The Crusaders
| Life GP | |
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| Full Name | Nicchi Motori |
| Base |  Vatican City
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| Founder(s) | Valentino Nicchi |
| Team Principal(s) | Valentino Nicchi |
| Technical Director | Mike Gordon |
| Current Drivers | Valentino Nicchi
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| Other Noted Drivers |  Marcus Kun
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| Debut | 1991 Life Grand Prix Series season |
| Races | 6 (2 starts) |
| Constructors' Championships | 0 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Points | 0 |
| Pole Positions | 0 |
| Fastest Laps | 0 |
Nicchi Motori is a motor racing team founded by Valentino Nicchi in 1991 to compete in Life GP and is currently run by his son. The team sometimes runs under the guise of Team IKEA in deference to their main sponsor.
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Historical
Life GP
After 2 guest appearances in '91, the team prepared for it's first full season. Nauruan Marcus Kun was employed as the team's test/reserve driver while 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 4 races.
BTC Development Series
For 2004, an Alfa Romeo 147 was bought and the team employed former Production class BTCC driver Toni Ruokonen to drive it.
Present
| F1RNC | |
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| Full Name | NM Squadra Europea Micro |
| Base | Vatican City
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| Founder(s) | Valentino Nicchi |
| Team Principal(s) | Emanuele Nicchi |
| Technical Director | Andrew Gordon |
| Current Drivers | File:Andorra.png Alex Loan Ventura Brice Bosi Simon Garfünkel Jean-Vincent Albertini
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| Other Noted Drivers | |
| Debut | 2015 Formula 1 Rejects Nations Cup season |
| Races | 1 |
| Constructors' Championships | 0 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Points | 0 |
| Pole Positions | 0 |
| Fastest Laps | 0 |
F1 Rejects Nations Cup
For 2015 the team represented European Microstates under the name NM Squadra Europea Micro in Division C. The team's first race was a dissapointment despite entering 4 cars; one car failed to qualify, one car retired and two cars finished outside the points.
International Formula Reject Challenge
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.
Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series
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 contraversy 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 is currently on the F1RWRS waiting list.
External links
Nicchi Motori on Twitter
