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V De V Sports
V de V Series is a motor racing organisation that owns and runs a group of international motor racing championships. Based in Paris, the majority of events are held in France although the series regularly visits Spain and Portugal and has also visited Belgium, Germany and Italy. The organisation takes its name from founder Eric van de Vyver. His family is involved in most aspects of running the series and they have their own racing team within the series. Championships V de V has hosted five separate championships; * Challenge Monoplace, for open wheel racing cars * Challenge Endurance Proto, for Sports car racing, prototype sports racing cars * Challenge Endurance GT/Tourisme, for Sports car racing, GT sport cars and Touring car racing, touring cars * Challenge Funyo, a one-make series of prototype sports racing cars * Challenge Endurance VHC, for historic GT sport cars and touring cars The series are recognised and sanctioned by the FIA as ''International Series''. Challenge Mono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Van De Vyver
The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, Eirik, or Eiríkur is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse language, Proto-Norse ''*wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ainaz, aina(z)'', meaning "one, alone, unique", ''as in the form'' ''Æ∆inrikr'' explicitly, but it could also be from ''*wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiwaz, aiwa(z)'' "everlasting, eternity", as in the Gothic form ''Euric''. The second element ''-wikt:ríkr, ríkr'' stems either from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rīks, ríks'' "king, ruler" (cf. Gothic ''wikt:𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃, reiks'') or the therefrom derived ''*wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rīkijaz, ríkijaz'' "kingly, powerful, rich, prince"; from the common Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo-European root *wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃r� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Gachet
Simon Gachet (born 14 October 1993) is a French racing driver who currently competes in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup for Tresor by Car Collection. Career Early career An avid rugby player as a young boy, Gachet was not heavily involved with motorsports in his youth. He was introduced to motorsport through car magazines, and discovered single-seater racing while attending the Formula Motorsport school at the Circuit du Laquais. In 2011, he began competing in the V de V Challenge Monoplace, completely forgoing the karting process. Junior formulae In his opening season of single-seater competition, Gachet was crowned champion, taking two wins and 11 podiums in 15 races. That winter, Gachet won the Euroformula Volant test, awarding him a €60,000 bursary which allowed him to compete in the French F4 Championship for 2012. Scoring six podiums in 14 races, Gachet finished third in the overall points classification. For 2013, Gachet stepped up to the Formula Renault 2.0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Ferté
Alain Serge Ferté (born 8 October 1955 in Falaise, Calvados) is a French professional racing driver. He is the elder brother of Michel Ferté, who was also a professional racing driver. Alain Ferté competed five seasons in Formula 3000 1985–1989. He won the 1979 French Formula Renault Championship and the 1980 French F3 championship. He has also competed in GT racing for many years, driving cars such as the Porsche 911 GT1, Toyota MR2 The Toyota MR2 is a line of two-seater, MR layout, mid-engined, rear-wheel-drive sports cars, manufactured in Japan and marketed globally by Toyota from 1984 until 2007 over three generations: W10 (1984–1989), W20 (1989–1999) and W30 (1999� ...-based SARD MC8-R, and Maserati MC12 GT1. Racing record Complete European Formula Two Championship results ( key) Complete International Formula 3000 results ( key) 24 Hours of Le Mans results Complete Bathurst 1000 results Complete JGTC results ( key) (Races in bold indicate pole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norma M20-FC
The Norma M20-FC, now known as the Nova Proto NP01, is a sports prototype race car, designed, developed and produced by French constructor Norma, and specifically built to FIA Group CN specification, to compete in sports car racing Sports car racing is a form of motorsport road racing that uses sports cars with two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be either purpose-built Sports prototype, sports prototypes, which are the highest level in sports car racing; or grand to ... and hillcimb events, since 2011. References {{Norma Auto Concept Sports prototypes M20-FC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ligier JS49
The Ligier JS49 is a sports prototype race car, designed, developed and built by Ligier, conforming to FIA Group CN regulations, to compete in sports car racing Sports car racing is a form of motorsport road racing that uses sports cars with two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be either purpose-built Sports prototype, sports prototypes, which are the highest level in sports car racing; or grand to ..., since 2004. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ligier JS49 Sports prototypes Ligier racing cars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juno Racing Cars
Juno Racing Cars is a British Group CN sportscar constructor. On 7 August 2014 it was announced that Juno Racing Cars was acquired by Ginetta Cars. In June 2016 Juno was bought by a private owner and the base of operations was moved to Portugal. History Juno Racing Cars was founded by former Williams F1 engineer Ewan Baldry in 1999. The factory's first car, the Juno SS1, made its track debut in 2001. The car was designed by Baldry and design engineer Ben Lang. Lang was also chief engineer for the TVR Tuscan Speed 6. The SS1 was designed for the 2 liter National Supersports class. The car featured a spaceframe chassis built from cold drawn stainless steel. The car was powered by a Vauxhall 20XE engine. Robert Oldershaw Jr. won the SP2 class in the National Supersports series in a Juno SS1. The successor of the SS1 was the SS2. The SS2 had a similar design but the technical aspect was significantly upgraded. The chassis was wider and featured a new Hewland sequential gearbox. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás Varrone
Nicolás Martín "Nico" Varrone (born 6 November 2000) is an Argentine Auto racing, racing driver currently competing for Proton Competition in the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship. He is the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship, 2023 WEC champion in the LMGTE Am class, having won the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Le Mans in the category with Corvette Racing. Varrone has also won the race in the LMP2 Pro-Am subclass with AF Corse in 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2024. Early career Having competed in karting, Varrone made his car racing debut in the national 2016 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault category at the end of 2016. He remained in the series the following year and ended up 20th in the standings. A move to Europe followed in 2018, as Varrone joined the 2018 V de V Challenge Monoplace, V de V Challenge Monoplace, first driving for Inter Europol Competition before switching to TS Corse. The Argentine dominated, taking six wins from 14 races and claiming th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 V De V Challenge Monoplace
The 2018 V de V Challenge Monoplace was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing mainly in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The season began at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 23 March and will finish at Estoril on 4 November after seven double-header rounds. Drivers compete in three classes depending on the type of car they drive. Those competing in the current Tatuus FR 2.0 2013 car, as well as the previous Barazi-Epsilon Barazi-Epsilon is a racing team owned by engineer Michel Lecomte and entrepreneur turned amateur racer Juan Barazi. The team's base is in Le Mans. The team was founded in 2000 as Epsilon Sport from the remains of the Graff Racing's Formula Three o ... FR2.0–10 car, which are in use since 2010, are included in Class A. Older Formula Renault 2.0 machinery along with other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 V De V Challenge Monoplace
The 2017 V de V Challenge Monoplace was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing mainly in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The season began at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 17 March and will finish on 5 November at Estoril after seven triple-header rounds. Drivers compete in two classes depending on the type of car they drive. Those competing in the current Tatuus FR 2.0 2013 car, as well as the previous Barazi-Epsilon Barazi-Epsilon is a racing team owned by engineer Michel Lecomte and entrepreneur turned amateur racer Juan Barazi. The team's base is in Le Mans. The team was founded in 2000 as Epsilon Sport from the remains of the Graff Racing's Formula Three o ... FR2.0–10 car, which are in use since 2010, are included in Class A. Old Formula Renault 2.0 machinery along with other cars such as Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Peroni
Alexander James Peroni (born 27 November 1999) is an Australian racing driver, currently competing in the GT World Challenge Australia. He has previously competed in the 2022 European Le Mans Series for Algarve Pro Racing, the 2021 Indy Lights Series for Carlin Motorsport, and in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Campos Racing team. Peroni is the 2016 Challenge Monoplace champion. Career Formula 4 In 2015, Peroni graduated from kart racing to single-seaters, participating in the Italian F4 Championship with Torino Squadra Corse, finishing fourteenth overall and securing two second place podium finishes at Imola and Misano. Formula Renault In 2016, Peroni continued his collaboration with TS Corse, competing in Formula Renault 2.0 machinery in the V de V Challenge Monoplace. He dominated the season and won 14 from 21 races to clinch the championship title. For 2017, Peroni switched to Formula Renault Eurocup but decided to move to the Fortec Motorsport team. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 V De V Challenge Monoplace
The 2016 V de V Challenge Monoplace was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2016 season was the seventh V de V Challenge Monoplace season organized by the V de V Sports. The season began at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 19 March and finishes on 6 November at Estoril. The season was dominated by TS Corse driver Alex Peroni who won 14 from 21 races. Gilles Hireau and Aleksey Chuklin won one races on their way to top three in the season standings. Grégoire Saucy, Erwin Creed, Antoine Robert, Nicolas Melin, Thomas Neubauer, David Droux, Gilles Magnus, Rinus van Kalmthout and Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor (; born 16 December 2000) is a Dutch racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for MP Motorsport. Verschoor graduated t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 V De V Challenge Monoplace
The 2015 V de V Challenge Monoplace was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2015 season was the sixth V de V Challenge Monoplace season organized by the V de V Sports. The season began at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 22 March and finishes on 10 October at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours is a motor racing circuit located in central France, near the towns of Magny-Cours and Nevers, some from Paris and from Lyon. It staged the Formula One French Grand Prix from 1991 (succeeding Circuit Paul Ricard .... The season was dominated by RC Formula driver David Droux who won 15 from 17 races. Julien Falchero lost 185.5 points to Droux and finished as runner-up. Gilles Heriau completed the top three in the standings. Riccardo Cazzan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
