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DAMS

französischer Rennstall
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Vorlage:Motor racing team

DAMS is a racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsports. DAMS (an acronym for Driot-Arnoux Motorsport) was founded in 1988 by Jean-Paul Driot and former Formula One driver René Arnoux. It is headquartered near Le Mans, only 2 km from the Bugatti Circuit.

History

The year after its foundation, DAMS join the International Formula 3000 Championship They stayed in F3000 until 2001. DAMS were one of many French teams that were part of the Elf young driver sponsorship program.

Aside from F3000, DAMS tried joining the F1 World Championship in Vorlage:F1, with a car developed by Reynard, but lack of funds prevented the team from advancing.

Starting from 1997, Driot's team diversified into sports car racing, entering the FIA GT Championship in partnership with Panoz. Splitting up in the following year, DAMS ran a Lola B98/10 with a Judd engine in the SportsRacing World Cup, winning four races, as well as participating in the American Le Mans Series and Le Mans 24 Hours.

In 2000 and 2001, DAMS associated themselves with General Motors, preparing the works Cadillac Northstar LMP prototypes for the American Le Mans Series, FIA Sportscar Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans, but failed to get any results.

DAMS and Bob Berridge Racing helped the Michel Vaillant movie crew in the 2002, 24 Hours of Le Mans entering with a Lola B98/10-Judd as Vaillante and a Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S-Élan as Leader. Then switched their effort to the FIA GT. In 2003, they tried entering two Nissan 350Z, but once again funds prevented the French team from developing the Japanese car. In 2004, they teamed with Lamborghini and entered two Murciélago R-GT cars in the final rounds of the FIA GT Championship.

The 2003 and 2004 years participate to the Formula Renault V6 Eurocup, which they won that same year with Argentinian José María López. In 2005 their enter in the World Series by Renault. Since 2005, DAMS joined the GP2 Series and the A1 Grand Prix where it serviced three teams. DAMS' owner Jean-Paul Driot is also one of the franchise owners for A1 Team France.

Formula 3000

Right from its inception, the French team entered the FIA International Formula 3000 Championship, which they won in 1990 with Érik Comas, 1992 with Olivier Panis and 1994 with Jean-Christophe Boullion.

In 13 years, 1989 to 2001, DAMS won 4 team titles, 3 drivers titles, 21 wins, 19 pole positions and 19 fasted laps. What makes DAMS, one of the best Formula 3000 teams with Super Nova Racing and Arden International.

D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.

GP2 Series

The team competed in the GP2 Series since debuts in 2005, winning races with drivers José María López and Nicolas Lapierre.

GP2 Series Results
Year Car Drivers Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C.
2005 Dallara-Mecachrome Vorlage:Flagicon José María López 1 0 36 9th 7th
Vorlage:Flagicon Fairuz Fauzy 0 0 0 24th
2006 Dallara-Mecachrome Vorlage:Flagicon Franck Perera 0 0 0 8 17th 12th
Vorlage:Flagicon Ferdinando Monfardini 0 0 0 6 21th
2007 Dallara-Mecachrome Vorlage:Flagicon Kazuki Nakajima 0 1 3 44 5th 5th
Vorlage:Flagicon Nicolas Lapierre 2 1 2 23 12th

D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.

A1 Grand Prix

Driot is one of the owners of the A1 Team France. DAMS also managed A1 Team Switzerland, A1 Team Mexico and later A1 Team South Africa in the A1 Grand Prix championships. With A1 Team France, DAMS was the first winner of the series winning 13 of the 22 races including in the 2005-06 season.

For the 2007-08 season, A1 Team France and South Africa collaborate closely to finalize the car.

A1 Grand Prix Results
Year Car Team Wins Poles Fast laps Points T.C.
2005-06 Lola-Zytek Vorlage:Flagicon A1 Team France 13 3 5 127 1st
Vorlage:Flagicon A1 Team Switzerland 1 2 0 121 2nd
Vorlage:Flagicon A1 Team Mexico 1 1 0 59 10th
2006-07 Lola-Zytek Vorlage:Flagicon A1 Team France 0 0 0 67 4th
Vorlage:Flagicon A1 Team Mexico 0 0 1 35 10th
Vorlage:Flagicon A1 Team South Africa 1 1 1 24 14th
2007-08 Lola-Zytek Vorlage:Flagicon A1 Team France
Vorlage:Flagicon A1 Team Mexico
Vorlage:Flagicon A1 Team South Africa

T.C. = Teams' Championship position.
2007-08 is the current season.

Others series results

† Davide di Benedetto drive only the last round for DAMS. He drive also for Guidare Formula this season and is final 9th place take both team results.

D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.

See also

Sources

  1. ↑ WSbR complete results speedsportmag.com
  2. ↑ FRV6 Eurocup complete results speedsportmag.com
  3. ↑ 24h of Le Mans complete results wsrp.ic.cz
  4. ↑ ALMS complete results wsrp.ic.cz
  5. ↑ FIA Sportscar complete results wsrp.ic.cz
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