Team Rojo
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| Full Name | Team Rojo |
| Base | Leamington Spa, England, UK |
| Founder(s) | Adrián Rojo Fernández |
| Team Principal(s) | Adrián Rojo Fernández |
| Technical Director | John Harris |
| Current Drivers | #31 - Pablo Galaz  Toru Fukui
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| Other Noted Drivers | |
| Debut | 2015 RoLFS Fern Bay Heat |
| Races | 0 |
| Constructors' Championships | 0 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Points | 0 |
| Pole Positions | 0 |
| Fastest Laps | 0 |
Team Rojo is a Mexican motorsport team based in Leamington Spa, England. The team was founded by former Mexican racing driver Adrián Rojo Fernández in 2015. It currently races in the Rejects of LFS series.
Creation
Team Rojo was founded in 2015 by former Mexican racing driver Adrián Rojo Fernández. Rojo Fernández retired from motorsport in 2012 after two seasons in IndyCar. He didn't want to retire from motorsport, so he acquired a domestic NASCAR Toyota Series team, naming it Rojo Racing. The team wasn't successful, so at the end of 2014 season, he sold it to a group of Mexican investors. With the money he earned, he aimed to founding an international motorsport team.
Rojo Fernández took advantaged of the increasing fever for motorsport in Mexico, produced by Sergio Pérez and Esteban Gutiérrez impressing performances in Formula 1 and managed to get some important Mexican sponsors such as Banamex and Mexico Tourism Board, and alongside Japanese businessman Hiroji Miyata, he founded Team Rojo in early 2015. He moved to Leamington Spa, England and started working in the team's development.
In February 2015, Rojo Fernández signed Pablo Galaz as racing driver and put him to practice in Donington Park in an old Dallara F307 he bought from a British Formula Three team. According to own Rojo Fernández's words, Galaz demonstrated a pure racing talent, so in April that same year, team owner decided to sign him in a two year contract with Team Rojo.
Later that year, he attempted, unsuccessfully, to enter to the 2015 Rejects of LFS season in round 2. After Hydook Racing withdrawal at the end of Westhill round, Team Rojo took the vacant place.
Rejects of LFS History
After a failed late entry attempt for the 2015 Rejects of LFS season, the team was given a chance after the Westhill round due to Hydook Racing withdrawal.
Team Rojo decided to compete with only one racing driver, Mexican Pablo Galaz. As a petition from team's main shareholder Hiroji Miyata, Japanese Toru Fukui was signed as team's test driver.
It is rumoured that Fukui is Miyata's payed driver (he's got Japanese companies Seiko, Toshiba and Olympus backup), who plans to get him a seat in Rejects of LFS or Rejects World Racing Series in the next two years.
2015
The team made its debut at the Fern Bay round where Pablo Galaz qualified in 18 place, but had an unfortunate race at the Heat 2 where he lost five positions.
Complete RoLFS Results
| Year | Chassis | Engine | # | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | TC | Pts |
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| 2015 | Scaven S15 | Zytek 3.0 V8 | 31 | Pablo Galaz
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BLA HEA |
BLA FEA |
WES HEA |
WES FEA |
FER HEA 14 |
FER FEA DNQ |
SOU HEA 7 |
SOU FEA 11 |
AST HEA 7 |
AST FEA DSQ |
KYO HEA |
KYO FEA |
KYO 300 | ||
| Toru Fukui
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BLA HEA |
BLA FEA |
WES HEA |
WES FEA |
FER HEA |
FER FEA |
SOU HEA |
SOU FEA |
AST HEA |
AST FEA |
KYO HEA |
KYO FEA |
KYO 300 | ||||||
| 18th* | 0* |
