Art Grand Prix

Information about Art Grand Prix

ART Grand Prix
Motor racing team
Founded	2005
Country	France
Team Principal	Frederic Vasseur
Current series	GP2
Former series	None
Drivers' titles	2
Teams' titles	2

ART Grand Prix is a French motor racing team that competes in formula single-seaters in Europe. It was founded in 2005.

Creation

ART Grand Prix was created in a collaborative project between Frederic Vasseur, the principal of ASM Formule 3, and Nicolas Todt, the son of Ferrari's CEO Jean Todt. Vasseur wanted to expand his championship-winning Formula 3 team into the newly-created GP2 Series that supports Grands Prix in Europe, while Nicolas Todt had expressed an interest in team management. He had become involved in motorsport as a driver manager, and was notable for representing Felipe Massa. Todt took charge of the new team's commercial and promotional interests, while Vasseur managed the day-to-day running of the operation. ART is based at the ASM workshops at Villeneuve-la-Guyard in the département of Yonne, France.

Immediate success

In ART Grand Prix's debut season, it employed F3 Euroseries graduates Alexandre Prémat, of France, and Nico Rosberg, of Germany. Against drivers who had prior experience at this level, from Formula 3000, Rosberg became the inaugural GP2 Drivers' Champion. He showed consistency, with points scoring results at every race meeting, and his championship challenge became stronger as the year progressed. Prémat was 4th in the championship, which was enough to provide ART with the Teams' Championship title. Rosberg's increasingly rapid rise to the top continued when he graduated to Formula One with Williams.

Prémat remained with ART in 2006, and was joined by Britain's Lewis Hamilton. He was a logical choice, having dominated the F3 Euroseries with ASM Formule 3, ART's sister team. Hamilton took an impressive title in his debut season, though his performances faltered slightly mid-season against an increased challenge from the eventual runner-up, Nelson Angelo Piquet. Prémat was a consistent and reliable number two to Hamilton; his third position in the Drivers' Championship contributed to ART's second consecutive Teams' title.

Results

Key:

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

GP2 Championship Results
Year	Drivers		Wins	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2007		Lucas di Grassi	1	77	2nd*	2nd*
		Sebastien Buemi	0	6	21st*
		Mikhail Aleshin	0	3	24th*
		Michael Ammermüller	0	1	26th*
2006		Lewis Hamilton	5	114	1st	1st
2006		Alexandre Prémat	1	66	3rd	1st
2005		Nico Rosberg	5	120	1st	1st
2005		Alexandre Prémat	2	67	4th	1st

(The 2007 season still in progress)

References

Premat renews with ART. autosport.com (5. January, 2006).

Hamilton confirmed at ART. autosport.com (19. January, 2006).

External links

ART grand prix official website

Category Single seaters
Country or region Europe
Inaugural season
Drivers 30 (2006)
Teams 13 (2006)
Constructors Dallara
Engine suppliers Renault
Drivers' champion Timo Glock
Teams' champion
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Yonne

Coat of arms of the Yonne department
Location

Administration
Department number: 89
Region: Bourgogne
Prefecture: Auxerre
Subprefectures: Avallon
Sens
Arrondissements: 3
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Motto
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem
"La Marseillaise"

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Category Single seaters
Country or region Europe
Inaugural season
Drivers 31 (2006)
Teams 14 (2006)
Constructors 1 (2006)
Engine suppliers 3 (2006)
Drivers' champion Romain Grosjean
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Category Single seaters
Country or region International
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Drivers 22
Teams 11
Engine suppliers 6
Drivers' champion Fernando Alonso
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Drivers and constructors

Team Car # Driver Race weekends
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Michael Ammermüller is a race car driver born in Pocking, Germany on February 14 1986. In 2004 he drove the number three car in German Formula Renault, as well as competing in Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup. In 2006, he competed in the GP2 Series for Arden International.
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