MRF Challenge

Single-Seater Racing Championship

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2025 Simone Tempestini continues with MRF, joined by James Williams and Stéphane Lefebvre for selected events in the European Rally Championship.
2025 Pietro Fittipaldi joined the IMSA SportsCar Championship full-time in the LMP2 class, driving for Pratt Miller Motorsports after making select starts in 2023 and 2024.
2025 Pietro Fittipaldi signed with Vector Sport to compete in the European Le Mans Series, returning to the series after a three-year absence and combining this with his full-time IMSA SportsCar Championship campaign.
2025 Confirmed to compete in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Cadillac Whelen, expanding his racing portfolio.
2024 Andrea Mabellini wins Rally Silesia and finishes 4th in the overall standings. MRF finishes 2nd in the championship.
2024 Drugovich was confirmed to test IndyCar machinery with Chip Ganassi Racing at Barber Motorsports Park, expressing surprise at the speed of the car after the test.
2024 Drugovich returned to racing in the European Le Mans Series with Vector Sport, competing in an challenging season where he achieved one podium finish (third place) at the 4 Hours of Imola and ultimately finished 15th in the standings.
2024 Competed in his first 24 Hours of Le Mans with Whelen Cadillac Racing, finishing 15th in the Hypercar class.
2024 At the opening round of the season (Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg), finished 13th, his best result of the season.
2024 Began competing full-time in the IndyCar Series.
December 2024 Drugovich participated in free practice, setting the ninth fastest time, and later completed the Abu Dhabi Pirelli tyre test with 146 laps.
November 2024 Drugovich participated in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix free practice, finishing 9th.
September 2024 Drugovich completed a test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, testing 2026 prototype tyres.
May 2024 Drugovich returned with Maserati for the Berlin rookie test.
2023 MRF wins first and third in the European Rally Championship teams standings. Mārtiņš Sesks finishes as runner-up, with Mads Østberg in 3rd and Efrén Llarena in 4th.
2023 Began competing in the LMP2 class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Rick Ware, Inter Europol, and Pratt Miller.
2023 Fittipaldi competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship in LMP2 class with Jota, winning 1 race and securing 2 podium finishes.
2023 Sandeep Kumar from India wins the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 championship.
2023 Drugovich participated in the rookie practice session at the Rome ePrix with Maserati, topping the timesheets.
2023 Participated in the Race of Champions in Sweden, partnering with Thierry Neuville in the ROC Nations Cup for the All-Star team. They defeated Team USA and Team Germany before losing to Team Norway in the final.
2023 Felipe Drugovich turned down an opportunity to test for Ed Carpenter Racing during the winter testing season after the 2023 racing season.
2023 Continued as Reserve/Development driver for Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team and also became Reserve driver for McLaren F1 Team
2023 Won the LMP2 class at the 6 Hours of Monza in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
November 2023 Drugovich drove in the first free practice session of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, finishing second fastest.
October 23 2023 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing announced Fittipaldi would drive the No. 30 Honda for the 2024 IndyCar Series.
September 2023 Drugovich tested at the Hungaroring.
June 2023 Drugovich drove the AMR21 in a private test at the Red Bull Ring.
April 2023 Drugovich drove for Maserati MSG Racing during the Formula E Berlin rookie test, finishing first and setting a lap time just two-tenths slower than Maximilian Günther's best time in the SABIC Berlin E-Prix.
April 2023 Drugovich collected additional F1 mileage in the AMR21 around Silverstone.
March 2023 Drugovich drove the Aston Martin AMR23 during the first session of pre-season testing in Bahrain, replacing injured Lance Stroll, and completed a total of 117 laps.
January 2023 Announced as a full-time driver for the FIA World Endurance Championship, joining Jota Sport team alongside David Heinemeier Hansson and Oliver Rasmussen.
2022 Efrén Llarena wins the European Rally Championship for MRF, with Javier Pardo finishing 2nd. MRF also wins the Teams championship.
2022 Karna Kadur and Nikhil Pai win the Indian National Rally Championship driving in MRF colours.
2022 Sai Sanjay from India wins the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 championship.
2022 Re-joined MP Motorsport for the Formula 2 season, partnering with Clément Novalak.
2022 Won his first pole position of the season at Jeddah, taking the championship lead for the first time.
2022 Drove the Haas VF-22 during the first day of pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit, substituting for Nikita Mazepin.
November 2022 Drugovich drove in the post-season tests in Abu Dhabi with Aston Martin.
November 2022 Drugovich had his first contact with a Formula One car, testing the AMR21 at Silverstone and meeting the requirements to obtain the FIA Super Licence.
September 2022 Sealed the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship title at Monza, finishing the season 101 points ahead of nearest rival Théo Pourchaire.
September 12 2022 Drugovich was announced as the first member of the AMF1 Driver Development Programme and joined Aston Martin's reserve driver roster, two days after winning the 2022 Formula 2 Championship.
May 2022 Became the first F2 driver to win all races in a single weekend at Barcelona, moving back into the championship lead.
March 2022 Set the fastest time during pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit.
2021 MRF enters a VW Polo GTI R5 for Simone Campedelli and continues with a Hyundai, finishing 5th in the championship.
2021 Joined Virtuosi Racing as a driver alongside Guanyu Zhou for the FIA Formula 2 Championship season.
2021 At Sochi, set the fastest time during practice but crashed heavily on the way to the starting grid, resulting in a hospital check and being declared unfit for the feature race.
2021 At Baku, involved in an incident with Oscar Piastri on the opening lap of the first sprint, resulting in a ten-second time penalty and finishing 14th.
2021 Returned to IndyCar exclusively for oval races, splitting the No. 51 Dale Coyne Racing with RWR car with Romain Grosjean.
2021 Began competing in the European Le Mans Series.
2021 Became the fastest rookie qualifier for the Indianapolis 500.

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