Melrose Racing Team Junior Team
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| Full Name | Melrose Racing Team (F2RWRS/FIA Formula 2) |
| Base | Cologne, Germany |
| Founder(s) | Daniel Melrose |
| Team Principal(s) | Luke Depault |
| Technical Director | Michael Hammond |
| Current Drivers | #77 - Raul Souto Maior #74 - T.K. Wolf |
| Other Noted Drivers | Mitchell Macklin, Marie Simon, Alessandro Marchesi, Michael Robertson, Jason Hamilton, Gianluigi Pazzini, Takuma Taki, Nikov Time |
| Debut | 2014 F2RWRS Turkish Grand Prix |
| Races | 76 (152 entries) |
| Constructors' Championships | 1 (2014) |
| Drivers' Championships | 1 (2014) |
| Race Wins | 8 |
| Podiums | 25 |
| Points | 295 |
| Pole Positions | 3 |
| Fastest Laps | 8 |
The Melrose Racing Team Junior Team is a German racing organisation that runs multiple racing teams in various support categories. The junior team operates under the Melrose Racing Team umbrella, and shares many close links with the parent organisation. The team currently runs in Formula 2 and Formula 3, but has also run in other categories in the past.
The team has also acted as the managers for various young drivers in the past. Most notable of these is 2014 F2RWRS champion Mitchell Macklin and current F1RWRS driver Gregor Pascal.
Formula 2 Rejects World Race Series
2014 season
2014 got off to a bittersweet start for the team. Even though Macklin scored the first win at Turkey and Simon made her way through the field after a first lap accident with Canadian Tommy Nash to finish 2nd, the event was marred by the horrendous accident between Laurent Seron and Andrej Kremnicky, which put both of them out for several events due to injuries sustained by the crash. For the next race at Monaco, Macklin ran a special livery with associate sponsors Shell and DHL stepping up their involvement for the race. After a race long battle with Tropican Alberto Cara, Macklin won his second race in a row on one of motorsport's grandest stages while teammate Simon retired early with transmission failure.
MRT scored another 1-2 at the next race in the monsoonal conditions at the French Grand Prix at Magny Cours as their two drivers quickly established their mark on the F2RWRS field. Britain was all about fighting back however as both Macklin and Simon got involved in early race incidents but both eventually made their way back in the points. Macklin got involved in more early incidents in the next two races but made his way back into the points on both occasions. Simon scored another 2nd place at Austria but failed to finish the next 3 races, including instigating a multi-car pileup at the Belgian Grand Prix.
