{{update|date=June 2025}} {{Motor racing team | name = {{flagicon|ITA}} Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | logo = VSR logo.png | founded = 2001 <small>as Fortec Italia Motorsport<ref name="Fortec">{{cite news|url=http://www.crash.net/gp2/news/64910/1/fortec-italia-motorsport-to-enter-euro-f3000.html|title=Fortec Italia Motorsport to enter Euro F3000.|date=19 February 2001|work=Crash.net|publisher=Crash Media Group|access-date=2 February 2014}}</ref></small><br>2002 <small>as Euronova Racing</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euronova-racing.com/en/squadra.php|title=Story|publisher=Euronova Racing|access-date=28 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201194402/http://www.euronova-racing.com/en/squadra.php|archive-date=1 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> | principal = Vincenzo Sospiri<ref>{{cite news|title=Euronova Racing will be on the Auto GP grid|url=http://www.autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0031|work=autogp.org|date=2010-02-04|access-date=2010-02-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070335/http://www.autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0031|archive-date=2011-07-16}}</ref> | base = Forlì, Italy | current series = Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe<br>Italian GT Championship<br>GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | former series = Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0<br>Formula Renault 2.0 Italia<br>International Formula Master<br>Italian Formula Three Championship<br>Formula Abarth<br>Formula Renault 2.0 Alps<br>Auto GP<br>Italian F4 Championship<br>F4 Japanese Championship<br>Asian Le Mans Series<br>International GT Open<br>GT Cup Open Europe<br>Blancpain GT Series Asia | driver titles = '''European Formula Abarth'''<br> 2011: Sergey Sirotkin <br>2012: Nicolas Costa<br>'''Formula Abarth''' <br>2012: Nicolas Costa <br> '''Auto GP''' <br> 2014: Kimiya Sato<br> '''Italian GT Championship'''<br> 2016: Nicolas Costa <br>2017: Tuomas Tujula & Aaro Vainio <br>'''Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe''' <br> '''2017 ProAm''': Christopher Dreyspring & JiaTong Liang <br>'''2017 Am Cup''': <br> Andrzej Lewandowski & Teodor Myszkowski<br> '''2018 Am Cup''':<br>Andrzej Lewandowski <br> '''2020 ProAm Cup''': <br> Andrzej Lewandowski & Karol Basz <br> '''International GT Open''' <br> 2018 AM: Giulio Borlenghi & Andrzej Lewandowski <br> 2019 GT3 ProAm :<br> Frederik Scandorff <br> '''GT Cup Open Europe'''<br> 2019: Hans-Peter Koller | team titles = '''Formula Abarth'''<br>2012 <br> '''European Formula Abarth'''<br>2012 <br>'''GT Cup Open Europe'''<br> 2019 | folded = | Website = https://www.vs-racing.com/ |current drivers={{flagicon|MEX}} Luis Michael Dörrbecker<br>{{flagicon|BEL}} Baptiste Moulin<br>{{flagicon|NOR}} Marcus Påverud<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} Mattia Michelotto<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} Michele Beretta<br>{{flagicon|CHL}} Benjamín Hites<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} Yuki Nemoto<br>{{flagicon|POL}} Karol Basz<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} Edoardo Liberati<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Cola<br>{{flagicon|CHE}} Jean-Luc D'Auria<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Stephane Tribaudini<br>{{flagicon|RSM}} Emanuel Colombini<br>{{flagicon|RSM}} Emanuele Zonzini}} '''Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Srl''' (also known as '''Fortec Italia Motorsport''', '''Euronova Racing''', '''VS Racing''') is an auto racing team based in Italy.
==History== [[File:Italian GT 2023 Mugello Nr. 63.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The car raced by Edoardo Liberati and Mattia Michelotto in 2023 at Monza.]]
After retiring from racing, Vincenzo Sospiri decided to collaborate with Fortec Motorsport and Italian investors to create in 2001 Euro Formula 3000 team with Michael Bentwood and Polo Villaamil as racing drivers.<ref name="Fortec"/> In 2002, Sospiri joined forces with David Sears and the team was renamed to Euronova Racing.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.crash.net/gp2/news/65146/1/sospiri-and-sears-reunite-in-euronova-venture.html|title=Sospiri and Sears reunite in Euronova venture|date=8 February 2002|work=Crash.net|publisher=Crash Media Group|access-date=2 February 2014}}</ref> Euronova entered in Formula Abarth in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=30928&cat=31|title=Euronova firma con Brena|date=1 April 2011|work=ItaliaRacing.net|publisher=Inpagina|language=it|access-date=14 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312232043/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=30928&cat=31|archive-date=12 March 2012}}</ref> The team wanted to return their initial name in 2014, but remained as Euronova.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.autogp.net/newssingola2_en.asp?c=128|title=Nine teams set for 2014 Auto GP|work=Auto GP|publisher=Auto GP Organisation|access-date=1 February 2014|date=2 February 2014|archive-date=20 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220123246/http://www.autogp.net/newssingola2_en.asp?c=128|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Former Series Results== ===F4 Japanese Championship=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%" |- ! Year ! Car ! Drivers ! Races ! Wins ! Poles ! F/Laps ! Podiums ! Points ! D.C. ! T.C. |- ! rowspan="3" | 2015 | rowspan="3" |Dome F110 |{{flagicon|JPN}} Takuro Shinohara |14 |0 |0 |0 |0 |35 |11th | rowspan="3" |7th |- |{{flagicon|BRA}} Nicolas Costa |7 |0 |0 |0 |0 |10 |18th |- |{{flagicon|BRA}} Gustavo Myasava |6 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |39th |- ! rowspan="2" |2016 | rowspan="2" |Dome F110 |{{flagicon|JPN}} Rikiya Kanazawa |3 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |29th | rowspan="2" |NC |- |{{flagicon|KOR}} Do Yun Hwang |14 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |34th |- ! rowspan="2" |2017 | rowspan="2" |Dome F110 |{{flagicon|JPN}} Rikiya Kanazawa |14 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |22nd | rowspan="2" |NC |- |{{flagicon|IND}} Akash Gowda |12 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |24th |}
===Italian F4 Championship=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%" |- ! Year ! Car ! Drivers ! Races ! Wins ! Poles ! F/Laps ! Podiums ! Points ! D.C. ! T.C. |- ! rowspan="6" |2014 | rowspan="6" |Tatuus F4-T014 |{{flagicon|ITA}} Leonardo Pulcini |21 |0 |0 |0 |6 |187‡ |4th‡ | rowspan="5" style="background:#dfdfdf"|'''2nd''' |- |{{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Fontana |18 |1 |0 |1 |3 |116 |6th |- |{{flagicon|JPN}} Ukyo Sasahara |3 |1 |0 |0 |1 |25 |17th |- |{{flagicon|JPN}} Shinji Sawada |3 |0 |0 |0 |0 |2 |22nd |- |{{flagicon|GBR}} Sennan Fielding |6 |1 |0 |0 |3 |69† |4th† |- |{{flagicon|RUS}} Ivan Matveev |21 |0 |0 |0 |1 |76 |9th |7th |- ! rowspan="3" |2015 | rowspan="3" |Tatuus F4-T014 |{{flagicon|JPN}} Marino Sato |21 |0 |0 |1 |1 |62 |10th | rowspan="3" |5th |- |{{flagicon|VEN}} Mauricio Baíz |21 |0 |0 |1 |1 |48 |12th |- |{{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Cunati |3 |0 |0 |0 |1 |18 |19th |- ! rowspan="3" |2016 | rowspan="3" |Tatuus F4-T014 |{{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Cunati |18 |0 |0 |1 |3 |95 |7th | rowspan="3" |6th |- |{{flagicon|JPN}} Marino Sato |21 |1 |0 |0 |1 |42 |18th |- |{{flagicon|USA}} Jaden Conwright |20 |0 |0 |0 |0 |2 |30th |} † Italian F4 Trophy ‡ Shared results with other teams
==Timeline== {| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:85%;" !colspan=2| Current series |- |Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe |2015–present |- |Italian GT Championship |2016-2017; 2019–present |- |GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup |2021–present |- !colspan=2| Former series |- |Auto GP |2001-2006, 2010, 2012-2014 |- |Italian Formula Renault Championship |2002-2006 |- |Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |2003-2006; 2013 |- |International Formula Master |2005; 2007-2008 |- |Formula Abarth |2011-2013 |- |Italian Formula Three Championship |2012 |- |Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series |2013 |- |Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup |2014 |- |Italian F4 Championship |2014-2016 |- |F4 Japanese Championship |2015-2017 |- |Asian Le Mans Series |2016-2017 |- |GT World Challenge Asia |2017, 2019, 2024 |- |International GT Open |2018-2019, 2021 |- |GT Cup Open Europe |2019 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.euronova-racing.com/|Euronova Racing Official website}} * {{Official website|http://www.vs-racing.com/en/|Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Official website}}
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