Vincenzo Sospiri Racing

Vincenzo Sospiri Racing
Founded	2001 as Fortec Italia Motorsport; 2002 as Euronova Racing
Base	Forlì, Italy
Team principal(s)	Vincenzo Sospiri
Current series	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe; Italian GT Championship; GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
Former series	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0; Formula Renault 2.0 Italia; International Formula Master; Italian Formula Three Championship; Formula Abarth; Formula Renault 2.0 Alps; Auto GP; Italian F4 Championship; F4 Japanese Championship; Asian Le Mans Series; International GT Open; GT Cup Open Europe; Blancpain GT Series Asia
Current drivers	Luis Michael Dörrbecker; Baptiste Moulin; Marcus Påverud; Mattia Michelotto; Michele Beretta; Benjamin Hites; Yuki Nemoto; Karol Basz; Edoardo Liberati; Andrea Cola; Jean-Luc D'Auria; Stephane Tribaudini; Emanuel Colombini; Emanuele Zonzini
Teams'; Championships	Formula Abarth; 2012 ; European Formula Abarth; 2012 ; GT Cup Open Europe; 2019
Drivers'; Championships	European Formula Abarth; 2011: Sergey Sirotkin ; 2012: Nicolas Costa; Formula Abarth ; 2012: Nicolas Costa ; Auto GP ; 2014: Kimiya Sato; Italian GT Championship; 2016: Nicolas Costa ; 2017: Tuomas Tujula & Aaro Vainio ; Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe ; 2017 ProAm: Christopher Dreyspring & JiaTong Liang ; 2017 Am Cup: ; Andrzej Lewandowski & Teodor Myszkowski; 2018 Am Cup:; Andrzej Lewandowski ; 2020 ProAm Cup: ; Andrzej Lewandowski & Karol Basz ; International GT Open ; 2018 AM: Giulio Borlenghi & Andrzej Lewandowski ; 2019 GT3 ProAm :; Frederik Scandorff ; GT Cup Open Europe; 2019: Hans-Peter Koller
Website	https://www.vs-racing.com/

Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Srl (also known as Fortec Italia Motorsport, Euronova Racing, VS Racing) is an auto racing team based in Italy.

History

The car raced by Edoardo Liberati and Mattia Michelotto in 2023 at Monza.

After retiring from racing, Vincenzo Sospiri decided to collaborate with Fortec Motorsport and Italian investors to create in 2001 Euro Formula 3000 team with Michael Bentwood and Polo Villaamil as racing drivers.^[1] In 2002, Sospiri joined forces with David Sears and the team was renamed to Euronova Racing.^[4] Euronova entered in Formula Abarth in 2011.^[5] The team wanted to return their initial name in 2014, but remained as Euronova.^[6]

Former Series Results

F4 Japanese Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2015	Dome F110	Takuro Shinohara	14	35	11th	7th
		Nicolas Costa	7	10	18th
		Gustavo Myasava	6	0	39th
2016	Dome F110	Rikiya Kanazawa	3	0	29th	NC
2016	Dome F110	Do Yun Hwang	14	0	34th	NC
2017	Dome F110	Rikiya Kanazawa	14	0	22nd	NC
2017	Dome F110	Akash Gowda	12	0	24th	NC

Italian F4 Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2014	Tatuus F4-T014	Leonardo Pulcini	21	0	0	6	187‡	4th‡	2nd
		Andrea Fontana	18	1	1	3	116	6th
		Ukyo Sasahara	3	1	0	1	25	17th
		Shinji Sawada	3	0	0	0	2	22nd
		Sennan Fielding	6	1	0	3	69†	4th†
		Ivan Matveev	21	0	0	1	76	9th	7th
2015	Tatuus F4-T014	Marino Sato	21	0	1	1	62	10th	5th
		Mauricio Baíz	21	0	1	1	48	12th
		Simone Cunati	3	0	0	1	18	19th
2016	Tatuus F4-T014	Simone Cunati	18	0	1	3	95	7th	6th
		Marino Sato	21	1	0	1	42	18th
		Jaden Conwright	20	0	0	0	2	30th

† Italian F4 Trophy ‡ Shared results with other teams

Timeline

Current series
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe	2015-present
Italian GT Championship	2016-2017; 2019-present
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	2021-present
Former series
Auto GP	2001-2006, 2010, 2012-2014
Italian Formula Renault Championship	2002-2006
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	2003-2006; 2013
International Formula Master	2005; 2007-2008
Formula Abarth	2011-2013
Italian Formula Three Championship	2012
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series	2013
Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup	2014
Italian F4 Championship	2014-2016
F4 Japanese Championship	2015-2017
Asian Le Mans Series	2016-2017
Blancpain GT Series Asia	2017, 2019
International GT Open	2018-2019, 2021
GT Cup Open Europe	2019

References

^ ^a ^b "Fortec Italia Motorsport to enter Euro F3000". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 19 February 2001. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
^ "Story". Euronova Racing. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
^ "Euronova Racing will be on the Auto GP grid". autogp.org. 2010-02-04. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
^ "Sospiri and Sears reunite in Euronova venture". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 8 February 2002. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
^ "Euronova firma con Brena". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
^ "Nine teams set for 2014 Auto GP". Auto GP. Auto GP Organisation. 2 February 2014. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.

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[Fortec-1] "Fortec Italia Motorsport to enter Euro F3000". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 19 February 2001. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

[2] "Story". Euronova Racing. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.

[3] "Euronova Racing will be on the Auto GP grid". autogp.org. 2010-02-04. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-02-04.

[4] "Sospiri and Sears reunite in Euronova venture". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 8 February 2002. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

[5] "Euronova firma con Brena". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2011.

[6] "Nine teams set for 2014 Auto GP". Auto GP. Auto GP Organisation. 2 February 2014. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.

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