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Prema Racing
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Prema Racing, previously known as Prema Powerteam, is an Italian motorsport team, owned and operated through the DC Racing Solutions parent company.[1] Founded in 1983, the team is based in Grisignano di Zocco and currently operates out of Italy and the US.[2] They are the sister team of Iron Lynx and its own sister team, Iron Dames.

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Prema participate in various junior championships and have been a talent pool for several Formula 1 junior programs including: Toyota, Renault, Ferrari, Mercedes, Red Bull, and Williams. Their participation in motorsports is not limited to junior formulae though, as the team made their FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series debuts in 2022, marking the beginning of their efforts in the endurance racing. They also started competing in the IndyCar Series during 2025.

As of 2025, Prema are fielding 29 drivers and participate in fourteen championships under various names.[a]

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History

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Junior formulae series

Prema Racing started operating in 1983 and joined the Italian Formula 3 Championship the following year. National F3 would be the main proving ground for the team in the early years. Among his first famous alumni stand future Touring Car star Fabrizio Giovanardi, multiple Le Mans winner Rinaldo Capello and Formula 1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve. More Italian Formula 3 Championship titles came in 1990 with Roberto Colciago, in 1998 with Donny Crevels and in 1999 with Peter Sundberg. The team also made a one-season attempt at the International Formula 3000 Championship.[3][4]

In 1988, the team made its first international foray at the Macau Grand Prix, a competition that would have seen it at the start for the most part of the following decades.[5]

In 2000, Prema started competing in the modern-era Formula Renault races, winning the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Team Championship and the Italian Formula Renault 2000 championship with Ryan Briscoe in 2001. Other notable achievements include winning the 2005 Italian Formula Renault 2000 Championship with future F1 star Kamui Kobayashi.[6][7]

In 2003, the team entered the Formula 3 Euro Series and won the inaugural edition with Ryan Briscoe. In the following years, the team struggled to achieve competitive results but rebounded by claiming the 2011 and 2012 titles with Roberto Mehri and Daniel Juncadella. The series then transitioned into the FIA Formula 3 European Championship, and Prema started almost complete domination, winning all the team titles from 2011 and 2018 and all the driver championships but one. Some of the Champions also went on to become Formula 1 drivers including Esteban Ocon, Lance Stroll, and Mick Schumacher. In 2011, the team claimed its first Macau Grand Prix win with Juncadella.[8][9][10][11]

In the same period, the team started expanding towards the bottom and the top of the junior single-seater ladder. Between 2006 and 2009, the team took part in the World Series Formula V8 3.5 championship with a best placing of fourth in 2008 with Miguel Molina, and also competed in the short-lived Italian and European Formula Abarth championships.

With the FIA establishing a more strictly-regulated ladder toward Formula 1, Prema progressively expanded to encompass all its steps. While staying active in European Formula 3, the team embraced Formula 4, winning the first two editions of the Italian Formula 4 Championship with Lance Stroll and Ralf Aron. It also entered the GP2 Series in 2016, finishing 1–2 at debut with Red Bull Junior driver Pierre Gasly and Antonio Giovinazzi. In 2017, as the series evolved into the FIA Formula 2 Championship, Prema dominated again with Ferrari Driver Academy's Charles Leclerc claiming seven wins and seven poles en route to an early title.[12][13][14][15]

For 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship campaign the team fielded experienced drivers Sean Gelael and Nyck de Vries.[16][17] In the 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship the team were represented by Ferrari Driver Academy members Marcus Armstrong, Robert Shwartzman and Guanyu Zhou.[18][19][20] Their 2016 F3 driver Ralf Aron returned to the F3 team, as well as Mick Schumacher who went on to win the Formula.[21][22] For their double ADAC and Italian F4 programme they signed Olli Caldwell and Ferrari Academy drivers Enzo Fittipaldi and Gianluca Petecof.[23][24][25] Red Bull Junior Jack Doohan is scheduled to race with Prema for selected round in both championships.[26]

In 2019 the team is represented in FIA Formula 2 by Sean Gelael and their FIA F3 European Champion Mick Schumacher.[27][28] Whilst the team only finished 9th in the team championship in F2, they were the champions in the inaugural F3 Championship with the drivers Robert Shwartzman, Jehan Daruvala and Marcus Armstrong. Shwartzman would also end up winning the driver's title, with Armstrong and Daruvala coming second and third respectively. Prema also competed in Italian F4 in 2019, where they came second in both championships, being beaten comprehensively by Van Amersfoort Racing and the Norwegian driver Dennis Hauger.

Mick Schumacher was retained and Shwartzman was promoted for the following F2 season.[29] Schumacher would go on to win the drivers title,[30] with Shwartzman finishing in 4th with the most wins.[31] In the 2020 F3 season, the driver line up was Logan Sargeant,[32] Prema's 2019 FREC winner Frederik Vesti,[33] and Oscar Piastri.[34] Piastri would win the drivers' championship, with Sargeant and Vesti 3rd and 4th respectively.[35] For the 2020 FREC season, Prema's line up consisted of four full time drivers; past Prema F4 drivers Oliver Rasmussen[36] and Gianluca Petecof,[37] as well as Arthur Leclerc[38] and Jamie Chadwick.[39] The season was completely dominated by the team, with Petecof, Leclerc and Rasmussen finishing in the first three positions of the drivers' championship, and as in 2020 F3 season winning the teams' championship by a more than comfortable margin.[40]

IndyCar Series

In early 2024, Prema expressed interest about joining IndyCar as early as 2025.[41] In April of that year, the team confirmed their entry into the 2025 season, and are going to be supplied by Chevrolet engines.[42] The team is set to have a two driver lineup, composed of Callum Ilott and former Prema F2 driver Robert Shwartzman.[43][44]

The team secured its first pole position with Shwartzman for the 2025 Indianapolis 500. Shwartzman became the first rookie driver to win the pole in qualifying since the 1983 running of the event.[45]

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List of Team Championships

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0:
2001
Italian Formula Renault Championship
2001, 2003
Formula Abarth:
2010
Formula 3 Euro Series:
2011, 2012
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps:
2013
FIA Formula 3 European Championship:
20132018
Italian F4 Championship:
20142016, 2018, 2020, 20222024
ADAC Formula 4:
20162017, 2022
GP2 Series:
2016
Formula Regional European Championship:
20192020, 20222024
FIA Formula 3 Championship:
20192020; 20222024
FIA Formula 2 Championship:
20202021
F3 Asian Championship:
2021
F1 Academy:
2023-2024
Euro 4 Championship:
20232024

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List of Drivers' Championships

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IndyCar Series

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FIA Formula 2 Championship

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FIA Formula 3 Championship

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The Prema drivers during the FIA Formula 3 season (2021)
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Formula Regional European Championship

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Formula Regional Middle East Championship

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Italian F4 Championship

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Euro 4 Championship

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F1 Academy

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Formula Trophy UAE

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F4 Middle East Championship

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GB3 Championship

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Former series results

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International Formula 3000

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Eurocup Formula Renault

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Formula 3 Euro Series

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Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

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Formula Renault 3.5 Series

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Xavier Maassen driving for Prema Powerteam at the Donington Park round of the 2007 World Series by Renault season.
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Formula Renault 2.0 Alps

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Italian Formula Three Championship

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GP2 Series

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FIA European Formula 3 Championship

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ADAC Formula 4

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F3 Asian Championship/Formula Regional Asian Championship

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24 Hours of Le Mans

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Prema Orlen Team Oreca 07 during the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans
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FIA World Endurance Championship

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European Le Mans Series

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Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

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Formula 4 UAE Championship

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† Antonelli competed under the Prema Racing banner in Round 1 and under the Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema banner in Round 3.

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Timeline

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Notes

  1. Prema operates cars for the Mumbai Falcons and Argenti's entries in the Formula Regional Middle East Championship, F4 Middle East Championship and GB3 Championship.
  2. Entered as Mumbai Falcons
  3. Italian F4 Trophy
  4. Entered as Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema
  5. Kirill Smal raced for R-ace GP for 3 races in 2020.
  6. Andrea Dupé raced for PHM Racing for 9 races in 2025.
  7. Entered as Abu Dhabi Racing
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