Zeta Corse
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Motorsport |
| Founded | January 2013 |
| Founder | Giancarlo Zampieri |
| Fate | Ceased racing after 2014 season |
| Headquarters | Valencia , Spain |
Key people | Claudio Corradini (team manager) |
| Products | Formula Renault 3.5 Series racing team |
| Owner | RMD Media (from December 2013) |
Zeta Corse was a Russian-based racing outfit that participated in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series.
History
In January 2013, Giancarlo Zampieri, father of Daniel Zampieri, took over the Formula Renault 3.5 division from BVM - Target Racing and rebranded it as Zeta Corse. Operating out of Valencia, the team was managed by Claudio Corradini and staffed with personnel who had prior experience at EPIC Racing and HRT F1 Team.
For their initial appearance at Monza, the driver lineup featured Mihai Marinescu alongside Emmanuel Piget. After Piget competed in a single round, he was succeeded by FIA Formula Two runner-up Mathéo Tuscher at Alcañiz. The roster changed again at Monaco, where Carlos Sainz Jr. and Nick Yelloly took the wheel. Marinescu returned for the Spa and Moscow events, while Sainz was replaced by William Buller. Subsequent races saw additional driver rotations including appearances from Riccardo Agostini and a return by Sainz. In December 2013, ownership passed to Russian firm RMD Media. Buller’s three top-five finishes marked the team’s strongest results during the 2013 season.
For the 2014 campaign, Zeta Corse signed full-season drivers Roman Mavlanov and Roberto Merhi. Merhi earned the team’s inaugural podium with a second-place finish at Monza and went on to claim three victories at Moscow, Nürburgring, and Hungaroring. He concluded the season third in the drivers’ championship standings, contributing significantly to the team’s fourth-place finish in the teams’ classification.
Although Zeta Corse intended to bring on former GP2 competitor Facu Regalia for 2015, he opted to compete in other series, and as a result, the team did not continue racing that year.
Results
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Dallara T12-Zytek | Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall William Buller | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 11th | 10th |
| Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Carlos Sainz Jr. | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 19th | |||
| Template:Country data ROUTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mihai Marinescu | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25th | |||
| Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Nick Yelloly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th | |||
| Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Emmanuel Piget | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | |||
| Template:Country data CHETemplate:Namespace detect showall Mathéo Tuscher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th | |||
| Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Riccardo Agostini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
| 2014 | Dallara T12-Zytek | Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Roberto Merhi | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 183 | 3rd | 4th |
| Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Roman Mavlanov | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th |
During the 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season, the team competed under an Italian license before switching to a Russian license starting with the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season.