The Renault R30 was a Formula One motor racing car designed and built by Renault for the 2010 season. The car was driven by Robert Kubica and rookie Vitaly Petrov . Test drivers were Ho-Pin Tung , Jérôme d'Ambrosio and Jan Charouz .
51-409: DAMS (formerly Driot-Arnoux Motorsport , currently Driot Associés Motor Sport ; racing as DAMS Lucas Oil for sponsorship reasons) is an auto racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsport . DAMS was founded in 1988 by Jean-Paul Driot and Formula One driver René Arnoux . In 2022 it was bought by ex-F1 driver Charles Pic . It is headquartered near Le Mans , only 2 km from
102-531: A full-time race seat with the team for 2008 and was retained for the 2009 season. In 2008, TDP driver Kamui Kobayashi replaced Nakajima at DAMS GP2 and became the Toyota Racing test driver. Kobayashi stayed on in 2009, and was partnered by Jérôme d'Ambrosio for these two years. Neither driver was able to put together a consistent run of form in the main GP2 Series championships, but Kobayashi did win
153-528: A new production plant in Corydon, Indiana , and expanded with an additional, multimillion-dollar, 350,000-square-foot facility in 2014. The company's focus is to create and produce better working oils than those currently available on the commercial marketplace. The company's first product was Heavy Duty Oil Stabilizer, followed by aftermarket products, including: According to David Portalatin, an NPD industry analyst, Lucas Oil accounts for nearly all of
204-609: A private test in Valencia on 23 and 24 January 2012. Vladimir Putin drove the R30 on a circuit around the Russian city of Saint Petersburg around November 2010. ( key ) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Driver failed to finish the race, but was classified as they had completed >90% of the race distance. Italics indicate factory team. This Formula One –related article
255-550: A statement on behalf of the company: "We provide significant financial support for a broad range of organizations that serve the needs of veterans, women, other minority groups, and disadvantaged individuals throughout the United States. Fairness and equality are core values of our company." Renault R30 It was unveiled on January 31, 2010, at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia . The chassis
306-459: A string of strong finishes early in the year and Renault established themselves as the main rivals of Mercedes for 4th in the Constructor's Championship. However, Renault had to settle for 5th by season's end but Kubica's and Vitaly Petrov's double-points-finish in the final race of the year capped off what was an encouraging season for the team which struggled so sorely in 2009 . After
357-669: Is a founder of Protect the Harvest, a nonprofit organization which opposes "the radical animal rights movement” and particularly the Humane Society of the United States , which it calls "a wealthy and successful attack group". In 2012, Lucas said that he had invested over $ 600,000 in the organization. Its stated goals include educating the public about animal agriculture, and preventing the passing of legislative or market-initiated bans on particular production practices. Robert Patison, general counsel for Lucas Oil Products, issued
408-408: Is an American manufacturer and distributor of automotive oil , additives , and lubricants . It was founded by trucker Forrest Lucas and his wife Charlotte in 1989. The company is a medium size manufacturer of lubricants, including engine oils, greases, gear lubes, as well as problem-solving additives and car-care products. It produces and markets approximately 270 formulations in 40 countries. In
459-485: Is available through the LucasOilRacing.TV website for smartphones and tablets, as well as Roku , Amazon Fire TV , Android TV , Xbox One , and Xbox 360 . Lucas Oil Production Studios produces more than 300 hours of television annually for CBS , CBS Sports , NBC Sports , as well as MAVTV . Lucas Oil Production Studios under the direction of Dawn Patison focus on grass roots motorsports production including
510-551: Is currently available on Charter , DirecTV , Google Fiber , Time Warner Cable , Verizon Fios , and hundreds of regional distributors, as well as on streaming providers FuboTV and Tikilive. Launched on January 1, 2016, Lucas Oil Racing TV is a motorsports-dedicated subscription video on demand service. Programming includes both live races and a large library of both United States and international motorsports content. Many shows include expanded pre- and post-race footage, additional interviews, and background content. The service
561-691: The 2008–09 Asian championship with the team. D'Ambrosio remained with the team for 2010 , and was paired with Ho-Pin Tung , who replaced the Sauber -bound Kobayashi. As part of an agreement with the Renault Formula One team, both were nominated as Renault F1 test drivers, and the DAMS GP2 cars were liveried in an identical yellow-and-black scheme to the Renault R30 chassis. D'Ambrosio won
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#1732772961169612-523: The 2018–19 season , the team switched to Nissan and originally hired Alexander Albon to partner Buemi, however on 26 November 2018 Albon was released from his contract with the team to instead drive in the 2019 Formula One season with the Toro Rosso team . Four days later, the team signed Oliver Rowland , who raced for the team in the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship . As is traditional with Nissan factory teams, their car numbers are 22 and 23, since
663-604: The 2021 season , the team hired two new drivers Roy Nissany and Marcus Armstrong to replace the Carlin-bound Ticktum and the WEC-bound Gelael. Scoring only one win all year (through Armstrong at Jeddah , the team once again finished 8th in the Teams' Championship, with 65 points. For the 2022 season , the team stayed with Nissany for another season and hired Japanese rookie Ayumu Iwasa . 2022
714-1195: The 2022 Indianapolis 500 . Drivers who have won titles while driving for DAMS include Sébastien Buemi in Formula E, Érik Comas , Jean-Christophe Boullion and Olivier Panis in Formula 3000 , José María López in Formula Renault , Kevin Magnussen and Carlos Sainz, Jr. in the World Series by Renault , and GP2 winners Romain Grosjean , Davide Valsecchi and Jolyon Palmer . ( key ) * Season still in progress. ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Lucas Oil Lucas Oil Products, Inc.
765-569: The 24 Hours of Le Mans , but failed to get any competitive results. DAMS (running the Bob Berridge Racing Lola) helped the Michel Vaillant movie crew in the 2002, 24 Hours of Le Mans entering with a Lola B98/10 - Judd as Vaillante and a Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S - Élan as Leader . They then switched their effort to an FIA GT return. In 2003, they tried entering two Nissan 350Z , but once again funds prevented
816-701: The Bugatti Circuit . DAMS has enjoyed success in both drivers and team championships in multiple formula series across the world, and has helped launch the careers of several high profile drivers. The year after its foundation, DAMS joined the International Formula 3000 Championship . They stayed in F3000 until 2001 . DAMS were one of many French teams that were part of the Elf young driver sponsorship program. Aside from F3000, DAMS planned to join
867-571: The COVID -impaced 2019–20 season, ending up second in Teams' Championship instead of fourth. After two disappointing seasons in a row with a 10th place in the 2020–21 season and a 9th position in the 2021–22 season , Nismo decided to part ways with DAMS and operate the team on their own. Starting from 1997, Driot's team diversified into sports car racing , entering the FIA GT Championship in partnership with Panoz . Splitting up in
918-628: The GP2 Series since its beginning in 2005 , winning races with drivers José María López and Nicolas Lapierre . DAMS was associated with the Toyota Drivers Program (TDP) from 2006 to 2009, and ran their drivers in the GP2 Series. In 2006, it was Franck Perera and then Kazuki Nakajima in 2007, who finished 5th in the GP2 championship and raced in the last Formula One Grand Prix of the season with Williams . Following this he won
969-545: The World Endurance Championship and was replaced by Pierre Gasly . The following season saw the team's final season with Renault in Formula E fail to see any of their drivers win a single race in the championship. Their highest finish was 2nd for Buemi in Marrakesh . The team could only finish fifth in the constructors' championship. At the end of the season, Nicolas Prost left the team. For
1020-422: The sprint race at Monaco , but his form thereafter was disappointing and he was rested for one of the rounds in favour of Romain Grosjean , another driver with Renault F1 links. Grosjean later got the opportunity to move into the team full-time when Tung, yet to score a point after 12 races, sustained a broken vertebra in a racing accident. D'Ambrosio, Grosjean and Tung finished 12th, 14th and 28th respectively in
1071-654: The 2003 and 2004 seasons, DAMS took part in the Formula Renault V6 Eurocup , which they won that same year with Argentinian José María López . In 2005 the team entered the World Series by Renault . Since 2005, DAMS joined the GP2 Series but also the A1 Grand Prix where it serviced three teams. Driot is one of the owners of the A1 Team France . DAMS also managed A1 Team Switzerland , A1 Team Mexico and later A1 Team South Africa in
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#17327729611691122-613: The 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed , the R30 was demonstrated in Lotus Renault R31 livery. The tyre manufacturer Pirelli used the R30 chassis in 2012–2013 as a test car in tyre development replacing the Toyota TF109 . The car was tested by Jaime Alguersuari and Lucas di Grassi at several European racetracks, including Jerez , Spa , Monza and Barcelona . Kimi Räikkönen drove an R30 in Lotus E20 colors in
1173-403: The 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four , every Big Ten Football Championship Game since the inaugural game in 2011, every Drum Corps International World Championship since 2009, and the 2026 and 2029 NCAA Men's Final Fours . In 2009, Lucas Oil founded the short course off-road racing series Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series . In March 2012, Lucas Oil extended their title sponsorship of
1224-565: The A1 Grand Prix championships. With A1 Team France, DAMS was the first winner of the series winning 13 of the 22 races including in the 2005–06 season. For the 2007–08 season, A1 Team France and South Africa collaborated closely to finalize the car like it was previously done with A1 Team Switzerland. The team joined the new Formula E championship in 2014 under the name e.dams , with collaboration from Alain Prost . Sébastien Buemi
1275-613: The AMA Motocross series. Since 2011, Lucas Oil has been a main sponsor of the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) association. At the time he purchased the mansion of Conseco co-founder Stephen Hilbert, Forrest Lucas stated, "I can justify it by having this as a corporate retreat for my employees and for my customers." The Lucas Oil Crusader Monster Jam truck was debuted in Houston, Texas in 2011. It
1326-609: The F1 World Championship in 1996 , with a car (the GD-01 ) developed by Reynard , but lack of funds prevented the team from advancing. DAMS enter in sports car racing since 1997 until 2002 where it helped the Michel Vaillant movie, preparing and racing cars in the 24 Hours of Le Mans . In August 2019, founder Jean-Paul Driot died, aged 68. His two sons, Olivier and Gregory Driot, took over as co-team principals, until former Formula 1 driver Charles Pic bought
1377-932: The French team from developing the Japanese car. In 2004, they teamed with Lamborghini and entered two Murciélago R-GT cars in the final rounds of the FIA GT Championship. Several drivers have enjoyed success during and after their time with DAMS, including Formula One Grand Prix winners Olivier Panis and Pierre Gasly , 24 Hours of Le Mans winners Allan McNish , Sébastien Bourdais , Kazuki Nakajima , Sébastien Buemi , Neel Jani , Kamui Kobayashi and José María López , as well as multiple Formula One drivers. Success has also been achieved by former drivers in US open wheel racing : Bourdais winning four consecutive Champ Car World Series title, and Marcus Ericsson winning
1428-568: The Lotus GP banner. The team wrapped up both the 2014 Drivers' and Teams' Championships, with Jolyon Palmer winning the former. DAMS went into the 2015 season with Red Bull Junior Team driver Pierre Gasly and 2014 GP3 champion Alex Lynn as their driver lineup. The team struggled in the Bahrain feature race with Gasly being involved in a fourth lap collision with Arthur Pic , Raffaele Marciello and Norman Nato and Lynn falling down
1479-746: The Louisville New Albany & Corydon Railroad, was added to the Corydon, Indiana's plant's capabilities in 2006, servicing the main manufacturing facility and several other major businesses in and around the city. Lucas Cattle Company was founded in 2000 in Cross Timbers, Missouri in the Ozarks . They have bred over 2,000 head of free range Simmental cattle reared on fescue , on a strict culling strategy, with an emphasis on structural soundness and other high quality traits such as longevity, fertility, and udder quality. Forrest Lucas
1530-901: The Lucas Oil Modified Series, Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series , the Dave Despain Show , the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals , the Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League , and the Lucas Oil Late Model Series . Team Lucas is a marketing platform for Lucas-owned motorsports properties. Partners include Carlyle Tools, GEICO , Toyota , General Tire , OPTIMA Batteries , Rockstar Energy Drink , K&N Filters , and Indianapolis Colts Lucas Oil Stadium . Team Lucas' fan and media exposure includes
1581-682: The Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri . MAVTV is a motorsports television network with a programming lineup that includes the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl , Lucas Oil Pro Motocross, the FIA World Rally Championship , NHRA Drag Racing, Lucas Oil Drag Boat Racing, Lucas Oil Off Road Racing , Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt , Lucas Oil Modified, Lucas Oil Sprint Cars and custom build shows. MAVTV
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1632-491: The U.S., Lucas Oil is sold in more than 30,000 auto parts stores, displaying the most variety of shelf products of any oil company, and at truck stops nationwide. Lucas Oil has its plants in the United States. The original plant in Corona, California , which also housed Lucas Oil Corporate Headquarters and several affiliated companies, was closed in late 2022, moving the corporate HQ to Indianapolis, Indiana . In 2003, it opened
1683-623: The affixing of the relevant logo on the front suspension arms. The presence of the second driver Petrov therefore conveyed the Lada brand, applied to the sides of the front section of the car, while on the sides of the bellies the DIAC logo appeared, a Renault group company specialized in credit for the purchase of motor vehicles. During the season, the Banka brands SNORAS (which replaced DIAC), EFG International, TrinaSolar and MOVIT also made their entry. At
1734-517: The constructors' championship and took 5 wins during the season (4 for Albon and 1 for Latifi). The team's 2018 lineup will race together for the first time in three years in the 2022 Formula One World Championship for the Williams team. For the 2019 season , the team hired Sérgio Sette Câmara to replace Albon, who was promoted to Formula 1 with Toro Rosso for 2019 . They won the Teams' Championship with 418 points, and 6 wins (5 for Latifi, who
1785-549: The drivers' championship, whilst DAMS finished sixth position in the teams' championship. Grosjean remained with the team for 2011, with Norwegian rookie Pål Varhaug replacing D'Ambrosio, who graduated to F1 with the Virgin Racing team. DAMS retained its links with Renault, although these were somewhat diluted by the F1 team's new sponsorship deal with Lotus Cars , which also backed the rival ART team in GP2. Grosjean dominated
1836-550: The following year, DAMS ran a Lola B98/10 with a Judd engine in the SportsRacing World Cup , winning four races, as well as participating in the American Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans . In 2000 and 2001, DAMS associated themselves with General Motors , preparing the works Cadillac Northstar LMP prototypes for the American Le Mans Series , FIA Sportscar Championship and
1887-533: The loss of sponsorship with the Dutch banking group ING Group , the car returns to the historic yellow-black livery, used (with some variations) by Renault in Formula 1 up to the RE60 in the 1985 season. The profiles of the spoilers are instead red, hosting the sponsorship of the oil company Total. The car never presented a title sponsor: in the pre-season tests the livery actually appeared very bare of third-party brands:
1938-533: The many Lucas Oil sponsored series televised by MAVTV and its broadcasting partners. The company is a sponsor of several NASCAR , H1 Unlimited , NHRA , and IndyCar events. In 2005, Lucas Oil founded the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series . Since 2011, it owns the cable network MAVTV , which under its purview went from a male-focused network with a lowbrow point of view to a leading motorsports network. On February 28, 2006, it
1989-539: The numbers 2 and 3 are pronounced "ni" and "san" in Japanese. Under the Nissan banner, the team couldn't win any championship. Their first powertrain named Nissan IM01 proved to be controversial as e.dams were the only team to use a dual-motor setup, having scored six poles with this powertrain. This was eventually outlawed in technical regulations for the 2019–20 season . Despite being forced by rules to significantly change their powertrain design, Nissan e.dams improved in
2040-471: The only partnership of any importance was the one with the Dutch watchmaker TW Steel , whose logo stood out on the nose and above the radiator openings. Close to the start of the championship, a two-year collaboration agreement was signed with technology company Hewlett-Packard (whose brand appeared on the fin of the bonnet), while the entry into the share capital of the Genii investment fund team Capital led to
2091-568: The order after driving into the back of Alexander Rossi and damaging his front wing. Both drivers finished outside the points in the following day's sprint race. The team had an improved weekend in Barcelona , with Lynn taking his first GP2 victory in the sprint race and Gasly joining him on the podium in third. In 2018, the team fielded Nicholas Latifi and Alexander Albon in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. The team secured third place in
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2142-480: The season strongly, winning an unprecedented three races in a row in Bahrain , and later prevailed over closest rival Luiz Razia to win the championship, whilst Nasr finished on the podium four times to finish tenth in the championship, the second-highest rookie behind James Calado . Between them, Valsecchi and Nasr scored enough points to win DAMS's first GP2 Teams' Championship, six points ahead of ART, competing under
2193-789: The segment's recent growth and is one of leading brands in the oil additives segment. The company continues to expand internationally. Current markets include Canada, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and most recently, the Middle East and Africa. Lucas Oil owns or sponsors motorsports race teams, events and series at all levels, including NASCAR , INDYCAR , NHRA , IHRA , POWRi , ASCS, WAR and MLRA. Lucas Oil also owns and operates many high-profile racing series, including Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series , Monster Jam, Lucas Oil Drag Boat Series, Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League , Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series , Lucas Oil Modified Series, and
2244-637: The team in February 2022. Right from its inception, the French team entered the FIA International Formula 3000 Championship , which they won in 1990 with Érik Comas , 1992 with Olivier Panis and 1994 with Jean-Christophe Boullion . In 13 years, 1989 to 2001 , DAMS won 4 team titles, 3 drivers titles, 21 wins, 19 pole positions and 19 fastest laps, making DAMS one of the most successful Formula 3000 teams with Super Nova Racing and Arden International . The team competed in
2295-705: The year, winning both the Asian and main series championships. DAMS also won the Asian teams' title, but Varhaug's failure to score points in the main series saw the team beaten to the championship by Addax . For the 2012 season , Grosjean moved to the Lotus (formerly Renault) Formula One team, and Varhaug switched to the Auto GP World Series ; they were replaced by series veteran Davide Valsecchi and reigning British F3 champion Felipe Nasr . Valsecchi began
2346-610: Was announced that Lucas Oil had purchased the naming rights to the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis , Indiana , for $ 120 million over 20 years. The facility opened in 2008 and is the home field for the NFL's Indianapolis Colts . Other events that have or will be held at the stadium include the 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four , the 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Regional Finals , Super Bowl XLVI (February 5, 2012),
2397-645: Was designed by James Allison , Naoki Tokunaga , Tim Densham , Martin Tolliday , Jarrod Murphy , Mike Elliott and Dirk de Beer with Rob White leading the engine design. At the Belgian Grand Prix , Renault introduced the F-duct on the R30, having been postponed since Silverstone due to inefficiency. It was immediately obvious that the R30 was more competitive than the R29 . Robert Kubica enjoyed
2448-445: Was driven by Canadian Driver, Linsey Weenk, who drove the Built Ford Tough Blue Thunder monster truck before. Following the truck's and his retirement in 2020, the truck was succeeded by the Lucas Stabilizer, driven by Cynthia Gauthier. In January 2024, Lucas Oil became the title sponsor of DAMS , a French Formula Two team, marking the first time they sponsored a team outside North America. Lucas Oil Rail Line , formerly known as
2499-451: Was promoted to Formula 1 for 2020 to drive for Williams , and 2 for Sette Câmara, who later moved on to Formula E to drive for the GEOX Dragon team. For the 2020 season , the team hired Sean Gelael and Dan Ticktum to race for them. After a disappointing season, the team slumped to 8th in the Teams' Championship, accumulating a total of 115.5 points, with Ticktum scoring both of their wins (at Spielberg , and at Silverstone .) For
2550-424: Was runner-up in the inaugural season and champion in 2015–16, having claimed 8 wins and 13 podiums in 23 races. Nicolas Prost finished sixth and third respectively, claiming three wins. In the 2016–17 season , the team clinched their third straight constructors' title but Buemi lost the title to Lucas di Grassi at the final round in Montreal . Buemi also had to miss the New York City rounds due to commitments in
2601-432: Was seen as an improvement for DAMS, as they finished 6th in the Teams' Championship. They scored a total of 2 wins (both scored by Iwasa), and 161 points (141 for Iwasa, who finished 5th in the Drivers' Championship; and 20 for Nissany, who finished 19th.) For the 2023 season , the team stuck with Iwasa for his second year in the category, and hired Monegasque rookie Arthur Leclerc from Prema's Formula 3 team. In
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