Motopark Academy

Motopark Academy

Company type	Private
Industry	Motorsport
Founded	1998
Founder	Timo Rumpfkeil
Headquarters	Oschersleben , Germany
Area served	International (various formula and GT racing series)
Key people	Timo Rumpfkeil (principal)
Products	Motor racing teams and driver development

Motopark Academy—known as Lotus between 2012 and 2014—is a German racing outfit headquartered in Oschersleben, near the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. Established in 1998 by Timo Rumpfkeil, who continues to lead the team, Motopark has participated in various racing categories, including a stint in the GP2 Series under the Russian Time banner in 2013. Up until 2024, they also managed a satellite outfit called CryptoTower Racing. The organization specializes in nurturing emerging talent across multiple formula and GT competitions, boasting significant achievements in series such as Eurocup and NEC Formula Renault, German Formula Three, ADAC Formel Masters, and Japanese Formula Three.

Open-wheel Racing

Since the early 2000s, Motopark has maintained a steady presence in single-seater racing, notably competing in the Formula 3 Euro Series from 2009 onward.

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

In 2004, Motopark Academy claimed the teams' championship title in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, with American driver Scott Speed securing the drivers' championship by winning eight races. Two years later, Portuguese racer Filipe Albuquerque earned the drivers' crown for Motopark Academy with four victories.

Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

From its inception in 2006, Motopark Academy dominated the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, capturing all four Drivers' Championships with Filipe Albuquerque (2006), Frank Kechele (2007), Valtteri Bottas (2008), and António Félix da Costa (2009). Additionally, the team won three consecutive Teams' Championships between 2007 and 2009.

GP2 and GP3 Series

In 2013, former Russian driver and manager Igor Mazepa co-founded Russian Time alongside Motopark's principal Timo Rumpfkeil. After two years of efforts, Russian Time entered the GP2 Series that year by replacing iSport International, which had withdrawn due to financial difficulties.

The team celebrated its maiden GP2 victory during its fourth race when Sam Bird won the sprint event in Bahrain. Another triumph came at Monaco, where Bird finished ahead of Kevin Ceccon following a significant first-lap collision.

The following year, Russian Time expanded into the GP3 Series, taking over Bamboo Engineering’s position while continuing its involvement in GP2, German Formula Three, and ADAC Formel Masters. However, preparations were disrupted by Mazepa’s passing in February 2014. Soon after, Motopark ended its collaboration with Russian Time, casting uncertainty over driver line-ups for both GP2 and GP3 seasons.

Formula 3 and Japanese Single-Seaters

Motopark participated in the final season of the 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, fielding drivers such as Jonathan Aberdein, Sebastián Fernández, Fabio Scherer, Marino Sato, Dan Ticktum, and Jüri Vips.

The team planned its debut in Japan through a partnership with B-Max Racing for the 2019 Super Formula Championship, entering with drivers Lucas Auer and Harrison Newey. Concurrently, they competed in the 2019 Japanese Formula 3 Championship featuring racers including Sacha Fenestraz, Enaam Ahmed, 'Dragon', and Tairoku Yamaguchi. Motopark was also set to join the inaugural Formula European Masters Championship with Marino Sato returning and Red Bull Juniors Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson signed on; however, this series was cancelled due to insufficient participant numbers.

By April 2019, Motopark redirected its efforts toward the 2019 Euroformula Open Championship, maintaining their intended Formula European Masters roster and adding a fourth entry for Julian Hanses.

Euroformula Open Championship

Year	Vehicle	Competitors	Events	Victories	Pole Positions	Fastest Laps	Podium Finishes	Points Accumulated	Drivers' Championship	Teams' Championship
2019	Dallara F317-Volkswagen	Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Marino Sato	16	9	6	5	11	307	Champion	Champion
		Template:Country data NZLTemplate:Namespace detect showall Liam Lawson	14	4	2	1	7	179	Runner-up
		Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Yuki Tsunoda	14	1	0	3	6	151	4th place
		Julian Hanses	12	0	1	0	4	98	8th place
		Cameron Das	10	0	0	1	0	54	12th place
		Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Toshiki Oyu	2	2	2	0	2	52	14th place
		Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Enaam Ahmed	2	0	0	1	2	37	15th place
		Template:Country data NORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Dennis Hauger	2	0	0	0	0	18	19th place
		Niklas Krütten	6	0	0	0	0	14	20th place

2020	Dallara 320-Volkswagen	Niklas Krütten	Runner-up
		Template:Country data VENTemplate:Namespace detect showall Manuel Maldonado		-	Cameron Das	-	Template:Country data CHNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Yifei Ye	Champion ! rowspan="3" style="background:#FFFFBF;" | Champion |-	Template:Country data AUTTemplate:Namespace detect showall Lukas Dunner	Runner-up |-	Template:Country data ANGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Rui Andrade	18 !0 !0 !0 !0 !28 !14th place

2021	Dallara 320-Volkswagen	Cameron Das	Champion	Champion |-	Jak Crawford	Third Place |-	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Christian Mansell †	-	Template:Country data CZETemplate:Namespace detect showall Roman Staněk	-	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Reshad de Gerus	-	Template:Country data HUNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Vivien Keszthelyi	-	Matthias Lüthen	-	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Louis Foster	24 !3 !2 !4 !13 !315 ! style="background:#DFDFDF;" |Runner-up	rowspan="3" style="background:#DFDFDF;"	Runner-up
		Template:Country data MYSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Nazim Azman ! 24 ! 1 ! 0 ! 0 ! 7 ! 270 ! 4th place |-	Template:Country data POLTemplate:Namespace detect showall Filip Kaminiarz ! 24 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 1 ! 80 ! 10th place

rowspan=6| 2022 ! rowspan=6| Dallara 320-Volkswagen ! Template:Country data DENTemplate:Namespace detect showall Oliver Goethe ! 26 ! 11 ! 7 ! 12 ! 18 ! 499 ! style="background:#FFFFBF;" | Champion ! rowspan=3 style="background:#DFDFDF;" | Runner-up |-	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Frederick Lubin ! 26 ! 1 ! 0 ! 2 ! 9 ! 301 ! 4th place |-	Template:Country data MEXTemplate:Namespace detect showall Alex García ! 26 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 1 ! 116 ! 7th place |-	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Vladislav Lomko ! 26 ! 6 ! 2 ! 5 ! 19 ! 434 ! style="background:#DFDFDF;" | Runner-up! rowspan=3 style="background:#FFFFBF;" | Champion |-	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Christian Mansell! 26! 3! 1! 3! 15! 381! style="background:#FFDF9F;" | Third Place |-	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Josh Mason! 26! 3! 0! 1! 7! 278! 5th place

rowspan=15| 2023 ! rowspan=15| Dallara 320-Volkswagen ! Noel León！ 23！ 7！ 5！ 11！ 16！ 394！ style = "background:#FFFFBF;"	Champion ！ rowspan = "5" style = "background:#FFFFBF;"	Champion ！-！！ ！ Cian Shields！ 23！ 3！ ０！ ３！ １０！ ３０７！ style = "background:#DFDFDF;"	Runner-up ！-！！ ！ Bryce Aron！ 20！ ３！ ０！ １！ ５！ ２３８！ ４ｔｈ！-！！ ！ Levente Révész ！８！１！０！０！３！１０３！９ｔｈ！-！！ rowspan = "2" | Jakob Bergmeister！１４！０！０！０！２！ rowspan = "2" | １４８！ rowspan = "2" | ５ｔｈ！！-！！ ３！０！０！０！１！！-！！ rowspan = "10" style = "background:#DFDFDF;"	Runner-up ！！-！！ ！！ Charlie Wurz １１！ １！ １！ ３！ ５！ １３９！ ６ｔｈ！！-！！ ！！ Joshua Dufek ８！ １！ ０！ ０！ ７！ １３８！ ７ｔｈ！！-！！ ！！ Enzo Trulli ６！ ２！ ２！ ０！ ３！ ９８！ １０ｔｈ！！-！！ ！！ Josh Mason ６！！ １！！ ０！！ ０！！ ３！！ ９６！！ １１ｔｈ！！-！！ ！！ Tim Tramnitz ３！！ ０！！ ０！！ ２！！ ３！！ ５５！！ １２ｔｈ！！-！！	! Vladislav Ryabov !! ３!! ０!! ０!! ０!! ０!! ２４!! １５ｔｈ!!-!!	! Benjámin Berta !! ３!! ０!! ０!! ０!! ０!! ２０!! １６ｔｈ!!-!!	! Attila Pénzes !! ３!! ０!! ０!! ０!! ０!! １６!! １７ｔｈ!!-!!	! Gerrard Xie ３!! ０!! ０!! ０!! ０!! ８!! １８ｔｈ!!-!!} rowspan=14| 2024  !! rowspan=14| Dallara320 - Volkswagen  !! Template:Flag icon USABrad Benavides  !! 24 !! 9 !! 4 !! 10 !! 19 !! 431 !! style = " background : #FFFFBF; "|| Champion ! row span = "14" style = " background : #FFFFBF; "|| Champion !- Template:Flag icon BRA Fernando Barrichello 24 1 0 1 5 264 style = " background : #FFDF9F; " Third Place !- Template:Flag icon GER Jakob Bergmeister 18 1 0 0 7 243 4th place - Template:Flag icon HUN Levente Révész 18 1 0 2 8 236 5th place - Template:Flag icon KOR Michael Shin 12 2 1 1 6 187 6th place - Template:Flag icon MEX José Garfias 9 0 1 1 4 99 7th place - Template:Flag icon GBR Edward Pearson 6 0 0 1 3 80 8th  - Template:Flag icon ESP Lorenzo Fluxá    3   1   ۰   ۱   ۳   ۵۹   ９tһ  - Template:Flag icon white Vladislav Ryabov   ۶   ۱   ۰   ۰   ۱   ۵۸  １０tһ  - Template:Flag icon HKG Gerrard Xie !۳ !۱ !۰ !۱ !۱ !۳۶ !１１tһ ! - ! Template:Flag icon MEX Ricardo Escotto !۳ !۰ !۰ !۰ !۰ !۱۸ !１３tһ ! - ! Template:Flag icon FRA Enzo Richer !۳ !۰ !۰ !۰ !۰ !۱۶ !１４tһ ! - ! Template:Flag icon CHN Cenyu Han !۰ !۰ !۰ !۰ !۰ !۰ !NC ! - ! Template:Flag icon LKA Yevan David !۳ !۲ !۰ !۰ !۳ !۰ !NC ! rowspan=6| 2025 Yevan David //!Dallara F314-Volkswagen //!Template:Flagicon SMRMarino Sato //!30 //!0 //!0 //!0 //!0 //!31.5 //!16th //!"Used Dallara F314 prior to round7"Dallara F318-Volkswagen // //!Template:Flagicon ESPSebastián Fernández (racing driver) // //!30 // //!0 // //!0 // //!0 // //!0 // //!5 // //!21st ! rowspan=6| Dallara324 - TOM'S ! Everett Stack !! row span = "6" - ! Michael Shin - ! Fernando Barrichello - ! Diego de la Torre || - ! José Garfias } † Christian Mansell competed for the Carlin Motorsport team during the third round. Previous Series Performance GP2 Series Season Vehicle Competitors Events Victories Pole Positions F.L. Accumulated Points D.C. T.C. 2013 Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Sam Bird 22 5 2 3 181 2nd 1st Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Tom Dillmann 22 0 1 2 92 10th Formula 3 Euro Series ... (rest of drivers and results omitted for brevity) ... Season Vehicle Competitors Events Contested Wins Achieved Pole Positions Secured Fastest Laps Recorded Points Earned D.C. T.C. 2009 Dallara F308-Mercedes Template:Country data CHETemplate:Namespace detect showall Christopher Zanella 20 0 0 0 11 13th 7th Template:Country data NEDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Renger van der Zande 8 1 0 0 7 15th Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Atte Mustonen 12 0 0 0 4 19th 2010 Dallara F308-Volkswagen Template:Country data PORTemplate:Namespace detect showall António Félix da Costa 18 3 0 1 40 7th 4th Template:Country data DNKTemplate:Namespace detect showall Kevin Magnussen 2 1 0 1 8 12th FIA Formula 3 International Trophy FIA European Formula 3 Vehicle Model Drivers Participated Rounds Competed In Race Wins Pole Positions Earned Fastest Laps Set Podium Finishes Achieved Total Points Scored Drivers' Championship Position (D.C.) Teams' Championship Position (T.C.) Dallara F312#Dallara F315-Volkswagen Markus Pommer 33 1 0 1 2 116.5 10th 7th Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Sam MacLeod 30 0 0 0 0 2 24th Dallara F312#Dallara F314-Volkswagen Template:Country data MYSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Nabil Jeffri 33 0 0 0 0 2 26th Template:Country data INDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mahaveer Raghunathan 27 0 0 0 0 0 39th Template:Country data THATemplate:Namespace detect showall Tanart Sathienthirakul 3 0 0 0 0 0 40th 2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship#2016 Dallara F312#Dallara F315-Volkswagen - Template:Country data SWETemplate:Namespace detect showall Joel Eriksson -30 -1 -0 -2 -10 -252 -5th 3rd - Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Niko Kari -30 -1 -0 -0 -5 -129 -10th -- "Used Dallara F314 prior to round 8" -- Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Sérgio Sette Câmara --30 --0 --0 --1 --2 --107 --11th -- Dallara F312-Volkswagen -- Template:Country data CHNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Guanyu Zhou --30 --0 --0 --0 --2 --101 --13th 2017 European Formula 3 Championship#2017 Dallara F312-Volkswagen - Template:Country data SWETemplate:Namespace detect showall Joel Eriksson (racing driver) -30 -3 -2 -2 -14 -139 2nd 3rd - Template:Country data ROUTemplate:Namespace detect showall Petru Florescu -6 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -23rd - Template:Country data ESTTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jüri Vips -3 -0 -0 -0 -0 -N/A -NC -- Dallara F316-Volkswagen -- Template:Flagicon DEU David Beckmann --21 --0 --0 --0 --0 --45 --16th† -- Dallara F314-Volkswagen -- Template:Flagicon JPN Marino Sato --30 --0 --0 --0 --0 --1 --17th -- "Used Dallara F315 in first three rounds"Dallara F317-Volkswagen ---Template:Flagicon DEU Keyvan Andres ---30 ---0 ---0 ---0 ---0 ---0 ---21st --- -rowspan=6 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship#2018 --Dallara F317-Volkswagen --Template:Flagicon GBR Dan Ticktum --30 --4 --4 --1 --8 --308 --style="background:#DFDFDF;"2nd --rowspan=6 style="background:#DFDFDF;"2nd --rowspan=2 Dallara F315-Volkswagen --Template:Flagicon EST Jüri Vips --30 --4 --3 --6 --7 --284 --4th --Template:Flagicon ZAF Jonathan Aberdein --30 --0 --0 --1 --3 --108 --12th --Dallara F316-Volkswagen --Template:Flagicon CHE Fabio Scherer --30 --0 --1 --2 --1 //!64 //!14th † Points include those earned with Van Amersfoort Racing. Japanese Formula 3 Championship Japanese Formula 3 Championship Year Vehicle Competitors Events Victories Pole Positions Fastest Laps Podium Finishes Total Points Driver's Championship Team's Championship 2019 Dallara F314-Volkswagen Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Sacha Fenestraz 20 8 5 9 18 162 Champion Champion Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall 'Dragon' 20 0 0 0 0 0 14th place Dallara F315-Volkswagen Template:Country data INDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ameya Vaidyanathan 20 0 0 0 0 0 13th place Dallara F312-Volkswagen Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Enaam Ahmed 20 2 1 1 8 63 3rd place Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Harrison Newey 3 0 0 0 0 5 11th place Dallara F316-Volkswagen Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ukyo Sasahara 3 0 0 0 0 3 12th place Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Takashi Hata 2 0 0 0 0 0 20th place ADAC Formula 4 Year Vehicle Model Competitors Events Victories Pole Positions Fastest Laps Points Accumulated Driver Ranking Team Ranking Super Formula Year Vehicle Competitors Events Victories Pole Positions F.L. Points Accumulated D.C. T.C. 2019 Dallara SF19-Honda Template:Country data AUTTemplate:Namespace detect showall Lucas Auer 7 0 0 1 14 9th 8th Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Harrison Newey 7 0 0 0 6 15th 2020 Dallara SF19-Honda Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Nobuharu Matsushita 4 0 0 0 16 15th 9th Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Sérgio Sette Câmara 1 0 1 0 3 20th Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Charles Milesi 3 0 0 0 0 21st Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mitsunori Takaboshi 1 0 0 0 0 26th Super Formula Lights Year Vehicle Model Competitors Events Contested Victories Secured Pole Positions Achieved Total Points Earned 2020 Dallara 320-Volkswagen Sena Sakaguchi 17 4 5 2 116 2nd - Yoshiaki Katayama 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6th | - Mitsunori Takaboshi 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7th | - Mizuki Ishizaka 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11th | - "Dragon" 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12th | - Kiyoto Fujinami 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13th | - Masami Kageyama 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14th | - Sakon Yamamoto 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16th | - Satoshi Motoyama 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17th | - Nobuhiro Imada 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18th | - Motoyoshi Yoshida 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19th | - Takashi Hata 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20th | } Timeline Active Competitions Euroformula Open Championship Since 2019 International GT Open From 2022 onward Le Mans Cup (Starting in 2024) Middle East Trophy (Beginning in 2025) Previously Participated Series Formula König (1999–2000) Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup#Formula Renault 2.0 Germany - Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0|(2001–2009) |- Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup|(2006–2009) |- Formula 3 Euro Series|(2009–2011) |- German Formula Three Championship|(2010–2014) |- Porsche Supercup|(2011) |- British Formula 3 International Series|(2011,2014) |- ADAC Formel Masters|(2011–2014) |- GP2 Series|(2013) |- Porsche Carrera Cup Germany|(2013) |- ADAC Formula 4|(2015–2017) |- FIA Formula 3 European Championship|(2015–2018) |- Formula 4 UAE Championship|(2016–2018) |- Japanese Formula 3 Championship|(2019) |- Super Formula|(2019–2020) |- Super Formula Lights|(2020) |- Asian Le Mans Series|(2023–2024) |- } External links