G-Drive Racing is a Russian sports car racing team. It is named after the commercial fuel distributed by Gazprom Neft, a subsidiary of oil giant Gazprom. They made their debut in the LMP2 class of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship in a partnership with Signatech, before quickly rising to prominence, winning three titles in the European Le Mans Series, taking the 2015 WEC title, as well as winning the Asian Le Mans Series twice. Over the years, G-Drive ran in conjunction with multiple race teams, including Jota Sport, TDS Racing, Graff Racing, and Algarve Pro Racing.
As a result of regulations imposed by the FIA on Russian competitors in the aftermath of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, G-Drive withdrew from international competition. They currently organise multiple sporting events in Russia. The team opened a rally raid division in 2023 for Roman Rusinov and Anastasiya Nifontova, and the former won the Silk Way Rally in the T3 category the following year.
Racing record 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Entrant Team No. Car Drivers Class Laps 2012 Signatech-Nissan Signatech 26 Oreca 03-Nissan Nelson Panciatici Pierre Ragues Roman Rusinov LMP2 351 10th 4th 2013 Delta-ADR Delta-ADR 25 Oreca 03-Nissan Tor Graves Archie Hamilton Shinji Nakano LMP2 101 DNF DNF G-Drive Racing 26 Mike Conway John Martin Roman Rusinov 327 DSQ DSQ 2014 G-Drive Racing OAK Racing 26 Morgan LMP2-Nissan Julien Canal Olivier Pla Roman Rusinov LMP2 120 DNF DNF OAK Racing 35 Ligier JS P2-Nissan Alex Brundle Jann Mardenborough Mark Shulzhitskiy 354 9th 5th2015 G-Drive Racing OAK Racing26 Ligier JS P2-Nissan Sam Bird Julien Canal Roman RusinovLMP235811th 3rd28 Pipo Derani Ricardo González Gustavo Yacamán35412th4th2016 G-Drive Racing Jota Sport26 Oreca 05-Nissan René Rast Roman Rusinov Will StevensLMP23576th 2nd38 Gibson 015S-Nissan Jake Dennis Simon Dolan Giedo van der Garde222DNFDNF2017 G-Drive Racing DragonSpeed22Oreca 07-Gibson José Gutiérrez Ryō Hirakawa Memo RojasLMP232739th17th TDS Racing26 Alex Lynn Roman Rusinov Pierre Thiriet20DNFDNF2018 G-Drive Racing TDS Racing26Oreca 07-Gibson Andrea Pizzitola Roman Rusinov Jean-Éric VergneLMP2369 DSQ DSQ Graff Racing40 James Allen Enzo Guibbert José Gutierrez197DNFDNF2019 G-Drive Racing TDS Racing26 Aurus 01-Gibson Roman Rusinov Job van Uitert Jean-Éric VergneLMP236411th6th2020 G-Drive Racing by Algarve Algarve Pro Racing16 Aurus 01-Gibson Ryan Cullen Oliver Jarvis Nick Tandy LMP2105DNFDNF G-Drive Racing TDS Racing26 Mikkel Jensen Roman Rusinov Jean-Éric Vergne3679th5th2021 G-Drive Racing Algarve Pro Racing 25 Aurus 01-Gibson Rui Andrade John Falb Roberto Merhi LMP2 (Pro-Am) 108 DNF DNF 26 Franco Colapinto Roman Rusinov Nyck de Vries LMP2 358 12th 7th
FIA World Endurance Championship Year Entrant Team Class No. Chassis Engine Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts 2013 G-Drive Racing Delta-ADR LMP2 26 Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 Mike Conway John Martin Roman Rusinov SIL SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ SHA BHR 3rd 132 2014 G-Drive Racing OAK Racing LMP2 26 Morgan LMP2Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 Julien Canal Olivier Pla Roman Rusinov SIL SPA LMS COA FUJ SHA BHR SÃO 2nd 137 2015 G-Drive Racing OAK Racing LMP2 26 Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 Sam Bird Julien Canal Roman Rusinov SIL SPA LMS NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 1st 178 28 Pipo Derani Ricardo González Gustavo Yacamán SIL SPA LMS NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 3rd 134 2016 G-Drive Racing Jota Sport LMP2 26 Oreca 05 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 Roman Rusinov René Rast (rounds 1–6, 9) Nathanaël Berthon (rounds 1–2) Will Stevens (rounds 3, 7–8) Alex Brundle (rounds 4–9) SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 3rd 164 38 Gibson 015S Jake Dennis Simon Dolan Giedo van der Garde SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR — — 2017 G-Drive Racing DragonSpeed LMP2 22 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 José Gutiérrez Ryō Hirakawa Memo Rojas SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR — — TDS Racing 26 Roman Rusinov Pierre Thiriet (rounds 1–7) Alex Lynn (rounds 1–3, 5–6) Ben Hanley (round 4) James Rossiter (round 7) Léo Roussel (rounds 8–9) Nico Müller (round 8) Loïc Duval (round 9) SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 6th 82
European Le Mans Series YearEntrantTeamClassNo.ChassisEngineDrivers123456Pts2016 G-Drive RacingJota SportLMP238Gibson 015SNissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 Simon Dolan Giedo van der Garde Harry Tincknell SIL IMO RBR LEC SPA EST 1st 1032017 G-Drive RacingDragonSpeedLMP2 22Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Memo Rojas Léo Roussel Ryō Hirakawa (rounds 1–2, 5–6) Nicolas Minassian (rounds 3–4)SILMNZRBRLECSPAALG 1st 1102018 G-Drive RacingTDS RacingLMP2 26Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Andrea Pizzitola Roman Rusinov Alexandre Imperatori (round 1) Jean-Éric Vergne (rounds 2–6) LEC MNZ RBR SIL SPA ALG 1st 100.25Graff 40 James Allen José Gutiérrez (rounds 1–4) Enzo Guibbert (rounds 1–2) Garry Findlay (round 4) Henning Enqvist (rounds 5–6) Julien Falchero (rounds 5–6) LEC MNZ RBR SIL SPA ALG 12th 15.252019 G-Drive RacingTDS RacingLMP2 26Aurus 01Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Roman Rusinov Job van Uitert Norman Nato (round 1–2) Jean-Éric Vergne (rounds 3–6) LEC MNZ CAT SIL SPA ALG 2nd 1012020 G-Drive RacingTDS RacingLMP226Aurus 01Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Mikkel Jensen Roman Rusinov Nyck de Vries (rounds 1, 4–5) Jean-Éric Vergne (round 3) LEC SPA LEC MNZ ALG 3rd 612021 G-Drive RacingAlgarve Pro RacingLMP2 25Aurus 01Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Rui Andrade John Falb Pietro Fittipaldi (round 1) Roberto Merhi (rounds 2–4) Gustavo Menezes (rounds 5–6)CATRBRLECMNZSPAALG 6th 42 26 Franco Colapinto Roman Rusinov Nyck de Vries (rounds 1–3, 5–6) Mikkel Jensen (round 4)CATRBRLECMNZSPAALG 4th 74
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