Race Performance Motorsport (RPM) is an Italian-based, Irish-owned auto racing team currently competing in the Formula Regional European Championship.

Background 2022

In February 2022, Irish racing driver Keith Donegan purchased the assets of RP Motorsport to start his own team, Race Performance Motorsport (RPM). The team is registered in Italy, and based in Piacenza, like its predecessor. With an aim to compete in the Formula Regional European Championship, he took on Enrico Carraro as team manager, and the team made their competition debut in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship, when they took the place of DR Formula. They started their first season with Italian racing driver Pietro Delli Guanti and Donegan himself.

In an interview on 16 May 2022, Donegan revealed intentions for the team to field a third car in the Formula Regional European Championship before the end of the 2022 season.

For Round 6 at the Hungaroring, the team fielded Andrea Rosso in the third car to be kept for the remainder of the season, and Owen Tangavelou replaced Donegan as the driver in the second car. It was at that same round RPM scored the team's first points in FRECA, with Tangavelou finishing in P9. Tangavelou would go on to score 14 more points in 2022, making him the best placed RPM driver with P20 in the standings.

Pierre-Louis Chovet joined the team for the last 3 rounds replacing Pietro Delli Guanti and immediately scored RPM's first podium. He would go on and score another podium at the Barcelona round.

2023

For the 2023 season, the team signed Macéo Capietto, Santiago Ramos and Adam Fitzgerald. The latter appeared on The Late Late Show alongside RPM owner Keith Donegan before the season started.

During the first race of the season at the first round at the Imola Circuit, Fitzgerald broke three vertebrae and was hospitalized after a collision with sausage kerbs on the track, a similar incident to that of Abbie Eaton during the 2021 Austin W Series round. Fitzgerald was able to return for the second round at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

On 1 July 2023 at Spa-Francorchamps, Fitzgerald was involved in a multi-car chain reaction collision initiated when Tim Tramnitz lost control. Fitzgerald collided at high speed with Dilano van 't Hoff. The accident left the RPM driver with many broken bones whilst Van 't Hoff subsequently lost his life. Due to his injuries, Fitzgerald was unable to compete in any of the remaining rounds. He returned to training less than nine weeks after his serious crash. He was 38th in the standings, with a best finish of 19th place.

Noah Strømsted joined RPM during the last two rounds of the season. Maceo Capietto and Santiago Ramos scored a total of 144 points, which resulted in a 4th in the 2023 FRECA Teams Standings.

2024

Noah Strømsted remained with the team for 2024. and was joined by Giovanni Maschio and Edgar Pierre. Strømsted took 4 podiums on the way to take 6th in the driver's championship, securing the rookie title ahead of drivers like Evan Giltaire and Pedro Clerot. RPM finished 6th in the team's standings with 122 points.

2025

Giovanni Maschio remained with the team for the 2025 season, teaming up with Enzo Peugeot who switched from Saintéloc Racing, and Enzo Yeh. Maschio only scored a couple of points finishes for the team, while the other two seats changed drivers many times throughout the season, leading to an underwhelming season where RPM finished 7th in the teams standings with 9 points.

2026

Maschio was once again retained for what is set to be his 3rd year with the team, and he will be joined by Jan Przyrowski, who will return after racing for RPM in the final round of 2025, as well as Miguel Costa, who steps up from Spanish F4.

Current series results Formula Regional European Championship YearCarTyresDriversRacesWinsPolesPodiums 2022Tatuus F3 T-318-Alpine Pietro Delli Guanti14000025th19th16 Pierre-Louis Chovet600000 Keith Donegan9000030th0 Owen Tangavelou9000020th15 Andrea Rosso2000034th0 Santiago Ramos2000027th02023Tatuus F3 T-318-Alpine Noah Strømsted4000004th144 Santiago Ramos17001111th67 Adam Fitzgerald7000038th0 Macéo Capietto2000018th772024Tatuus F3 T-318-Alpine Edgar Pierre 19 0 0 0 0 31st 06th122 Noah Strømsted 20 0 1 3 4 6th 121 Giovanni Maschio 20 0 0 0 0 24th 12025Tatuus F3 T-318-Alpine Enzo Yeh12000023rd08th9 Reno Francot2000020th1 Macéo Capietto2000032nd0 Kacper Sztuka2000024th0 Tomass Štolcermanis200000 Enzo Peugeot6000022nd0 Ean Eyckmans8000019th2 Santiago Ramos200000 James Egozi200000 Jan Przyrowski200000 Giovanni Maschio20000017th62026*Tatuus T-326- Toyota Miguel Costa7000020th49th16 Jan Przyrowski7000015th12 Giovanni Maschio7000028th0 Lewis Wherrell

*Season still in progress

Guest driver ineligible to score points.

In detail (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Points 2022 MNZ1 MNZ2 IMO1 IMO2 MCO1 MCO2 LEC1 LEC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 CAT1 CAT2 MUG1 MUG2 9th 16 Pietro Delli Guanti Ret 24 16 Ret 19 16 12 15 10 Ret 21 29 25 18 Pierre-Louis Chovet 3 7 15 3 14 16 Keith Donegan 31 16 25 25 20 DNQ 27 19 Ret 29 Owen Tangavelou 19 9 9 9 14 11 17 Ret DNS 6 Andrea Rosso 27 20 Santiago Ramos 18 19 2023 IMO1 IMO2 CAT1 CAT2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 MUG1 MUG2 LEC1 LEC2 RBR1 RBR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC1 HOC2 4th 144 Noah Strømsted Ret 6 14 13 Santiago Ramos 23 6 Ret 4 3F 8 8 10 12 4 Ret 6 29 Ret 15 22WDWD 10 DNS Adam Fitzgerald 22WD 24 28 21 19 25 25 Macéo Capietto Ret 9 5 7 10 3 6 8 8 6 21 10 8 13 Ret 12 10 13 7 10 2024 HOC1 HOC2 SPA1 SPA2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HUN1 HUN2 MUG1 MUG2 LEC1 LEC2 IMO1 IMO2 RBR1 RBR2 CAT1 CAT2 MNZ1 MNZ2 6th 122 Edgar Pierre 29 Ret 28 19 22 17 22 21 25 25 Ret 19 20 Ret DNS Ret 25 19 18 22 Noah Strømsted 11 12 4F 2 14 4 Ret 15 9 9 Ret 2F 11 2 9 2P F 5 6 28 10 Giovanni Maschio 20 15 Ret 16 19 21 19 20 Ret 23 26 10 21 Ret 14 13 17 22 Ret 17 2025 MIS1 MIS2 SPA1 SPA2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 IMO1 IMO2 RBR1 RBR2 CAT1 CAT2 HOC1 HOC2 MNZ1 MNZ2 8th 9 Enzo Yeh 15 21 23 18 18 18 18 13 23 14 11 16 Reno Francot 16 10 Macéo Capietto 19 17 Kacper Sztuka 21 16 Tomass Štolcermanis Ret 9 Enzo Peugeot 13 11 11 11 14 11 Ean Eyckmans Ret 12 22 Ret 17 10 10 15 Santiago Ramos 14 20 James Egozi 8 11 Jan Przyrowski 12 5 Giovanni Maschio 16 Ret 13 8 23 25 16 23 12 Ret 18 Ret 20 20 21 Ret 15 25 15 122026 Miguel Costa Jan Przyrowski Giovanni Maschio

References

External links

Official website