Draco Racing

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| name = Draco Racing | logo = | founded = 1989 | base = | founders = Adriano Morini Nadia Morini | former series = Formula Renault 3.5 Series Opel Lotus Euroseries International Formula 3000 Euro Formula 3000 | driver titles = Opel Lotus Euroseries: 1990: Rubens Barrichello 1991: Pedro Lamy 1993: Patrick Crinelli 1994: Marco Campos Euro Formula 3000: 2001: Felipe Massa 2003: Augusto Farfus 2004: Nicky Pastorelli Formula Renault 3.5 Series: 2009: Bertrand Baguette | team titles = Euro Formula 3000: 2001, 2003, 2004 3000 Pro Series: 2005 Formula Renault 3.5 Series: 2009 ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Nadia_Morini.JPG" caption="Team Principal Nadia Morini in 2011"] ::

International Draco Racing was a motorsport team. It was most well known for operating in the World Series by Renault, but had also taken part in Formula Opel Lotus, International Formula 3000 and Euro Formula 3000.

Career

Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries

Draco was founded in 1989 by Adriano and Nadia Morini, and entered the Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries. In its first year, the Italian takes Brazilian driver Eduar Neto to second place in F. Opel, with five wins. The team continued to be one of the most competitive in the series for the following years, winning the F. Opel championship in 1990 with Rubens Barrichello, 1991 with Pedro Lamy, 1993 with Patrick Crinelli and 1994 with Marco Campos (in 1992, Gualter Salles was second).

International Formula 3000

Draco stayed in Formula Opel until the championship's demise in 1996, but the year before Adriano Morini took his team to Formula 3000, creating the outfit specifically for Marco Campos. Morini took a gamble on the Brazilian driver's talent, but he ultimately lost it when 18-year-old Campos died in the race at Magny-Cours. Draco was never so successful in F3000, even with drivers such as Ricardo Zonta (in 1996) and Bruno Junqueira (in 1998) and left the series after the 1999 season.

Euro Formula 3000

In 2000, Draco moved down to the Italian F3000 Championship (now Euro 3000), for older 1996 cars. This proved to be the wisest move, as Felipe Massa completely dominated the series in 2001, taking the championship title, a performance repeated in 2003 with Augusto Farfus and 2004 with Nicky Pastorelli.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

In 2005, Draco changed series, again, to the World Series by Renault, where their lead drivers Pastor Maldonado and Miloš Pavlović finished third in the 2006 and 2007 seasons. In 2008 the drivers was Bertrand Baguette and Marco Barba. In 2009 the Draco Team won the Formula Renault 3.5 Championship with the Team Title and the Driver Title with Bertrand Baguette. Following funding issues midway through the 2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season, the team closed down at the end of the year.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) ::data[format=table]

YearDrivers1234567891011121314151617Pts.WCC6th937th7112th268th114
2005ZOLZOLMONVALVALBUGBUGBILBILOSCOSCDONDONESTESTMNZMNZ2nd167
DEU Markus WinkelhockRet3DNS111215Ret7Ret3514231
SMR Christian Montanari7DNS11215126610111721585129
2006ZOLZOLMONISTISTMISMISSPASPANÜRNÜRDONDONBUGBUGCATCAT2nd132
VEN Pastor Maldonado83111RetDSQRet126228RetRet1102
CZE Tomas Kostka14148Ret1520Ret209Ret17
SRB Miloš Pavlović382RetRet18
2007MNZMNZNÜRNÜRMONHUNHUNSPASPADONDONMAGMAGESTESTCATCAT2nd160
SRB Miloš Pavlović6215244727111Ret4Ret9144
ESP Álvaro BarbaRetRet4519RetRetRet171Ret12113618Ret
2008MNZMNZSPASPAMONSILSILHUNHUNNÜRNÜRBUGBUGESTESTCATCAT
BEL Bertrand BaguetteRetRet11156164455Ret16Ret4Ret4
ESP Marco Barba128Ret20Ret127107Ret1010861016Ret
2009CATCATSPASPAMONHUNHUNSILSILBUGBUGALGALGNÜRNÜRALCALC1st205
BEL Bertrand Baguette2Ret225368511251511
ESP Marco BarbaRetRet7121622101057161187146
2010ALCALCSPASPAMONBRNBRNMAGMAGHUNHUNHOCHOCSILSILCATCAT
FRA Nathanaël BerthonRet3Ret10Ret8291Ret1393RetRet612
COL Omar LealRetRet111216413Ret19Ret16139Ret10RetRet
2011ALCALCSPASPAMNZMNZMONNÜRNÜRHUNHUNSILSILLECLECCATCAT
MCO Stéphane Richelmi16Ret17Ret715161313152019201713RetRet
BRA André Negrão149DNS111010Ret61220RetRet16156
FRA Adrien TambayDNSRet
2012ALCALCMONSPASPANÜRNÜRMOSMOSSILSILHUNHUNLECLECCATCAT
CHE Nico MüllerRetRet5542Ret8RetRet76Ret871215
BRA André Negrão810Ret1212193134Ret1615RetRet22148
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Complete former series results

3000 Pro Series

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3000 Pro Series resultsYearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF.L.PointsD.C.T.C.2005
Lola B99/50–ZytekDEU Timo Lienemann820413rd1st
ITA Alessandro Bonetti810394th
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Italian/Euro Formula 3000

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Italian/Euro Formula 3000 resultsYearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF.L.PointsD.C.T.C.199920002001200220032004
Lola T96/50-ZytekITA Oliver Martini1000014thNC
AUT Walter Thimmler10000NC
Lola T96/50-ZytekBRA Rodrigo Sperafico8010224th5th
BRA Leonardo Nienkötter80000NC
Lola T96/50-ZytekBRA Lucas Vacis8000113th1st
BRA Felipe Massa8665601st
Lola B99/50-ZytekBRA Augusto Farfus900089th5th
ITA Matteo Grassotto9000127th
Lola B99/50-ZytekBRA Augusto Farfus9453601st1st
DEU Sven Heidfeld9000411th
Lola B99/50-ZytekNLD Nicky Pastorelli10201461st1st
ITA Fausto Ippoliti10000177th
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International Formula 3000

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YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF.L.PointsD.C.T.C.19951996199719981999
Lola-CosworthBRA Marco Campos8000313th9th
Lola T96/50-Zytek JuddBRA Ricardo Zonta10212274th4th
BRA Alexandre de Andrade10000NC
BRA Sergio Paese20000NC
ARG Esteban Tuero6000024th
Lola T96/50-Zytek JuddFRA Cyrille Sauvage10000513th8th
PRT Pedro Couceiro9000611th
Lola T96/50-Zytek JuddBRA Bruno Junqueira12000318th15th
ITA Giovanni Montanari12000027th
Lola B99/50-ZytekFRA Fabrice Walfisch9000414th11th
ITA Oliver Martini30008NC
FRA Cyrille Sauvage10000NC
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Notes:

      • Martini scored 3 points in 1 race for Sighinolfi Autoracing.
      • Sauvage also entered in 4 races for Monaco Motorsport.

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