Vod:Bul Racing

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England Vod:Bul
VodBul Racing Logo 2013.png
Full name Vod:Bul Racing
Base England Liverpool, England
Team principal/s England Mike Pitman
Race drivers 14. Germany Philipp Puschke
15. Finland Oskari Kantonen
Test drivers Netherlands Douwe Tapper
Chassis VBMP14
Engine Valiant VA15
Tyres GPVWC
GPVWC Superleague Career
Début 2006 Belgian Grand Prix
Latest race 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix
Races competed 85
Constructors' Championships 0
Drivers' Championships 0
Race victories 1
Podiums 4
Pole positions 1
Fastest laps 2
2014 position 6th

Vod:Bul Racing, formerly known as Vod:Bul Racing F1, is an English Superleague team based in Liverpool and run by Mike Pitman and is considered, naturally, the premier team of the VBMotorsport group (VBM). It has had two iterations, the team that took part in the erstwhile F1VWC from 2006 through to 2008, and then the present team which has taken part since the start of the 2014 season. The current team is, in effect, the result of the Vod:Bul Supercup team's promotion at the end of the 2013 season; 2014 was only the second year of VBM's return to the GPVWC.

Historically, the team has had numerous drivers, several of whom had, or have since had, highly notable careers. Among them were Leontin Nemet, Dave Carr-Smith, Adam Rouse, Vitaliy Kambarov and Laurent Keersmaekers.

The team goes into the 2015 season with German reigning-Supercup champion Philipp Puschke and Finland's Oskari Kantonen as its primary drivers. Dutchman Douwe Tapper is the team's official third driver.

Significantly for 2015, Vod:Bul won the bidding process to find a new engine manufacturer to replace the defunct Krevder line, resulting in the creation of the Valiant VA15 engine, which will power Vod:Bul and three other teams in 2015. They also became the title sponsor of the 2015 Formula Challenge season, and 5 races of the season.

History

2014 season

The name Vod:Bul returned to the top tier of the GPVWC after an absence of 5 years. One key change from Vod:Bul's original stint was that Superleague now raced real-time in rFactor, meaning that in some respects, 2014 was an entirely new venture for the team.

The team's 2014 drivers were Dane Morten Wernersen, who had previously raced for the Supercup team in 2013, and Belgian Kenney Lybeer. The team's third driver was fellow-Belgian Bart de Vos, who would go on to race for the team four times, while Englishman Jonathan Holmes, nominally one of the drivers of VBM's then-Formula Challenge affiliate Tanskanen Racing, drove at Monaco, while Douwe Tapper, normally driving for VBM's Supercup affiliate Streetfighter Racing Systems, drove for the team at Belgium.

The team had a bold, if steady start to the season, securing a highly beneficial deal to have their engines supplied by Potentia, the same engine that powered the likes of Midnight Motorsport and eventual winners CSG Racing.

Lybeer's 4th place at Bahrain, only the team's 3rd race back in the Superleague, was a huge boon to the team. It, coupled with Wernersen's 7th, also proved to be the team's best result and although the team would suffer a disastrous Spanish round in which both cars retired, the team then went on to score points in each of the remaining rounds, with 7 of those rounds seeing double points finishes. Though the team never bettered its Bahrain result, its consistency saw it finish 6th in the championship, beating the likes of Nordsjoen and Torrent. Vod:Bul's success saw it awarded with the title 'Best New Superleague Team' at the 2014 GPVWC Day.

Gallery

Complete results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position) (results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Chassis Engine Tyres Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Points Pos
2006 VBMP01 Toyota RVX-06 B BEL
Belgium
MYS
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
SAN
San Marino
EUR
Europe
ESP
Spain
MON
Monaco
GBR
United Kingdom
CAN
Canada
USA
United States
FRA
France
GER
Germany
HUN
Hungary
TUR
Turkey
ITA
Italy
CHN
China
JPN
Japan
BRA
Brazil
30 7th
Romania Leontin Nemet 22 8 Ret 7 DNS 9 9 6 6 12 7 5 13
Scotland Martin Buchan 10 9 Ret
England Dave Carr-Smith 11 Ret
Germany Lennart Kaiser 23 Ret DNS DSQ DNS DNS 9
England Adam Rouse 7 8 12 8 9 8 11 5 12 6 6 Ret
2007 VBMP02 Toyota RVX-07 B AUS
Australia
MAL
Malaysia
BAH
Bahrain
ESP
Spain
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
USA
United States
FRA
France
UK
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
HUN
Hungary
TUR
Turkey
ITA
Italy
BEL
Belgium
JPN
Japan
CHN
China
BRA
Brazil
54 4th
England Adam Rouse 14 8
Scotland Martin Buchan 10 DNS DNS Ret DNS 10 11 DNS
Ukraine Vitaliy Kambarov 5 DSQ 3
Belgium Matteo Keersmaekers DNS
15 DNS Ret DNS
Italy Francesco Passeri 14 DNS
15 Ret Ret
Belgium Laurent Keersmaekers 1
Romania Leontin Nemet 5 8 5 9 Ret 2 DNS Ret DNS 2 DSQ
Germany Dirk Bertram 14
2008 VBMP03 Ferrari B AUS
Australia
MAL
Malaysia
BHR
Bahrain
ESP
Spain
TUR
Turkey
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
FRA
France
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
HUN
Hungary
EUR
Europe
BEL
Belgium
ITA
Italy
AUT
Austria
JPN
Japan
BRA
Brazil
0 NC
Netherlands Daniel Bolman 10 Ret C Ret C Ret Ret
20092013: Vod:Bul did not compete in Superleague.
2014 VBMP14 Potentia PGE-02 G AUS
Australia
MYS
Malaysia
BAH
Bahrain
CHN
China
ESP
Spain
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
AUT
Austria
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
HUN
Hungary
BEL
Belgium
ITA
Italy
USA
United States
UAE
United Arab Emirates
JPN
Japan
BRA
Brazil
136 6th
Denmark
Morten Wernersen
28 16 20 7 Ret Ret 9 9 11 7 9 10 12 12 Ret 14 14
Belgium Bart de Vos Ret
29 14 DSQ Ret
Belgium Kenney Lybeer Ret 4 11 Ret 8 11 15 DSQ 11 6 9 11
England Jonathan Holmes 11
Netherlands Douwe Tapper 8
2015 VBMP15 Valiant VA15 G AUS
Australia
BAH
Bahrain
ESP
Spain
POR
Portugal
TUR
Turkey
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
GBR
United Kingdom
AUT
Austria
HUN
Hungary
BEL
Belgium
ITA
Italy
SIN
Singapore
JAP
Japan
UAE
United Arab Emirates
USA
United States
BRA
Brazil
402 2nd
Germany Philipp Puschke 14 2 2 3 1 2 10 1 2 1 1 1 8 2 5 7 1
Netherlands Ruud Heesterbeek 4
15 4
Finland Oskari Kantonen 13 18 Ret 19
Netherlands Tim Straub Ret
Netherlands Douwe Tapper Ret 9 11 12
Slovakia Jernej Simoncic 3 6 3 7 Ret 10 Ret


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