DAMS explained

DAMS
Founded:1988
Base:Ruaudin, France
Principal:Yannick Hubert
Founders:Jean-Paul Driot
René Arnoux
Current Series:FIA Formula 2 Championship
Former Series:GP2 Series
GP3 Series
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Formula 3000
Formula Renault V6 Eurocup
ALMS
FIA GT Championship
FIA Sportscar Championship
A1 Grand Prix
Formula BMW Europe
GP2 Asia Series
Auto GP
Formula Le Mans
Porsche Supercup
Formula E
Current Drivers:Formula 2
Jak Crawford
Juan Manuel Correa
Website:https://damslucasoil.com

DAMS (formerly Driot-Arnoux Motorsport, currently Driot Associés Motor Sport; racing as DAMS Lucas Oil for sponsorship reasons) is an auto racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsport. DAMS was founded in 1988 by Jean-Paul Driot and Formula One driver René Arnoux.[1] In 2022 it was bought by ex-F1 driver Charles Pic.[2] It is headquartered near Le Mans, only 2 km from the Bugatti Circuit.

DAMS has enjoyed success in both drivers and team championships in multiple formula series across the world,[3] and has helped launch the careers of several high profile drivers.[4]

History

The year after its foundation, DAMS joined the International Formula 3000 Championship. They stayed in F3000 until 2001. DAMS were one of many French teams that were part of the Elf young driver sponsorship program.

Aside from F3000, DAMS planned to join the F1 World Championship in, with a car (the GD-01) developed by Reynard, but lack of funds prevented the team from advancing.

DAMS enter in sports car racing since 1997 until 2002 where it helped the Michel Vaillant movie, preparing and racing cars in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In August 2019, founder Jean-Paul Driot died, aged 68.[5] His two sons, Olivier and Gregory Driot, took over as co-team principals, until former Formula 1 driver Charles Pic bought the team in February 2022.[2]

Formula 3000/GP2 Series/FIA Formula 2 Championship

Right from its inception, the French team entered the FIA International Formula 3000 Championship, which they won in 1990 with Érik Comas, 1992 with Olivier Panis and 1994 with Jean-Christophe Boullion.

In 13 years, 1989 to 2001, DAMS won 4 team titles, 3 drivers titles, 21 wins, 19 pole positions and 19 fastest laps, making DAMS one of the most successful Formula 3000 teams with Super Nova Racing and Arden International.

The team competed in the GP2 Series since its beginning in 2005,[6] winning races with drivers José María López and Nicolas Lapierre.

DAMS was associated with the Toyota Drivers Program (TDP) from 2006 to 2009, and ran their drivers in the GP2 Series. In 2006, it was Franck Perera and then Kazuki Nakajima in 2007, who finished 5th in the GP2 championship and raced in the last Formula One Grand Prix of the season with Williams. Following this he won a full-time race seat with the team for 2008 and was retained for the 2009 season. In 2008, TDP driver Kamui Kobayashi replaced Nakajima at DAMS GP2 and became the Toyota Racing test driver.[7] Kobayashi stayed on in 2009, and was partnered by Jérôme d'Ambrosio for these two years. Neither driver was able to put together a consistent run of form in the main GP2 Series championships, but Kobayashi did win the 2008–09 Asian championship with the team.

D'Ambrosio remained with the team for 2010, and was paired with Ho-Pin Tung, who replaced the Sauber-bound Kobayashi. As part of an agreement with the Renault Formula One team, both were nominated as Renault F1 test drivers, and the DAMS GP2 cars were liveried in an identical yellow-and-black scheme to the Renault R30 chassis.[8] D'Ambrosio won the sprint race at Monaco, but his form thereafter was disappointing and he was rested for one of the rounds in favour of Romain Grosjean, another driver with Renault F1 links. Grosjean later got the opportunity to move into the team full-time when Tung, yet to score a point after 12 races, sustained a broken vertebra in a racing accident. D'Ambrosio, Grosjean and Tung finished 12th, 14th and 28th respectively in the drivers' championship, whilst DAMS finished sixth position in the teams' championship. Grosjean remained with the team for 2011, with Norwegian rookie Pål Varhaug replacing D'Ambrosio, who graduated to F1 with the Virgin Racing team. DAMS retained its links with Renault, although these were somewhat diluted by the F1 team's new sponsorship deal with Lotus Cars, which also backed the rival ART team in GP2. Grosjean dominated the year, winning both the Asian and main series championships. DAMS also won the Asian teams' title, but Varhaug's failure to score points in the main series saw the team beaten to the championship by Addax.

For the 2012 season, Grosjean moved to the Lotus (formerly Renault) Formula One team, and Varhaug switched to the Auto GP World Series; they were replaced by series veteran Davide Valsecchi and reigning British F3 champion Felipe Nasr. Valsecchi began the season strongly, winning an unprecedented three races in a row in Bahrain, and later prevailed over closest rival Luiz Razia to win the championship, whilst Nasr finished on the podium four times to finish tenth in the championship, the second-highest rookie behind James Calado. Between them, Valsecchi and Nasr scored enough points to win DAMS's first GP2 Teams' Championship, six points ahead of ART, competing under the Lotus GP banner.

The team wrapped up both the 2014 Drivers' and Teams' Championships, with Jolyon Palmer winning the former. DAMS went into the 2015 season with Red Bull Junior Team driver Pierre Gasly and 2014 GP3 champion Alex Lynn as their driver lineup. The team struggled in the Bahrain feature race with Gasly being involved in a fourth lap collision with Arthur Pic, Raffaele Marciello and Norman Nato and Lynn falling down the order after driving into the back of Alexander Rossi and damaging his front wing. Both drivers finished outside the points in the following day's sprint race. The team had an improved weekend in Barcelona, with Lynn taking his first GP2 victory in the sprint race and Gasly joining him on the podium in third.

In 2018, the team fielded Nicholas Latifi and Alexander Albon in the FIA Formula 2 Championship.[9] The team secured third place in the constructors' championship and took 5 wins during the season (4 for Albon and 1 for Latifi). The team's 2018 lineup will race together for the first time in three years in the 2022 Formula One World Championship for the Williams team.

For the 2019 season, the team hired Sérgio Sette Câmara to replace Albon, who was promoted to Formula 1 with Toro Rosso for 2019. They won the Teams' Championship with 418 points, and 6 wins (5 for Latifi, who was promoted to Formula 1 for 2020 to drive for Williams, and 2 for Sette Câmara, who later moved on to Formula E to drive for the GEOX Dragon team.

For the 2020 season, the team hired Sean Gelael and Dan Ticktum to race for them. After a disappointing season, the team slumped to 8th in the Teams' Championship, accumulating a total of 115.5 points, with Ticktum scoring both of their wins (at Spielberg, and at Silverstone.)

For the 2021 season, the team hired two new drivers Roy Nissany and Marcus Armstrong to replace the Carlin-bound Ticktum and the WEC-bound Gelael. Scoring only one win all year (through Armstrong at Jeddah, the team once again finished 8th in the Teams' Championship, with 65 points.

For the 2022 season, the team stayed with Nissany for another season and hired Japanese rookie Ayumu Iwasa. 2022 was seen as an improvement for DAMS, as they finished 6th in the Teams' Championship. They scored a total of 2 wins (both scored by Iwasa), and 161 points (141 for Iwasa, who finished 5th in the Drivers' Championship; and 20 for Nissany, who finished 19th.)

For the 2023 season, the team stuck with Iwasa for his second year in the category, and hired Monegasque rookie Arthur Leclerc from Prema's Formula 3 team.

A1 Grand Prix, Formula Renault and Formula E

In the 2003 and 2004 seasons, DAMS took part in the Formula Renault V6 Eurocup, which they won that same year with Argentinian José María López. In 2005 the team entered the World Series by Renault.[10] Since 2005, DAMS joined the GP2 Series but also the A1 Grand Prix where it serviced three teams.

Driot is one of the owners of the A1 Team France.[11] [12] DAMS also managed A1 Team Switzerland,[13] A1 Team Mexico[14] and later A1 Team South Africa[15] in the A1 Grand Prix championships. With A1 Team France, DAMS was the first winner of the series winning 13 of the 22 races including in the 2005–06 season.

For the 2007–08 season, A1 Team France and South Africa collaborated closely to finalize the car like it was previously done with A1 Team Switzerland.[16]

The team joined the new Formula E championship in 2014 under the name e.dams, with collaboration from Alain Prost.[17] Sébastien Buemi was runner-up in the inaugural season and champion in 2015–16, having claimed 8 wins and 13 podiums in 23 races. Nicolas Prost finished sixth and third respectively, claiming three wins. In the 2016–17 season, the team clinched their third straight constructors' title but Buemi lost the title to Lucas di Grassi at the final round in Montreal. Buemi also had to miss the New York City rounds due to commitments in the World Endurance Championship and was replaced by Pierre Gasly.

The following season saw the team's final season with Renault in Formula E fail to see any of their drivers win a single race in the championship. Their highest finish was 2nd for Buemi in Marrakesh. The team could only finish fifth in the constructors' championship. At the end of the season, Nicolas Prost left the team.

For the 2018–19 season, the team switched to Nissan and originally hired Alexander Albon to partner Buemi, however on 26 November 2018 Albon was released from his contract with the team to instead drive in the 2019 Formula One season with the Toro Rosso team. Four days later, the team signed Oliver Rowland, who raced for the team in the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship. As is traditional with Nissan factory teams, their car numbers are 22 and 23, since the numbers 2 and 3 are pronounced "ni" and "san" in Japanese.

Under the Nissan banner, the team couldn't win any championship. Their first powertrain named Nissan IM01 proved to be controversial as e.dams were the only team to use a dual-motor setup, having scored six poles with this powertrain. This was eventually outlawed in technical regulations for the 2019–20 season.[18] Despite being forced by rules to significantly change their powertrain design, Nissan e.dams improved in the COVID-impaced 2019–20 season, ending up second in Teams' Championship instead of fourth.

After two disappointing seasons in a row with a 10th place in the 2020–21 season and a 9th position in the 2021–22 season, Nismo decided to part ways with DAMS and operate the team on their own.[19]

Sports car racing

Starting from 1997, Driot's team diversified into sports car racing, entering the FIA GT Championship in partnership with Panoz. Splitting up in the following year, DAMS ran a Lola B98/10 with a Judd engine in the SportsRacing World Cup, winning four races, as well as participating in the American Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In 2000 and 2001, DAMS associated themselves with General Motors, preparing the works Cadillac Northstar LMP prototypes for the American Le Mans Series, FIA Sportscar Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but failed to get any competitive results.

DAMS (running the Bob Berridge Racing Lola) helped the Michel Vaillant movie crew in the 2002, 24 Hours of Le Mans entering with a Lola B98/10-Judd as Vaillante and a Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S-Élan as Leader.[20]

They then switched their effort to an FIA GT return. In 2003, they tried entering two Nissan 350Z, but once again funds prevented the French team from developing the Japanese car. In 2004, they teamed with Lamborghini and entered two Murciélago R-GT cars in the final rounds of the FIA GT Championship.

Notable drivers

Several drivers have enjoyed success during and after their time with DAMS, including Formula One Grand Prix winners Olivier Panis and Pierre Gasly, 24 Hours of Le Mans winners Allan McNish, Sébastien Bourdais, Kazuki Nakajima, Sébastien Buemi, Neel Jani, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López, as well as multiple Formula One drivers. Success has also been achieved by former drivers in US open wheel racing: Bourdais winning four consecutive Champ Car World Series title, and Marcus Ericsson winning the 2022 Indianapolis 500.

Drivers who have won titles while driving for DAMS include Sébastien Buemi in Formula E, Érik Comas, Jean-Christophe Boullion and Olivier Panis in Formula 3000, José María López in Formula Renault, Kevin Magnussen and Carlos Sainz, Jr. in the World Series by Renault, and GP2 winners Romain Grosjean, Davide Valsecchi and Jolyon Palmer.

Current series results

FIA Formula 2 Championship

YearChassisEngineTyresDriversRacesWinsPolesPodiums
Dallara
GP2/11
Mecachrome
V8108 V8
Oliver Rowland22211103rd1913rd369
Nicholas Latifi2110295th178
Dallara
F2 2018
Mecachrome
V634T V6 t
Alexander Albon2443083rd2123rd303
Nicholas Latifi2410339th91
Dallara
F2 2018
Mecachrome
V634T V6 t
Sérgio Sette Câmara2222284th2041st418
Nicholas Latifi2240382nd214
Dallara
F2 2018
Mecachrome
V634T V6 t
Sean Gelael14000021st38th115.5
Jüri Vips8000116th16
Dan Ticktum24101411th96.5
2021Dallara
F2 2018
Mecachrome
V634T V6 t
Roy Nissany23001116th168th65
Marcus Armstrong23100213th49
2022Dallara
F2 2018
Mecachrome
V634T V6 t
Roy Nissany26000019th206th161
Luca Ghiotto2000025th0
Ayumu Iwasa2822165th141
Dallara
F2 2018
Mecachrome
V634T V6 t
Ayumu Iwasa2631364th1654th214
Arthur Leclerc26001115th49
2024Dallara
F2 2024
Mecachrome
V634T V6 t
align=left Jak Crawford2010145th1006th*131*
align=left Juan Manuel Correa20000116th31

In detail

(key)

YearDrivers12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728Points
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
BAK
FEA
BAK
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
JER
FEA
JER
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
3rd369
Oliver Rowland5332197Ret433171P2DSQ8Ret112F3DSQ7
Nicholas Latifi11463Ret133328812F6DNS93F164253
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
BAK
FEA
BAK
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
LEC
FEA
LEC
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SOC
FEA
SOC
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
3rd303
Alexander Albon4131P135P2RetPRetRet7551751533Ret13148
Nicholas Latifi11105314F898F781181716Ret1681F542RetRet15
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
BAK
FEA
BAK
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
LEC
FEA
LEC
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SOC
FEA
SOC
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
1st418
32Ret6NC17362P55F14F1753CC5Ret561P3
Nicholas Latifi134116F121056962517CC131024F72F
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MUG
FEA
MUG
SPR
SOC
FEA
SOC
SPR
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
8th115.5
Sean GelaelRetRet107171215RetRetDNS19†DNS13141917
Jüri Vips111111973Ret18
Dan Ticktum53829NC811579106107DSQ1717F10891283
BHR
SP1
BHR
SP2
BHR
FEA
MON
SP1
MON
SP2
MON
FEA
BAK
SP1
BAK
SP2
BAK
FEA
SIL
SP1
SIL
SP2
SIL
FEA
MNZ
SP1
MNZ
SP2
MNZ
FEA
SOC
SP1
SOC
SP2
SOC
FEA
JED
SP1
JED
SP2
JED
FEA
YMC
SP1
YMC
SP2
YMC
FEA
8th65
Roy Nissany1215Ret3Ret9161616Ret1216Ret18816C151311151417F13
Marcus ArmstrongRet10510RetRet7RetRet92121115911C111Ret810Ret7
BHR
SPR
BHR
FEA
JED
SPR
JED
FEA
IMO
SPR
IMO
FEA
CAT
SPR
CAT
FEA
MON
SPR
MON
FEA
BAK
SPR
BAK
FEA
SIL
SPR
SIL
FEA
RBR
SPR
RBR
FEA
LEC
SPR
LEC
FEA
HUN
SPR
HUN
FEA
SPA
SPR
SPA
FEA
ZAN
SPR
ZAN
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MNZ
FEA
YMC
SPR
YMC
FEA
6th161
Roy Nissany128984Ret15109Ret10Ret14Ret139169191811191516EXEX810
Luca Ghiotto13Ret
Ayumu Iwasa81667952121917†8142F121076183P976316DSQ131P
BHR
SPR
BHR
FEA
JED
SPR
JED
FEA
ALB
SPR
ALB
FEA
BAK
SPR
BAK
FEA
MCO
SPR
MCO
FEA
CAT
SPR
CAT
FEA
RBR
SPR
RBR
FEA
SIL
SPR
SIL
FEA
HUN
SPR
HUN
FEA
SPA
SPR
SPA
FEA
ZAN
SPR
ZAN
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MNZ
FEA
YMC
SPR
YMC
FEA
4th214
align=left nowrap Ayumu Iwasa4814131PRet1111084112F21F52F47Ret1313Ret284
align=left nowrap Arthur Leclerc126118F4316†1014Ret9913Ret89151391111147Ret216
BHR
SPR
BHR
FEA
JED
SPR
JED
FEA
ALB
SPR
ALB
FEA
IMO
SPR
IMO
FEA
MCO
SPR
MCO
FEA
CAT
SPR
CAT
FEA
RBR
SPR
RBR
FEA
SIL
SPR
SIL
FEA
HUN
SPR
HUN
FEA
SPA
SPR
SPA
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MNZ
FEA
BAK
SPR
BAK
FEA
LUS
SPR
LUS
FEA
YMC
SPR
YMC
FEA
6th*131*
align=left nowrap Jak Crawford2Ret54910F14713Ret416106391753
align=left nowrap Juan Manuel Correa12RetRet14111415812583161412208161711

* Season still in progress.

Former series results

Formula 3000

International Formula 3000 Championship Results[21]
YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesFast lapsPoints
1989Lola T89/50-Mugen Érik Comas9223392nd1st
Éric Bernard10133253rd
1990Lola-Mugen Érik Comas11432511st1st
Allan McNish11211264th
1991Lola-Mugen Laurent Aïello9010415th8th
Allan McNish8000216th
1992Lola T92/50-Cosworth Jean-Marc Gounon10100196th5th
Frédéric Gosparini70000NC
Jérôme Policand90000NC
Éric Hélary10000NC
1993Reynard 93D-Cosworth Olivier Panis9322321st1st
Franck Lagorce8211214th
1994Reynard 94D-Cosworth Jean-Christophe Boullion8301361st1st
Guillaume Gomez8010127th
1995Reynard-Cosworth Tarso Marques7122155th4th
Guillaume Gomez701288th
1996Lola T96/50-Zytek Judd Laurent Rédon900078th8th
Jean-Philippe Belloc100000NC
1997Lola T96/50-Zytek Judd Jamie Davies9111224th5th
Grégoire de Galzain60000NC
1998Lola T96/50-Zytek Judd Jamie Davies12000810th9th
Grégoire de Galzain90000NC
1999Lola B99/50-Zytek Franck Montagny10000610th10th
David Terrien60000NC
2000Lola B99/50-Zytek Franck Montagny10000515th11th
Kristian Kolby6000223rd
2001Lola B99/50-Zytek Sébastien Bourdais12111264th4th
Derek Hill120000NC

FIA GT Championship

FIA GT Championship results[22]
YearClassCarDriversRacesWinsPolesFast lapsPoints
1997GT1Panoz Esperante GTR-1
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
Franck Lagorce
Éric Bernard
90000NC
1998GT1Panoz Esperante GTR-1
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
Éric Bernard
David Brabham
Johnny O'Connell
Christophe Tinseau
Franck Lagorce
10000175th

24 Hours of Le Mans

24 Hours of Le Mans results[23]
YearClassNoTyresCarDriversPoleFast
lap
LapsPos.Class
Pos.
1997GT152Panoz Esperante GTR-1
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
Franck Lagorce
Éric Bernard
Jean-Christophe Boullion
nono149
(DNF)
28th13th
1998GT144Panoz Esperante GTR-1
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
with Panoz Motorsports Inc.
Éric Bernard
Christophe Tinseau
Johnny O'Connell
nono236
(DNF)
26th11th
1999LMP25Lola B98/10
Judd GV4 4.0L V10
Christophe Tinseau
Franck Montagny
David Terrien
nono77
(DNF)
37th15th
2000LMP9003Cadillac Northstar LMP
Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8
Éric Bernard
Emmanuel Collard
Franck Montagny
nono30019th9th
LMP9004Cadillac Northstar LMP
Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8
Marc Goossens
Christophe Tinseau
Kristian Kolby
nono4
(DNF)
47th19th
2001LMP9006Cadillac Northstar LMP
Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8
Wayne Taylor
Max Angelelli
Christophe Tinseau
nono27015th5th
LMP9005Cadillac Northstar LMP
Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8
Éric Bernard
Emmanuel Collard
Marc Goossens
nono56
(DNF)
38th15th
2002LMP90010Lola B98/10
Judd GV4 4.0L V10
(Vaillante Camera Car)
with Bob Berridge Racing
Philippe Gache
Emanuele Clerico
Michel Neugarten
nono150
(NC)
27th12th
LMP90022Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
(Leader Camera Car)
Jérôme Policand
Marc Duez
Perry McCarthy
nono98
(DNF)
42nd18th

American Le Mans Series

American Le Mans Series results[24]
YearClassCarDriversRacesWinsPolesFast lapsPoints
1999LMPLola B98/10-Judd Jean-Marc Gounon
Christophe Tinseau
Franck Montagny
40002614th
2000LMPCadillac Northstar LMP-Cadillac Northstar Emmanuel Collard
Éric Bernard
1000877th
LMPCadillac Northstar LMP-Cadillac Northstar Christophe Tinseau
Marc Goossens
1000

FIA Sportscar Championship

FIA Sportscar Championship results[25]
YearClassCarDriversRacesWinsPolesFast lapsPoints
1999SRLola B98/10-Judd GV4 4.0L V10 Jean-Marc Gounon
Éric Bernard
Christophe Tinseau
10353803rd
2000SRCadillac Northstar LMP-Cadillac Northstar Emmanuel Collard
Éric Bernard
3000148th
SRCadillac Northstar LMP-Cadillac Northstar Christophe Tinseau
Marc Goossens
3000

Formula Renault V6 Eurocup

Formula Renault V6 Eurocup results[26]
YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesFast lapsPoints
2003Tatuus-Renault V4Y RS José María López185875051st2nd
Davide di Benedetto1000149th
Christian Murchison70006910th
Mike den Tandt30006211th
Adam Khan6000422nd
2004Tatuus-Renault V4Y RS Neel Jani19482394th3rd
Bruce Lorgère-Roux15007214th
José María López401227th

GP2 Series

YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesPoints
2005Dallara GP2/05-Mecachrome José María López231003369th7th
Fairuz Fauzy230000024th
2006Dallara GP2/05-Mecachrome Franck Perera210001817th12th
Ferdinando Monfardini210000621st
2007Dallara GP2/05-Mecachrome Kazuki Nakajima210135445th5th
Nicolas Lapierre2121222312th
2008Dallara GP2/08-Mecachrome Jérôme d'Ambrosio2000022111th8th
Kamui Kobayashi2010211016th
2009Dallara GP2/08-Mecachrome Jérôme d'Ambrosio200003299th6th
Kamui Kobayashi2000011316th
2010Dallara GP2/08-Mecachrome Jérôme d'Ambrosio1811022112th6th
Romain Grosjean800021414th
Ho-Pin Tung140000028th
2011Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome Romain Grosjean1851610891st2nd
Pål Varhaug180000023rd
2012Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome Davide Valsecchi24425102471st1st
Felipe Nasr2400049510th
2013Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome Marcus Ericsson2212451216th4th
Stéphane Richelmi2201011038th
2014Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome Jolyon Palmer22436122761st1st
Stéphane Richelmi221102739th
2015Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome Pierre Gasly2103141108th4th
Alex Lynn2122141106th
2016Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome Alex Lynn2230051246th5th
Nicholas Latifi2200012316th

In detail

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearChassis
Engine
Tyres
Drivers123456789101112131415161718192021222324Points
2005GP2/05
Renault
SMR
FEA
SMR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
MAG
FEA
MAG
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
7th36
José María López21161Ret13142Ret9Ret1310RetRet67RetRet10844
Fairuz Fauzy1712127Ret14101410RetRetRet16Ret13Ret15141113151110
2006GP2/05
Renault
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SMR
FEA
SMR
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
MAG
FEA
MAG
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
11th14
Ferdinando Monfardini12Ret129Ret10669RetDNS8RetRet121161812RetRet
Franck Perera1114Ret14Ret1513Ret2Ret10Ret1214119Ret1281515
2007GP2/05
Renault
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MAG
FEA
MAG
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
5th67
Kazuki Nakajima1761571017633332Ret6RetDSQ18Ret937
Nicolas Lapierre71RetDNSRet8RetRetDNS9RetRet1415Ret1017121Ret21
2008GP2/08
Renault
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
FEA
MAG
FEA
MAG
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
8th31
Jérôme d'AmbrosioRet15RetRet976Ret912Ret109Ret528276
Kamui Kobayashi81Ret9Ret18Ret9Ret7Ret18118Ret6914Ret13
2009GP2/08
Renault
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
FEA
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
ALG
FEA
ALG
SPR
6th42
Jérôme d'Ambrosio3362Ret15191210716Ret94RetRet44Ret10
Kamui Kobayashi85Ret12RetNCRet17931388117111717619
2010GP2/08
Renault
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
6th35
Jérôme d'AmbrosioRet1381108Ret811116RetRetRet52148
Romain Grosjean201936131763
Ho-Pin Tung1310RetRet119Ret13Ret15Ret14RetDNS
2011GP2/11
Mecachrome
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
2nd89
Romain Grosjean110DSQ9431Ret41311334321
Pål Varhaug1821158Ret2113101623Ret1713Ret13181110
2012GP2/11
Mecachrome
SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
BHR1
FEA
BHR1
SPR
BHR2
FEA
BHR2
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MRN
FEA
MRN
SPR
1st342
Davide Valsecchi2Ret1113434Ret181072137243Ret6145
Felipe Nasr63Ret611511917RetRet14634325882Ret2167
2013GP2/11
Mecachrome
SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MRN
FEA
MRN
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
4th224
Marcus EricssonRet1313RetRet20Ret1811811324215Ret237236
Stéphane Richelmi84Ret131515982195Ret597442544Ret20
2014GP2/11
Mecachrome
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SOC
FEA
SOC
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
1st349
Jolyon Palmer3122175624364263811102Ret
Stéphane Richelmi1951078114108610RetRet11211243221859
2015GP2/11
Mecachrome
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SOC
FEA
SOC
SPR
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
3rd220
Pierre GaslyRet22731410136432819RetRet1225675C
Alex Lynn19155113113205619118Ret10Ret10838C
2016GP2/11
Mecachrome
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
BAK
FEA
BAK
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
5th147
Alex Lynn6145Ret9113161412Ret7131012541281
Nicholas Latifi27RetRetRet1310Ret11101612141713916151410912

GP2 Asia Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearChassis
Engine
Tyres
Drivers123456789101112Points
2008GP2/05
Renault
DUB1
FEA
DUB1
SPR
SEN
FEA
SEN
SPR
SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
DUB2
FEA
DUB2
SPR
4th34
Jérôme d'Ambrosio118RetRet3Ret111273
Kamui Kobayashi13RetRet1551312014
2008–09GP2/05
Renault
SHI
FEA
SHI
SPR
DUB3
FEA
DUB3
SPR
BHR1
FEA
BHR1
SPR
LSL
FEA
LSL
SPR
SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
BHR2
FEA
BHR2
SPR
1st92
Jérôme d'Ambrosio957C2357RetDSQ32
Kamui Kobayashi2Ret1C164182745
2009–10GP2/05
Renault
YMC1
FEA
YMC1
SPR
YMC2
FEA
YMC2
SPR
BHR1
FEA
BHR1
SPR
BHR2
FEA
BHR2
SPR
7th12
Christian Vietoris61Ret14149Ret14
Edoardo Piscopo97Ret161558DNS
2011GP2/11
Mecachrome
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
IMO
FEA
IMO
SPR
1st25
Romain Grosjean2Ret17
Pål VarhaugRet20136

A1 Grand Prix

A1 Grand Prix Results[27]
YearCarTeamRacesWinsPolesFast lapsPoints
2005–06Lola A1GP-Zytek A1 Team France2213351721st
A1 Team Switzerland221201212nd
A1 Team Mexico221105910th
2006–07Lola A1GP-Zytek A1 Team France22000674th
A1 Team Mexico220013510th
A1 Team South Africa221112414th
2007–08Lola A1GP-Zytek A1 Team France201211184th
A1 Team Mexico200012216th
A1 Team South Africa20242965th
2008–09A1GP-Ferrari A1 Team France14101475th
A1 Team South Africa140001914th

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

World Series by Renault results[28]
YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF/lapsPodiumsPoints
2005Dallara T05-Renault Alx Danielsson900013215th11th
Pastor Maldonado80000425th
Ferdinando Monfardini20000128th
Alex Lloyd10000040th
Nicolas Prost20000041st
Raffaele Giammaria40000043rd
2012Dallara T12-Zytek Arthur Pic1712221028th9th
Lucas Foresti170000823rd
2013Dallara T12-Zytek Kevin Magnussen17584132741st1st
Norman Nato1701003313th
2014Dallara T12-Zytek Carlos Sainz, Jr.1777672271st1st
Norman Nato172112897th
2015Dallara T12-Zytek Nyck de Vries1711161603rd2nd
Dean Stoneman1700041306th

GP3 Series

YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesPoints
2016Dallara GP3/16-Mecachrome Santino Ferrucci1600013412th 5th
Jake Hughes161123699th
Kevin Jörg1600001317th
2017Dallara GP3/16-Mecachrome Dan Ticktum500113611th6th
Tatiana Calderón150000718th
Santino Ferrucci60000319th
Bruno Baptista150000120th
Matthieu Vaxivière40000022nd

In detail

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearChassis
Engine
Tyres
Drivers123456789101112131415161718Points
2016GP3/16
Mecachrome
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
4th152
Santino Ferrucci15111510184151194731911RetRet915
Jake Hughes2886Ret17231981RetRet310Ret1271
Kevin Jörg5713141511109141011RetNC12121148
2017GP3/16
Mecachrome
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
JER
FEA
JER
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
6th48
Santino Ferrucci98Ret13Ret9
Matthieu Vaxivière1212Ret15
Dan Ticktum13C4Ret43
Tatiana Calderón14Ret13121415Ret1316137C1381615
Bruno Baptista161314Ret151410RetRet1610C1613109

Formula E

valign=middleYearvalign=middleChassisPowertrainTyresNo.Drivers12345678910111213141516valign=middlePoints
Team e.dams-Renault
2014–15Spark SRT01-eSRT01-eBEIPUTPDEBUEMIALBHMCOBERMSCLDN2321st
8 Nicolas Prost12†4721146108710
9 Sébastien BuemiRet31Ret13412915
Renault e.dams
2015–16Spark SRT01-eRenault Z.E.15BEIPUTPDEBUEMEXLBHBERLDN2701st
8 Nicolas ProstRet1055311 4 4 1 1
9 Sébastien Buemi112122163 1 5Ret
2016–17Spark SRT01-eRenault Z.E.16HKGMRKBUEMEXMCOPARBERNYCMTL2681st
8 Nicolas Prost44459558866Ret
9 Sébastien Buemi1111311DSQ1DSQ11
Pierre Gasly74
2017–18Spark SRT01-eRenault Z.E. 17HKGMRKSCLMEXPDERMEPARBERZURNYC1335th
8 Nicolas Prost981310Ret15141614Ret1011
9 Sébastien Buemi1110233Ret654534
Nissan e.dams
2018–19Spark SRT05eNissan IM01ADRMRKSCLMEXHKGSYXRMEPARMCOBERBRNNYC1904th
22 Oliver Rowland715Ret20†Ret261228Ret146
23 Sébastien Buemi68Ret21†Ret851552313
2019–20Spark SRT05eNissan IM02DIRSCLMEXMRKBERBERBER1672nd
22 Oliver Rowland451779147651Ret
23 Sébastien BuemiRet12133472113103
2020–21Spark SRT05eNissan IM02
Nissan IM03
DIRRMEVLCMCOPUENYCLDNBERBER9710th
22 Oliver Rowland671216DSQ46DSQ3719DSQ18132
23 Sébastien Buemi13Ret510Ret1111DSQ14615DSQ131114
2021–22Spark SRT05eNissan IM03DIRMEXRMEMCOBERJAKMRKNYCLONSEO369th
22 Maximilian Günther12149Ret1117181614Ret12DSQ81511Ret
23 Sébastien Buemi17138169814141116513116Ret9
2022–23

Nissan Formula E Team

Notes

Timeline

Current series
FIA Formula 2 Championship2017–present
Former series
International Formula 30001989–2001
FIA GT Championship1997–1998, 2004
24 Hours of Le Mans1997–2002
American Le Mans Series1999–2000
FIA Sportscar Championship1999–2000
Formula Renault V6 Eurocup2003–2004
Formula Renault 3.5 Series2005, 2012–2015
GP2 Series2005–2016
A1 Grand Prix2005–2009
Formula BMW Europe2008–2010
GP2 Asia Series2008–2011
Formula Le Mans2009–2010
Auto GP2010–2011
Porsche Supercup2013
GP3 Series2016–2017
Formula E2014–2022

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.dams.fr/teamdams-historic.php Team history
  2. News: Cobb. Haydn. Former F1 driver Charles Pic to take over DAMS team. 17 February 2022. autosport.com. Motorsport Network. 17 February 2022. 12 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220412082153/https://www.autosport.com/formula-e/news/former-f1-driver-charles-pic-to-take-over-dams-team/8236452/. live.
  3. Web site: History . 10 June 2022 . 10 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220610053437/https://dams.fr/en/history/ . live .
  4. Web site: Previous drivers . 10 June 2022 . 29 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220529083710/https://dams.fr/en/previous-drivers/ . live .
  5. Web site: DAMS founder and e.dams team principal Jean-Paul Driot dies aged 68. 7 August 2019. 4 August 2019. Autosport. 7 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190807000335/https://www.autosport.com/f2/news/145217/dams-founder-driot-dies-aged-68. live.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20060203044004/http://www.gp2series.com/en//website/dams/presentation/ DAMS presentation at gp2series.com
  7. http://www.automobilsport.com/gp2-series-dams-signs-kobayashi-kamui-japanese-driver-toyota-drivers-program-yoshinori-arimatsu-motorsport---30403.html DAMS signs Kobayashi for 2008 season
  8. Web site: English. Steven. Renault's d'Ambrosio, Tung join DAMS. Haymarket Publishing. autosport.com. 1 February 2010. 1 February 2010. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204122/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81176. live.
  9. News: Gruz. David. DAMS confirms Latifi for 2018, Albon for Bahrain only. 14 April 2018. motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. 14 April 2018. 14 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180414234013/https://www.motorsport.com/fia-f2/news/dams-confirms-latifi-for-2018-albon-for-bahrain-only-1021418/. live.
  10. http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns13835.html Renault World Series claims 30 cars
  11. http://france.a1gp.com/fra/principal.php Driot, directeur principal
  12. http://a1podium.com/teamFRA.php A1 Team France information
  13. http://a1podium.com/teamSUI.php A1 Team Switzerland information
  14. http://a1podium.com/teamMEX.php A1 Team Mexico information
  15. http://a1podium.com/teamRSA.php A1 Team Switzerland information
  16. News: Team France and RSA to continue to work together . GPUpdate.net . 14 August 2007 . 1 February 2011 . 26 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120426175241/http://www.gpupdate.net/en/a1gp-news/163087/team-france-and-rsa-to-continue-to-work-together/ . live .
  17. http://www.racer.com/alain-prost-joins-with-dams-to-field-formula-e-squad/article/317847/ Alain Prost joins with DAMS to field Formula E squad
  18. News: Nissan e.dams 'surprised' by FIA decision to outlaw 'innovative' powertrain. 25 June 2021. FIA Formula E. 21 June 2019. 25 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210625091503/https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2019/june/nissan-surprised-at-dual-motor-ban. live.
  19. Web site: 2022-04-12 . Nissan acquires e.dams race team . 2023-01-20 . Official Global Newsroom . en.
  20. http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=91637&FS=LEMANS Preliminary practice Lola Cars notes
  21. http://www.speedsportmag.com/en/gp2_series_fia_formula_3000/gp2_series_fia_formula_3000.php GP2 and Formula 3000 entry list and complete results
  22. http://wsrp.ic.cz/fiagt.html FIA GT complete results
  23. http://wsrp.ic.cz/nonchamp.html 24h of Le Mans complete results
  24. http://wsrp.ic.cz/alms.html ALMS complete results
  25. http://wsrp.ic.cz/fiascc.html FIA Sportscar complete results
  26. http://www.speedsportmag.com/en/asia_formula_renault_v6_eurocup/asia_formula_renault_v6_eurocup.php FRV6 Eurocup complete results
  27. http://results.a1gp.com/cp.php?l=0&d=201&r=2012005&c=0 A1GP complete
  28. http://www.speedsportmag.com/en/formula_renault_35_world_series_formula_nissan_v6/formula_renault_35_world_series_formula_nissan_v6.php WSbR complete results