a second place in the championship. A Tatuus chassis also took the title in the

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with driver Alexander Müller. 1997 was a highly successful for the team and the chassis. The team scored a one-two finish in the European championship.

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and

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were a class on their own securing the first and second place in the championship. The top ten were seven Tatuus and three

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cars. Three Tatuus customer entries filled the podium in the German championship. Robert Lechner won the title in front of

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and Michael Schröter.

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, driving a customer Tatuus, won the British title. The French championship, however, was a different story. France, home of

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, Martini and

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, had the most competitive Formula Renault championship.

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driving a Tatuus was placed sixth in the championship standings, scoring one win and four podium finishes out of 17 races. Tatuus again was the chassis to beat in the European, British and German championships.

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managed to achieve a third place in the French championship, behind two factory entered

s. Tatuus again dominated the British championship in 1999 with Tatuus chassis winning 12 out of 13 races,

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took the title. Tatuus customer entries also won the European and German championships.

now took the title in the prestigious French championship. In heavy competition between Mygale, Martini and Tatuus, Tatuus prevailed winning 14 out of 21 races.

USF2000

For the 1997 racing season Tatuus made its debut in the USF2000, fielding a factory team. Rino Mastronardi won the second race of the season in the

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. Starting third, Mastronardi managed to finish in front of Matt Sielsky and

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. This, however, was the only outing of Mastronardi. The rest of the season the team fielded

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and

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who scored 93 points. For the following season Tatuus supplied other teams with race cars as well as running the factory team. Factory driver Ryan Hampton finished second in the standings. Robby McGehee was the best placed customer Tatuus, fielded by RM Racing finished he third in the season standings. For the 1999 season Tatuus didn't field a factory team. Although some teams chose to run a Tatuus chassis, among them

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fielding

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. There were no full-time Tatuus entries, thus Tatuus could not compete for the title. Various Tatuus RC98 chassis are still being raced in the SCCA

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class. The car achieved various successes in the club racing scene. The cars were also entered in SCCA's most prestigious races the

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and the

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. Tatuus was selected by the series promoter as the new spec chassis for the U.S. F2000 National Championship beginning in

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. A derivative of the same chassis but with more power, downforce, and adjustments will be the spec chassis for the

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beginning in 2018.

Formula Ford Zetec

In 1998 Tatuus entered the

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market. In 1999 the chassis achieved success with German driver

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driving for

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. The German driver achieved four podium finishes and a third place in the German Formula Ford championship. After 1999 Tatuus did not update their Formula Ford Zetec chassis. In the current French Formula Ford Zetec championship, the Tatuus chassis achieved various wins and championships.

Formula Renault

Tatuus was contracted to design and manufacture the new spec Formula Renault cars. The

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debuted in 2000 in various Formula Renault championships. This racecar was used until 2010 when it was replaced by

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. In 2002 the Tatuus FR1600 was introduced to run in the Formula Renault 1.6. With the introduction of the spec formula classes the racing team ceased to exist. For the

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the Tatuus FRV6 was introduced. After the European championship folded, the car was raced in the Formula V6 Asia between 2006 and 2009.

Toyota Racing Series

Tatuus was contracted by

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to design the new

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racing car. The Toyota FT40 was introduced in the

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. After ten seasons the car was retired at the end of the

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season. The cars last race, the

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, was won by

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. For the

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the Tatuus built Toyota FT50 was introduced. On 20 July 2014 the FT50 was tested by former series champion

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. The car features the same engine as its predecessor but the gearbox was be different. The five speed

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gearbox was be upgraded to a six speed gearbox.

Other racing series

For 2006 Tatuus introduced the Tatuus FC106 for the

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. The car was used during the entire running of the series between 2006 and 2013. Another junior formula car designed and manufactured by Tatuus is the

Tatuus N.T07 The Tatuus N.T07 (also known as the Formula S2000, Tatuus IFM or Formula N.T07) is a formula racecar designed by Tatuus for the International Formula Master. Technical The car is designed by joined effort of Tatuus and N.Technology. N.Technology ...

. This car was the sole car for the

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and

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International Formula Master seasons. Italian racing class

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introduced the Tatuus FA010 powered by a 1.4L

- FPT engine. The car was later introduced in the

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(2011),

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(2012), Formula Russia (2013). Starting in 2014 the

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, set up by the

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, will use an updated version of the Tatuus FA010. For 2014 Tatuus was contracted to build all the cars for the Formula 4 Italian Championship, a new class under the rules of the

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. The Tatuus F4-T014 is powered by a detuned Formula Abarth engine, limited to 160 hp. In 2015, the new ADAC Formula 4 adopted the Tatuus car. The

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announced in September 2014 that it would use a Tatuus chassis from the

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Group CN

In 2012 Tatuus announced their first

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sports car. The car competed in the Italian Prototype Championship, V de V Proto Endurance and the Speed Euro Series, fielded by the revived factory team. Factory driver

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drove the car to a second place during the Speed Euro Series round at Imola.

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achieved three podium finishes and a fifth place in the Italian Prototype championship. For the 2013 season the Tatuus PY012 was entered by various teams in various racing series. The factory team ran partial schedule in the V de V Proto Endurance. Brandon Maïsano and Sebastián Merchán won the 6 hour race at

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W Series

The inaugural

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season of the all-female W Series championship used Alfa Romeo powered F3-specification T-318s, all operated by

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Corporate structure

Tatuus Racing SpA was founded in 1980 by Gianfranco De Bellis and Artico Sandonà as its shareholders. On 16 February 2017 De Bellis and Sandonà sold a majority of the shares to Wisequity IV. Wisequity IV is a closed-ended fund managed by

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firm Wise Sgr S.p.A. Wisequity IV has an investment value of €215,000,000. The private equite fund manages five companies, Tatuus Racing, Corob, Imprima Group, Tapì Group and Aleph Team. De Bellis and Sandonà kept a minority stake in the company. Under the ownership of Wise Sgr Tatuus expanded its operations. In November 2017 Tatuus purchased racing engine producer Autotecnica Motori. Autotecnica Motori founder Giovanni Delfino retained his role as CEO of the company besides a senior management role at Tatuus. Another purchase was done in November 2018. Tatuus Racing SpA purchased a 75% stake in Breda Racing, a producer of autosport related equipment.

Racecars

References

External links

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