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71-498: ART Grand Prix was created in 2005 as a collaborative project between Frédéric Vasseur , the principal of ASM Formule 3 , and Nicolas Todt , the son of the then Scuderia Ferrari team principal and eventually Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) president Jean Todt . Vasseur wanted to expand his championship-winning Formula Three team into the newly created GP2 Series , while Nicolas Todt had expressed an interest in team management. He had become involved in motorsport as

142-462: A Dallara GP2/11 car with 2016 GP3 runner-up Alexander Albon joining him. For 2018 the team promoted their 2017 GP3 Series drivers Jack Aitken and George Russell . In 2019 the team will be represented by 2018 GP3 Series driver Nikita Mazepin and their 2016 GP3 Series driver Nyck de Vries . Jack Aitken left the team to switch to Campos . While Mazepin struggled to replicate his GP3 performances, de Vries scored four victories and sealed

213-408: A bonus point for pole position). Drivers who fail to finish the first race occupy the remaining grid positions for Race 2 in the order in which they retired. In the first race of the weekend, points are awarded to the top eight finishers, with 10 points for a win. One bonus point is awarded for the fastest qualifying time. In addition to the change to a single qualifying session, the points system for

284-517: A close duel with Trident 's Luca Ghiotto . The following season , McLaren junior Nyck de Vries , Ferrari junior Charles Leclerc , Nirei Fukuzumi and Alexander Albon formed the team's driver line-up. The team claimed their sixth constructors title at Monza, with Leclerc and Albon claiming the roles of champion and vice-champion respectively. In 2017 , Fukuzumi was retained while Renault Sport Academy member Jack Aitken , Mercedes junior George Russell and Anthoine Hubert were signed to

355-847: A driver manager, and was notable for representing Felipe Massa . Todt took charge of the new team's commercial and promotional interests, while Vasseur managed the day-to-day running of the operation. ART is based at the ASM workshops at Villeneuve-la-Guyard in the département of Yonne , France . In April 2007, Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa bought 30% of the team. Todt sold his shares in December 2018. ASM had already competed in European and French Formula Renault 2.0 before expanding its operations to include

426-482: A legal dispute in Formula One with a new incarnation of Team Lotus (now Caterham ) over the use of the name. Team Lotus was also competing with a green-and-yellow livery, whereas Renault (competing as Lotus Renault GP) was running a black-and-gold colour scheme reminiscent of the original Team Lotus's association with John Player Specials . As for the drivers, Bianchi was retained alongside Esteban Gutiérrez, who

497-577: A protégé of Toyota's driver development program and had already tested one of its Formula One cars at the age of 20. Three of the drivers in the 2003 championship – Robert Kubica , Timo Glock and Nico Rosberg – have competed in Formula One. Briscoe's would be the only championship title to date for a driver using an Opel-powered car, as the Mercedes-backed ASM Formule 3 rose to prominence in 2004. Its first drivers' title

568-506: A protégé of the McLaren - Mercedes Formula One team. He achieved a record-setting 15 race wins from 20 starts, thirteen pole positions and ten fastest laps. Hamilton graduated to GP2 , winning that championship in his rookie year. He subsequently went on to become the youngest ever F1 world champion in 2008 with McLaren, winning the title in his second season. Also competing in 2005 was Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel , who finished

639-1040: A variety of European circuits. Approximately 50–60% of these events occur at circuits in Germany, while the other events are held in various countries, including Great Britain , France , the Netherlands , Italy , Belgium and Spain . Most rounds are shared with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. Notable venues have included Pau and Le Mans in France; Brands Hatch in Britain; Circuit de Catalunya in Spain; Estoril in Portugal; Adria in Italy; and Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. From 2004 onwards,

710-542: Is a French motorsport executive, businessman and engineer. Since 2023, Vasseur has served as team principal of Ferrari in Formula One ; he previously served as team prinicipal of Renault , Sauber and Alfa Romeo . Born and raised in Paris , Vasseur studied aeronautical engineering at ESTACA . He founded ASM in 1996, winning several national and continental Formula Three championships. In 2004, Vasseur partnered with Nicolas Todt to co-found ART Grand Prix , winning

781-495: Is the fourth non-Italian and the second Frenchman to head the Scuderia, after Jean Todt . Vasseur achieved his first win as team principal when Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz Jr. took victory at the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix . He achieved his first 1-2 in the 2024 Australian Grand Prix , led by Sainz and followed by Charles Leclerc . Italics indicate factory team. Formula 3 Euro Series The Formula 3 Euro Series

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852-602: The 2010 season resulted in the team signing Jules Bianchi and Sam Bird , two rookies from the F3 Euroseries, which Bianchi had won the previous season with ART. The two were closely matched and featured at or near the front of the field for much of the season, but their inexperience precluded them from challenging for the championship as the GP2 Series became more established with a growing number of experienced drivers. They finished third (Bianchi) and fifth (Bird) in

923-1000: The Czech TV NOVA live coverage of the 2010 British Grand Prix , one of the crucial partners was Michelin , who did not succeed in their efforts to become an official Formula One tyre supplier from 2011. ART Grand Prix also provide technical support to United Arab Emirates -based endurance racing team GP Extreme (GPX) Racing. ( key ) * Season still in progress. ( key ) * Season still in progress. ( key ) ( 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) *Season in progress. Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric Vasseur Frédéric Vasseur (born 28 May 1968)

994-730: The DTM touring car series and GP2 F1 support series, as well as racing and testing roles in Formula One. Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have gained their places in Formula One via championship-winning seasons in GP2. Hamilton's former Euroseries team-mate, All-Japan F3 champion Adrian Sutil , races for Force India , Sebastian Vettel with Red Bull Renault, and Kazuki Nakajima with Williams and Romain Grosjean Race for Renault F1 for 2009. Others, such as Alexandre Prémat , Jamie Green , Bruno Spengler , and Alexandros Margaritis compete in

1065-691: The Formula 3 Euroseries championships in partnership with Mercedes-Benz with Jamie Green , Lewis Hamilton , Paul di Resta and Romain Grosjean , from 2004 to 2007. In 2004, he joined Nicolas Todt to form the ART Grand Prix team that won the GP2 Series championship with Nico Rosberg in 2005 and Lewis Hamilton in 2006. At the end of 2013, he obtained the contract from the FIA to construct

1136-637: The Formula 3 Euroseries in 2003 . In 2004 , the team dominated, with drivers Jamie Green and Alexandre Prémat finishing first and second in the drivers' championship – the latter also winning the 2004 Macau Grand Prix . The trend continued after ART was formed: the team won five straight teams' titles from the award's inauguration in 2005 to 2009 , and won the drivers' championships in these years with Lewis Hamilton , Paul di Resta , Romain Grosjean , Nico Hülkenberg and Jules Bianchi respectively. Future Formula One drivers Adrian Sutil , Sebastian Vettel and Kamui Kobayashi also achieved success with

1207-541: The GP2 Series back-to-back with Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton in 2005 and 2006 , respectively. Until 2017—under the leadership of Vasseur—ART won four GP2 teams' championships, amongst five consecutive titles in the Formula 3 Euro Series from 2005 to 2009 . Vasseur joined Renault in 2016 as their first team principal upon their return to Formula One, resigning at the end of the season and joining Sauber for 2017 . After six seasons at Sauber—now known as Alfa Romeo —Vasseur moved to Ferrari in 2023 , leading

1278-741: The Masters of Formula 3 , held at Zandvoort in the Netherlands, was included as a round of the championship. In 2005, the series visited Monaco as a Grand Prix support event, which was the first Formula Three event at Monaco since 1997. This famous motor-racing venue has long-standing associations with Formula Three. The FFSA and DMSB created the new championship around the FIA-sanctioned F3 formula of multiple chassis builders and production-based 4-cylinder 2-litre engines with control supplies of tyres and fuel. As in most F3 championships,

1349-659: The Nürburgring in Germany, Anderstorp in Sweden, Monza in Italy and Croix-en-Ternois in France. The series title was won by Australian Larry Perkins driving a Ralt - Ford run by Team Cowangie. In 1976, the Cup evolved into a full-scale, ten-round European F3 Championship , which ran until 1984. Among its champions were notable future Formula One drivers, such as Riccardo Patrese (champion in 1976) Alain Prost (1979), and

1420-614: The Odyssey 21 , which has been in use since 2021 . Frédéric Vasseur was born on 28 May 1968 in Draveil , Île-de-France , France. He married his wife Marie Laure on 31 July 1999 and together they have 4 children. Vasseur graduated from ESTACA where he studied aeronautics and engineering. He founded the ASM team in 1996 which, in partnership with Renault, won the French Formula 3 championship with David Saelens in 1998, and

1491-477: The Renault F1 team, and Hülkenberg prevailed over Petrov with a total of five victories and 100 points. Maldonado started the year brightly with two sprint-race wins in the first half of the season, but his form tailed off later on, restricting him to sixth in the championship. Nevertheless, ART's tally of points was enough for the outfit to win its third teams' championship in five years. Another clear-out for

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1562-455: The 13th slot for the 2011 Formula One season with a possible partnership from the now-defunct Toyota Racing Grand Prix team. The team also announced that it was going to phase out its Formula 3 operation because it wanted to focus only on GP3 and GP2. The 2010 Formula 3 season proved to be ART Grand Prix's last. ART Grand Prix announced their entry bid for F1 on 13 May 2010. On 24 June 2010, Autosport magazine said that ART were set to become

1633-425: The 13th team for 2011 . However, on 7 July 2010, ART announced in its official statement the withdrawal of its entry bid, declaring that "ART Grand Prix had forged strong bonds with several technical and financial partners but with unfavourable economic conditions they could not gather the necessary guarantees to ensure the stability of the project in the long term." As revealed by one of the Formula One insiders during

1704-417: The 40 chassis for the inaugural Formula E series for his newly formed venture Spark Racing Technology ; the company has continued to keep this contract. Vasseur joined Renault Sport as team principal of the newly formed Renault Sport Formula One Team during the 2016 Formula One season . He resigned at the end of the 2016 season after disagreements with the managing director, Cyril Abiteboul , on how

1775-487: The DTM; The inaugural season attracted a strong entry list, comprising the best teams from the merged French and German championships. The first Euro Series drivers' champion was Ryan Briscoe of Australia , driving a Dallara-Opel F303 run by Prema Powerteam, based in Italy. It was a closely fought season, in which race wins were shared between eight drivers, six teams, and three engine manufacturers. Briscoe was, at that time,

1846-470: The Drivers' Championship contributed to ART's second consecutive Teams' title. For the 2007 season , ART signed Michael Ammermüller and Lucas di Grassi . Ammermüller's campaign was hampered by injury, and he was later dropped in favour of Sébastien Buemi , with Mikhail Aleshin also deputising. Di Grassi emerged as the team's leader, his consistent finishing record allowing him to finish as runner-up in

1917-512: The Euro Series was launched, restrictions were effectively placed on the teams' choice of chassis specification by opting not to create a lower-tier championship class, and all entrants used the two most recent available specifications. There is a rookie classification system with a Rookie of the Year title for drivers who have not previously competed in this championship. The Drivers' Trophy

1988-588: The Formula Renault Eurocup championship for the 2020 season and were subsequently confirmed two months later. The team entered the season with series regular Grégoire Saucy and Mercedes junior Paul Aron. ART Grand Prix was one of several teams to enter the new GP2 Series in 2005 . In the team's debut season, it employed F3 Euroseries graduates Alexandre Prémat , of France, and Nico Rosberg , of Germany. Against drivers who had prior experience at this level, from Formula 3000 , Rosberg became

2059-777: The Italian company Dallara is the dominant chassis supplier. It was originally planned to restrict entry to two-car teams, but this requirement was later relaxed. In most Formula Three championships, multiple and single-car entries are common. Some Formula Three championships, such as the British Formula Three Championship , use a two-tier system to provide an opportunity for low-budget teams and drivers to compete with out-dated chassis specifications. In an effort to minimise costs, Formula Three chassis regulations permit major updates only periodically, with annual updates restricted to minor improvements. When

2130-436: The championship. The 2009 season saw another complete overhaul of the team's driving strength, with Pastor Maldonado joining from Minardi Piquet Sports and Nico Hülkenberg graduating to the series as the reigning Formula 3 Euroseries champion. The season soon developed into a contest between Hülkenberg and the two Addax drivers, Grosjean and Vitaly Petrov . Grosjean left the series mid-season after being called up by

2201-662: The closure of the French Formula Three Championship , but Germany's national championship was effectively supplanted by the creation of the Recaro Formel 3 Cup , though the DMSB initially attempted to block its creation. This lower-status series was formed by ADAC , the F3V (Germany's Formula Three Association) and a few key German teams (such as Bertram Schäfer Racing) that chose not to participate in

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2272-417: The course of a race weekend invokes a ten-place penalty on the starting grid. Each race weekend begins on Friday, with one 60-minute practice session and a qualifying session that decides the starting grid for the first race. There are two races; one of approximately 100–110 km on Saturday and one of approximately 70–80 km on Sunday. The starting times of each session/race vary slightly according to

2343-413: The driver's title at Sochi , and claimed its first Team Championship since 2009 . The team went into the 2016 season with Matsushita and Sergey Sirotkin racing with them. They finished fourth in the constructors standings with Sirotkin finishing third in the drivers championship. In 2017 GP2 Series was renamed into FIA Formula 2 Championship, Matsushita remained with the team for a third season in

2414-438: The drivers' championship to Timo Glock despite winning only a single race. The points he accumulated also allowed ART to salvage second in the teams' championship, in spite of the fact that the drivers of the team's other car scored a mere ten points between them. ART's driver line-up changed again for 2008 , with the experienced Luca Filippi partnered by series rookie Romain Grosjean . Grosjean quickly established himself as

2485-524: The drivers' championship with three victories, albeit someway behind title protagonists Davide Valsecchi and Luiz Razia , whilst Calado impressed by winning twice and finishing fifth overall as the season's top rookie driver. In 2014, the team finished 3rd in the constructor's championship whilst rookie Stoffel Vandoorne finished as GP2 runner-up. The team entered the 2015 season with Vandoorne and McLaren protégé Nobuharu Matsushita as their drivers. The team scored eight victories, with Vandoorne claiming

2556-514: The drivers' championship, with ART finishing in third place in the teams' championship. For the 2011 season , ART reached an agreement with Lotus Cars to run under the Lotus ART moniker. The team switched from its traditional white-and-red livery to a Team Lotus -inspired green-and-yellow scheme, although this was somewhat confusing as Lotus Cars (sponsoring the Renault team) was involved in

2627-689: The drivers. Ocon was replaced by Felix Rosenqvist from Moscow round due to his departure to Formula One with Manor Racing as a replacement for Rio Haryanto who was cut short due to personal sponsorship funding problems. Mercedes Team ART Grand Prix once again was scored only one pole position courtesy of Gary Paffett in Moscow race 1 qualifying and 2 podiums. Due to DTM reducing their competitors from 24 to 18 cars (6 per manufacturer) from 2017 season as well as concentrating on junior single-seater formulas, ART Grand Prix officially ceased their DTM operations after just two seasons. On 13 February 2020 it

2698-400: The event schedule at each venue. With just one qualifying session, the grid for the second race is determined by the results of Race 1. The top eight positions are reversed, giving pole position to the 8th-placed finisher. The single qualifying session and results-based reverse grid system were introduced for the 2006 season: prior to that, the second race had its own qualifying session (with

2769-532: The following month. The team ended its maiden season third in the teams standing, with Lundgaard claiming their sole win in the feature race at the Hungaroring . The following season , the team signed Formula Renault Eurocup race winner Aleksandr Smolyar and reigning ADAC Formula 4 champion Théo Pourchaire . After a successful single-seaters racing category for many years, ART Grand Prix expanded their involvement into Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters as it

2840-523: The highest form of single seater racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. Seven time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton , won the Euro Series drivers' title in 2005. EuroSeries champions Paul di Resta (2006 champion), Romain Grosjean (2007), Nico Hülkenberg (2008), and Jules Bianchi (2009) have driven in Formula One. Other Formula One drivers who also raced in

2911-484: The inaugural GP2 Drivers' Champion. He showed consistency, with points scoring results at every race meeting, and his championship challenge became stronger as the year progressed. Prémat was 4th in the championship, which was enough to provide ART with the Teams' Championship title. Rosberg's increasingly rapid rise to the top continued when he graduated to Formula One with Williams . Prémat remained with ART in 2006, and

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2982-434: The inaugural champion. Team-mates Alexander Rossi and Pedro Nunes finished fourth and 24th respectively, and ART won the teams' championship. The 2011 season saw ART's success continue, with the championship distilling into a battle between its two leading drivers, ART F3 Euroseries graduate Valtteri Bottas and James Calado , with the former winning by seven points. The remaining seat was initially taken by Nunes, but he

3053-721: The late Michele Alboreto (1980). The modern-day Formula 3 Euro Series was inaugurated in 2003 in a collaboration between two of Europe's national governing bodies for motorsport – the Fédération Française du Sport Automobile (FFSA) in France and the Deutscher Motor Sport Bund (DMSB) in Germany . The new partnership between the FFSA and DMSB spelled the end of national Formula Three in France with

3124-448: The most of the test sessions during race weekends, which had already been reduced from 90 to 60 minutes in 2005. Tyre usage is restricted to three sets per car for the entire race weekend. There is no limit on the use of wet-weather tyres, but only when they are deemed necessary by race officials. As is the case with most racing disciplines outside Formula One , tyre warming devices are not permitted. An unauthorised engine change during

3195-404: The new Euro Series. BSR's owner Bertram Schäfer acts as the series' promoter. The FFSA and DMSB hold joint responsibility for determining the sporting regulations of the Euro Series. The organisation and promotion of the championship is handled by ITR, which performs the same role for the DTM touring car championship. The championship consists of ten events, each comprising two races, held at

3266-425: The number one, winning two races and taking several additional podium finishes en route to fourth in the drivers' championship, only 14 points behind champion Giorgio Pantano . By contrast, Filippi was dropped after scoring points just twice in the first half of the year; he was replaced by Sakon Yamamoto , who also failed to trouble the leading runners despite his Formula One experience. The team slipped to fifth in

3337-585: The opening round of 2004, a pair of Anglo-Japanese Lola - Dome F106/03 chassis were entered by Coloni Motorsport before the team returned to the Italian F3 Championship . The two chassis builders later parted company, with Lola developing the B05/30 and Dome continuing with the F106. Dome announced its intention to promote its product to Euro Series teams in 2005, though it has not been raced in

3408-404: The reverse-grid system contributed to a much closer championship and a record number of winners, with eleven different drivers reaching the top step of the podium. Mercedes gave di Resta a placement in the DTM and went on to race for Force India Formula One Team. The 2007 drivers' championship was won by Romain Grosjean , with his closest challenger Sébastien Buemi . From 2003 to 2008

3479-408: The season as the highest-placed rookie. The status quo remained unchanged in the 2006 championship. For the third year in succession, the teams' title was won by ASM and the champion driver – Paul di Resta – was using one of its Mercedes-powered Dallaras. Sebastian Vettel joined di Resta and two other drivers in ASM's expanded line-up, and finished the year as the championship's runner-up. The use of

3550-586: The series include 4-time world champion Sebastian Vettel , Adrian Sutil , Kamui Kobayashi and Nico Rosberg . In 2012, the FIA announced that the series would be discontinued and incorporated into the FIA Formula 3 European Championship in 2013. The concept of a European Formula Three Championship dates back to 1975, with a five-race series known as the F3 European Cup . Races were held at Monaco ,

3621-674: The series to date. In February 2005, AM-Holzer Rennsport announced its intention to enter a new F3 chassis from the French constructor Mygale – the 05F3. However, Holzer returned to the Dallara F305 by the start of the season. Meanwhile, the experienced French team Signature branched out into chassis design and developed the SLC . A single SLC-Opel was driven by Fabio Carbone alongside three Dallara F305s in Signature's four-car line-up, but it

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3692-428: The series' first year, HWA-Mercedes supplied engines for seven entrants from three teams. They included ASM Formule 3 , with which it subsequently developed a very successful partnership. Since its first Formula Three championship win with ASM in 2004, Mercedes' success has been influential in its growth in popularity among the Euro Series' teams, and has left Spiess-Opel as the only remaining competition. The 2007 season

3763-412: The shorter second race was revised in 2006: rather than award full points, it now awards points to the top six finishers, with only six points for a win. Three engine suppliers joined the new championship at its inception: Mercedes-Benz , produced by HWA; Opel , produced by Spiess; and Toyota , produced by TOM's . A limited number of teams have competed with Renault and Mugen-Honda powerplants. In

3834-522: The team should be run. Subsequently, he was hired by Sauber in July 2017. On 12 July 2017, Sauber announced that they had signed up Vasseur as managing director and CEO of Sauber Motorsport AG as well as team principal of the Sauber F1 Team. On 13 December 2022, Scuderia Ferrari announced the departure of team principal Mattia Binotto . They subsequently appointed Vasseur as his replacement. He

3905-459: The team to victory at six Grands Prix , as of the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix . Outside of team management, Vasseur founded Spark Racing Technology in 2013, becoming the official chassis constructor for Formula E in its inaugural season , and since producing the SRT_01E ( 2014 ), SRT05e ( 2018 ), Gen3 ( 2022 ) and Gen3 Evo ( 2024 ). Spark also hold the license for Extreme E , producing

3976-507: The team. For the last season of the GP3 Series , the squad retained Hubert and signed trio of FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers Jake Hughes , Callum Ilott and Nikita Mazepin . In October 2018, ART was listed among ten teams to compete in the inaugural FIA Formula 3 Championship . In December, the team named David Beckmann as their first driver, with Renault juniors Christian Lundgaard and Max Fewtrell confirmed

4047-479: The team. In 2010 , ART's stranglehold on the championship was broken by French rivals Signature , who fielded Edoardo Mortara to victory in a Volkswagen -powered car, ahead of ART's lead driver Valtteri Bottas , who was the lead Mercedes -powered driver. At the end of the season, ART withdrew from the F3 Euroseries to concentrate on the GP2 and GP3 Series . In September 2019, ART stated their intention to return to

4118-651: The teams' championship. The deal with Lotus was extended for the 2012 season , with the team name adjusted to Lotus GP and the colour scheme now altered to match the black-and-gold livery used by the Lotus F1 team, the Renault name having been dropped and the dispute with Caterham solved. With Bianchi moving to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series , another ART GP3 graduate, James Calado , was signed to partner Gutiérrez. The second-year driver improved to third place in

4189-478: The title in Sochi , while the team finished third in the teams' standings. The team went into the new decade with Ferrari and Renault juniors Marcus Armstrong and Christian Lundgaard contesting the 2020 championship . ART signed up for the first season of the new GP3 Series , the feeder category of GP2, in 2010 . The team immediately replicated its success in other series, with Esteban Gutiérrez becoming

4260-471: The titles to Alex Lynn and Carlin , 2014 also marked the first time ART failed to win the constructor's title. For 2015 , Kirchhöfer was retained with Alfonso Celis Jr. joining from Status Grand Prix and 2014 FIA Formula 3 European champion Esteban Ocon making his GP3 debut with the team. The team secured the team's title in Bahrain , with Ocon securing the championship in the following round after

4331-399: Was a European-based junior single seater formula for Formula Three chassis that was launched (in its current form) in 2003 as a merger of the French Formula Three Championship and German Formula Three Championship . The Formula Three category, including this championship, is part of the established career ladder up which European drivers progress to the Formula One world championship,

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4402-507: Was also a consistent frontrunner in sixth place overall. In 2013 , Daly was retained with Facu Regalia and British F3 champion Jack Harvey joining the team. The team claimed their fourth constructors championship title, with Daly finishing third in the overall standings and Regalia finishing runner-up to Arden's Daniil Kvyat . 2014 saw ART race with Alex Fontana , Dino Zamparelli and GP3 debutant Marvin Kirchhöfer . By losing

4473-580: Was announced that the ART Grand Prix team would return to Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters after three-year hiatus and thus hiring former BMW Sauber Formula One driver Robert Kubica as a full-time Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters rookie for 2020 season. The team provided technical support for SMP Racing in the LMP1 Class of the 2018 FIA World Endurance Championship . ART launched an entry into Formula One as one of many candidates to fill in

4544-460: Was dropped after a disappointing run and replaced by Richie Stanaway , who also scored points and helped ART to its second straight teams' championship. All three of ART's 2012 drivers were competitive, securing a third straight teams' championship, but neither won the drivers' title: Daniel Abt 's late-season charge brought him up just short of victor Mitch Evans , whilst his early-season rival Aaro Vainio fell away to take fourth, and Conor Daly

4615-448: Was introduced in 2006 to provide a classification system and class title for drivers using chassis of between two and four years old. Eligibility for this "B class" was restricted to drivers who were not more than 22 years old at the start of the season. This class is no longer in use in 2007. In 2006, testing was restricted to a maximum of 10 days per driver/car, with no testing at race venues, Consequently, teams and drivers have to make

4686-475: Was joined by Britain's Lewis Hamilton . He was a logical choice, having dominated the F3 Euroseries with ASM Formule 3, ART's sister team. Hamilton took an impressive title in his debut season, though his performances faltered slightly mid-season against an increased challenge from the eventual runner-up, Nelson Piquet Jr. Prémat was a consistent and reliable number two to Hamilton; his third position in

4757-631: Was not quite as competitive as the team had expected and it returned to an all-Dallara line-up in 2006. Updated versions of the Lola, Mygale and SLC have since competed in the ATS F3 Cup . The profile of the F3 Euroseries has fostered a very multi-national entry list, with approximately 12 to 15 countries regularly represented. It also attracts the best junior single-seater teams from European countries that include France, Germany, Britain, Italy and Switzerland. Many Euro Series drivers have graduated to

4828-431: Was promoted to GP2 after winning the inaugural GP3 Series championship with ART. Bianchi retained his third place in the championship but his season was slightly disappointing as he failed to mount a championship challenge despite his greater experience and his status as a pre-season favourite, whilst Gutiérrez played himself in with a single victory on his way to 13th place in the championship. ART again slipped to fifth in

4899-603: Was proposed on 29 November 2014 and later announced on 22 April 2015 and thus fielded two Mercedes-Benz AMG C63 Class Coupé DTM cars and thus provided full-works support from Mercedes-AMG. In 2015, Mercedes Team ART Grand Prix was fielded by British driver Gary Paffett and Austrian rookie driver Lucas Auer . Mercedes Team ART Grand Prix was scored only one pole position courtesy of Gary Paffett in Hockenheim race 2 qualifying. In 2016, Mercedes Team ART Grand Prix once again involved in DTM. Gary Paffett and Esteban Ocon were

4970-455: Was provided by Jamie Green of Great Britain . He began to dominate the championship as the season progressed, eventually achieving seven race wins and a further seven podium finishes. He graduated to the DTM with the backing of Mercedes, and has since established himself in its factory team. ASM and Mercedes further improved on their performances of the previous season. The championship was dominated by Britain's Lewis Hamilton , who had been

5041-405: Was the latest season to contain an entry with Opel engines, during that season Volkswagen entered the series. When the series began, all entrants took a conservative approach to their choice of chassis supplier and opted for the established Dallara F302/F303. Alternative chassis have been tested and/or raced on occasions, but for a variety of reasons, they have failed to become established. In

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