Customise Consent Preferences

We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.

The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ... 

Always Active

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

No cookies to display.

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

No cookies to display.

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

No cookies to display.

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

No cookies to display.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

No cookies to display.

Home Featured ART Grand Prix applies to join Formula Renault Eurocup

ART Grand Prix applies to join Formula Renault Eurocup

by Rob Hansford

Photo by Malcolm Griffiths / LAT Images / FIA F3 Championship

Single-seater powerhouse ART Grand Prix is one of two new teams applying for entry in the Formula Renault Eurocup next season.

The French squad currently competes Formula 1 support series Formula 3 and FIA Formula 3 Championship, and is looking to expand into the Eurocup so it can increase its development programme for young drivers.

Ahead of 2019, the Eurocup switched from FR2.0 regulations to become a Regional F3 series, with several new teams joining.

?The Formula Renault Eurocup is a very good championship that meets all the criteria: competitive, modern and with good security,” said ART CEO Sebastien Philippe.

Championship leading Eurocup team R-ace GP was set up by ex-ART staff and raced as ‘ART Junior Team’ from 2012-’15 as a result of a technical partnership. That stopped when ART founder Frederic Vasseur joined Renault Sport, to avoid a conflict of interests.

“ART Grand Prix has been involved in this category for many years and our application is part of our business logic, because we are already evolving in F2 and F3 and our core business is to train and support young drivers towards the highest level of motorsport.”

ART’s itself raced in the Eurocup before that, competing in 2002 and ’03 and winning one race at Assen with future IndyCar champion Simon Pagenaud. It also raced in France’s 2.0-litre FRenault championship.

“This year, the Eurocup proved that it could be one of the cornerstones of a young driver?s career after coming out of karting, or their first year in single-seaters.”

The 2019 Eurocup season ends with a visit to Abu Dhabi, and next year it will race at Zandvoort as a result of the Dutch circuit being added to the F1 calendar.