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G-Drive Racing

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Russia G-Drive Racing
Founded2012
BaseMoscow, Russia
Team principal(s)
  • Alexander Krylov
Former seriesFIA World Endurance Championship
European Le Mans Series
Asian Le Mans Series
IMSA SportsCar Championship
Blancpain GT Series
Noted driversUnited Kingdom Mike Conway
France Olivier Pla
United Kingdom Sam Bird
Brazil Pipo Derani
Netherlands Giedo van der Garde
Germany René Rast
Japan Ryō Hirakawa
Denmark Mikkel Jensen
Netherlands Nyck de Vries
Russia Roman Rusinov
Websitehttps://www.gdriveracing.com/

G-Drive Racing is a Russian sports car racing team. It is named after the commercial fuel distributed by Gazprom Neft, a subsidiary of oil giant Gazprom.[1] They made their debut in the LMP2 class of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship in a partnership with Signatech, before quickly rising to prominence, winning three titles in the European Le Mans Series, taking the 2015 WEC title, as well as winning the Asian Le Mans Series twice.[2][3] Over the years, G-Drive ran in conjunction with multiple race teams, including Jota Sport, TDS Racing, Graff Racing, and Algarve Pro Racing.[4][5]

As a result of regulations imposed by the FIA on Russian competitors in the aftermath of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, G-Drive withdrew from international competition. They currently organise multiple sporting events in Russia.[6] The team opened a rally raid division in 2023 for Roman Rusinov and Anastasiya Nifontova, and the former won the Silk Way Rally in the T3 category the following year.[7][8]

G-Drive Racing at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Racing record

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Entrant Team No. Car Drivers Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2012 France Signatech-Nissan Signatech 26 Oreca 03-Nissan France Nelson Panciatici
France Pierre Ragues
Russia Roman Rusinov
LMP2 351 10th 4th
2013 United Kingdom Delta-ADR Delta-ADR 25 Oreca 03-Nissan Thailand Tor Graves
United Kingdom Archie Hamilton
Japan Shinji Nakano
LMP2 101 DNF DNF
Russia G-Drive Racing 26 United Kingdom Mike Conway
Australia John Martin
Russia Roman Rusinov
327 DSQ DSQ
2014 Russia G-Drive Racing OAK Racing 26 Morgan LMP2-Nissan France Julien Canal
France Olivier Pla
Russia Roman Rusinov
LMP2 120 DNF DNF
France OAK Racing 35 Ligier JS P2-Nissan United Kingdom Alex Brundle
United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough
Russia Mark Shulzhitskiy
354 9th 5th
2015 Russia G-Drive Racing OAK Racing 26 Ligier JS P2-Nissan United Kingdom Sam Bird
France Julien Canal
Russia Roman Rusinov
LMP2 358 11th 3rd
28 Brazil Pipo Derani
Mexico Ricardo González
Colombia Gustavo Yacamán
354 12th 4th
2016 Russia G-Drive Racing Jota Sport 26 Oreca 05-Nissan Germany René Rast
Russia Roman Rusinov
United Kingdom Will Stevens
LMP2 357 6th 2nd
38 Gibson 015S-Nissan United Kingdom Jake Dennis
United Kingdom Simon Dolan
Netherlands Giedo van der Garde
222 DNF DNF
2017 Russia G-Drive Racing DragonSpeed 22 Oreca 07-Gibson Mexico José Gutiérrez
Japan Ryō Hirakawa
Mexico Memo Rojas
LMP2 327 39th 17th
TDS Racing 26 United Kingdom Alex Lynn
Russia Roman Rusinov
France Pierre Thiriet
20 DNF DNF
2018 Russia G-Drive Racing TDS Racing 26 Oreca 07-Gibson France Andrea Pizzitola
Russia Roman Rusinov
France Jean-Éric Vergne
LMP2 369 DSQ DSQ
Graff Racing 40 Australia James Allen
France Enzo Guibbert
Mexico José Gutierrez
197 DNF DNF
2019 Russia G-Drive Racing TDS Racing 26 Aurus 01-Gibson Russia Roman Rusinov
Netherlands Job van Uitert
France Jean-Éric Vergne
LMP2 364 11th 6th
2020 Russia G-Drive Racing by Algarve Algarve Pro Racing 16 Aurus 01-Gibson Republic of Ireland Ryan Cullen
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
LMP2 105 DNF DNF
Russia G-Drive Racing TDS Racing 26 Denmark Mikkel Jensen
Russia Roman Rusinov
France Jean-Éric Vergne
367 9th 5th
2021 G-Drive Racing[a] Algarve Pro Racing 25 Aurus 01-Gibson Portugal Rui Andrade
United States John Falb
Spain Roberto Merhi
LMP2 (Pro-Am) 108 DNF DNF
26 Argentina Franco Colapinto
Roman Rusinov[a]
Netherlands Nyck de Vries
LMP2 358 12th 7th

European Le Mans Series

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Year Entrant Team Class No Chassis Engine Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos. Pts
2016 Russia G-Drive Racing Jota Sport LMP2 38 Gibson 015S Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 United Kingdom Simon Dolan
Netherlands Giedo van der Garde
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
SIL
1
IMO
2
RBR
3
LEC
5
SPA
5
EST
1
1st 103
2017 Russia G-Drive Racing DragonSpeed LMP2 22 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Mexico Memo Rojas
France Léo Roussel
Japan Ryō Hirakawa (rounds 1–2, 5–6)
France Nicolas Minassian (rounds 3–4)
SIL
2
MNZ
1
RBR
2
LEC
2
SPA
2
ALG
4
1st 110
2018 Russia G-Drive Racing TDS Racing LMP2 26 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 France Andrea Pizzitola
Russia Roman Rusinov
Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori (round 1)
France Jean-Éric Vergne (rounds 2–6)
LEC
4
MNZ
1
RBR
1
SIL
1
SPA
12‡
ALG
4
1st 100.25
Graff 40 Australia James Allen
Mexico José Gutiérrez (rounds 1–4)
France Enzo Guibbert (rounds 1–2)
United Kingdom Garry Findlay (round 4)
Sweden Henning Enqvist (rounds 5–6)
France Julien Falchero (rounds 5–6)
LEC
6
MNZ
Ret
RBR
13
SIL
12
SPA
11‡
ALG
7
12th 15.25
2019 Russia G-Drive Racing TDS Racing LMP2 26 Aurus 01 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Russia Roman Rusinov
Netherlands Job van Uitert
France Norman Nato (round 1–2)
France Jean-Éric Vergne (rounds 3–6)
LEC
4
MNZ
1
CAT
1
SIL
2
SPA
4
ALG
6
2nd 101
2020 Russia G-Drive Racing TDS Racing LMP2 26 Aurus 01 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Denmark Mikkel Jensen
Russia Roman Rusinov
Netherlands Nyck de Vries (rounds 1, 4–5)
France Jean-Éric Vergne (round 3)
LEC
2
SPA
Ret
LEC
2
MNZ
Ret
ALG
1
3rd 61
2021 Russia G-Drive Racing Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 25 Aurus 01 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Portugal Rui Andrade
United States John Falb
Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi (round 1)
Spain Roberto Merhi (rounds 2–4)
United States Gustavo Menezes (rounds 5–6)
CAT
7
RBR
3
LEC
10
MNZ
6
SPA
7
ALG
8
6th 42
26 Argentina Franco Colapinto
Russia Roman Rusinov
Netherlands Nyck de Vries (rounds 1–3, 5–6)
Denmark Mikkel Jensen (round 4)
CAT
4
RBR
2
LEC
1
MNZ
8
SPA
NC
ALG
5
4th 74

Notes

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  1. ^ a b G-Drive Racing and Roman Rusinov are Russian, but both competed as neutral competitors using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "G-Drive withdraws from WEC, Le Mans over FIA's Russia code of conduct". www.motorsport.com. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ G-Drive by Signatech-Nissan
  3. ^ "G-Drive Racing". NIS Petrol i Gazprom. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  4. ^ Kilshaw, Jake (14 March 2016). "Hignett (Jota): "The Team is Now Branded as G-Drive Racing" – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  5. ^ Dagys, John (8 February 2018). "TDS, Graff to Run G-Drive Cars; Rusinov Lineup Receives Dispensation – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  6. ^ Emma (16 February 2023). "Alexander Krylov: "G-Drive Arena has become a new attraction for Omsk"". Athletistic. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  7. ^ Nguyen, Justin (26 April 2023). "Roman Rusinov, G-Drive Racing expand into rally raid". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  8. ^ "«Для меня как специалиста по кольцевым гонкам на «Шелковом Пути» сложность была в том, чтобы не сломать автомобиль» — Русинов" ["For me, as a circuit driver racing on the Silk Way, the difficulty was in not breaking the car" - Rusinov]. Match TV (in Russian). 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  9. ^ Lloyd, Daniel; Dagys, John (13 August 2021). "Le Mans Friday Notebook". SportsCar365. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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