Durango (racing team)

Durango Automotive SRL
Company type	Motorsport team
Industry	Motorsport
Founded	1980
Founder	Ivone Pinton, Enrico Magro
Defunct	2009
Fate	Ended racing activities; attempted Formula One entry in 2011 (unsuccessful)
Headquarters	Italy
Area served	International motorsport competitions
Key people	Ivone Pinton (team principal)
Products	Racing teams and cars for Formula 3000, GP2 Series, Le Mans Prototype

Durango Automotive SRL was an Italian motorsport organization established in 1980 by Ivone Pinton and Enrico Magro. The team took part in competitions such as Formula 3000, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the GP2 Series. Durango ended its racing activities following its exit from the Italian event during the 2009 GP2 Series season. Subsequently, the team was associated with Jacques Villeneuve and his attempt to re-enter Formula One for the 2011 campaign.

History

Between 1987 and 1992, Durango competed in the Italian Formula Three Championship. In 1991, it expanded its participation to include both the International Formula 3000 and the British Formula Two Championship. That same year, Durango entered a Lancia LC2 at the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans under the banner of Veneto Equipe. The team also raced in Renault Formula Two and Euroseries during 1994 and sustained involvement in Formula Three until 1999.

In 2003, Durango engineered and constructed the PM02, a Le Mans Prototype powered by a Judd GV4 V10 engine, designed to compete in the 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans. They qualified 18th at Le Mans and ultimately finished in 24th place. Their top performance that season was a fourth-place finish at Estoril in the FIA Sportscar Championship. After that season, the PM02 was retired from competition.

Durango entered the inaugural GP2 Series in 2005, a championship created to nurture talent for Formula One. The following year, in 2006, they also took part in Formula Azzurra, an initiative supported by the Italian Karting Federation. Due to financial constraints, Durango withdrew from several late-stage races in the 2009 GP2 Series season and also pulled out of the 2009-10 GP2 Asia Series season.

Formula One entry bid

In 2010, Durango sought to join Formula One when the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile opened applications for a new thirteenth team slot. Team principal Ivone Pinton highlighted that investor interest was exclusively targeted at F1 involvement. A collaboration was announced with former 1997 Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve, planning to compete under the name Villeneuve Racing with Villeneuve himself initially driving. Nevertheless, all new team applications for the 2011 season were declined by the FIA.

GP2 Series

GP2 Series Performance
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2005	Dallara GP2/05-Mecachrome	Template:Country data MCO Template:Namespace detect showall Clivio Piccione	23	1	0	1	14	15th	11th
		Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Ferdinando Monfardini	17	0	0	0	5	17th
		Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Gianmaria Bruni	4	0	1	0	35	10th
2006	Dallara GP2/05-Mecachrome	Template:Country data BRA Template:Namespace detect showall Lucas di Grassi	21	0	0	1	8	18th	13th
2006	Dallara GP2/05-Mecachrome	Template:Country data ESP Template:Namespace detect showall Sergio Hernández	21	0	0	0	1	23rd	13th
2007	Dallara GP2/05-Mecachrome	Template:Country data ESP Template:Namespace detect showall Borja García	21	0	0	0	28	10th	8th
2007	Dallara GP2/05-Mecachrome	Template:Country data IND Template:Namespace detect showall Karun Chandhok	21	1	0	2	16	15th	8th
2008	Dallara GP2/08-Mecachrome	Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Davide Valsecchi	16	1	0	0	11	15th	11th
		Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Marcello Puglisi	2	0	0	0	0	33rd
		Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Ben Hanley	2	0	0	0	0	24th
		Template:Country data BRA Template:Namespace detect showall Alberto Valerio	20	0	0	0	0	26th
2009	Dallara GP2/08-Mecachrome	Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Davide Valsecchi	12	0	0	0	10	17th†	11th
		Template:Country data MCO Template:Namespace detect showall Stefano Coletti	4	0	0	0	0	25th
		Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Nelson Panciatici	16	0	0	0	0	24th
Source: speedsportmag.com

In-depth Results

(legend) (Entries in bold signify pole position) (Entries in italics denote fastest lap)

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GP2 Asia Series

(key) (Events highlighted in bold denote pole positions) (Events in italics represent fastest laps)

Season	Chassis Engine Tires	Competitors	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23		Total Points
2005	GP2/05 Renault		SMR Feature	SMR Sprint	CAT Feature	CAT Sprint	MON Feature	NÜR Feature	NÜR Sprint	MAG Feature	MAG Sprint	SIL Feature	SIL Sprint	HOC Feature	HOC Sprint	HUN Feature	HUN Sprint	IST Feature	IST Sprint	MNZ Feature	MNZ Sprint	SPA Feature	SPA Sprint	BHR Feature	BHR Sprint	11th place	21 points
		Clivio Piccione	15th	Retired	Retired	8th	Retired	7th	1st	8th	Disqualified	6th	Retired	Retired	17th	Retired	16th	Retired	11th	11th	14th	12th	19th	13th	7th
		Ferdinando Monfardini	Retired	Did Not Start	Retired	11th	Did Not Start	Retired	6th	12th	17th^†	14th	10th	Retired	15th	Retired	11th	Retired	Retired	8th	4th

Year	Chassis Engine Tyres	Competitors	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	T.C.	Points
2008	GP2/05 Renault Template:Bridgestone		DUB1 FEA	DUB1 SPR	SEN FEA	SEN SPR	SEP FEA	SEP SPR	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	DUB2 FEA	DUB2 SPR			8th	19
		Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Davide Valsecchi	17th	6th	Retired	19th	4th	4th	6th	6th	14th	4th
		Template:Country data BRA Template:Namespace detect showall Alberto Valerio	9th	5th	Retired	Retired	Retired	17th	DNS	17th	13th	15th
2008–09	GP2/05 Renault Template:Bridgestone		SHI FEA	SHI SPR	DUB3 FEA	DUB3 SPR	BHR1 FEA	BHR1 SPR	LSL FEA	LSL SPR	SEP FEA	SEP SPR	BHR2 FEA	BHR2 SPR	5th place	34 points
		Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Davide Valsecchi	8th	1st	2nd	Cancelled	5th	2nd	6th	5th	8th	3rd	16th	Retired
		Template:Country data BRA Template:Namespace detect showall Carlos Iaconelli	11th	Retired
		Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Michael Dalle Stelle			17th	Cancelled	19th	20th	20th	22nd	18th	20th	Retired	19th

Formula 3000

International Formula 3000 Championship Performance Summary
Year	Vehicle	Competitors	Events	Victories	Pole Positions	Fastest Laps	Points Scored	Drivers' Championship	Teams' Championship
2001	Lola B99/50-Zytek	Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Gabriele Lancieri	12	0	0	0	0	NC	10th
		Template:Country data BRA Template:Namespace detect showall Jaime Melo	9	0	1	0	8	12th
		Template:Country data ESP Template:Namespace detect showall Antonio García†	3	0	0	0	0	NC
2002	Lola B02/50-Zytek	Germany Alex Müller†	5	0	0	0	0	NC	6th
		United States Derek Hill	7	0	0	0	0	NC
		Template:Country data BRA Template:Namespace detect showall Rodrigo Sperafico	12	1	0	0	20	6th
2003	Lola B02/50-Zytek	Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Giorgio Pantano	10	2	2	2	41	3rd	3rd
2003	Lola B02/50-Zytek	Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Raffaele Giammaria	10	0	0	0	14	10th	3rd
2004	Lola B02/50-Zytek	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Yannick Schroeder	8	0	0	0	13	9th	7th
		Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Matteo Meneghello	1	0	0	0	0	NC
		Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Michele Rugolo	1	0	0	0	0	NC
		Template:Country data BRA Template:Namespace detect showall Rodrigo Ribeiro (racing driver)	4	0	0	0	1	17th
		Template:Country data VEN Template:Namespace detect showall E. J. Viso	6	0	0	0	7	12th

Detailed Results

(Template:F1 feeder series driver results legend#key) (Races in bold denote pole position; races in italics signify fastest lap)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Driver	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Round 8	Round 9	Round 10	Team Standing	Points Accumulated
2001 International Formula 3000 season	Lola B99/50	Zytek	Template:Avon		2001 Interlagos F3000 round !2001 Imola F3000 round !2001 Barcelona F3000 round !2001 A1-Ring F3000 round !2001 Monaco F3000 round !2001 Nürburgring F3000 round !2001 Magny-Cours F3000 round !2001 Silverstone F3000 round !2001 Hockenheimring F3000 round !2001 Hungaroring F3000 round !2001 Spa-Francorchamps F3000 round !2001 Monza F3000 round	10th !rowspan="4"\|8
				\align=left Template:Flagicon\ITA Gabriele Lancieri	\style="background:#CFCFFF;"13th \|\style="background:#EFCFFF;" Retired \|\style="background:#CFCFFF;"12th \|\style="background:#EFCFFF;" Retired \|\style="background:#CFCFFF;"14th \|\style="background:#CFCFFF;"13th \|\style="background:#CFCFFF;"10th \|\style="background:#CFCFFF;"9th \|\style="background:#CFCFFF;"9th \|\style="background:#CFCFFF;"14th \|\style="background:#EFCFFF;" Retired
				\align=left Template:Flagicon\BRA Jaime Melo	\style="background:#EFCFFF;" Retired \|\style="background:#CFCFFF;"21st \|\style="background:#DFFFDF;"5th \|\style="background:#CFCFFF;"11th \|\style="background:#CFCFFF;"13th \|\style="background:#CFCFFF;"14th \|\style="background:#CFCFFF;"12th \|\style="background:#CFCFFF;"12th
				\align=left Template:Flagicon\ESP Antonio García								\style="background:#CFCFFF;"16th \|\style="background:#CFCFFF;"11th
2002 International Formula 3000 season"	Lola B02/50"	Zytek"	Template:Avon"		2002 Interlagos F3000 round !2002 Imola F3000 round !2002 Barcelona F3000 round !2002 A1-Ring F3000 round !2002 Monaco F3000 round !2002 Nürburgring F3000 round !2002 Silverstone F3000 round !2002 Magny-Cours F3000 round !2002 Hockenheimring F3000 round !2002 Hungaroring F30000round !2002 Spa-Francorchamps F30000round !2002 Monza F30000round	rowspan=4 "6th"	rowspan=4 "20"
				\align=left Template:Flagicon\DEU Alex Müller	\style{background:#EFCFFF;}Retired\|\style{background:#EFCFFF;}Retired\|\style{background:#CFCFFF;}13th\|\style{background:#000000; color:#ffffff}Disqualified
				\align=left Template:Flagicon\USA Derek Hill			\style{background:#CFCFFF;}7th\|\style{background:#EFCFFF;}Retired\|\style{background:#EFCFFF;}Retired\|\style{background:#CFCFFF;}9th\|\style{background:#EFCFFF;}Retired\|\style{background:#CFCFFF;}7th\|\style{background:#EFCFFF;}Retired
				\align=left Template:Flagicon\BRA Rodrigo Sperafico	\style{background:#DFDFDF;}2nd\|\style{background:#CFCFFF;}7th\|\style{background:#CFCFFF;}12th\|\style{background:#EFCFFF;}Retired\|\style{background:#CFCFFF;}8th\|\style{background:#CFCFFF;}9th\|\style{background:#CFCFFF;}8th\|\style="background:#FFDF9F;"3rd\|\style{background:#EFCFFF;}Retired\|\style{background:#CFCFFF;}12th\|\style{background:#CFCFFF;}8th
2003 International Formula 3000 season"	Lola B02/50"	Zytek"	Template:Avon"		2003 Imola F3000 round !2003 Barcelona F30000round !2003 A1-Ring F30000round !2003 Monaco F30000round !2003 Nürburgring F30000round !2003 Magny-Cours F30000round !2003 Silverstone F30000round !2003 Hockenheimring F30000round !2003 Hungaroring F30000round !2003 Monza F30000round			rowspan=3 style = " background: #FFDF9F; "	3rd \|	rowspan=3 style = " background: #FFDF9F; "	55 \|
				\align = left Template:Flagicon \ ITA Giorgio Pantano	\ style = " background: #EFCFFF; " Retired \| \ style = " background: #FFFFBF; " 1st \| \ style = " background: #FFDF9F; " 3rd \| \ style = " background: #EFCFFF; " Retired \| \ style = " background: #CFCFFF; "16th \| \ style = " background: #FFFFBF; " 1st \| \ style = " background: #DFDFDF; " 2nd \| \ style = " background: #DFFFDF; " 7th \| \ style = " background: #DFFFDF; " 4th \| \ style = " background: #EFCFFF; " Retired \|
				\ align = left Template:Flagicon \ ITA Raffaele Giammaria	\ style = " background: #DFFFDF; " 7th \| \ style = " background: #EFCFFF; " Retired \| \ style = " background: #CFCFFF; "14th \| \ style = " background: #FFDF9F; " 3rd \| \ style = " background: #DFFFDF; " 7th \| \ style = " background: #DFFFDF; " 8th \| \ style = " background: #EFCFFF; " Retired \| \ style = " background: #CFCFFF; "10th \| \ style = " background: #DFFFDF; " 6th \| \ style = " background: #EFCFFF; " Retired \|
rowspan=6 "\|[ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ]	rowspan=6 "\|[ [Lola B02/50] ]	rowspan=6 "\|[ Zytek] ]	rowspan=6 "\| { { Avon } }		[Imola]	[Barcelona]	[Monaco]	[Nürburgring]	[Magny-Cours]	[Silverstone]	[Hockenheimring]	[Hungaroring]	[Spa-Francorchamps]	[Monza]	rowspan=6 "\|7th"	rowspan=6 "\|21"
\ align = left Template:Flagicon \ FRA Yannick Schroeder	\ style =' background :#DFFFDF;' 7th \| \ style =' background :#EFCFFF;' Retired \| \ style =' background :#CFCFFF;'10th \| \ style =' background :#FFDF9F;' 3rd \| \ style =' background :#DFFFDF;' 4th \| \ style =' background :#CFCFFF;'14th \| \ style =' background :#EFCFFF;' Retired \| \ style =' background :#EFCFFF;' Retired \|
\ align = left Template:Flagicon \ ITA Matteo Meneghello								\ style =' background :#CFCFFF;'15th \|
\ align = left Template:Flagicon \ ITA Michele Rugolo									\ style =' background :#EFCFFF;' Retired \|
\ align = left Template:Flagicon \ BRA Rodrigo Ribeiro	\ style =' background :# C C C FFF;'13th \| \ style =' background :#D D FF DF;'8th \| \ style =' background :# E FC FF;'Retired \| \ style =' background :# C C C FFF;'16th \|
\ align = left Template:Flagicon \ VEN Ernesto Viso					\ style =' background :# D D FF DF;'8th \| \ style =' background :# C C C FFF;'11th \| \ style =' background :# D D FF DF;'7th \| \ style =' background :# D D FF DF;'6th \| \ style =' background :# C C C FFF;'10th \| \ style =' background :# D D FF DF;'8th \|

Sports Car

24 Hours of Le Mans Performance
Year	Category	No.	Tyres	Vehicle	Drivers	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Completed Laps	Overall Finish	Class Ranking
2003	LMP900	19	Template:Dunlop	Durango LMP1 Judd GV4 4.0L V10	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Sylvain Boulay Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Michele Rugolo Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Jean-Bernard Bouvet	no	no	277	25th overall	9th in class

Championship	Year	Drivers	Vehicle	Remarks
Italian Formula 3000	2005		Lola-Zytek	Served as technical collaborator for Fisichella Motor Sport
Euroseries 3000	2006		Lola-Zytek	Acted as technical collaborator for Fisichella Motor Sport
Euroseries 3000	2007	Omar Julian Leal, Luiz Razia	Lola-Zytek

Additional Series Participation

Championship	Year	Drivers	Vehicle
European Formula Renault 2000	2002
European Formula Renault 2000	2003
Italian Formula Renault 2000	2004
Italian Formula Renault 2000	2006
Italian Formula Azzurra	2006
Endurance GT Series	2007	Niccolò Valentini, Enrico Moncada, Matteo Meneghello	Porsche 911 GT3