Stefan Grand Prix
Full Name | Stefan Grand Prix |
Base | Cologne, Germany Belgrade, Serbia Staro Pazova, Serbia |
Founder(s) | Zoran Stefanović |
Team Principal(s) | Zoran Stefanović |
Technical Director | Mike Coughlan |
Stefan Grand Prix was a Serbian Formula One team that raced between 2010 and 2015.
Formula One
2010
Stefan Grand Prix was one of the four new teams who received an entry for the 2010 season. An agreement was reached with Toyota, whom had departed from F1 the year before, to take their already-designed 2010 car and engine - rebadging the chassis as the Stefan S-01 and the engine as the Stefan RG-01. The team based their operations out of Toyota Motorsport's Cologne base for their initial season and signed Kazuki Nakajima alongside 1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve. The Stefan package was a major success, with Villeneuve scoring two wins over the course of the year on their way to fifth in the Constructor's standings.
2011
Stefan moved their operations to Belgrade and signed an engine deal with Renault in the off-season, with Villeneuve opting to retire once more. Nakajima was promoted into lead driver status with Formula Nippon champion Shinobu Katayama joining the team in the second seat. Katayama and Nakajima had great seasons, taking several podiums throughout the year which were enough to bring the Japanese pair to ninth and tenth in the Driver's standings respectively - with Stefan sat in fifth for a second year running.