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|Team Principals    = [[Emanuele Nicchi]]
 
|Team Principals    = [[Emanuele Nicchi]]
 
|Technical Director = Ben Gleck
 
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|Drivers            = [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Bill Phenett]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Vatican City svg.png]] [[Raffaella Nicchi]]<br>[[File:Flag of France svg.png]] [[Adélaïde Voeckler]]<br>[[File:Flag of San Marino svg.png]] [[Adolfo Moretti]]<br>[[File:Micronesia.png]] [[Jayleen Mori]]
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|Drivers            = [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Bill Phenett]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Vatican City svg.png]] [[Raffaella Nicchi]]<br>[[File:Flag of France svg.png]] [[Adélaïde Voeckler]]<br>[[File:Flag of San Marino svg.png]] [[Adolfo Moretti]]<br>[[File:Micronesia.png]] [[Jayleen Mori]]<br>[[File:Flag of Australia svg.png]] [[Matt Grove]]<br>[[File:Flag of Mexico svg.png]] [[Manuel Riva]]
 
|Noted Drivers      = [[File:Flag of the Vatican City svg.png]] [[Valentino Nicchi]]<br>[[File:Flag of Cameroon.svg.png]] [[Cameron Maroon]]
 
|Noted Drivers      = [[File:Flag of the Vatican City svg.png]] [[Valentino Nicchi]]<br>[[File:Flag of Cameroon.svg.png]] [[Cameron Maroon]]
 
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Under the new rules for [[2016 International Formula Reject Challenge season|2016]] the team managed to secure a full time entry, with Cosworth engines rebadged as Vauxhalls and a supply of Yokohama tyres. [[Raffaella Nicchi]] and [[Adélaïde Voeckler]] were the drivers, creating an all-female line up, the first in RWRS history.
 
Under the new rules for [[2016 International Formula Reject Challenge season|2016]] the team managed to secure a full time entry, with Cosworth engines rebadged as Vauxhalls and a supply of Yokohama tyres. [[Raffaella Nicchi]] and [[Adélaïde Voeckler]] were the drivers, creating an all-female line up, the first in RWRS history.
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===[[Rejects Touring Car Championship|RTCC]]===
 
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The team had a poor season in 2015 with a Mazda Xedos and a Toyota Carina, scoring only 9 points. 2016 sees a new car, the Renault Laguna and a new driver, [[Bill Phenett]].
 
 
===[[Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series|F1RWRS]]===
 
===[[Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series|F1RWRS]]===
 
The team's first race in the highest level of Reject racing was the non-championship [[2016 French Grand Prix]], entering 2 cars for [[Terenzio Nicchi]], [[Raffaella Nicchi]] and the reigning Auto GP champion [[Herberto Dominguez]]. A firestorm of controversy was created when it was found that the team was trying to sign [[Robert Anderson]] as the 4th driver, the team then approached [[Nestra Aya]] before finally securing a deal for [[Saeed Al Faisal]] to drive the #42 car in what would be his final F1RWRS event. The team finished 16th and 21st.
 
The team's first race in the highest level of Reject racing was the non-championship [[2016 French Grand Prix]], entering 2 cars for [[Terenzio Nicchi]], [[Raffaella Nicchi]] and the reigning Auto GP champion [[Herberto Dominguez]]. A firestorm of controversy was created when it was found that the team was trying to sign [[Robert Anderson]] as the 4th driver, the team then approached [[Nestra Aya]] before finally securing a deal for [[Saeed Al Faisal]] to drive the #42 car in what would be his final F1RWRS event. The team finished 16th and 21st.
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The team entered a Toyota for [[Jayleen Mori]] who would miss certain rounds due to GT-R commitments.
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The team took over [[Kingfisher Racing]]'s entry, but kept their signed drivers, [[Matt Grove]] and [[Manuel Riva]].
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===[[Lupo GTI Championship|Lupo Cup]]===
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The team also entered the [[Lupo GTI Championship|Lupo Cup]] with newcomer [[Adolfo Moretti]] and entered their second year in the [[Rejects Touring Car Championship|RTCC]] with a new driver, [[Bill Phenett]] and a new car, the Renault Laguna. They also fielded a Toyota in the [[Rejectrucks Super Series|RTSS]] for [[Jayleen Mori]] who would miss certain rounds due to GT-R commitments.
  
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==Results==
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=Complete racing results=
 
===International Formula Reject Challenge===
 
===International Formula Reject Challenge===
 
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== External links ==
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=External links=
 
[https://twitter.com/NicchiMotori Nicchi Motori] on Twitter
 
[https://twitter.com/NicchiMotori Nicchi Motori] on Twitter
 
[[Category:Teams]]
 
[[Category:Teams]]

Revision as of 07:23, 18 August 2013

Crusaders
File:TheCrusaders.png
Full Name The Crusaders
Base Vatican City
Founder(s) Valentino Nicchi
Team Principal(s) Emanuele Nicchi
Technical Director Ben Gleck


The Crusaders is a motor racing team founded by Valentino Nicchi in 1991 to compete in Life GP and is currently run by his son. Until 2016 it competed in most series as Nicchi Motori. The team sometimes runs under the guise of Team IKEA in deference to their main sponsor.

Historical

Old Nicchi Motori logo

Life GP

After 2 guest appearances in '91, the team prepared for it's first full season. Nicchi immediatly decided to pour almost all off the team's money into engine reliability. Because of this the car lacked qualifying pace and failed to make the grid for the first 9 races, by then Nicchi got bored of the series and after the Suiss SuperPrix where he amazingly managed to retire with the most reliable car, he moved to Indycar. He was replaced by Cameron Maroon who failed to qualify for any more races that year.

RWRS

2016

IFRC

The team made it's first appearance in the last ever race organised by the Rejects of LFS Commission, the non-championship Aston 24 Hours of 2015 fielding an FZ50 with Nikolai Nurmovitsch, Jan van der Maeyede and Jasper Lerby at the wheel. The car was running in 2nd until Nurmovitsch spun off after 87 laps.

Under the new rules for 2016 the team managed to secure a full time entry, with Cosworth engines rebadged as Vauxhalls and a supply of Yokohama tyres. Raffaella Nicchi and Adélaïde Voeckler were the drivers, creating an all-female line up, the first in RWRS history.

F1RWRS

The team's first race in the highest level of Reject racing was the non-championship 2016 French Grand Prix, entering 2 cars for Terenzio Nicchi, Raffaella Nicchi and the reigning Auto GP champion Herberto Dominguez. A firestorm of controversy was created when it was found that the team was trying to sign Robert Anderson as the 4th driver, the team then approached Nestra Aya before finally securing a deal for Saeed Al Faisal to drive the #42 car in what would be his final F1RWRS event. The team finished 16th and 21st.

F1RDS

The team took over Kingfisher Racing's entry, but kept their signed drivers, Matt Grove and Manuel Riva.

Other series

The team also entered the Lupo Cup with newcomer Adolfo Moretti and entered their second year in the RTCC with a new driver, Bill Phenett and a new car, the Renault Laguna. They also fielded a Toyota in the RTSS for Jayleen Mori who would miss certain rounds due to GT-R commitments.

Complete racing results

International Formula Reject Challenge

Year # Drivers 1
AUS
HEA 		2
AUS
FEA 		3
MEX
FEA 		4
MEX
FEA 		5
FRA
FEA 		6
FRA
FEA 		7
GBR
FEA 		8
GBR
FEA 		9
ITA
FEA 		10
ITA
FEA 		11
USA
FEA 		12
USA
FEA 		13
GER
FEA 		14
GER
FEA 		15
NED
FEA 		16
NED
FEA 		17
FIN
FEA 		18
FIN
FEA 		19
BEL
FEA 		20
BEL
FEA 		21
RUS
FEA 		22
RUS
FEA 		23
JPN
FEA 		24
JPN
FEA 		TC Pts
2016 37 Flag of the Vatican City svg.png Raffaella Nicchi N/A 0
38 Flag of France svg.png Adélaïde Voeckler

Complete F1RDS Results

Year Engine # Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 TC Pts
2016 Kawasaki-Cosworth V6 2.0L SPA1 SPA2 GBR1 GBR2 ITA AUT TUR1 TUR2 FRA1 FRA2 GER NED ENG1 ENG2 BEL1 BEL2 CZE1 CZE2 JAP1 JAP2 - * - *
26 Flag of Australia svg.png Matt Grove
27 Flag of Mexico svg.png Manuel Riva

External links

Nicchi Motori on Twitter

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