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Lotto Racing, also known as Lotto, is a Belgian racing team currently owned by Portuguese entrepreneur and racing driver Miguel Rocha. The team was formed in 1994 as a joint effort between Lotto president, Jean Luc Van Rossem, and Miguel's father, Carlos. The team first entered the 2nd season of the Rejects-1 World Championship and are currently competing in the Le Mans Cup.

History

At the end of 1993, with the demise of the Life Grand Prix Series, Jean Luc Van Rossem, wanted to create a racing team to compete in the newly formed Rejects-1 World Champioship. However, due to a breakdown in communication between van Rossem and the series organisers, Lotto Racing were not entered for the 1994 season. After being told that the entry would be postponed, van Rossem decided to focus the team's efforts on a 1995 entry. Initially, there was trouble attracting personnel to manage the team, but eventually a Team Principle was secured in the shape of Carlos Rocha - a business partner of van Rossem with a passion for motorsport.

Rejects-1 World Championship (1995-

Lotto were granted an entry into the 1995 Rejects-1 World Championship season. The team secured a single Osella FA1ME chassis for the season, along with Cameroonian Cameron 'Cam' Maroon, who brought much-needed previous experience to the team.

Le Mans Cup (2017)

Lotto Racing had ceased operations by the early 2000's, a poor run of form leading to the evaporation of funding. However, in the mid 2010's, the son of original team founder Carlos Rocha, Miguel Rocha, ressurected the team. Rocha followed in his father's footsteps in becoming an entrepreneur, eventually finding his fortune in the IT industry. He also shared his father's passion for motorsport, and had previously used his fortune to buy his way into several GT events in the late 2000's and early 2010's. When the possibility of an entry into the 2017 Le Mans Cup became apparent, Rocha thought it apt to revive the old Lotto Racing name previously used by his father 20 years ago.

Driving alongside Rocha for 2017 in the team's Porsche 991 will be Italian Kevin Gioresi and North Korean Kim Sung Ri.

AutoReject Indy Academy (2017)

Rocha announced the Lotto Youth Programme, which goal was to promote young drivers trough the ranks, with the goals of making him compete in F1RWRS in the future.

Complete Motorsport Results

Complete Rejects-1 World Champioship Results

Year	Driver	Chassis	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	POS	Points
1995	Cameron Maroon	Osella FA1ME	70	15

Complete Le Mans Cup Results