V de V Sports

V de V Series is a motor racing organisation that owns and runs a group of international motor racing championships. Based in Paris, the majority of events are held in France although the series regularly visits Spain and Portugal and has also visited Belgium, Germany and Italy. The organisation takes its name from founder Eric van de Vyver. His family is involved in most aspects of running the series and they have their own racing team within the series.

Championships

V de V has hosted five separate championships;

The series are recognised and sanctioned by the FIA as International Series.[1]

Challenge Monoplace

Introduced in 2010, this series caters for a wide variety of eligible open wheel racing cars, mostly second hand from other series. The majority of present cars are Formula Renault 2.0L cars built by Tatuus or Barazi-Epsilon. Formula 3, Formula Master, Formula Nissan, Formula Renault 1.6L, Formula Campus, Formula BMW, Formula Abarth and some Formula Fords are also eligible. Champions sourced from:[2]

Year Champion Car
2010 France Philippe Haezebrouck Tatuus FR2000 Renault
2011 France Simon Gachet Tatuus FR2000 Renault
2012 France Hugo Blanchot Tatuus FR2000 Renault
2013 France John Filippi Tatuus N.T07 Honda
2014 Italy Daniele Cazzaniga Tatuus FR 2.0-13 Renault
2015 Switzerland David Droux Tatuus FR 2.0-13 Renault
2016 Australia Alex Peroni Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0–10
2017 France Gilles Heriau Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0–10
2018 Argentina Nicolás Varrone Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10

Challenge Funyo

Single-marque competition with prototypes from Y.O Concept (Funyo).[3]

Year Champion Car
2008 France Jacques Fontbonne Funyo 4 RC
2009 France David Monclair Funyo 4 RC
2010 France François Heriau Funyo 4 RC
2011 France Marc-Antoine Dannielou Funyo 5
2012 France Nicolas Cannard Funyo 5
2013 France Serge Heriau Funyo 5
2014 France Jean Quelet Funyo 5
2015 France Romain Houllier Funyo 5
2016 France Romain Houllier Funyo SP05
2017 France Nicolas Cannard
2018 France Aurélien Robineau

Challenge Endurance Proto

Champions sourced from:[4]

Year Champion Car
2007 United Kingdom Rob Croydon Juno SSE
2008 France David Caussanel
France Julien Schell
Ligier JS49 Honda
2009 France Philippe Mondolot
France David Zollinger
Norma M20 F Honda
2010 France Philippe Mondolot
France David Zollinger
Norma M20 F Honda
2011 France Philippe Mondolot
France David Zollinger
Norma M20 F Honda

Norma M20 FC Honda

2012 France Thomas Accary
France Sébastien Dhouailly
Norma M20 FC Honda
2013 France Philippe Mondolot
France David Zollinger
Norma M20 FC Honda
2014 France Vincent Capillaire Norma M20 FC Honda
2015 France Thomas Accary

France Kevin Bole-Besançon
France Jean-Ludovic Foubert

Norma M20 FC Honda
2016 France Alain Ferté
France Philippe Illiano
Spain Ander Vilariño
Norma M20 FC Honda
2017 France Alain Ferté
France Philippe Illiano
Spain Ander Vilariño
Norma M20 FC Honda

Challenge Endurance GT/Tourisme

Champions sourced from:[5]

Year Champion Car
2007 France Pierre Benoist
France Jean-Paul Pagny
Porsche 996 GT3 RSR
2008 France Jean-Paul Pagny Ferrari F430
2009 France David Loger
France Eric Mouez
Porsche 996 GT3 RSR
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S
2010 France Christophe Bourret
France Pascal Gibon
Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
2011 France Anthony Pons Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
2012 France Patrice Milesi Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
2013 France Jean-Philippe Belloc
France Pascal Gibon
Porsche 997 GT3-R
2014 France Patrice Lafargue
France Paul Lafargue
Porsche 997 GT3-R
2015 France Jean-Paul Pagny
France Thierry Perrier
France Jean-Bernard Bouvet
Ferrari F458 Italia GT2
2016 France Jean-Paul Pagny

France Thierry Perrier
France Jean-Bernard Bouvet

Ferrari F458 Italia GT2 & Ferrari F488 GT3
2017 France David Loger
France Éric Mouez
Ferrari 458 GT3
2018 France Jean-Paul Pagny
France Thierry Perrier
France Jean-Bernard Bouvet
Ferrari F488 GT3

Challenge Endurance VHC

VHC stands for Véhicule historiques de compétition. Originally there was only one overall champion. For the 2009 season, the championships for Prototype and GT cars were separated. Champions sourced from:[6]

Year Champion Car
2007 France Miguel Langin
France Bernard Moreau
Porsche 911 3.0 RSR
2008 Switzerland Patrick Biehler
Switzerland Marc de Siebenthal
Porsche 911 3.0 RSR
Year Prototype GT
Champion Car Champion Car
2009 France Yann Le Calvez
France Lionel Robert
Elva Mk.8 France Miguel Langin
France Bernard Moreau
Porsche 911 3.0 RSR
2010 France Yann Le Calvez Elva Mk.8 France Miguel Langin
France Bernard Moreau
Porsche 911 3.0 RSR
2011 France Marc Alloend-Bessand
France Sylvain Guanzini
Elva Mk.8 France Miguel Langin
France Bernard Moreau
Porsche 911 3.0 RSR
2012 France Jean-Marc Bachelier
France Eric Vincenot
Ford GT40 France Miguel Langin
France Bernard Moreau
Porsche 911 3.0 RSR
2013 France Yann Le Calvez Elva Mk.8 Switzerland Serge Kriknoff Porsche 911 2.8 RSR
2014 France Christophe Kubryk
France "Nelson"
March 81S Germany Peter Mülder
Germany Patrick Simon
Porsche 911 3.0 SC RS
Porsche 964 Cup
2015 France "John Doe" Chevron B60 France Franck Thybaud Porsche 944 Cup
2016 Luxembourg Alain Bazard Ford GT40 France Lionel Robert
France Olivier Huez
Lucchini SP91 Evo n°9

Racing team

The racing team owns a Mosler MT900 GT3 which races in the Endurance GT/Tourisme, and a TVR Griffith and Hema Porsche which race in Endurance VHC. In 2015 their primary team parked the Mosler and began racing an Audi R8 LMS in conjunction with AB Sport racing team.

References

  1. ^ "2015 International Series" (PDF). FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE L'AUTOMOBILE.
  2. ^ "V de V Sports, courses automobiles d'endurance et de sprint -". Archived from the original on 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2015-06-09.
  3. ^ "V de V Funyo Challenge - SP05 2016 standings | Driver Database".
  4. ^ "V de V Sports, courses automobiles d'endurance et de sprint -". Archived from the original on 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2015-06-11.
  5. ^ "V de V Sports, courses automobiles d'endurance et de sprint -". Archived from the original on 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2015-06-11.
  6. ^ "V de V Sports, courses automobiles d'endurance et de sprint -". Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2015-07-10.