Zeta Corse

Zeta Corse was a Russian motor racing team, who formerly operated in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series.

Russia Zeta Corse
Founded2013
Founder(s)Giancarlo Zampieri
Folded2015
BaseValencia, Spain
Team principal(s)Roman Novikov
Former seriesFormula Renault 3.5 Series
Current driversTBA
Websitehttp://www.zetacorse.ru/en/

History
Roman Mavlanov during Race 1 of the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season at Moscow Raceway.

In January 2013, was announced that Giancarlo Zampieri (father of Daniel Zampieri) bought BVM - Target Racing Formula Renault 3.5 Series subdivision. The team was renamed to Zeta Corse, headed by Claudio Corradini and used personnel that previously worked with EPIC Racing and HRT F1 Team.[1] The team headquarters was changed to Valencia.[2]

For their first Formula Renault 3.5 Series round at Monza they signed Mihai Marinescu and Emmanuel Piget.[3] But Piget raced just one round, in Alcañiz he was replaced by FIA Formula Two Championship runner-up Mathéo Tuscher.[4] In Monaco the squad decided to completely change their line-up to Carlos Sainz Jr. and Nick Yelloly.[5] Marinescu returned to the team for Spa and Moscow rounds, while Sainz was replaced by William Buller.[6] At Spielberg Marinescu's seat was occupied by Riccardo Agostini, who handed back that seat to Sainz.[7] On 14 December 2013 was revealed that the team was taken over by the Russian RMD Media company.[8] The best achievement for Zeta Corse drivers in 2013 was three Buller's finishes in the top-five.

In 2014, the team had two full-time drivers after signing Roman Mavlanov and Roberto Merhi for their debut season in Formula Renault 3.5.[9] Merhi started the season with the first podium for the team, finishing as runner-up to Will Stevens in the first race at Monza.[10] On the home soil for the team at Moscow, Merhi took the first win for Zeta Corse.[11] Merhi also achieved wins at Nürburgring and Hungaroring, finishing third in the drivers' standings and bringing the team the fourth in the teams' standings.[12][13]

For 2015, the team decided to sign former GP2 Series driver Facu Regalia. However the Argentine driver since moved to Comtec Racing, and then to the Auto GP World Series, with Zeta Corse participating in no further races.[14]

Results
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C.
2013 Dallara T12-Zytek United Kingdom William Buller 10 0 0 0 46 11th 10th
Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. 9 0 0 0 22 19th
Romania Mihai Marinescu 8 0 0 0 5 25th
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly 1 0 0 0 0 28th
France Emmanuel Piget 2 0 0 0 0 29th
Switzerland Mathéo Tuscher 2 0 0 0 0 30th
Italy Riccardo Agostini 2 0 0 0 0 NC
2014 Dallara T12-Zytek Spain Roberto Merhi 17 3 3 1 183 3rd 4th
Russia Roman Mavlanov 15 0 0 0 0 24th

In 2013 the team competed under Italian racing license, since 2014 the team racing under Russian racing license.

References
  1. Costa, Massimo (16 January 2013). "Con Zampieri nasce la Zeta Corse". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  2. "Zeta Corse ha avviato l'attività". ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. "Frenchman Piget joins Marinescu at Zeta Corse for Monza opener". PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  4. Allen, Peter (23 April 2013). "Matheo Tuscher to do Aragon FR3.5 round with Zeta". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  5. Freeman, Glenn (17 May 2013). "Carlos Sainz Jr joins Monaco Formula Renault 3.5 field". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  6. "Buller con Zeta Corse a Mosca" [Buller with Zeta Corse in Moscow]. ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 14 June 2013. Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  7. "Agostini debutta a Spielberg con Zeta" [Agostini debuts in Spielberg for Zeta]. ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 16 July 2013. Archived from the original on 7 August 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  8. "RMD entra nella Zeta Corse". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  9. Valeev, Elmir (4 April 2014). "WSR: Мери и Мавланов — пилоты российской Zeta Corse" [WSR: Merhi and Mavlanov — drivers of the Russian Zeta Corse] (in Russian). F1News.ru. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  10. Allen, Peter (12 April 2014). "Stevens starts 2014 FR3.5 campaign with maiden win". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  11. "Merhi eases to first FR3.5 win in Moscow". GPUpdate.net. JHED Media BV. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  12. "Merhi takes advantage of rivals' collision". GPUpdate.net. JHED Media BV. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  13. "Merhi takes dominant victory at wet Hungaroring". GPUpdate.net. JHED Media BV. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  14. "Regalia to make FR3.5 debut with Zeta Corse". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com, Inc. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
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