Veloce Racing
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| Founded | 2020[1] |
|---|---|
| Team principal(s) | Rupert Svendsen-Cook Mariella Bailey |
| Current series | Extreme E |
| Former series | W Series |
| Current drivers |  Kevin Hansen Molly Taylor |
| Noted drivers | Extreme E Jamie Chadwick Emma Gilmour Christine GZ Hedda Hosås Stéphane Sarrazin Lance WoolridgeW Series Jamie Chadwick Bruna Tomaselli |
| Drivers' Championships | W Series: 2021: Jamie Chadwick |
| Website | https://www.veloce.gg/racing |
Veloce Racing is a British motor racing team founded by Jean-Éric Vergne, Adrian Newey and Rupert Svendsen-Cook that competes in the all-electric off-road racing championship Extreme E[2] and formerly in the all-female single-seater racing series, W Series.[3]
Extreme E
[edit]2021
[edit]Veloce joined Extreme E for its inaugural season in 2021, announcing 2019 W Series champion Jamie Chadwick and former F1 and WRC driver Stéphane Sarrazin as their line-up. The team, racing with technical support from ART Grand Prix,[4] won their first podium in the series at the 2021 Ocean X-Prix.[5] Veloce finished the season 7th in the teams championship with a total of 77 points.
2022
[edit]On 6 January 2022 Veloce announced that Jamie Chadwick would be replaced for the 2022 season by Christine GZ.[6] At the first round of the season in Saudi Arabia, Christine GZ fractured her foot while competing in Q1, requiring Hedda Hosås to replace her for the remainder of the round.[7]
Veloce appointed 2006 Dakar Rally winner and former alpine skier Luc Alphand as Extreme E team principal prior to the final race of the 2022 season.[8]
2024
[edit]Veloce retained Hansen and Taylor for the second consecutive season,[9] and E.ON was announced as the team's title sponsor, with the team being known as E.ON Veloce Racing and later E.ON Next Veloce Racing for the season.[10] On 6 September 2024, a week before the scheduled Island X-Prix, Extreme E announced that the rounds in Sardinia and Phoenix were cancelled with Veloce Racing leading the championship.[11][12]
W Series
[edit]
Veloce joined W Series for its second season in 2021, with reigning champion Jamie Chadwick and rookie Bruna Tomaselli as their inaugural driver line-up. At the second round of the season at the Red Bull Ring, Chadwick scored the team's first pole position, podium and win in W Series, beating Beitske Visser by a tenth of a second in qualifying,[13] and driving to a commanding victory during the race.[14] Ahead of round 3 at Silverstone Circuit, Veloce announced Mariella Bailey as the team's W Series team principal. During the final round of the season, with her win in the second race of the weekend at Circuit of the Americas, Jamie Chadwick won her second W Series championship, and the first for Veloce.[15]
Results
[edit]Extreme E
[edit]Overview
[edit]| Extreme E results | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Car | Tyres | No. | G. | Drivers | Rounds | Pts. | Pos. |
| 2021 | Veloce Racing |
Spark Odyssey 21 | C | 5. | F | Jamie Chadwick Emma Gilmour |
(1–2, 5) (3–4) |
77 | 7th |
| M | Stéphane Sarrazin Lance Woolridge |
(1–4) (5) | |||||||
| 2022 | Veloce Racing |
Spark Odyssey 21 | C | 5. | F | Christine GZ Hedda Hosås Molly Taylor |
(1–4) (1) (5) |
18 | 10th |
| M | Kevin Hansen Lance Woolridge |
(5) (1–4) | |||||||
| 2023 | Veloce Racing |
Spark Odyssey 21 | C | 5. | F | Molly Taylor |
(1–2) | 46 | 1st |
| M | Kevin Hansen |
(1–2) | |||||||
Complete Extreme E results
[edit](Races in bold indicate best qualifiers; races in italics indicate fastest super sector)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Veloce Racing | DES WD |
OCE 2 |
ARC 6 |
ISL 8 |
JUR 6 |
77 | 7th | |||||
| 2022 | Veloce Racing | DES 10 |
ISL1 8 |
ISL2 9 |
COP 10 |
ENE 5 |
18 | 10th | |||||
| 2023 | Veloce Racing | DES1 1 |
DES2 2 |
HYD1 |
HYD2 |
ISL1 |
ISL2 |
TBA | TBA | COP1 |
COP2 |
46 | 1st |
W Series
[edit]| Year | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Tatuus F3 | Alfa Romeo T-318 | H | RBR1 | RBR2 | SIL | HUN | SPA | ZAN | COA | ||||
| Jamie Chadwick
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6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 159 | 1st | ||||
| Bruna Tomaselli
|
11 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 15th | ||||
| Source:[16] | ||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
References
[edit]- ^ "About Us". Veloce Esports & Racing. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Extreme E announces Veloce Racing, spearheaded by Adrian Newey and Jean-Eric Vergne, as latest team entry". Extreme E. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Veloce Racing". W Series. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Veloce Racing announce ART Grand Prix as official Competition Partner". Extreme E. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Ocean X-Prix - Results". Extreme E. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Veloce replaces Chadwick with Giampaoli Zonca in Extreme E line-up". motorsport.com. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Christine GZ fractures foot in Q1 wreck, Hedda Hosas to sub for X Prix". the Checkered Flag. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Luc Alphand puts veloce Racing through its pre-season paces". Veloce Racing. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Veloce Racing return for Season 4 with unchanged driver line-up". Extreme E - The Electric Odyssey. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ Brittle, Cian (6 February 2024). "Veloce upgrades E.On deal to title partnership for 2024 Extreme E season". BlackBook Motorsport. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Extreme E Season 4 statement". Extreme E. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ Wilde, Dominik (6 September 2024). "Extreme E puts its season's remaining races on hold". RACER. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ "W Series Champion Chadwick back on top in Austria". 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Chadwick takes W Series lead with Austria win". 3 July 2021.
- ^ "COTA W Series: Chadwick champion after dominating finale". motorsport.com. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Current Driver Standings". W Series. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
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