M2 Competition (team)
| Founded | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Jonathan Moury Mark Pilcher |
| Team principal(s) | Elise Moury (co-owner) Jonathan Moury (co-owner) Mark Pilcher(co-owner) |
| Current series | Formula Renault Eurocup Toyota Racing Series |
| Current drivers | Toyota Racing Series Rui Andrade Ido Cohen Emilien Denner Igor Fraga Liam Lawson Yuki TsunodaFormula Renault Eurocup |
| Drivers' Championships | Toyota Racing Series: 2013: Nick Cassidy 2015: Lance Stroll 2016: Lando Norris 2018: Robert Shwartzman 2019: Liam Lawson |
| 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
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Podiums | Points | D.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Formula Renault T318 |  Kush Maini
|
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 6th |
 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 |
| 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 |  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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
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.