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Team GM is a sim racing team that competes in various Race4Speed championships. It was founded in 2013 to compete in the Race4Speed F3 Series. Team GM's headquarters were originally in Ulm, Germany but moved to Graz, Austria in early 2016.

It entered sometimes as Peru Racing by Team GM under the Peruvian flag.

Racing History[]

Race4Speed F3[]

Founded by R4S GP3 driver Constantin Grimminger to compete in the newly introduced F3 in 2014, the team gained quick success with several podiums and finished second in their class. Besides Grimminger, who competed in all races, the team has entered several part-timers, including C-class drivers Mathias Zeller and Sebastian Dahlmann.

In 2015 the team gained major F3 success under the Peru Racing name with British driver Fred Bawden, who scored not only their first wins, but gained several fastest laps and pole positions. Until Bawden left the team mid-season it was a serious title conteder, but finished again second overall. In Macau it's drivers finished second and third.

The 2016 season started disappointing, with Constantin Grimminger left as sole driver. The team later decided to take a break from F3 to fully focus on the newly introduced GP1 category, leaving F3 mid-season for the first time since the team's foundation.

In 2017, the team continued it's operation as 'backup team' in F3 for everyone who needs to jump in quickly.


Race4Speed GP1[]

Team GM entered the first GP1 season in 2015 as Peru Racing by Team GM with Myles Dixon and Francisco Sampaio as drivers. However, the series was cancelled after three rounds and thus Team GM didn't compete any further until the series' re-foundation in 2016.

The 2016 season stated major success for Team GM, including podiums in more then the half of all races held to finish once again second in the team's championship. Due to the team's huge consistency, Martin Jatzek finished 2nd in the driver's championship.

For 2017, the team went into a cooperation with Prototype Racing and thus rebranded it's entry to Ecodrom Prototype Racing. This lead effectively to the end of Team GM's professional sim-racing operation, as managing operations went to Prototype Racing. However, the team remained in R4S F3.


Comeback to racing in mid-2017 and closure[]

The team made a brief comeback to racing under it's own name at the 2017 R4S Indianapolis 250 event, running it's owner Constantin Grimminger, 2016 R4S F3 Team GM driver Cristian Alvarez and associated driver Francisco Vazquez.

Furthermore, the team planned to re-structure itself again to built up strongly for 2018, as Grimminger returned to the team's R4S GP1 cockpits. Also, Alvarez remained in the teams' driver pool as associated driver. However, with the strengthened connections to Prototype Racing, both team leaders decided to give up on their individual projects and started a new team together called 'Haiopei Racing Team', which was later renamed to 'MPG Competition'.


Results[]

F3 Series[]

Year Team name Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2014 Germany Team GM Dallara F312
– Nissan
Germany Constantin Grimminger 7 0 0 0 4 60 3rd 4th
Argentina Ricardo Mleziva 2 0 0 0 0 10 10th
Dallara F305
– Opel-Spiess
Germany Mathias Zeller 1 0 0 0 0 0 12th
Germany Sebastian Dahlmann 2 0 0 0 0 0 12th
Italy Lorenzo De Ciutiis 2 0 0 0 0 8 11th
2015 Peru Peru Racing by Team GM Dallara F312
– Volkswagen
Australia Zac Jones 18 0 0 0 0 64 14th 2nd
Spain Victor Forner 0 0 0 0 3 57 15th
Hungary Péter Diósi 3 0 0 0 1 24 24th
UK Fred Bawden 15 7 1 7 12 214 4th
Spain Sergi Maturana 1 7 1 7 1 40 12th†
Germany Constantin Grimminger 15 0 0 0 2 60 10th
Germany Team GM Dallara F312
– Honda
6 0 0 0 0 34 11th
Dallara F312
– Volkswagen
Canada Louis Ledoux 1 0 0 0 0 0 32nd
Italy Lorenzo De Ciutiis 1 0 0 0 0 0 33rd
Spain Miguel Veneno 1 0 0 0 1 0 31st
2016 Austria Team GM Dallara F312
– Volkswagen
Germany Constantin Grimminger 18 0 0 0 1 72 4th† 8th
Venezuela Cristian Alvarez 3 0 0 0 1 17 10th†
Peru Peru Racing by Team GM Dallara F312
– Volkswagen
Spain Carlos Frau 3 0 0 0 0 2 32nd 12th
2017 Austria Team GM Dallara F312
– Volkswagen
Brazil Geraldo Max 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC NC
  • D.C. = Drivers' championship position
  • T.C. = Teams' championship position.

† — Drivers competed for various teams over the season.


GP1 Series[]

Year Team name Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2015 Peru Peru Racing by Team GM P-02B Portugal Francisco Sampaio 4 0 0 0 - - NC NC
UK Myles Dixon 2 0 0 0 - - NC
Germany Constantin Grimminger 2 0 0 0 - - NC
2016 Peru Peru Racing by Team GM P-02B Argentina Ricardo Mleziva 1 0 0 0 0 0 27th† 2nd
Germany Constantin Grimminger 15 0 1 0 5 152 7th
Germany Martin Jatzek 14 1 0 0 6 170 2nd
Austria Team GM P-02B 1 0 0 0 1 18 10th
Argentina Ricardo Mleziva 1 0 0 0 0 0 27th†
2017-II Austria CGD Racing by Team GM P-02C/17 Germany Constantin Grimminger 21 3 1 5 10 283 6th 4th
Germany Martin Jatzek 15 0 0 0 3 96 8th†
  • D.C. = Drivers' championship position
  • T.C. = Teams' championship position.

† — Drivers competed for various teams over the season.
¹ — Season still in progress.


Macau GP[]

Year Team name No. Drivers Engine Class.
2013 Germany orange CG-R 14 Germany Constantin Grimminger Honda TBD
2014 Germany Team GM/Ruhrpott Racing 5 Germany Constantin Grimminger Honda 3rd
6 Germany Sebastian Dahlmann Volkswagen Ret
2015 Peru Peru Racing by Team GM 5 Germany Constantin Grimminger Volkswagen Ret
25 Spain Sergi Maturana 2nd
Germany Team GM 59 Canada Louis Ledoux Volkswagen DNS
60 Italy Lorenzo De Ciutiis Ret
61 Spain Miguel Veneno Ret
2016 Austria Team GM 3 Venezuela Cristian Alvarez Volkswagen DNP


Indianapolis 250[]

Year Team name No. Drivers Engine Class.
2017 Austria Team GM 14 Germany Constantin Grimminger Honda 5th
17 Argentina Francisco Vazquez 11th
82 Venezuela Cristian Alvarez 6th


Timeline[]

Last series
R4S F3 Series 2014–2017
R4S GP1 Series 2015–2016, 2017-II
Former series
R4S Formula Reiza 2016
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