G-Drive Racing
{{short description|Russian racing team}}
{{use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox motor racing team
| name = {{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing
| logo = G-Drive Racing logo.png
| founded = 2012
| base = Moscow, Russia
| principal = {{plainlist|
- Alexander Krylov
}}
| chassis =
| current series =
| former series =FIA World Endurance Championship
European Le Mans Series
Asian Le Mans Series
IMSA SportsCar Championship
Blancpain GT Series
| current drivers =
| driver titles =
|founders=|website=https://www.gdriveracing.com/|drivers={{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Conway
{{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Pla
{{flagicon|GBR}} Sam Bird
{{flagicon|BRA}} Pipo Derani
{{flagicon|NED}} Giedo van der Garde
{{flagicon|GER}} René Rast
{{flagicon|JPN}} Ryō Hirakawa
{{flagicon|DNK}} Mikkel Jensen
{{flagicon|NED}} Nyck de Vries
{{flagicon|RUS}} Roman Rusinov}}
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.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-06 |title=G-Drive withdraws from WEC, Le Mans over FIA's Russia code of conduct |url=https://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/g-drive-withdraws-from-wec-le-mans-over-fias-russia-code-of-conduct/8750468/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=www.motorsport.com |language=en}} 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.[http://signature-team.com/ancien/signatech-nissan-g-drive.php G-Drive by Signatech-Nissan]{{Cite web |title=G-Drive Racing |url=https://www.nisgazprom.rs/en/brands/g-drive/g-drive-racing/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=NIS Petrol i Gazprom |language=en-US}} Over the years, G-Drive ran in conjunction with multiple race teams, including Jota Sport, TDS Racing, Graff Racing, and Algarve Pro Racing.{{Cite web |last=Kilshaw |first=Jake |date=2016-03-14 |title=Hignett (Jota): "The Team is Now Branded as G-Drive Racing" – Sportscar365 |url=https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/hignett-jota-its-a-rebranding-exercise/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=sportscar365.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Dagys |first=John |date=2018-02-08 |title=TDS, Graff to Run G-Drive Cars; Rusinov Lineup Receives Dispensation – Sportscar365 |url=https://sportscar365.com/lemans/elms/graff-to-run-g-drive-entries-rusinov-lineup-to-receive-dispensation/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=sportscar365.com |language=en-US}}
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.{{Cite web |last=Emma |date=2023-02-16 |title=Alexander Krylov: "G-Drive Arena has become a new attraction for Omsk" |url=https://athletistic.com/hockey/194808.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Athletistic |language=en-US}} 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.{{cite news|last=Nguyen|first=Justin|url=https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2023/04/roman-rusinov-g-drive-racing-expand-into-rally-raid/|title=Roman Rusinov, G-Drive Racing expand into rally raid|publisher=The Checkered Flag|date=26 April 2023|access-date=18 July 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://matchtv.ru/autosport/silkwayrally/matchtvnews_NI2082069_Dla_mena_kak_specialista_po_kolcevym_gonkam_na_Shelkovom_puti_slozhnost_byla_v_tom_chtoby_ne_slomat_avtomobil__Rusinov|title=«Для меня как специалиста по кольцевым гонкам на «Шелковом Пути» сложность была в том, чтобы не сломать автомобиль» — Русинов|work=Match TV|date=18 July 2024|access-date=18 July 2024|lang=ru|trans-title="For me, as a circuit driver racing on the Silk Way, the difficulty was in not breaking the car" - Rusinov}}
File:G-Drive Racing - Oreca 07 - Gibson -26 (42917713642).jpg.]]
Racing record
=24 Hours of Le Mans results=
class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
Year
! Entrant ! Team ! No. ! Car ! Drivers ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip|Class |
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align="center"
! 2012 |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Signatech-Nissan |align=left| Signatech | 26 |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Nelson Panciatici | LMP2 | 351 | 10th | 4th |
align="center"
!rowspan=2| 2013 |align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Delta-ADR |rowspan=2 align=left| Delta-ADR | 25 |rowspan=2 align=left| Oreca 03-Nissan |align=left| {{flagicon|THA}} Tor Graves |rowspan=2| LMP2 | 101 | DNF | DNF |
align="center"
|align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing | 26 |align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Conway | 327 |style="background:#000000; color:white"| DSQ |style="background:#000000; color:white"| DSQ |
align="center"
!rowspan=2| 2014 |align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing |rowspan=2 align=left| OAK Racing | 26 |align=left| Morgan LMP2-Nissan |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Julien Canal |rowspan=2| LMP2 | 120 | DNF | DNF |
align="center"
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} OAK Racing | 35 |align=left| Ligier JS P2-Nissan |align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Alex Brundle | 354 | 9th | 5th |
align="center"
! rowspan="2" |2015 | rowspan="2" align="left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing | rowspan="2" align="left" | OAK Racing |26 | rowspan="2" align="left" | Ligier JS P2-Nissan | align="left" | {{flagicon|GBR}} Sam Bird | rowspan="2" |LMP2 |358 |11th | style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 3rd |
align="center"
|28 | align="left" | {{flagicon|BRA}} Pipo Derani |354 |12th |4th |
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! rowspan="2" |2016 | rowspan="2" align="left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing | rowspan="2" align="left" | Jota Sport |26 | align="left" | Oreca 05-Nissan | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEU}} René Rast | rowspan="2" |LMP2 |357 |6th | style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2nd |
align="center"
|38 | align="left" | Gibson 015S-Nissan | align="left" | {{flagicon|GBR}} Jake Dennis |222 |DNF |DNF |
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! rowspan="2" |2017 | rowspan="2" align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing | align="left" | DragonSpeed |22 | rowspan="2" align="left" |Oreca 07-Gibson | align="left" | {{flagicon|MEX}} José Gutiérrez | rowspan="2" |LMP2 |327 |39th |17th |
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| align="left" | TDS Racing |26 | align="left" | {{flagicon|GBR}} Alex Lynn |20 |DNF |DNF |
align="center"
! rowspan="2" |2018 | rowspan="2" align="left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing | align="left" | TDS Racing |26 | rowspan="2" align="left" |Oreca 07-Gibson | align="left" | {{flagicon|FRA}} Andrea Pizzitola | rowspan="2" |LMP2 |369 | style="background:#000000; color:white"| DSQ | style="background:#000000; color:white"| DSQ |
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| align="left" | Graff Racing |40 | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} James Allen |197 |DNF |DNF |
align="center"
!2019 | align="left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing | align="left" | TDS Racing |26 | align="left" | Aurus 01-Gibson | align="left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Roman Rusinov |LMP2 |364 |11th |6th |
align="center"
! rowspan="2" |2020 | align="left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing by Algarve | align="left" | Algarve Pro Racing |16 | rowspan="2" align="left" | Aurus 01-Gibson | align="left" | {{flagicon|IRL}} Ryan Cullen | rowspan="2" | LMP2 |105 |DNF |DNF |
align="center"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing | align="left" | TDS Racing |26 | align="left" | {{flagicon|DNK}} Mikkel Jensen |367 |9th |5th |
align="center"
! rowspan="2" |2021 | rowspan="2" align="left" |{{flagicon image|Russian Automobile Federation flag.svg|link=Russian Automobile Federation}} G-Drive Racing{{efn|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.{{cite web|last1=Lloyd|first1=Daniel|last2=Dagys|first2=John|title=Le Mans Friday Notebook|url=https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/le-mans-friday-notebook-11/|publisher=SportsCar365|date=13 August 2021|accessdate=12 September 2021|archive-date=13 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813185221/https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/le-mans-friday-notebook-11/|url-status=live}}|name=russia}} | rowspan="2" align="left" | Algarve Pro Racing | 25 | rowspan="2" align="left" | Aurus 01-Gibson | align="left" | {{flagicon|PRT}} Rui Andrade | LMP2 (Pro-Am) | 108 | DNF | DNF |
align="center"
| 26 | align="left" | {{flagicon|ARG}} Franco Colapinto | LMP2 | 358 | 12th | 7th |
= FIA World Endurance Championship =
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"
! Year ! Entrant ! Team ! Class ! No. ! Chassis ! Engine ! Drivers ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |
2013
| {{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing | LMP2 | 26 | Oreca 03 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 |align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Conway |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| LMS |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SÃO |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| COA |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FUJ |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SHA |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BHR | !style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 132 |
2014
| {{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing | LMP2 | 26 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Julien Canal |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SPA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LMS |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| COA |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FUJ |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SHA |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BHR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SÃO | !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 137 |
rowspan=2| 2015
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing |rowspan=2| OAK Racing |rowspan=2| LMP2 | 26 |rowspan=2| Ligier JS P2 |rowspan=2| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 |align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sam Bird |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| LMS |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| COA |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FUJ |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SHA |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BHR | !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 178 |
28
|align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} Pipo Derani |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SPA |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| LMS |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NÜR |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| COA |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| FUJ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SHA |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BHR | !style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 134 |
rowspan=2| 2016
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing |rowspan=2| Jota Sport |rowspan=2| LMP2 | 26 | Oreca 05 |rowspan=2| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 |align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} Roman Rusinov |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| LMS |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MEX |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| COA |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FUJ |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SHA |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BHR !style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 164 |
38
|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jake Dennis | SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LMS | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR ! — ! — |
rowspan=2| 2017
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing |rowspan=2| LMP2 | 22 |rowspan=2| Oreca 07 |rowspan=2| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 |align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} José Gutiérrez | SIL | SPA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LMS | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR ! — ! — |
TDS Racing
| 26 |align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} Roman Rusinov |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SPA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LMS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MEX |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| COA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FUJ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SHA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BHR ! 6th ! 82 |
= European Le Mans Series =
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"
!Year !Entrant !Team !Class !No. !Chassis !Engine !Drivers !1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !6 !{{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} !Pts |
2016
|{{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing |LMP2 |38 | align="left" |{{flagicon|GBR}} Simon Dolan | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | SIL | style="background:#DFDFDF;" | IMO | style="background:#FFDF9F;" | RBR | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | LEC | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SPA | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | EST ! style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 1st ! style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 103 |
2017
|{{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing |LMP2 | 22 |Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | align="left" |{{flagicon|MEX}} Memo Rojas | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |SIL | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |MNZ | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |RBR | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |LEC | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |SPA | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |ALG ! style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 1st ! style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 110 |
rowspan="2" |2018
| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing | rowspan="2" |LMP2 | 26 | rowspan="2" |Oreca 07 | rowspan="2" |Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Andrea Pizzitola | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | LEC | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | MNZ | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | RBR | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | SIL | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SPA | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | ALG ! style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 1st ! style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 100.25 |
Graff
| 40 | align="left" |{{flagicon|AUS}} James Allen | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | LEC | style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MNZ | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | RBR | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SIL | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SPA | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | ALG ! 12th ! 15.25 |
2019
|{{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing |LMP2 | 26 |Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | align="left" |{{flagicon|RUS}} Roman Rusinov | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | LEC | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | MNZ | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | CAT | style="background:#DFDFDF;" | SIL | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SPA | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | ALG ! style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2nd ! style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 101 |
2020
|{{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing |LMP2 |26 |Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | align="left" |{{flagicon|DNK}} Mikkel Jensen | style="background:#DFDFDF;" | LEC | style="background:#EFCFFF;" | SPA | style="background:#DFDFDF;" | LEC | style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MNZ | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | ALG | ! style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 3rd ! style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 61 |
rowspan="2" |2021
| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing | rowspan="2" |Algarve Pro Racing | rowspan="2" |LMP2 | 25 | rowspan="2" |Aurus 01 | rowspan="2" |Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | align="left" |{{flagicon|PRT}} Rui Andrade | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |CAT | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |RBR | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |LEC | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |MNZ | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |SPA | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |ALG ! 6th ! 42 |
26
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ARG}} Franco Colapinto | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |CAT | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |RBR | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |LEC | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |MNZ | style="background:#CFCFFF;" |SPA | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |ALG ! 4th ! 74 |
Notes
{{Noteslist}}
References
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{Official website|https://www.gdriveracing.com/}}
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