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Dallara P217
The Dallara P217 is a sportscar prototype built by Dallara, Dallara Automobili to the 2017 FIA/ACO regulations for the Le Mans Prototype, Le Mans Prototype LMP2 class. The car also meets the regulations for the Le Mans Prototype 2 Class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, WeatherTech Sportscar Championship. It was active in the FIA World Endurance Championship, the European Le Mans Series & Asian Le Mans Series. The prototype made its debut at the 2017 4 Hours of Silverstone. Development The car is a result of the bid made by Dallara, for one of the four licenses to build the new for 2017 Le Mans Prototype 2 cars. It is also the first LMP constructed by Dallara since the original Audi R18 TDI. The car was first spotted testing at the Autodromo Riccardo Paletti in Northern Italy in late early October, by the Italian magazine Autosprint. During the 2017 racing season, the car was discovered to have a fundamental issue with a critical element of the sprint kit which wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brembo
Brembo N.V. is an Italian manufacturer of automotive parts that most notably produces braking systems, for high-performance cars and for the sim racing series Gran Turismo. Its operational head office is in Curno, Bergamo, Italy, while Amsterdam, Netherlands, is the company's legal seat. History Brembo was established in Paladina, Italy, on January 11, 1961, by Emilio Bombassei and Italo Breda (father and uncle, respectively, to the current Chairman Alberto Bombassei). The company was named after the Brembo river. Bombassei lived in a village on the coast of the river before moving to Milan. Soon after Brembo was formed, it specialized in disc brakes, which were imported from the UK at the time. The company entered into a supply contract with Alfa Romeo in 1964 and became Moto Guzzi's brake component supplier in 1966. In the 1980s, Brembo also began supplying brakes to BMW, Chrysler, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, and Porsche. Brembo went public on the Milan Stock Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racing Team Nederland
Racing Team Nederland is a former Dutch endurance racing team founded by F1 driver and Le Mans winner Jan Lammers and businessman Frits van Eerd. History Frits van Eerd, was one of the sponsors of Racing for Holland with his company ( Jumbo Supermarket), owned by Lammers from 2001 onward. During this sponsorship Frits and Jan have said: "''... and since then we said it would be nice to do one day of Le Mans together''". The main sponsor for the team is the Dutch oriented supermarket chain named "Jumbo Supermarkets" of which Frits is one of the owners. The colors of the team are mainly influenced by the Jumbo colors, which have been influenced by the early years (1985-1992) of the Minardi F1 Team. 2017 The team started in the 2017 European Le Mans Series with a Dallara P217 from Dayvtec Engineering, ending the season on 11th place in LMP2 with 12.5 points. During the Le Mans race that year, the third driver was former F1 driver Rubens Barrichello. Jan and Rubens kne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantin Tereshchenko
Konstantin Alekseyevich Tereshchenko ( rus, Константи́н Алексе́евич Тере́щенко, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin ɐlʲɪkˈsʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tʲɪˈrʲeɕːɪnkə; born 17 June 1994), sometimes transliterated as Tereschenko, is a Russian former professional racing driver. Career Karting Born in Moscow, Tereshchenko began karting in 2009 in the Junior class of the German karting championship. For the next two years he competed in the KF2 category, racing in various European karting championships. Formula Renault In 2012, Tereshchenko moved into open-wheel racing, competing in Formula Renault 2.0 Alps with the Interwetten.com Racing Team. He ended the season 32nd, without scoring a point. He also had a part-time campaign in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Tereshchenko stayed with the team for the 2013 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season. He improved to fifteenth position in the final series standings with four point-scoring positions. He also competed in three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrique Chaves
Henrique Chaves (born 21 March 1997) is a Portugal, Portuguese racing driver. Career Karting Born in Torres Vedras, Chaves entered karting in 2006, when he took the title in the Portuguese Championship and Portuguese Cup in the Cadets Class. Chaves raced in karting until the 2015, collecting further titles in the Rotax Mini Class, Kf3, X30 and X30 Shifter classes of the Portuguese Championship, double title in the X30 class of the Spanish Championship, while his most notable karting achievement was the second place in the KZ2 category of the Spanish championship as well as the second place in the Iame X30 Finals in 2015. Formula Renault Chaves made his Open-wheel car, single seaters debut on the 2-litre Formula Renault machinery, competing in the 2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup full-time with AV Formula, AVF. He had twelve point-scoring finishes, while his highest-finishing position was the final race of the season at Hoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Fjordbach
Anders Bjerg Fjordbach (born 4 November 1990) is a Danish racing driver, who most recently competed in 2024-25 Asian Le Mans Series for High Class Racing. Career Fjordbach began his senior racing career in 2007, competing in the Yokohama 1600 Challenge Denmark and the Volkswagen Polo Cup Denmark, finishing 11th and 10th in the championships respectively. The following year, Fjordbach returned to the Polo Cup, finishing 5th. In 2009, an accident at Oschersleben during ADAC Procar competition led him to postpone his racing career, making his return in 2012. After several years competing in national championships, Fjordbach signed a contract with High Class Racing in 2013 to compete in the Danish Thundersport Championship; a partnership that would later lead to appearances at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2015, Fjordbach won the Dubai 24 Hour in the 997 class, competing for Team Black Falcon. Two years later, Fjorbach claimed his second class victory at the event, also driving for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Lacorte
Roberto Lacorte (born 25 June 1968) is an Italian Entrepreneurship, entrepreneur, Auto racing#Racing driver, racing driver, and sailing (sport), sailor. Personal life Lacorte has a son, Nicola Lacorte, Nicola, who is also a racing driver and a member of the Alpine Academy. The two drove together in a Ferrari 296#296 GT3, Ferrari 296 GT3 at the 2025 24 Hours of Daytona. Business ventures In 2003, Lacorte and brother Andrea founded the Pharmanutra Group, an Italian pharmaceutical company, of which he became vice president and CEO. The company's line of products includes Cetilar, a joint cream which provides title sponsorship to Lacorte's racing endeavors. The brand also provides sponsorship to a number of association football teams in Italy, notably holding primary shirt sponsorship with Parma Calcio 1913, Parma. Sport Motorsports Lacorte began his racing career in 2011, driving for Spider Racing Team in the Italian Superturismo Championship. The following season, he returned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Belicchi
Andrea Belicchi (born 18 December 1976) is an Italian professional racing driver. He has competed in such series as the Porsche Supercup, Le Mans Series and FIA World Endurance Championship. He won the Russian Formula Three Championship in 2002 and Finnish Formula Three Championship in 2003 with Lukoil Racing and previously the Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy in 1998. He also competed in Italian Formula 3000 and Formula Renault V6 Eurocup before switching to sports car racing. He was the GTS class champion in 2006 International GT Open along with Stefano Zonca. Also in 2006 he got a GT2 class win at the 2006 1000 km of Nürburgring on a GPC Ferrari. In 2007 he drove a Spyker at the Le Mans Series. In 2008 he switched to the LMP2 class, finishing second in class at the 1000 km of Catalunya. In 2009 he progressed to the LMP1 class, where he took a 2nd overall finish at the 1000 km of Silverstone. For the 2010 Le Mans Series, Belicchi switched to Rebellion Racing. Driving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Lammers
Johannes Antonius "Jan" Lammers (born 2 June 1956) is a Dutch racecar driver, most notable for winning the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans FIA World Endurance Championship, world endurance race, for Silk Cut Jaguar Cars, Jaguar/Tom Walkinshaw Racing, TWR; after four seasons in Formula One racing, from 1979 through 1982, for the F1 teams of Shadow Racing Cars, Shadow, ATS Wheels, ATS, Ensign Racing, Ensign and Theodore Racing, Theodore, respectively. After a world-record setting ten-year hiatus, Lammers made a brief Formula One comeback, for two races, with team March Engineering, March in 1992. Aside from racing in these two of the highest leagues of global auto-sports, Lammers has raced in an exceptionally wide number of racing series and competitions, domestic and abroad, over four decades. Later in life, Lammers became a team owner as well, first setting up his own Formula Opel Lotus team, Vitaal Racing, winning the EFDA Opel Lotus Euroseries with Peter Kox in 1989, then creating the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frits Van Eerd
Godefridus Franciscus Theodorus "Frits" van Eerd (born 25 March 1967) is a Dutch entrepreneur and racing driver. He was the general manager of Jumbo Groep Holding BV from 2002 to September 2022. As a racing driver, he won the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMP2 Pro/Am category and co-founded Racing Team Nederland. Education and professional career Van Eerd studied business administration in Utrecht and the United States. In 1992, he joined Jumbo, the family business founded by his father, Karel van Eerd. He started his career as a product manager of the bread department and later became supermarket manager. In 1996, he became general manager at Jumbo and in 2002 he was appointed general manager. As general manager, Van Eerd led the expansion of Jumbo, which was characterised by strategic acquisitions. Under his leadership, Super de Boer and C1000 were acquired, establishing Jumbo as one of the largest supermarket chains in the Netherlands. Van Eerd remained general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egor Orudzhev
Egor Alekseevich Orudzhev ( rus, Его́р Алексе́евич Ору́джев, p=ɪˈɡor ɐˈrudʐɨf, born 16 October 1995) is a Russian racing driver. Early career Karting Born in Saint Petersburg, Orudzhev entered karting in 2006, when he finished as runner-up in the Russian Karting Championship in the Mini class, before he became champion in the Russian KF3 Championship in 2009. Also in 2009 he moved to the international scene, where he too competed in the KF3 category. He progressed into the KF2 category in 2011, finishing third in the WSK Euro Series. Lower formulae In 2012, Orudzhev made his debut in single-seaters, taking part in the French F4 Championship. He closed the top ten in the series standings with seven point-scoring finishes, including two podiums — a second and a third at the Bugatti Circuit. He also contested single rounds in both Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 with AV Formula and Fortec Motorsports respectively. For 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matevos Isaakyan
Matevos "Matos" Isaakyan (; born 17 April 1998) is a Russian former racing driver. He is a former member of the SMP Racing driver programme. Career Karting Born in Moscow, Isaakyan began karting in his native Russia in 2010, finishing fifth in the Russian Super Mini Championship. The following year he stepped up to the Russian KF3 Championship, finishing seventh, before placing fifth in the same category in 2012. French F4 Isaakyan graduated to single-seaters in 2013, racing in the French F4 Championship. He took five podium places and two fastest laps on his way to fifth in the championship. Toyota Racing Series In January and February 2014, Isaakyan raced in the New Zealand-based Toyota Racing Series for the ETEC Motorsport team. He took a best race result of sixth at the opening round in Teretonga to finish ninth in the championship, one place behind teammate and fellow Russian Denis Korneev. Formula Renault 2.0 Isaakyan's main racing program for 2014 was in the Formula R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AV Formula
AVF formerly AV Formula, was a Spanish motor racing team, run by former racing driver Adrián Vallés. History After retiring from racing, Vallés formed his own team at the end of 2012, under the name Av Formula. In October 2012 the team began by competing in the two final rounds of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps, with Tatiana Calderón, Denis Nagulin, Egor Orudzhev, Emanuele Zonzini as drivers. Zonzini brought the highest-place finish to the team on the thirteenth place. AV Formula took over the Team RFR's entry in Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2013. The team signed Yann Cunha and Arthur Pic for their debut season in Formula Renault 3.5. AV Formula ended season with the ninth place in the teams' standings and a single podium at the home circuit Alcañiz scored by Pic. Also in 2013 the team decided to concentrate on the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC with Fran Rueda as regular driver. Results Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula V8 3.5 † Tereshchenko drove for Teo Martín Motors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
