Race Performance Motorsport

Race Performance Motorsport
Founded2022
Founder(s)Keith Donegan
BasePiacenza, Italy
Team principal(s)Enrico Carraro
Current seriesFormula Regional European Championship
Current driversFormula Regional European Championship
Giovanni Maschio
Reno Francot
Ean Eyckmans
Drivers'
Championships		2024 FRECA Rookie Champion - Noah Strømsted

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.[1] They started their first season with Italian racing driver Pietro Delli Guanti and Donegan himself.[2][3]

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.[4]

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.[5][6] 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 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.[7]

2023

For the 2023 season, the team signed Macéo Capietto, Santiago Ramos and Adam Fitzgerald.[8][9][10] The latter appeared on The Late Late Show alongside RPM owner Keith Donegan before the season started.[11]

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.[12] Fitzgerald was able to return for the second round at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.[13]

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.[14] 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.[15] 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.[16] 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.[17][18][19] 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.[20] 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.[21]

Current series results

Formula Regional European Championship

Year Car Tyres Drivers Races Wins Poles F. Laps Podiums D.C. Pts T.C. Pts
2022 Tatuus F3 T-318-
Alpine 		P Pietro Delli Guanti 14 0 0 0 0 25th 1 9th 16
Pierre-Louis Chovet† 6 0 0 0 0 NC 0
Keith Donegan 9 0 0 0 0 30th 0
Owen Tangavelou 9 0 0 0 0 20th 15
Andrea Rosso 2 0 0 0 0 34th 0
Santiago Ramos 2 0 0 0 0 27th 0
2023 Tatuus F3 T-318-
Alpine 		P Noah Strømsted† 4 0 0 0 0 NC 0 4th 144
Santiago Ramos 17 0 0 1 1 11th 67
Adam Fitzgerald 7 0 0 0 0 38th 0
Macéo Capietto 20 0 0 0 1 8th 77
2024 Tatuus F3 T-318-
Alpine 		P Edgar Pierre 19 0 0 0 0 31st 0 6th 122
Noah Strømsted 20 0 1 3 4 6th 121
Giovanni Maschio 20 0 0 0 0 24th 1
2025 Tatuus F3 T-318-
Alpine 		P Enzo Yeh 12 0 0 0 0 23rd 0 8th 9
Reno Francot 2 0 0 0 0 20th 1
Macéo Capietto 2 0 0 0 0 32nd 0
Kacper Sztuka 2 0 0 0 0 24th 0
Tomass Štolcermanis† 2 0 0 0 0 NC 0
Enzo Peugeot 6 0 0 0 0 22nd 0
Ean Eyckmans 8 0 0 0 0 19th 2
Santiago Ramos† 2 0 0 0 0 NC 0
James Egozi† 2 0 0 0 0 NC 0
Jan Przyrowski† 2 0 0 0 0 NC 0
Giovanni Maschio 20 0 0 0 0 17th 6

† 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 T.C. Points
2022 MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		MCO
1 		MCO
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		MUG
1 		MUG
2 		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 IMO
1 		IMO
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		MUG
1 		MUG
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		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 22 WD WD 10 DNS
Adam Fitzgerald 22 WD 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 HOC
1 		HOC
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		MUG
1 		MUG
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		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 MIS
1 		MIS
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		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 12

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