Fusion Lotto Racing

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 Eurocup 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
Jari Lappalainen	Donkervoort Automobielen	F1RDS
Diego Álvarez Torrente	Fusion Motorsports	RoLFS
Marko Jantscher	Fusion Motorsports	F3RWRS
Leandro Moreira	Fusion Motorsports	F3RWRS
Charlie Griffin	Fusion Motorsports	RTCC
Thomas Yorke	Good Call Racing	F3RWRS
Jules Vergne	Fusion Motorsports	-
Nino Barlini	Red Bull World Race Team	F1RDS
Daisuke Yanagawa	Fusion Motorsports	-

Departures

• Tommi Hämäläinen left the setup to join Nurminen Racing Engineering.

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	WES FEA	FER HEA	FER FEA	SOU HEA	SOU FEA	AST HEA	AST FEA	KYO HEA	KYO FEA	KYO 300	5th*	5*

F3RWRS Results

Year	Chassis	Engine	#	Drivers	1		2		3		4	5		6		7	8		9		10	Points	CC
2015	Fusion FM01	Audi F3-1			AUS		USA		TUR		MON	GBR		GER		BEL	ITA		JPN		SUR	25*	N/A*
			33	Marko Jantscher	4	21	4	9	3
			34	Leandro Moreira	Ret	Ret	14	7	10