Josef Kaufmann Racing

Josef Kaufmann Racing
Founded	1982
Founder(s)	Josef Kaufmann
Base	Wolsfeld, Germany
Team principal(s)	Lars Kaufmann
Former series	Formula BMW Europe; Formula BMW ADAC; Formula Renault Germany; German Formula Three Championship; Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0; Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Teams'; Championships	Formula BMW Europe:; 2008, 2010; Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0:; 2012, 2015-2016; Formula Renault 2.0 NEC:; 2014, 2015-2016
Drivers'; Championships	German Formula Three Championship:; 1985: Volker Weidler; 1994: Arnd Meier (B-Cup); Formula Renault Germany:; 1991: Joachim Beule; Formula BMW ADAC:; 2005: Nico Hülkenberg; 2006: Christian Vietoris; Formula BMW Europe:; 2008: Esteban Gutiérrez; 2010: Robin Frijns; Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0:; 2011: Robin Frijns; 2012: Stoffel Vandoorne; 2016: Lando Norris; 2017: Sacha Fenestraz; Formula Renault 2.0 NEC:; 2015: Louis Delétraz; 2016: Lando Norris
Website	http://www.jk-racing.de/

Josef Kaufmann Racing is a motorsport team from Germany. It mainly operates in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 as well as Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. The team was founded in 1982.

History

In 1982, Josef Kaufmann Racing was founded by Josef Kaufmann, who was a racing driver and raced in his own team in the German Formula Three Championship. In the first year of the team's existence Gerhard Berger and Kaufmann finished third and fourth respectively in the German Formula 3.^[1] Josef Kaufmann Racing first drivers' title was achieved by Volker Weidler, who won the German Formula Three Championship in 1985.^[2] Their next success was in 1994, when Arnd Meier won B-Cup of the German F3 Championship. The team remained in the German Formula Three Championship till 2002.

In 2003 the team decided to concentrate on Formula BMW ADAC championship, which they joined in 2002. Nico Hülkenberg won their first Formula BMW ADAC title in 2005. The success was repeated in the following year by Christian Vietoris. In 2008, ADAC series was merged with UK series into Formula BMW Europe. Esteban Gutiérrez brought their first title in the series and with help of Kazeem Manzur and Marco Wittmann their first teams' title ever.^[3] The team repeated titles in both the drivers' and teams' championships in 2010 with Robin Frijns.

As Formula BMW Europe was folded, the German outfit decided to move to Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 in 2011 and Frijns won another drivers' title for the team.^[4] Stoffel Vandoorne achieved their second Eurocup title in the following season.^[5] Lando Norris collected another Eurocup drivers' championship for the German squad in 2016.^[6] Also the team won the teams' championship in Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup in 2014 and 2015, as well as drivers' title for Louis Delétraz.^[7]

For the 2017 and seasons, the team signed Sacha Fenestraz,^[8] Luis Leeds^[9] and French F4 champion Yifei Ye.^[10] The team failed to defend teams' title but Sacha Fenestraz achieved drivers' title.^[11]

In 2018, the team retained Ye and hired former Red Bull Junior Richard Verschoor and karting champion and Toyota Racing Series race winner Clément Novalak, with Ye claiming third in the drivers' standings.^[12]^[13] At the end of the season, the team withdrew from the championship.^[14]

Former series results

Formula BMW ADAC

Formula BMW ADAC results
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2002	Mygale FB02–BMW	Hannes Neuhauser	20	1	2	1	4	145	3rd	N/A
2003	Mygale FB02–BMW	Christopher Wassermann	20	1	0	0	1	62	12th	N/A
2003	Mygale FB02–BMW	Christian Paar	20	0	0	0	1	36	15th	N/A
2004	Mygale FB02–BMW	Adrian Zaugg	20	0	0	0	0	55	7th	N/A
2004	Mygale FB02–BMW	Benjamin Leuchter	20	0	0	0	0	4	19th	N/A
2005	Mygale FB02–BMW	Nico Hülkenberg	20	8	9	6	13	287	1st	N/A
		Nick de Bruijn	20	0	2	1	3	109	5th
		Natacha Gachnang	20	0	0	0	3	90	6th
2006	Mygale FB02–BMW	Christian Vietoris	18	9	9	3	16	277	1st	N/A
		Nick de Bruijn	18	1	1	3	5	120	5th
		Patrick Kronenberg	10	0	0	0	0	8	17th
		Daniel Campos-Hull	8	0	0	0	0	4	18th
2007	Mygale FB02–BMW	Adrien Tambay	18	2	2	0	7	573	4th	2nd
		Marco Wittmann	18	2	4	2	6	570	5th
		Mathjis Harkema	18	0	0	0	0	376	9th

Formula BMW Europe

Formula BMW Europe results
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2008	Mygale FB02–BMW	Esteban Gutiérrez	16	7	3	8	12	353	1st	1st
		Marco Wittmann	16	1	1	1	11	327	2nd
		Kazeem Manzur	16	0	0	0	0	48	18th
2009	Mygale FB02–BMW	Robin Frijns	16	1	1	1	6	265	3rd	2nd
		Facundo Regalia	16	0	0	0	0	148	8th
		Kazeem Manzur	16	0	0	0	2	107	11th
2010	Mygale FB02–BMW	Robin Frijns	16	6	3	3	13	383	1st	1st
		Hannes van Asseldonk	16	0	0	1	2	176	7th
		Petri Suvanto	16	0	0	0	0	100	11th

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2011	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Robin Frijns	14	5	1	0	9	245	1st	2nd
		Óscar Andrés Tunjo	14	0	0	0	0	58	10th
		Mathieu Jaminet	14	0	0	0	0	15	16th
2012	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Stoffel Vandoorne	14	4	6	3	11	245	1st	1st
		Alex Riberas	14	0	0	2	0	62	9th
		Pieter Schothorst	14	0	0	0	0	2	28th
2013	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Óscar Tunjo	14	0	0	0	2	99	6th	5th
		Steijn Schothorst	14	0	0	0	1	62	14th
		Gustav Malja	14	0	0	0	0	4	20th
2014	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Kevin Jörg	14	1	0	0	2	87	6th	5th
		Gustav Malja	14	0	0	0	1	62	14th
		Ryan Tveter	12	0	0	0	0	1	23rd
		Louis Delétraz	2	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC†
2015	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Louis Delétraz	14	3	0	0	2	87	2nd	1st
		Kevin Jörg	14	1	0	0	1	62	3rd
		Nikita Mazepin	6	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC†
		Dries Vanthoor	2	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC†
2016	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Lando Norris	15	5	6	4	12	253	1st	1st
		Robert Shwartzman	15	0	0	0	1	75	8th
		Jehan Daruvala	15	0	0	1	1	62	9th
2017	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Sacha Fenestraz	23	7	9	5	18	367.5	1st	2nd
		Yifei Ye	23	0	0	1	3	106.5	8th
		Luis Leeds	23	0	0	0	0	7	19th
2018	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Clément Novalak	4	0	0	0	0	0	23rd	3rd
		Richard Verschoor	4	0	0	0	0	6	15th
		Yifei Ye	4	1	1	2	3	58	2nd

^† Guest driver, who was ineligible for championship points.

Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup results
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2010	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Robin Frijns	3	1	0	1	2	70	14th	N/A
2010	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Côme Ledogar	5	0	0	0	0	59	16th	N/A
2011	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Robin Frijns	12	1	1	2	7	238	4th	5th
		Óscar Andrés Tunjo	7	0	0	0	1	63	23rd
		Mathieu Jaminet	5	0	0	0	0	27	31st
2012	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Stoffel Vandoorne	7	5	4	5	6	176	9th	4th
		Alex Riberas	6	1	2	0	0	97	16th
		Pieter Schothorst	8	0	0	0	0	45	30th
2013	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Dennis Olsen	16	0	1	0	3	211	3rd	N/A
		Steijn Schothorst	10	3	2	2	4	202	5th
		Óscar Tunjo	7	1	3	1	3	118	13th
		Gustav Malja	7	0	0	0	2	98	15th
2014	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Louis Delétraz	15	1	1	0	5	242	2nd	1st
		Gustav Malja	14	2	1	1	4	193	5th
		Ryan Tveter	15	0	0	0	1	150	9th
		Kevin Jörg	7	2	3	3	3	118	13th
2015	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Louis Delétraz	16	9	12	8	12	378	1st	1st
		Kevin Jörg	16	2	2	3	11	305	2nd
		Dries Vanthoor	16	1	0	0	2	181	6th
		Nikita Mazepin	16	0	0	0	1	125.5	12th
2016	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Lando Norris	15	6	10	4	11	326	1st	1st
		Jehan Daruvala	15	1	1	2	5	223	4th
		Robert Shwartzman	15	2	1	2	2	206	6th
2017	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Sacha Fenestraz	7	5	4	3	7	108	6th	2nd
		Yifei Ye	7	2	2	2	5	104	8th
		James Pull	4	0	0	0	0	28‡	13th‡
		Luis Leeds	5	0	0	0	0	28	19th
2018	Barazi-Epsilon–Renault	Clément Novalak	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC†	NC†
		Richard Verschoor	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
		Yifei Ye	8	1	0	0	5	0	NC†

‡Shared position and points for the other team.

† ineligible for championship points.

Timeline

Former series
German Formula Three Championship	1982–1990, 1994–2002, 2006–2008
Formula Renault Germany	1991–1993
Formula BMW ADAC	2002–2007
Formula BMW Europe	2008–2010
Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup	2010–2018
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	2011–2018

References

^ "Formula 3 Germany 1982 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
^ "Formula 3 Germany 1985 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
^ "2008 winner's profile — Esteban Gutierrez". motorsport.com. 14 September 2008. Archived from the original on 17 November 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
^ Allen, Peter (19 September 2011). "Robin Frijns conquers Europe again". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
^ Allen, Peter (21 October 2012). "Vandoorne takes Eurocup crown despite retirement from chaotic finale". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
^ Allen, Peter (25 September 2016). "Norris takes Eurocup title with second to Boccolacci at Spa". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
^ David, Gruz (4 October 2015). "Deletraz seals FR2.0 NEC title with commanding win in the rain". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
^ "Fenestraz firms up Kaufmann switch for 2017 Formula Renault season". 14 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
^ "Luis Leeds set for TRS and FR2.0 campaigns in 2017". 16 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
^ "Fenestraz e Yifei con Kaufmann. Palmer rimane col team R-Ace (Fenestraz and Yifei Kaufmann. Palmer remains with the R-Ace)". 14 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
^ Waring, Bethonie (29 October 2017). "Sacha Fenestraz crowned Eurocup champion as Shwartzman wins again at Barcelona". formulascout.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
^ Hensby, Paul (2 December 2017). "Verschoor Loses Red Bull Backing but Signs on at Josef Kaufmann Racing for 2018". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
^ "Clement Novalak to contest both Formula Renault Eurocup and British F3". 21 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
^ Allen, Peter (December 10, 2018). "Josef Kaufmann Racing withdraws from Formula Renault Eurocup". FormulaScout. Retrieved December 10, 2018.

External links

Official website

Achievements
Preceded by none	Formula BMW Europe Teams' Champion 2008	Succeeded by Eurointernational
Preceded by Eurointernational	Formula BMW Europe Teams' Champion 2010	Succeeded by none
Preceded by Koiranen GP	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Teams' Champion 2012	Succeeded by Tech 1 Racing
Preceded by Fortec Motorsports	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Teams' Champion 2014-2016	Succeeded by R-ace GP
Preceded by Koiranen GP	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Teams' Champion 2015-2016	Succeeded by R-ace GP

[1] "Formula 3 Germany 1982 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

[2] "Formula 3 Germany 1985 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

[3] "2008 winner's profile — Esteban Gutierrez". motorsport.com. 14 September 2008. Archived from the original on 17 November 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

[4] Allen, Peter (19 September 2011). "Robin Frijns conquers Europe again". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

[5] Allen, Peter (21 October 2012). "Vandoorne takes Eurocup crown despite retirement from chaotic finale". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

[6] Allen, Peter (25 September 2016). "Norris takes Eurocup title with second to Boccolacci at Spa". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

[7] David, Gruz (4 October 2015). "Deletraz seals FR2.0 NEC title with commanding win in the rain". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

[8] "Fenestraz firms up Kaufmann switch for 2017 Formula Renault season". 14 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.

[9] "Luis Leeds set for TRS and FR2.0 campaigns in 2017". 16 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

[10] "Fenestraz e Yifei con Kaufmann. Palmer rimane col team R-Ace (Fenestraz and Yifei Kaufmann. Palmer remains with the R-Ace)". 14 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.

[11] Waring, Bethonie (29 October 2017). "Sacha Fenestraz crowned Eurocup champion as Shwartzman wins again at Barcelona". formulascout.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

[Verschoor-12] Hensby, Paul (2 December 2017). "Verschoor Loses Red Bull Backing but Signs on at Josef Kaufmann Racing for 2018". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

[Novalak-13] "Clement Novalak to contest both Formula Renault Eurocup and British F3". 21 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

[14] Allen, Peter (December 10, 2018). "Josef Kaufmann Racing withdraws from Formula Renault Eurocup". FormulaScout. Retrieved December 10, 2018.

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