Racing Engineering is a Spanish racing team founded in 1999 by Alfonso de Orleans-Borbon that currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series.
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14 Facts About Racing Engineering
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Notable former Racing Engineering drivers include Sebastian Vettel, Lucas di Grassi, Alexander Rossi and Justin Wilson.
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In 2000, Racing Engineering was the first Spanish team to participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, doing so in the GT Class with a Porsche 911 GT3-R.
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Racing Engineering has participated in categories such as the Spanish GT Championship, Spanish Formula Three, in which Racing Engineering won all six consecutive championships in which it participated, World Series by Nissan and more recently, in the GP2 Series, the main feeder championship for Formula 1.
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Racing Engineering participated in the Spanish Formula Three championship between 2001 and 2006 and were team champions in each of those years.
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In 2005 Racing Engineering embarked in a new adventure and joined the newly created GP2 Series.
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In 2005 Racing Engineering featured the Swiss Neel Jani and the recently crowned Spanish Formula 3 champion Borja Garcia.
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In 2007, Racing Engineering continued its GP2 participation with the young Javier Villa, who once more was the youngest driver in the field.
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Whilst continuing with their policy of having an experienced driver and giving a chance to a rookie, Racing Engineering signed the German newcomer Christian Vietoris, vice-champion of the 2009 F3 Euroseries.
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Dani Clos ended the season just one point shy of being third in the championship, whilst Racing Engineering finished the season in fourth position in the teams' table.
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Racing Engineering finished a career-best third in the teams' championship, behind Addax and DAMS.
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In 2012, Racing Engineering signed Fabio Leimer and rookie Nathanael Berthon for the 2012 season, the Asia Series having been discontinued.
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In 2013 Racing Engineering finished the GP2 Team's Championship in third with Fabio Leimer and Julian Leal behind the wheels of the Spanish team's cars.
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Racing Engineering will be partnered by 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year Myatt Snider in the Elite 2 class.
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