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55-493: Mygale is a contracted chassis supplier for single-marque formulae, including Formula Renault Campus and Formula BMW . It functions as a manufacturing contractor for BMW 's series, with a subsidiary of BMW's US division being responsible for the design. It also produces cars for open formulae. The company has been involved in Formula Ford since 1989 and has achieved its best results in that category. More recently, it entered

110-593: A USF2000 car for the American market. DSTP Motorsports fielded two Mygales, for Bobby Oergel and Ian Lacy . Oergel achieved three podium finishes and Lacy one. The first half of the season was particularly strong. Oergel finished sixth and Lacy 17th in the championship. In 2000 the Mygale chassis were entered in the American Continental Championship class, for cars built before 2000. Tõnis Kasemets drove

165-531: A 75% stake in Breda Racing, a producer of autosport related equipment. Tatuus Racing was founded by Artico Sandonà in 1980. The first cars were manufactured for the 500cc and 1000cc Formula Monza championship. Founder Sandona was one of the drivers in this championship. Luca Melgrati won the first championship for Tatuus in 1983 in the Formula Panda Monza championship. Sandona achieved a second place in

220-456: A Mygale at Road America , here he captured a podium finish in class in the second race. Another Mygale was entered by Jeff Sakowicz at Road Atlanta . At Homestead-Miami Speedway was an unsuccessful season for Mygale in the USF2000. Bryan Sellers and Daniel Muniz were fielded by DSTP Motorsports. But after a disappointing opening race the team switched to Van Diemen. For 2002 Jonathan Urlin

275-445: A Mygale was driven by Jon Mills and Roman Krumins . The Mygales were found in the rear of the field. The following year more Mygales were entered. A Mygale was entered by Harvest Motorsport with Erebus Academy for Jack Le Brocq in the first two rounds and Andre Heimgartner in round three. Nick Foster drove for Team BRM . Foster achieved two wins and a third place in the 2013 Australian Formula 3 season. Mygale will construct

330-688: A Tatuus chassis, Tony Kanaan joined the Tatuus Formula 3 team. Kanaan scored one win and was the best foreign driver in the Italian championship, finishing fifth in the final standings. After this season, Tatuus focused on Formula Renault. In 1993 Gianfranco De Bellis became co-proprietor. Tatuus then-on focused on producing Formula Renault cars. The Tatuus RC95 was the first Formula Renault car made by Tatuus. The Tatuus factory team fielded three drivers, Italian Rino Mastronardi , Norwegian Tommy Rustad and Brazilian Enrique Bernoldi . The team competed in

385-563: A class on their own securing the first and second place in the championship. The top ten were seven Tatuus and three Martini cars. Three Tatuus customer entries filled the podium in the German championship. Robert Lechner won the title in front of Thomas Mutsch and Michael Schröter . Marc Hynes , driving a customer Tatuus, won the British title. The French championship, however, was a different story. France, home of Mygale , Martini and Renault , had

440-476: A close contest, Ritter beat Steve Owen driving a Spectrum and Alex Davison driving a Van Diemen by two points. Luke Youlden won the championship driving a Mygale in 2000 . Between 2001 and 2006 Mygale played a marginal role with only a few entries. 2007 was a strong season when it provided the Sonic Motor Racing Services with chassis. Tim Blanchard won the championship and James Moffat

495-611: A fourth place in the championship. Mygale returned to the Eurocup and the French championship in 1998 with Beltoise and British driver Matthew Davies . It was a highly successful year. Davies and Beltoise finished one-two in the French championship with third driver Mathieu Zangarelli finishing fourth. In the Eurocup Davies finished second and Beltoise third. In the final year of the open chassis Formula Renault era Mygale fielded three drivers in

550-537: A new chassis for the Formula 3 ranks in 2016. With some modifications Mygale entered the American F1600 Championship Series . The Mygales were fitted with Honda L15A7 engines. Bryan Herta Autosport was appointed as the official importer for Mygale North America and fielded a factory supported team. In their inaugural season, 2012 , BHA driver Brandon Newey achieved four wins and a second place in

605-659: A one-two finish at the Formula Ford Festival in 2000 with Anthony Davidson and Danica Patrick . Mygale chassis filled the podium in the French championship with Jérémie de Souza winning the title. By now Van Diemen and Mygale dominated the Formula Ford market. In 2001 Mygale chassis again won the French championship and the Formula Ford Festival. Mygale even become more successful in the British Formula Ford after 2004. Mygale won nine consecutive championships in

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660-776: A very successful 1999 season. Driving a Mygale he won the British championship, was runner-up in the European championship and ended fourth in the Formula Ford Festival. Mygale first entered the Formula Renault market in 1995. Fielding a factory entry they won their first championship in Formula Renault. Cyrille Sauvage won the French Formula Renault Championship and the Formula Renault Eurocup . In 1996 Mygale fielded David Saelens and Alex Yoong in

715-604: Is a form of open wheel racing founded in 1993 by Louis Drouet. It is based in France and aims at karting graduates. The series currently organized by the Fédération Française du Sport Automobile (FFSA). Formerly, the champion receives support to continue in one of the Formula Renault 2.0 championships. In 2010, the re-branded series was made part of the World Series by Renault , but was then dropped for 2011. Since 2018 ,

770-420: Is an Italian chassis manufacturer for a series of formula racing series, being first founded in 1980. The company is known for its association with Renault Sport for its production of the Formula Renault chassis. Tatuus Racing SpA was founded in 1980 by and Artico Sandonà. The company operated independently for 37 years, with Gianfranco De Bellis joining as a co-owner. He remains to this day president of

825-608: The 2015 BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy . In 2012 Tatuus announced their first Group CN sports car. The car competed in the Italian Prototype Championship , V de V Proto Endurance and the Speed Euro Series , fielded by the revived factory team. Factory driver Davide Rigon drove the car to a second place during the Speed Euro Series round at Imola . Raffaele Giammaria achieved three podium finishes and

880-478: The Australian Formula Ford market in 1996 . Dugal McDougall entered a Mygale and finished fifth in the championship standings. Mygale won their first Australian Formula Ford Championship race in 1998 . Dugal McDougall won the race at Lakeside International Raceway . Greg Ritter , in his third year of Formula Ford, won the 1999 championship, the first Australian Championship win for a Mygale driver. In

935-412: The British Formula Ford championship. Driver Ricardo Sperafico and Richard Tarling achieved a second and third place in the championship. The duo also finished second and third at the prestigious Formula Ford Festival . More success at the Formula Ford Festival came the following year with Jenson Button winning the title. Button also won the British championship driving a Mygale. Nicolas Kiesa had

990-616: The Eurocup Formula Renault , Tommy Rustad won three races during the inaugural season for the team. The first title for the Tatuus factory team and chassis came in 1996. Enrique Bernoldi won six out of ten races and took the title. Teammate Danilo Cascio was places seventh. David Cook entered a Tatuus customer car in the British Formula Renault championship. In this very competitive championship Cook beat Darren Turner to

1045-525: The Formula Renault 1.6 . With the introduction of the spec formula classes, the racing team ceased to exist. For the 2003 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup season , the Tatuus FRV6 was introduced. After the European championship folded, the car was raced in the Formula V6 Asia between 2006 and 2009. Tatuus was contracted by Toyota New Zealand to design the new Formula Toyota racing car. The Toyota FT40

1100-794: The Formula Three market in 2006 and the M-06 and M-07 F3 chassis have appeared in limited numbers in the British , German and European championships. It focussed its efforts on the British series in 2007 in a close partnership with Ultimate Motorsport that yielded fifth place in the teams' standings. In 2012, Mygale supported the SCCA Formula F (Honda and Ford engines) class in the United States with new North American chassis distributor with 2011 Indianapolis 500 champion organization Bryan Herta Autosport as

1155-637: The French F4 Championship , F4 British Championship , China Formula 4 Championship , NACAM Formula 4 Championship , Formula 4 South East Asia Championship , F4 Danish Championship and F4 Argentina Championship . Additionally, the car was used in folded Australian Formula 4 Championship . The Mygale M21-F4 was introduced in 2021, conforming to the second-generation FIA Formula 4 rules. F4 Eurocup 1.6 French F4 Championship , formerly known as Formula Renault Campus France , Formula Campus , Formul'Academy Euro Series , F4 Eurocup 1.6

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1210-575: The Italian Formula Three championship as a team in 1989. Driver Fabrizio Bettini took the rookie of the year title in his inaugural season. Bettini drove an Alfa Romeo powered Dallara 389 chassis and achieved two podium finishes in seven races. Niko Palhares represented Tatuus in their 1991 campaign. Palhares scored one pole position and one podium finish. Tatuus entered the Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three support race for

1265-518: The USF2000 , fielding a factory team. Rino Mastronardi won the second race of the season in the streets of St. Petersburg . Starting third, Mastronardi managed to finish in front of Matt Sielsky and Buddy Rice . This, however, was the only outing of Mastronardi. The rest of the season the team fielded Steven Rikert and Giuliano Losacco . Tatuus finished second in the manufacturer standings scoring 40 points, behind Van Diemen who scored 93 points. For

1320-512: The 1994 season Godin again was placed second. This time his teammate from the 1993 season, Soheil Ayari won the championship in a Van Diemen . More success for the Mygale chassis came the following season. Fielded by Graff Racing , Patrice Gay won the French and European championships. A Mygale chassis again won the French Formula Ford championship in 1996 with David Terrien . In 1997 two customer Mygales fielded by Haywood Racing entered

1375-554: The 1996 title. Other customer Tatuus chassis were entered in the French Formula Renault , Antoine Brousseau achieved a second place in the championship. A Tatuus chassis also took the title in the German Formula Renault with driver Alexander Müller . 1997 was a highly successful for the team and the chassis. The team scored a one-two finish in the European championship. Jeffrey van Hooydonk and Max Busnelli were

1430-478: The 2010 season more teams switched to the Mygale chassis. But after a disappointing season with no wins for the Mygale chassis most teams returned to the Van Diemen chassis. The height of success for Mygale in Formula 3 was achieved in 2012. Riccardo Agostini driving the only Mygale chassis won the Italian championship winning 5 races. As the European market diminished Mygale began to export cars to Australia. In 2012

1485-419: The British championship in 1999 with Tatuus chassis winning 12 out of 13 races, Antônio Pizzonia took the title. Tatuus customer entries also won the European and German championships. Lucas Lasserre now took the title in the prestigious French championship. In heavy competition between Mygale, Martini and Tatuus, Tatuus prevailed winning 14 out of 21 races. For the 1997 racing season Tatuus made its debut in

1540-555: The Formula Renault Eurocup. Saelens ended on the podium four times and secured a second place in the championship. Dufour was Mygales best driver in the Eurocup ending up fourth in the championship. The following season Mygale did not enter the Formula Renault Eurocup which now was dominated by Tatuus and Martini . In the French Formula Renault championship Mygale fielded Julien Beltoise whom achieved three wins and

1595-502: The French championship. Zangarelli returned for another season alongside Tristan Gommendy and Simon Abadie . Zangarelli won six races and was the runner-up in the championship. Gommendy and Abadie were placed fifth and sixth. The Mygale chassis had its first success in the British Formula Renault Championship Carl Breeze , entered by Haywood, achieved a third place in the championship. Mygale entered

1650-482: The Italian championship ( Gianantonio Pacchioni finishing seventh). But Pacchioni achieved a win at the prestigious Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three support race . At the Masters of Formula 3 at Circuit Park Zandvoort , local Formula Ford 1600 driver Tom Coronel joined the team. Pacchioni scored a seventh-place finish while Coronel finished in 20th place. The team improved for the following season, fielding Pacchioni, who

1705-613: The M-06. Its successor the M-07 was used in at the 2007 Masters of Formula 3 by Esteban Guerrieri and Michael Devaney without success. They also entered select races of the Formula 3 Euroseries in 2007 and 2008. More success came in the Italian Formula 3 in 2009. Mexican driver Pablo Sánchez López , fielded by Alan Racing Team , scored four wins and secured the third place in the championship. For

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1760-572: The Tatuus FA010. For 2014 Tatuus was contracted to build all the cars for the Formula 4 Italian Championship , a new class under the rules of the FIA Formula 4 . The Tatuus F4-T014 was powered by a detuned Formula Abarth engine, limited to 160 hp . In 2015, the new ADAC Formula 4 adopted the Tatuus car. The BRDC Formula 4 Championship announced in September 2014 that it would use a Tatuus chassis from

1815-478: The championship. BHA repeated this achievement in 2013 with Adrian Starrantino . For 2014 BHA was joined by Pro Mazda team Team Pelfrey to run factory supported Mygales. Mygale chassis were also raced in the Canadian Formula Tour 1600 and Toyo Tires F1600 Championship Series . The Mygale M14-F4 was launched in 2014 under FIA Formula 4 rules. It is used in several national championships, including

1870-422: The championship. Tatuus were the team and chassis to beat. Melgrati won the championship again in 1985 and 1986. For the 1988 season the Italian manufacturer was contracted to build the cars for the new Formula König . The car was a tube-framed, wings and slicks racecar. The first season was won by future seven-time Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher . Although not a Formula 3 constructor, Tatuus entered

1925-455: The company. Under the ownership of Wise Sgr Tatuus expanded its operations. In November 2017 Tatuus purchased racing engine producer Autotecnica Motori. Autotecnica Motori founder Giovanni Delfino retained his role as CEO of the company & also moved into a role in senior management at Tatuus, later becoming CEO of the whole group. Another purchase was made in November 2018, when Tatuus bought

1980-412: The company. On 16 February 2017 De Bellis and Sandonà sold a majority of the shares to Wisequity IV. Wisequity IV is a closed-ended fund managed by private equity firm Wise Sgr S.p.A. Wisequity IV has an investment value of €215,000,000. The private equity fund manages five companies, Tatuus Racing, Corob , Imprima Group , Tapì Group and Aleph Team . De Bellis and Sandonà kept a minority stake in

2035-470: The current French Formula Ford Zetec championship, the Tatuus chassis achieved various wins and championships. Tatuus was contracted to design and manufacture the new specification Formula Renault cars. The Tatuus FR2000 debuted in 2000 in various Formula Renault championships. This racecar was used until 2010 when it was replaced by Barazi-Epsilon . In 2002 the Tatuus FR1600 was introduced to run in

2090-465: The engine was changed to the new turbo charged Renault Sport 1.3-liter one. Since the 2022 season , the new Mygale M21-F4 chassis has been used. Points are awarded as follows: From 2011, the circuits used in the French F4 Championship are listed as: Tatuus 45°34′45″N 9°19′35″E  /  45.579134°N 9.3264173°E  / 45.579134; 9.3264173 Tatuus

2145-414: The first French Formula Ford car. With Van Diemen , Reynard Motorsports and Swift Cooper dominating the Formula Ford market, Mygale had a hard time breaking through. Mygale started their own racing school at Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry . The first success came for French-Canadian driver Bertrand Godin . In his factory fielded Mygale he achieved a second place in the championship, scoring two wins. In

2200-569: The first time. Palhares achieved a 16th place, he was the last running driver. Their 1992 campaign ended in a second place in the championship for Brazilian driver Niko Palhares . Palhares had less luck in the annual Monaco F3 Grand Prix, failing to finish. Tatuus made their first appearance in the Masters of Formula 3 . Palhares finished in 14th place during the second edition of this Formula 3 classic. The following year Fiat appointed Tatuus as their official factory team. The team had little success in

2255-522: The following season Tatuus supplied other teams with race cars as well as running the factory team. Factory driver Ryan Hampton finished second in the standings. Robby McGehee was the best placed customer Tatuus, fielded by RM Racing finished he third in the season standings. For the 1999 season Tatuus didn't field a factory team. Although some teams chose to run a Tatuus chassis, among them A. J. Foyt Enterprises fielding Larry Foyt . There were no full-time Tatuus entries, thus Tatuus could not compete for

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2310-521: The importer. Mygale also runs a racing school at the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry near Paris . The Formula Mygale centre was set up in 1991 and provides tuition and "driving experiences" in Mygale's own Formula Ford chassis. Mygale SARL was founded by 24-year-old aerodynamics engineer Bertrand Decoster on 31 January 1989. After his study at the École supérieure des techniques aéronautiques et de construction automobile ( French wiki ) he decided to build

2365-418: The most competitive Formula Renault championship. Benoît Tréluyer driving a Tatuus was placed sixth in the championship standings, scoring one win and four podium finishes out of 17 races. Tatuus again was the chassis to beat in the European, British and German championships. Lucas Lasserre managed to achieve a third place in the French championship, behind two factory entered Mygales . Tatuus again dominated

2420-672: The same chassis but with more power, downforce, and adjustments will be the spec chassis for the Pro Mazda Championship beginning in 2018. In 1998 Tatuus entered the Formula Ford Zetec market. In 1999 their chassis achieved success with German driver Timo Bernhard driving for Jenzer Motorsport . The German driver achieved four podium finishes and a third place in the German Formula Ford championship. After 1999 Tatuus did not update their Formula Ford Zetec chassis. In

2475-569: The same engine as its predecessor but the gearbox was to be different. The five speed Sadev gearbox was upgraded to a six speed gearbox. For 2006 Tatuus introduced the Tatuus FC106 for the Formula Challenge Japan . The car was used during the entire running of the series between 2006 and 2013. Another junior formula car designed and manufactured by Tatuus is the Tatuus N.T07 . This car

2530-524: The season in Sinter chassis but due to poor results they switched to Mygale after three rounds. In 2000 Mygale was contracted to build the cars for the Portuguese Formula Novis . For 2001 Mygale was contracted by BMW to build the cars for the spec Formula BMW . The chassis was used between 2001 and 2012 in various official BMW championships. In total 38 Formula BMW champions were crowned throughout

2585-532: The series runs under FIA moniker. The car was originally built by Signatech . The chassis and survival cell had a carbon fibre composite monocoque construction. The car was designed to comply with the 2008 FIA F3 standards. The 1600cc Renault K4MRS engine produced about 140 bhp. The transmission had five forward speeds with sequential shift mechanism. The championship adopted FIA Formula 4 regulations in 2018 , with Mygale M14-F4 chassis and naturally-aspirated 160 bhp Renault 2.0L engines. In 2020,

2640-682: The title. Various Tatuus RC98 chassis are still being raced in the SCCA Formula Continental class. The car achieved various successes in the club racing scene. The cars were also entered in SCCA's most prestigious races the SCCA National Championship Runoffs and the June Sprints . Tatuus was selected by the series promoter as the new spec chassis for the U.S. F2000 National Championship beginning in 2017 . A derivative of

2695-543: The world's oldest Formula Ford class. When the British Formula Ford switched to the Ford EcoBoost engine Mygale was the sole chassis supplier during the 2012 British Formula Ford season . For the 2013, when the British Formula Ford was introduced to aerodynamic aids, Mygale was joined by Fluid Motorsport entering Sinter LA12 chassis. This season was dominated by Mygale. Radical Sportscars Formula Ford team started

2750-539: The world. The Spider THP is a sportscar produced by Mygale in 2007. This open sportscar was built for Peugeot Sport for the THP Spider Cup . Later came a French and a Danish variant of this European series. The car was a sportscar version of the Peugeot 207 powered by a 1,6L Peugeot engine. The Danish championship ran until 2011 and the European series until 2012. Mygale constructed their first Formula 3 car in 2006,

2805-468: Was considered one of the favorites, and rookie Simone Rebai . Pacchioni didn't take the title but managed to finish third in the standings. For the Masters of Formula 3, Rebai was replaced by Roberto Colciago . Coming over from RC Motorsport Colciago managed to beat regular driver Pachioni by placing seventh compared to Pachioni's 25th place. After winning the Formula Alfa Boxer championship with

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2860-446: Was fielded by OTM Motorsports in a new Mygale. It was Mygales most successful season in USF2000 yet, Urlin scored two pole-positions and four podium finishes. The Canadian driver finished behind Sellers and Jeffrey Jones third in the standings. Sakowicz drove a Mygale car at Sebring International Raceway in 2002 and 2003 but without success. After Mygale's departure from Formula Renault Mygale continued in Formula Ford. Mygale scored

2915-673: Was introduced in the Toyota Racing Series in 2005 . After ten seasons the car was retired at the end of the 2014 Toyota Racing Series season. The cars last race, the New Zealand Grand Prix , was won by Nick Cassidy . For the 2015 Toyota Racing Series the Tatuus-built Toyota FT50 was introduced. On 20 July 2014 the FT50 was tested by former series champion Nick Cassidy at Adria International Raceway . The car featured

2970-481: Was placed second. Both drove 2007 model Mygale Formula Fords. The following years Mygale and Spectrum were the only chassis with full-time entries. Van Diemen played a marginal role. Mygale drivers won the championship in 2008 , 2009 , 2011 , 2012 and 2013 . After the 2013 season the national championship was cancelled to be replaced by the Australian Formula Ford Series . In 1999 Mygale produced

3025-675: Was the sole car for the 2007 , 2008 and 2009 International Formula Master seasons. Italian racing class Formula Abarth introduced the Tatuus FA010 powered by a 1.4L Fiat - FPT engine. The car was later introduced in the Formula Masters China (2011), Panam GP Series (2012), Formula Russia (2013). Starting in 2014 the Florida Winter Series , set up by the Ferrari Driver Academy , used an updated version of

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