M2 Competition (team)
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| Founded | 2010 |
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| Founder(s) | Jonathan Moury Mark Pilcher |
| Team principal(s) | Elise Moury (co-owner) Jonathan Moury (co-owner) Mark Pilcher(co-owner) |
| Current series | Toyota Racing Series |
| Former series | Formula Renault Eurocup F4 Spanish Championship Toyota Finance 86 Championship British GT Championship |
| Drivers' Championships | Toyota Racing Series: 2013: Nick Cassidy 2015: Lance Stroll 2016: Lando Norris 2018: Robert Shwartzman 2019: Liam Lawson 2020: Igor Fraga 2021: Matthew Payne |
| Website | m2-automotive |
M2 Competition are a motorsport team based in New Zealand and Belgium.
History
Founded in 2010, M2 Competition began partaking in the New Zealand-based single-seater championship the Castrol Toyota Racing Series in 2010, with Ivan Lukashevich taking the team's first win at Manfield. The following year, the team achieved their second victory and first pole position from Jordan King at Taupo.[1] In 2013, the team saw their first champion crowned with Nick Cassidy claiming his second successive title.[2] Since then, the team has taken Lance Stroll, Lando Norris, Robert Shwartzman and Liam Lawson to the TRS title as well as fielding the likes of Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn, Raffaele Marciello, Marcus Armstrong and Richard Verschoor.
In November 2018, it was announced M2 would expand into Europe by competing in the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup championship under a Belgian license.[3]
Current series results
Toyota Racing Series
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Podiums | Points | D.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Tatuus-Toyota |  Ivan Lukashevich
|
12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 531 | 7th |
 Jordan Skinner
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 410 | 11th | ||
 Kotaro Sakurai
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 325 | 14th | ||
 Earl Bamber
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 15th | ||
| Ken Smith
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 17th | ||
| 2012 | Tatuus-Toyota |  Jordan King
|
15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 591 | 5th |
 Nathanaël Berthon
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 555 | 7th | ||
 Raffaele Marciello
|
15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 535 | 9th | ||
 Tanart Sathienthirakul
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 383 | 14th | ||
 Sheban Siddiqi
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 20th | ||
| 2013 | Tatuus-Toyota | Nick Cassidy
|
15 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 915 | 1st |
| Alex Lynn
|
15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 803 | 2nd | ||
 Steijn Schothorst
|
15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 754 | 4th | ||
 Dennis Olsen
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 410 | 13th | ||
| Spike Goddard
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 262 | 17th | ||
 Ryan Cullen
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 20th | ||
| Pieter Schothorst
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 21st | ||
| 2014 | Tatuus-Toyota | Steijn Schothorst
|
15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 630 | 4th |
| Egor Orudzhev
|
15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 595 | 6th | ||
 Levin Amweg
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 409 | 11th | ||
 Gustavo Lima
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 405 | 12th | ||
| Macauley Jones
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 340 | 18th | ||
| Pedro Piquet
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 23rd | ||
| 2015 | Tatuus-Toyota FT-50 |  Lance Stroll
|
15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 906 | 1st |
| Brandon Maïsano
|
15 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 798 | 2nd | ||
| Arjun Maini
|
15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 750 | 4th | ||
| Charlie Eastwood
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 535 | 7th | ||
 Mathias Kristensen
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 502 | 11th | ||
| Jamie Conroy
|
15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 446 | 15th | ||
| 2016 | Tatuus-Toyota FT-50 | Lando Norris
|
15 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 924 | 1st |
| Jehan Daruvala
|
15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 789 | 2nd | ||
| Pedro Piquet
|
15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 710 | 5th | ||
 Guanyu Zhou
|
15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 685 | 6th | ||
| Artem Markelov
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 588 | 8th | ||
| Kami Laliberté
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 386 | 13th | ||
| 2017 | Tatuus-Toyota FT-50 | Pedro Piquet
|
15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 850 | 2nd |
| Marcus Armstrong
|
15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 792 | 4th | ||
| Jehan Daruvala
|
15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 781 | 5th | ||
 Ferdinand Habsburg
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 552 | 8th | ||
| Kami Laliberté
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 498 | 10th | ||
| Jean Baptiste Simmenauer
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248 | 19th | ||
| 2018 | Tatuus-Toyota FT-50 | Robert Shwartzman
|
15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 916 | 1st |
| Richard Verschoor
|
15 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 911 | 2nd | ||
| Marcus Armstrong
|
15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 901 | 3rd | ||
 Juan Manuel Correa
|
15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 756 | 4th | ||
| James Pull
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 692 | 6th | ||
| 2019 | Tatuus-Toyota FT-50 | Marcus Armstrong
|
15 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 346 | 2nd |
| Liam Lawson
|
15 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 356 | 1st | ||
| Artem Petrov
|
15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 181 | 9th | ||
| Lucas Auer
|
15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 270 | 3rd | ||
| Cameron Das
|
15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 205 | 7th | ||
 Esteban Muth
|
15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 263 | 5th | ||
| 2020 | Tatuus-Toyota FT-60 | Liam Lawson
|
15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 356 | 2nd |
 Ido Cohen
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 9th | ||
| Igor Fraga
|
15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 362 | 1st | ||
| Émilien Denner
|
13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 15th | ||
| Yuki Tsunoda
|
15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 257 | 4th | ||
 Rui Andrade
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 16th | ||
| 2021 | Tatuus-Toyota FT-60 | Matthew Payne
|
9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 287 | 1st |
| Kaleb Ngatoa
|
9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 229 | 2nd | ||
| Billy Frazer
|
9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 201 | 3rd | ||
| Chris Vlok
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 6th | ||
| Shane van Gisbergen
|
3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 105 | 7th | ||
| Josh Bethune
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 14th |
Former series results
Formula Renault Eurocup
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Tatuus-Renault T-318 | Kush Maini
|
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 6th | 5th |
| Yves Baltas
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19th | |||
| Esteban Muth
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th | |||
 Lucas Alecco Roy
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20th | |||
 Callan O'Keeffe
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17th | |||
| Patrick Schott
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22nd | |||
| 2020 | Tatuus-Renault T-318 | Michael Belov
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 13th | 8th |
F4 Spanish Championship
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Émilien Denner
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th | NC |
Toyota Finance 86 Championship
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | Toyota 86 | Peter Vodanovich
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 422 | 9th |
| 2018-19 | Toyota 86 | Connor Davison
|
18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 541 | 12th |
| 2019-20 | Toyota 86 | Connor Davison
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 246 | 15th |
| Campbell Stewart
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 567 | 5th |
British GT Championship
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | Tony Quinn Darren Turner
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | NC |
Timeline
| Current series | |
|---|---|
| Toyota Racing Series | 2011–2021, 2023–present |
| Former series | |
| Toyota Finance 86 Championship | 2017–2020 |
| British GT Championship | 2019 |
| Formula Renault Eurocup | 2019–2020 |
| F4 Spanish Championship | 2020 |
References
- ^ "Jordan King 'stronger' for New Zealand experience". February 21, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ "Kiwi Nick Cassidy prepares for second crack at Japan Super GT Series". February 6, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ "Ten teams pre-selected for the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup". November 14, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.