Fusion Lotto Racing

Fusion Motorsports
Full Name	Energy T.I. Fusion Motorsports
Base	Bath, Somerset, England
Founder(s)	Jake Legge
Team Principal(s)	Jake Legge, Jacques Couteau
Technical Director	Adrian Oldey
Current Drivers	none
Other Noted Drivers	Marko Jantscher Diego Álvarez Torrente
Debut	2015 F3RWRS Australian GP
Races	17 (17 entries)
Constructors' Championships	0
Drivers' Championships	0
Race Wins	2
Podiums	6
Points	73
Pole Positions	1
Fastest Laps	0

Fusion Motorsports is a racing team based in Bath, currently on a hiatus to expand their facilities for future competitions, and are projected to become the high-performance arm of the Astro Racing Group. They formerly had entries in F3RWRS and RoLFS however these were handed to sister team Nebula Grand Prix, as Nebula become the junior team. Fusion also have an extensive driver management scheme which has seen many talented drivers.

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 Alessandro Linari 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.

Their solitary season in F3RWRS was a success; Jantscher in the hunt for the championship for most of the season and taking 5th in the Teams' Championship.

Handover to Nebula

As Fusion lodged applications into F1RWRS and F2RWRS, they handed their IFRC and F3RWRS entries to sister team Nebula Grand Prix, fronted by flamboyant Frenchman Jacques Couteau. This was done in order to let Fusion develop their facilities ready for higher formulae. Nebula have access to Fusion's driver management scheme. As PepsiCo broke out of their sponsorship contract, Energy T.I. stepped in to sponsor Fusion meaning that the team will depart from their grey and orange colour scheme in future entries, moving towards a red and white colour scheme.

Results

F2RWRS Results

Year	Chassis	Engine	#	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	CC	Pts
2016	Zytek	Holden LSF2-16			AUS	PAC	GBR	ITA	AUT	TUR	USA	GER	NDS	BEL	MON	MEX	CHN	JPN	100	3rd	6
			32	Martin van der Maeyede	3
			33	Mitchell Macklin	9

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 4	SOU FEA Ret	AST HEA 4	AST FEA 14	KYO HEA 13	KYO FEA DNQ	KYO 200 20	10th*	16.5*

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	5	37	18	Ret	34	Ret
			34	Leandro Moreira	Ret	Ret	14	7	10	37	15	Ret	18
				Stefan Kuntz										29	8	26	17	23
				Thiago Mazzacane															12	10	21

Related Pages

• Astro Racing Group
• Nebula Grand Prix
• Pulsar Racing Team