EPIC Racing

EPIC Racing
Company type	Motorsport team
Industry	Motorsports
Predecessor	Epsilon Euskadi
Headquarters	Vitoria, Spain
Area served	Motorsport competitions
Products	Racing teams in Formula Renault 3.5 and Formula Renault 2.0, sports car racing prototype (Epsilon Euskadi ee1)

EPIC Racing (an acronym for Euskadi Phil Imanol Claudio Racing), previously known as Epsilon Euskadi, was a motorsport team based in Vitoria, within Spain's Basque Country. Initially, Epsilon Euskadi participated in the World Series by Renault and Formula Renault competitions. In March 2011, the organization divested its racing operations to EPIC Racing, allowing it to concentrate on managing teams in both Formula Renault 3.5 and Formula Renault 2.0 categories.

The team broadened its scope in 2008 by entering sports car racing with the introduction of the Epsilon Euskadi ee1 prototype vehicle.

Attempt to Enter Formula One

On 3 June 2009, Epsilon Euskadi declared its intention to join the 2010 Formula One World Championship. Nevertheless, when the FIA published the provisional list of 13 entrants on 12 June 2009, they were excluded. Although placed on the reserve list, they ultimately did not secure a spot following the late withdrawal of USF1.

In March 2010, the team submitted an application to participate in the 2011 F1 season after USF1 failed to compete; however, this bid was also declined.

Allegations of Corruption

The Basque Country government provided public funds to Epsilon Euskadi, which were used to sponsor EPIC Racing.

In 2013, legal proceedings took place in Vitoria involving Epsilon Euskadi’s founder Joan Villadelprat and Mark Phillip Payne. They faced accusations related to corruption and improper management of public finances allocated by the Basque government during Juan Jose Ibarratxe's term as president.

World Series by Renault

(Note: Results from 2011 pertain to EPIC Racing)

World Series by Renault performance overview
Year	Vehicle	Competitors	Events	Victories	Pole Positions	Fastest Laps	Points Scored	Drivers' Ranking	Teams' Ranking
2005	Dallara T05-Renault	Template:Country data ESP Template:Namespace detect showall Félix Porteiro	17	3	4	1	77	5th	1st
2005	Dallara T05-Renault	Template:Country data POL Template:Namespace detect showall Robert Kubica	17	4	2	1	154	1st	1st
2006	Dallara T05-Renault	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Steven Kane	17	0	0	1	15	20th	10th
2006	Dallara T05-Renault	Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Davide Valsecchi	17	0	1	0	43	10th	10th
2007	Dallara T05-Renault	Template:Country data PRT Template:Namespace detect showall Filipe Albuquerque	17	1	0	1	81	4th	4th
2007	Dallara T05-Renault	Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Davide Valsecchi	17	1	0	0	37	16th	4th
2008	Dallara T08-Renault	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Alexandre Marsoin	17	0	0	0	19	19th	10th
		Template:Country data POR Template:Namespace detect showall Filipe Albuquerque	4	0	0	0	12	21st
		Template:Country data BRA Template:Namespace detect showall Mario Romancini	13	0	0	0	3	29th
2009	Dallara T08-Renault	Template:Country data ESP Template:Namespace detect showall Adrián Vallés	8	0	1	0	19	17th	8th
		Template:Country data ESP Template:Namespace detect showall Dani Clos	4	0	0	0	5	25th
		Template:Country data JPN Template:Namespace detect showall Keisuke Kunimoto	4	0	0	0	0	NC
		Template:Country data NZL Template:Namespace detect showall Chris van der Drift	17	0	0	0	41	11th
2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season 2010	rowspan="2" Dallara T08-Renault	align="left" ! Template:Flagicon ESP Albert Costa (racing driver) ! 17 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 78 ! 5th ! rowspan="2" !6th !
2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season 2010	align=left ! Template:Flagicon JPN Keisuke Kunimoto ! 17 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 8 ! 22nd !
rowspan="2" ! 2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season 2011 ! rowspan="2" !Dallara T08-Renault ! align="left" !Template:Flagicon EST Sten Pentus ! 17 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 11 ! 24th ! rowspan="2" !4th !
align=left !Template:Flagicon ESP Albert Costa (racing driver) ! 17 ! 1 ! 1 ! 1 ! 151 ! 4th !

D.C. = Position in Drivers' Championship, T.C. = Position in Teams' Championship.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

24 Hours of Le Mans outcomes
Year	Category	Number	Tyres	Vehicle	Competitors	Pole position	Fastest lap	Completed laps	Overall finish	Category finish
2008	LMP1	20	Template:Michelin	Epsilon Euskadi ee1 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	Template:Country data ESP Template:Namespace detect showall Ángel Burgueño Template:Country data ESP Template:Namespace detect showall Miguel Ángel de Castro Template:Country data ESP Template:Namespace detect showall Adrián Vallés	no	no	189 (Did Not Finish)	41st	17th
2008	LMP1	21	Template:Michelin	Epsilon Euskadi ee1 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	Template:Country data JPN Template:Namespace detect showall Shinji Nakano Template:Country data SWE Template:Namespace detect showall Stefan Johansson Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Jean-Marc Gounon	no	no	158 (Did Not Finish)	43rd	19th