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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

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

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
• Tennessee, USA
  • IVA Motorsports

Racing academy

VAR Internation currently has 5 racing schools that also run as a constructor in lower-tier competitions. These teams are:

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

Racing sponsorship

VAR International also provides sponsorship for young drivers as well as experienced drivers who are developing their talents in one of VAR International's racing academy.

Drivers

Current drivers

Driver	Years	Teams	Current series
Victoria Marcia Belmonte	2020–	IVA Motorsports	Indy Pro Mazda
Alejandro Gómez	2020–	IVA Motorsports	Indy Pro Mazda

Sponsored drivers

Driver	Years	Racing academies	Teams	Current series	Former series
Ariana Costa	2020–	VASARA
Bambang Widodo	2020–	Sekolah Balap VAR
Curtis Hawking	2020–	VANARA
Matteo D'Angelo	2020–	Scuderia VAR
Michael McManus	2020–	VA Racing Academy
Thomas Lee	2020–	Team AVA