Motopark Academy

Motopark
Founded	1998
Founder(s)	Timo Rumpfkeil
Base	Oschersleben, Germany
Team principal(s)	Timo Rumpfkeil
Current series	European Formula 3; Formula 4 UAE Championship
Former series	GP2 Series; Formula 3 Euro Series; Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0; Formula Renault 2.0 NEC; Porsche Supercup; German Formula Three; ADAC Formel Masters; British Formula 3; ADAC Formula 4
Current drivers	Jonathan Aberdein; Sebastián Fernández; Marino Sato; Fabio Scherer; Dan Ticktum; Jüri Vips
Teams'; Championships	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0:; 2004; Formula Renault 2.0 NEC:; 2007, 2008, 2009; ADAC Formel Masters:; 2011, 2012; German Formula 3:; 2013, 2014; GP2 Series:; 2013; Formula 4 UAE Championship:; 2016–17, 2017–18
Drivers'; Championships	Formula Renault 2.0 Germany:; 2004: Scott Speed; Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0:; 2004: Scott Speed; 2006: Filipe Albuquerque; 2008: Valtteri Bottas; Formula Renault 2.0 NEC:; 2006: Filipe Albuquerque; 2007: Frank Kechele; 2008: Valtteri Bottas; 2009: António Félix da Costa; German Formula 3:; 2012: Jimmy Eriksson; 2013: Marvin Kirchhöfer; 2014: Markus Pommer; ADAC Formel Masters:; 2012: Marvin Kirchhöfer; Formula 4 UAE Championship:; 2016–17: Jonathan Aberdein; 2017–18: Charles Weerts
Website	http://www.motopark.com/

Motopark Academy (raced under Lotus moniker from 2012 to 2014) is an auto racing team based in Oschersleben, Germany, next to the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben race track. In 2013, the team competed in the GP2 Series under the name Russian Time.^[7]

History

Single-seaters

The team have competed in open-wheel racing consistently since the start of the 21st century. They have competed in the Formula 3 Euro Series since 2009.

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

They were teams' champions in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 in 2004, with their American driver Scott Speed taking the drivers' title with eight wins. Motopark Academy won the drivers' title of the 2006 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season with Filipe Albuquerque, with the Portuguese driver collecting four wins in all.

Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

Motopark Academy have won all four Drivers' Championships in Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, since it formed in 2006. They won with Filipe Albuquerque in 2006, Frank Kechele in 2007, Valtteri Bottas in 2008 and António Félix da Costa in 2009. Motopark Academy also won the Teams' Championship of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC three times: 2007, 2008 and 2009.

GP2 and GP3 Series

Russian Time was established by former Russian racing driver and manager Igor Mazepa and Motopark Academy team principal Timo Rumpfkeil in 2013.^[8]^[9] The team had sought an entry to the GP2 Series for two years before finally being accepted in 2013, replacing iSport International.^[9] iSport International withdrew from the series after being unable to secure a budget to compete in the upcoming season, and so its management elected to shut the team down in order to avoid bankruptcy.^[10]

The team won its first race in only its fourth appearance, when Sam Bird won the sprint race of the Bahrain round of the championship.^[11] The team took a second win on the streets of Monaco, with Bird finishing ahead of Kevin Ceccon after a fourteen-car pile-up on the opening lap forced nine drivers out of the race.^[12]

In 2014, the team was set to make their debut in GP3 Series, taking Bamboo Engineering's slot and continue to participate in GP2, German Formula Three and ADAC Formel Masters.^[13]^[14] The team's preparations for the 2014 season were disrupted by the death of Mazepa from complications relating to thrombosis in February 2014.^{[citation needed]} On 18 February 2014, it was announced that Motopark had ended their partnership with Russian Time, leaving the position of all those drivers signed on for the 2014 GP2 and GP3 seasons, in limbo.^[15]

Current series results

FIA European Formula 3

FIA Formula 3 European Championship
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2015	Dallara F315-Volkswagen	Markus Pommer	33	1	0	1	2	116.5	10th	7th
	Dallara F315-Volkswagen	Sam MacLeod	30	0	0	0	0	2	24th
	Dallara F314-Volkswagen	Nabil Jeffri	33	0	0	0	0	2	26th
		Mahaveer Raghunathan	27	0	0	0	0	0	39th
		Tanart Sathienthirakul	3	0	0	0	0	0	40th
2016	Dallara F315-Volkswagen	Joel Eriksson	30	1	0	2	10	252	5th	3rd
	Dallara F315-Volkswagen	Niko Kari	30	1	0	0	5	129	10th
	Dallara F316-Volkswagen	Sérgio Sette Câmara	30	0	0	1	2	107	11th
	Dallara F314-Volkswagen	Guanyu Zhou	30	0	0	0	2	101	13th
2017	Dallara F315-Volkswagen	Joel Eriksson	30	3	2	2	14	139	2nd	3rd
		Petru Florescu	6	0	0	0	0	0	23rd
		Jüri Vips	3	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	Dallara F316-Volkswagen	David Beckmann	21	0	0	0	0	45	16th†
	Dallara F314-Volkswagen	Marino Sato	30	0	0	0	0	1	17th
	Dallara F317-Volkswagen	Keyvan Andres	30	0	0	0	0	0	21st

† Includes points scored for Van Amersfoort Racing

ADAC Formula 4

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2015	Tatuus-Abarth	Joel Eriksson	24	7	3	1	299	2nd	N/A
		Jannes Fittje	24	0	0	0	22	18th
		Jonathan Cecotto	24	0	0	0	18	20th
		Michael Waldherr	24	0	0	0	83	11th
2016	Tatuus-Abarth	Michael Waldherr	18	0	0	0	28	16th	7th
		Richard Verschoor	6	0	0	0	34	15th
		Jonathan Aberdein	24	0	0	0	49	14th
		Simo Laaksonen	24	1	0	0	88	11th
		Sophia Flörsch	24	0	0	1	25	19th
2017	Tatuus-Abarth	Jonathan Aberdein	21	0	0	1	94	9th	6th
		Leonard Hoogenboom	21	0	0	0	10	21st
		David Malukas	18	0	0	0	20	19th
		Charles Weerts	21	0	0	0	3	22nd

Former series results

GP2 Series

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2013	Dallara-Mecachrome	Sam Bird	22	5	2	3	181	2nd	1st
2013	Dallara-Mecachrome	Tom Dillmann	22	0	1	2	92	10th	1st

Formula 3 Euro Series

Formula 3 Euro Series
Year	Car	Drivers	Wins	Poles	F.Laps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2009	Dallara F308-Mercedes	Atte Mustonen	0	0	0	4	19th	7th
		Christopher Zanella	0	0	0	11	13th
		Renger van der Zande	1	0	0	7	15th
2010	Dallara F308-Volkswagen	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	0	0	0	7	13th	4th
		Matias Laine	0	0	0	3	14th
		António Félix da Costa	3	0	1	40	7th
		Kevin Magnussen	1	0	1	8	12th
		Mika Mäki	0	0	0	0	17th
		Tobias Hegewald	0	0	0	1	16th
		Christopher Zanella	0	0	0	2	15th
	Dallara F305-Volkswagen	Jimmy Eriksson [G]	0	0	0	0	N/A
	Dallara F308-Volkswagen	Renger van der Zande [G]	0	0	0	0	N/A
	Dallara F305-Volkswagen	Luís Sá Silva [G]	0	0	0	0	N/A
2011	Dallara F308-Volkswagen	Jimmy Eriksson	0	0	0	93	9th	4th
		Kimiya Sato	1	0	0	86	10th
		Gianmarco Raimondo	0	0	0	66	11th†
		Kuba Giermaziak	0	0	0	29	12th
		Tom Dillmann [G]	0	0	0	0	N/A†
		Artem Markelov [G]	0	0	0	0	N/A

† Shared results with other teams

FIA Formula 3 International Trophy

FIA Formula 3 International Trophy
Year	Car	Drivers	Wins	Poles	F.Laps	Points	D.C.
2011	Dallara F308-Volkswagen	Kimiya Sato	0	0	0	7	9th
		Tom Dillmann [G]	0	0	0	0	N/A
		Jimmy Eriksson [G]	0	0	0	0	N/A
		Gianmarco Raimondo [G]	0	0	0	0	N/A
		Kuba Giermaziak [G]	0	0	0	0	N/A

Timeline

Current series
FIA Formula 3 European Championship	2015–2018
ADAC Formula 4	2015–2018
Formula 4 UAE Championship	2016–2018
Former series
Formula König	1999–2000
Formula Renault 2.0 Germany	2001–2005
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	2004–2009
Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup	2005–2009
Formula 3 Euro Series	2009–2011
German Formula Three Championship	2010–2014
ADAC Formel Masters	2011–2014
British Formula Three Championship	2011, 2014
GP2 Series	2013

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b Operation Team at Russian Time team

References

^ Simmons, Marcus (29 January 2018). "Aberdein joins Motopark for rookie European F3 season". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
^ Simmons, Marcus (29 January 2018). "Motopark adds sixth driver to F3 line-up". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
^ Allen, Peter (8 January 2018). "Marino Sato stays with Motopark for second season of European F3". formulascout.com. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
^ Simmons, Marcus (31 October 2017). "Motopark names F3 2018's first driver signing". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
^ Turner, Kevin (4 December 2017). "Red Bull's Ticktum announces Motopark F3 move". Motorsport Network. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
^ Allen, Peter (20 February 2018). "ADAC F4 champion Juri Vips seals 2018 F3 seat with Motopark". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
^ Tremayne, Sam (4 March 2013). "Russian Time will replace iSport in GP2". Autosport.com. haymarket Publications. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
^ Игорь Мазепа: Мы ведём переговоры с Диллманом и Фряйнсом (in Russian). F1news.ru. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
^ ^a ^b Kabanovsky, Aleksander (5 March 2013). "Russian Time hopes Motopark tie-up will build driver ladder into F1". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
^ Bradley, Charles (22 February 2013). "iSport on verge of selling GP2 entry". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
^ Bradley, Charles (21 April 2013). "Bahrain GP2: Bird wins thrilling sprint race victory by 0.08s". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
^ Bradley, Charles (24 May 2013). "Monaco GP2: Sam Bird wins in Monte Carlo again". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
^ Allen, Peter (27 September 2013). "Russian Time joins GP3 field for 2014". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
^ "Lotus team to compete in the 2014 ATS Formula 3 Cup". German Formula Three Championship. Formel-3-Vereinigung e.V. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013. We will contest the ADAC Formula Masters, the GP3 and GP2 in 2014. Therefore we can pave the way for young talents to smoothly advance from karting towards Formula 1. We will announce the drivers shortly before the end of the year.
^ http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112544

External links

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[OT-1] Operation Team at Russian Time team

[Aberdein-2] Simmons, Marcus (29 January 2018). "Aberdein joins Motopark for rookie European F3 season". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

[Fernandez-3] Simmons, Marcus (29 January 2018). "Motopark adds sixth driver to F3 line-up". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

[Sato-4] Allen, Peter (8 January 2018). "Marino Sato stays with Motopark for second season of European F3". formulascout.com. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

[Scherer-5] Simmons, Marcus (31 October 2017). "Motopark names F3 2018's first driver signing". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[Ticktum-6] Turner, Kevin (4 December 2017). "Red Bull's Ticktum announces Motopark F3 move". Motorsport Network. Retrieved 4 December 2017.

[7] Allen, Peter (20 February 2018). "ADAC F4 champion Juri Vips seals 2018 F3 seat with Motopark". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[8] Tremayne, Sam (4 March 2013). "Russian Time will replace iSport in GP2". Autosport.com. haymarket Publications. Retrieved 4 March 2013.

[9] Игорь Мазепа: Мы ведём переговоры с Диллманом и Фряйнсом (in Russian). F1news.ru. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.

[two_years-10] Kabanovsky, Aleksander (5 March 2013). "Russian Time hopes Motopark tie-up will build driver ladder into F1". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 5 March 2013.

[11] Bradley, Charles (22 February 2013). "iSport on verge of selling GP2 entry". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 4 March 2013.

[12] Bradley, Charles (21 April 2013). "Bahrain GP2: Bird wins thrilling sprint race victory by 0.08s". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

[13] Bradley, Charles (24 May 2013). "Monaco GP2: Sam Bird wins in Monte Carlo again". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 24 May 2013.

[14] Allen, Peter (27 September 2013). "Russian Time joins GP3 field for 2014". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 27 September 2013.

[15] "Lotus team to compete in the 2014 ATS Formula 3 Cup". German Formula Three Championship. Formel-3-Vereinigung e.V. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013. We will contest the ADAC Formula Masters, the GP3 and GP2 in 2014. Therefore we can pave the way for young talents to smoothly advance from karting towards Formula 1. We will announce the drivers shortly before the end of the year.

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