History

Founded in 1996 and specializing in motor sport, ASM finished in the top 3 as early as its debut in the French Formula 3 championship back in 1997. The team clinched the title one year later and won the Masters of Zandvoort. In 2002 they dominated the discipline in their local challenge and became well known internationally with two victories in the prestigious Grand Prix in Macao and Korea.

The following year, the German and French series’ merged their efforts and the F3 Euro Series was born with ASM’s success intensifying as a result. Undefeated in team and driver championships since 2003, the French squad helped some of the greatest new talents to flourish in motorsport. Its success and good technical foundation enabled them to be the backbone of a new structure, ART Grand Prix, with whom they merged during the winter of 2007.

Founded in the winter of 2004/2005, the ART Grand Prix team was built on the solid foundations of the ASM F3 team, the two structures being under the same roof and working with the same personnel. After their strong performances and records in French F3 and the F3 Euro Series, the team, based in the French Department of the Yonne, decided to continue its rise in the world of International Motorsports by creating a structure dedicated to the GP2 Championship, a series which replaced F3000 in 2005, as the curtain rose on the European F1 Grand Prix season.

ART Grand Prix is the result of the meeting of two men: Frédéric Vasseur and Nicolas Todt, whose complementary abilities guaranteed the best possible management of the team, day in, day out. Frédéric Vasseur is in charge of the team and the factory on the ground, while Nicolas Todt runs the commercial and marketing side of the organization.

The first season of ART Grand Prix in GP2 has been concluded by two titles and showed the talent, the professionalism and the determination of each member of the team. 2006 has reinforced the basis and has been a platform for 2007 and 2 new projects: the merger between ASM and ART Grand Prix as one team and the arrival of Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa in the capital of the team.

In August 2010, Rafael Sporteli, shareholder of the Brazilian automotive parts Aethra, joined ART Grand Prix capital.

A few weeks later, ART Grand Prix signed an agreement with Lotus Cars in order to give birth to Lotus ART for the upcoming GP3 and GP2 season, starting in 2011.

ART Grand Prix terminated its F3 Euroseries program in order to focus on new directions and take up new challenges.

ART Grand Prix plays a great role in driver training and promotion. As a matter of fact, the team has worked with several great drivers who are now at the top of the motorsport world: Lewis Hamilton (F1), Nico Rosberg (F1), Sebastian Vettel (F1), Nico Hülkenberg, Alexandre Prémat (V8 Supercar), Paul Di Resta (F1), Jamie Green (DTM), Tiago Monteiro (WTCC)…

ART Grand Prix is involved in :

- Karting

- GP3 Series

- GP2 Series