Josef Kaufmann Racing
| File:Fenestraz Josef Kaufmann Racing 2017.jpg | |
| Founded | 1982 |
|---|---|
| Base | Wolsfeld, Germany |
| Team principal(s) | Lars Kaufmann |
| Founder(s) | Josef Kaufmann |
| Former series | Formula BMW Europe Formula BMW ADAC Formula Renault Germany German Formula Three Championship Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC |
| Website | http://www.jk-racing.de/ |
| Teams' Championships |
Formula BMW Europe: 2008, 2010 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0: 2012, 2015-2016 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC: 2014, 2015-2016 |
| Drivers' Championships |
German Formula Three Championship: 1985: Volker Weidler 1994: Arnd Meier (B-Cup) Formula Renault Germany: 1991: Joachim Beule Formula BMW ADAC: 2005: Nico Hülkenberg 2006: Christian Vietoris Formula BMW Europe: 2008: Esteban Gutiérrez 2010: Robin Frijns Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0: 2011: Robin Frijns 2012: Stoffel Vandoorne 2016: Lando Norris 2017: Sacha Fenestraz Formula Renault 2.0 NEC: 2015: Louis Delétraz 2016: Lando Norris |
Josef Kaufmann Racing is a motorsport team from Germany. It mainly operates in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 as well as Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. The team was founded in 1982.
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History
In 1982, Josef Kaufmann Racing was founded by Josef Kaufmann, who was a racing driver and raced in his own team in the German Formula Three Championship. In the first year of the team's existence Gerhard Berger and Kaufmann finished third and fourth respectively in the German Formula 3.[1] Josef Kaufmann Racing first drivers' title was achieved by Volker Weidler, who won the German Formula Three Championship in 1985.[2] Their next success was in 1994, when Arnd Meier won B-Cup of the German F3 Championship. The team remained in the German Formula Three Championship till 2002.
In 2003 the team decided to concentrate on Formula BMW ADAC championship, which they joined in 2002. Nico Hülkenberg won their first Formula BMW ADAC title in 2005. The success was repeated in the following year by Christian Vietoris. In 2008, ADAC series was merged with UK series into Formula BMW Europe. Esteban Gutiérrez brought their first title in the series and with help of Kazeem Manzur and Marco Wittmann their first teams' title ever.[3] The team repeated titles in both the drivers' and teams' championships in 2010 with Robin Frijns.
As Formula BMW Europe was folded, the German outfit decided to move to Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 in 2011 and Frijns won another drivers' title for the team.[4] Stoffel Vandoorne achieved their second Eurocup title in the following season.[5] Lando Norris collected another Eurocup drivers' championship for the German squad in 2016.[6] Also the team won the teams' championship in Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup in 2014 and 2015, as well as drivers' title for Louis Delétraz.[7]
For the 2017 and seasons, the team signed Sacha Fenestraz,[8] Luis Leeds[9] and French F4 champion Ye Yifei.[10] The team failed to defend teams' title but Sacha Fenestraz achieved drivers' title.[11]
In 2018, the team retained Ye and hired former Red Bull Junior Richard Verschoor and karting champion and Toyota Racing Series race winner Clément Novalak, with Ye claiming third in the drivers' standings.[12][13] At the end of the season, the team withdrew from the championship.[14]
Former series results
Formula BMW ADAC
| Formula BMW ADAC results | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2002 | Mygale FB02–BMW |  Hannes Neuhauser |
20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 145 | 3rd | N/A |
| 2003 | Mygale FB02–BMW | Christopher Wassermann |
20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 12th | N/A |
| Christian Paar |
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 15th | |||
| 2004 | Mygale FB02–BMW |  Adrian Zaugg |
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 7th | N/A |
 Benjamin Leuchter |
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19th | |||
| 2005 | Mygale FB02–BMW | Nico Hülkenberg |
20 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 287 | 1st | N/A |
 Nick de Bruijn |
20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 109 | 5th | |||
 Natacha Gachnang |
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 90 | 6th | |||
| 2006 | Mygale FB02–BMW | Christian Vietoris |
18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 277 | 1st | N/A |
| Nick de Bruijn |
18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 120 | 5th | |||
| Patrick Kronenberg |
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17th | |||
 Daniel Campos-Hull |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18th | |||
| 2007 | Mygale FB02–BMW |  Adrien Tambay |
18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 573 | 4th | 2nd |
| Marco Wittmann |
18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 570 | 5th | |||
| Mathjis Harkema |
18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 376 | 9th | |||
Formula BMW Europe
| Formula BMW Europe results | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2008 | Mygale FB02–BMW |  Esteban Gutiérrez |
16 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 353 | 1st | 1st |
| Marco Wittmann |
16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 327 | 2nd | |||
 Kazeem Manzur |
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 18th | |||
| 2009 | Mygale FB02–BMW | Robin Frijns |
16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 265 | 3rd | 2nd |
| Facundo Regalia |
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 8th | |||
| Kazeem Manzur |
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 107 | 11th | |||
| 2010 | Mygale FB02–BMW | Robin Frijns |
16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 383 | 1st | 1st |
| Hannes van Asseldonk |
16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 176 | 7th | |||
 Petri Suvanto |
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 11th | |||
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
| Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2011 | Barazi-Epsilon–Renault | Robin Frijns |
14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 245 | 1st | 2nd |
 Óscar Andrés Tunjo |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 10th | |||
| Mathieu Jaminet |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 16th | |||
| 2012 | Barazi-Epsilon–Renault |  Stoffel Vandoorne |
14 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 245 | 1st | 1st |
| Alex Riberas |
14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 9th | |||
| Pieter Schothorst |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28th | |||
| 2013 | Barazi-Epsilon–Renault | Óscar Tunjo |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 6th | 5th |
| Steijn Schothorst |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 14th | |||
 Gustav Malja |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20th | |||
| 2014 | Barazi-Epsilon–Renault | Kevin Jörg |
14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 6th | 5th |
| Gustav Malja |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 14th | |||
 Ryan Tveter |
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23rd | |||
| Louis Delétraz |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC† | |||
| 2015 | Barazi-Epsilon–Renault | Louis Delétraz |
14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 2nd | 1st |
| Kevin Jörg |
14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 3rd | |||
 Nikita Mazepin |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC† | |||
| Dries Vanthoor |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC† | |||
| 2016 | Barazi-Epsilon–Renault | Lando Norris |
15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 253 | 1st | 1st |
| Robert Shwartzman |
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 8th | |||
 Jehan Daruvala |
15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 9th | |||
| 2017 | Barazi-Epsilon–Renault | Sacha Fenestraz |
23 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 367.5 | 1st | 2nd |
 Ye Yifei |
23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 106.5 | 8th | |||
 Luis Leeds |
23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19th | |||
| 2018 | Barazi-Epsilon–Renault | Clément Novalak |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23rd | 3rd |
| Richard Verschoor |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15th | |||
| Ye Yifei |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 58 | 2nd | |||
† Guest driver, who was ineligible for championship points.
Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup
| Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup results | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2010 | Barazi-Epsilon–Renault | Robin Frijns |
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 70 | 14th | N/A |
| Côme Ledogar |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 16th | |||
| 2011 | Barazi-Epsilon–Renault | Robin Frijns |
12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 238 | 4th | 5th |
| Óscar Andrés Tunjo |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 23rd | |||
| Mathieu Jaminet |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 31st | |||
| 2012 | Barazi-Epsilon–Renault | Stoffel Vandoorne |
7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 176 | 9th | 4th |
| Alex Riberas |
6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 16th | |||
| Pieter Schothorst |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 30th | |||
| 2013 | Barazi-Epsilon–Renault |  Dennis Olsen |
16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 211 | 3rd | N/A |
| Steijn Schothorst |
10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 202 | 5th | |||
| Óscar Tunjo |
7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 118 | 13th | |||
| Gustav Malja |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 98 | 15th | |||
| 2014 | Barazi-Epsilon–Renault | Louis Delétraz |
15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 242 | 2nd | 1st |
| Gustav Malja |
14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 193 | 5th | |||
| Ryan Tveter |
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 150 | 9th | |||
| Kevin Jörg |
7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 118 | 13th | |||
| 2015 | Barazi-Epsilon–Renault | Louis Delétraz |
16 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 378 | 1st | 1st |
| Kevin Jörg |
16 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 305 | 2nd | |||
| Dries Vanthoor |
16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 181 | 6th | |||
| Nikita Mazepin |
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 125.5 | 12th | |||
| 2016 | Barazi-Epsilon–Renault | Lando Norris |
15 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 326 | 1st | 1st |
| Jehan Daruvala |
15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 223 | 4th | |||
| Robert Shwartzman |
15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 206 | 6th | |||
| 2017 | Barazi-Epsilon–Renault | Sacha Fenestraz |
7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 108 | 6th | 2nd |
| Ye Yifei |
7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 104 | 8th | |||
| James Pull |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28‡ | 13th‡ | |||
| Luis Leeds |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 19th | |||
| 2018 | Barazi-Epsilon–Renault | Clément Novalak |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | NC† |
| Richard Verschoor |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |||
| Ye Yifei |
8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | NC† | |||
‡Shared position and points for the other team.
† ineligible for championship points.
Timeline
| Former series | |
|---|---|
| German Formula Three Championship | 1982–1990, 1994–2002, 2006–2008 |
| Formula Renault Germany | 1991–1993 |
| Formula BMW ADAC | 2002–2007 |
| Formula BMW Europe | 2008–2010 |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup | 2010–2018 |
| Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | 2011–2018 |
References
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| Achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by
none
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Formula BMW Europe Teams' Champion 2008 |
Succeeded by Eurointernational |
| Preceded by | Formula BMW Europe Teams' Champion 2010 |
Succeeded by none |
| Preceded by | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Teams' Champion 2012 |
Succeeded by Tech 1 Racing |
| Preceded by | Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Teams' Champion 2014-2016 |
Succeeded by R-ace GP |
| Preceded by | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Teams' Champion 2015-2016 |
Succeeded by R-ace GP |
