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Fusion Motorsports
Full Name	Fusion Motorsports
Base	Bath, Somerset, England
Founder(s)	Mohammed al-Zayed
Team Principal(s)	Jake Legge
Technical Director	Adrian Oldey
Current Drivers	Diego Álvarez Torrente Jari Lappalainen Leandro Moreira Marko Jantscher
Other Noted Drivers	none
Debut	2015 F3RWRS Australian GP
Races	3 (3 entries)
Constructors' Championships	0
Drivers' Championships	0
Race Wins	0
Podiums	0
Points	10
Pole Positions	0
Fastest Laps	0

Fusion Motorsports is a racing team, with a team entering in the Rejects of LFS championship. They are currently one of the few one-car entries, allowing rookie Spaniard Diego Álvarez Torrente to race for the team. Jari Lappalainen is the official test and reserve driver.

They also managed to get an entry for the F3RWRS, and will run Austrian Marko Jantscher and Brazilian Leandro Moreira.

History

Fusion Motorsports was conceived in the Caffé Nero in Bath, where Jake Legge pondered wistfully out of the window. He'd long dreamed of running a racing team of his own, and when vacancies appeared in the Rejects of LFS championship he remortgaged his house and began to plan out the team's structure. He purchased some lock-up garages in Bath, and took delivery of the team's Scaven S15 chassis for the RoLFS. Due to the small resources, only one chassis was purchased. Legge then began to attend some motorsport events within the UK, and found the young Finn Jari Lappalainen. He was racing in the British Formula Ford series, and impressed Legge with his tenacity and flair. They swapped phone numbers, but Lappalainen was unsure of longevity the new start up operation and hesitated to call.

Whilst on holiday in Barcelona, Legge watched a Spanish Formula Renault 2.0 race at the Circuit de Catalunya. The race that day was won by the young Spaniard Diego Álvarez Torrente, and Legge immediately made him an offer to drive in the 2015 Rejects of LFS season which he gladly accepted. Armed with a promising young driver, sponsorship deals were signed with Mad-Croc and GAC Logistics. Zytek engines were also brought to the team, which were rebadged as Toyotas. The car was presented neatly; predominantly white with grey crocodile skin sidepods. Lappalainen saw the press release by the team in Autosport, and was rather impressed. After calling Legge back, he was invited to look around the team's new facilities; the Bath City Council giving Fusion a grant of £1,000,000 to create a factory within the city on the proviso that they link up with the University of Bath's Engineering Department. Lappalainen later joined up as a test driver. The plan was for him and Álvarez Torrente to do half of the RoLFS season each, but the Finn was loaned out to Donkervoort in the inaugural season of the F1RDS.

F3RWRS Entry

As the F3RWRS expanded its grid for 2015, Fusion applied for an entry with drivers Leandro Moreira and Marko Jantscher, the latter having driven for Legge in another series. They were accepted into the sport with other newcomers Kamaha Motorsports, Foster's Good Call Racing and West Cliff Racing. Despite there being financial difficulties at the birth of the team, PepsiCo funded the RWRS effort considerably with its Gatorade brand. GAC also continued its support into a different series, as Stilo, Autobacs and ExxonMobil joined the team's new venture.

To power the team, Legge considered the Lancia engine as Parma Corse principal Alasdair Lindsay wished to allow some more customers. However, the greater reliability of the Audi engine appealed more to the Fusion boss, and thus he got into contact with Aeroracing owner Phoenix McAllister who controls the Audi supply. He was happy to not only allow the supply of engines, but to support the operation with its application.

Current Drivers

Driver	Current Team	Series
Marko Jantscher	Licor Beirão	F2RWRS
Diego Álvarez Torrente	Dofasco Racing	F2RWRS
Jiri Komárek	Nebula Grand Prix	F3RWRS
Jules Vergne	Nebula Grand Prix	F3RWRS
Jerry de Boer	Octan Young Drivers	F3RWRS
Jari Lappalainen	Definitely Maybe Racing	F1RDS
Jack Connolly	Good Call Racing	F1RDS
Florian Grünewald	Nurminen Racing Engineering	F1RDS
Nino Barlini	Red Bull World Race Team	F1RDS

Departures

• Tommi Hämäläinen left the setup to join Nurminen Racing Engineering.
• Charlie Griffin retired from racing to pursue a new career as a microbiologist.
• Leandro Moreira was removed from the setup after a poor season in F3RWRS.

Results

Rejects of LFS

Year	Chassis	Engine	#	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	DC	Pts
2015	Scaven S15	Toyota-Zytek 3.0 V8	23	Diego Álvarez Torrente	BLA HEA 5	BLA FEA 3	WES HEA 1	WES FEA 3	FER HEA 4	FER FEA Ret	SOU HEA	SOU FEA	AST HEA	AST FEA	KYO HEA	KYO FEA	KYO 300	2nd*	14*

F3RWRS Results

Year	Chassis	Engine	#	Drivers	1		2		3	4		5		6		7	8		9		10	Points	CC
2015	Fusion FM-301	Audi F3-1			AUS		TUR		MON	USA		GBR		GER		BEL	ITA		JPN		SUR	65*	N/A*
			33	Marko Jantscher	4	21	4	9	3	2	3	2	1	21	1
			34	Leandro Moreira	Ret	Ret	14	7	10	37	15	Ret	18
				Stefan Kuntz										29	8

Affiliates

• Nebula Grand Prix