Founded | 2010 |
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Founder(s) | Gianfranco Sovernigo Valter Sovernigo |
Folded | 2017 |
Base | Veggiano, Padua, Italy |
Team principal(s) | Gianfranco Sovernigo[1] Andrea Bergamini[1] |
Former series | FIA Formula 2 Championship GP2 Series GP2 Asia Series |
Noted drivers | Stefano Coletti Sergey Sirotkin Nyck de Vries |
Teams' Championships | GP2 Series: 2010 |
Drivers' Championships | GP2 Series: 2010: Pastor Maldonado |
Website | http://www.rapaxteam.com/ |
Rapax Team was an Italian motor racing team. The team's history can be traced back to when the GP Racing team was founded in 1997, and also to when Piquet Sports was created in 2000 by triple world champion Nelson Piquet. In 2007, Piquet Sports and GP Racing merged to create "Minardi Piquet Sports". In 2008, the team dropped "Minardi" from their name.[2] In early 2009, the team was sold and rebranded as Piquet GP, but changed its name again in November to Rapax Team, once all remaining ties to part-owner Piquet were cut.