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VAR International

Founded	2019
Founders	Victor Roche Arthur Roche
Headquarters	Paris, France
Services	Racing constructor, Racing school

VAR International (short for Victor Arthur Roche International) is an international motorsport consortium headquartered in Paris, France. It is founded in late 2019 by brothers and businessmen Victor and Arthur Roche with the help of Michael Harrison. VAR International is mostly known for being a parent company of various racing constructors, but it also provides a racing academy and sponsorship for young drivers.

History

Early years

VAR International was formed by brothers Victor and Arthur Roche, businessmen from France in the United Kingdom.

2019-2020

They traveled to South Africa in mid-2019 and formed Team AVA Racing to race in Africa Racing League. A few months later, they secured funding from an American businessman Michael Harrison (CEO of Harrison Finance). They agree to split the ownership and the shares. Each brother will have 40% of the shares and Harrison will have 20% of the shares. Their collaboration resulted in them forming 2 more teams, VA Racing and IVA Motorsports to race in European Le Mans and Indy Pro Mazda respectively.
Also in 2020, VAR International expand their market. Not long after forming 3 teams, VAR International's Victor and Arthur Roche form racing schools that are based in France, USA, and England.

Services

Racing constructor

Though it is headquartered in Paris, France, VAR International also has workshops located in almost every region in the world. These workshops are responsible to accommodate and run a racing team in each region. The location of these workshops are:

• London, Great Britain
  • VA Racing
  • VA Racing Academy
• Tennessee, USA
  • IVA Motorsports
  • VANARA
• Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • VASARA
• Torino, Italy
  • Scuderia VAR
• Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Sekolah Balap VAR
• Durban, South Africa
  • Team AVA Racing

Racing school

VAR International has an in-house racing schools in each workshops. These racing schools provide training for young drivers as well as experienced drivers.

Current drivers

Driver	Birthday	Years	Current teams	Current series	Former series
Ariana Costa	2005/03/27	2020–
Bambang Widodo	2005/02/14	2020–
Curtis Hawking	2005/10/01	2020–
Matteo D'Angelo	2005/03/07	2020–
Michael McManus	2005/01/27	2020–
Thomas Lee	2004/11/05	2019–		Africa Racing League