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Virtuosi Racing

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Virtuosi Racing (formerly Virtuosi UK) is a British racing team currently competing in the F4 British Championship. The team previously raced in the Auto GP series, in addition to running the Russian Time outfit in Formula 2 and its predecessor GP2 Series from 2015 to 2018. With the withdrawal of Russian Time, the team assumed its new name UNI-Virtuosi Racing for the 2019 Formula 2 season. A partnership with watch company Invicta resulted in a further name change for 2023, a partial takeover which saw the birth of Invicta Racing in 2024, and a full takeover in 2025.

In 2012, former Super Nova Racing employees Paul Devlin and Andy Roche approached businessman Declan Lohan for financial backing and Virtuosi UK team was founded at Carleton Rode, Norfolk in order to participate in the Auto GP. The team signed GP2 Series driver Pål Varhaug. His team-mates in the first rounds were European F3 Open driver Matteo Beretta and Formula Renault 3.5 Series driver Sten Pentus, before they were replaced by Auto GP veteran Francesco Dracone. Varhaug won a feature race at Sonoma and reverse-grid races at Monza and Hungaroring, finishing as runner-up in the drivers' standings and bringing fourth place in the teams' standings.

For 2013, the team signed FIA European Formula 3 Championship graduate Andrea Roda, partnered by Max Snegirev, who previously raced for Campos Racing. The team also supported a Comtec by Virtuosi entry. The team did not achieve a podium finish that year, finishing seventh in the teams’ standings.

Roda continued with the team for the 2014 campaign, with Richard Gonda and Sam Dejonghe joining him for the opening rounds. At Imola, Varhaug returned to the team before being replaced by Tamás Pál Kiss at Spielberg, who then secured two wins at Nürburgring and Estoril. Virtuosi finished as runner-up in the teams’ standings in 2014.

In 2015, the team signed Nikita Zlobin and also took over the management of the Russian Time team in the GP2 Series. On 4 December 2018, it was announced that Virtuosi would replace Russian Time in the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2019, rebranding as UNI-Virtuosi. Guanyu Zhou was confirmed as the first driver, followed by Luca Ghiotto. Ghiotto secured four wins, contributing to the team’s second-place finish in the Teams’ Championship.

The team retained Zhou for the 2020 season, pairing him with Callum Ilott. They repeated their second-place finish in the Teams’ Championship, again with four wins. In 2021, Zhou remained with the team, joined by Felipe Drugovich. For the third consecutive year, Virtuosi finished second in the Teams’ Championship, with all four wins scored by Zhou.

In 2022, Virtuosi expanded into the F4 British Championship. With Zhou graduating to Formula 1 with Alfa Romeo, Jack Doohan and Marino Sato filled the seats in Formula 2. Doohan achieved three wins in his rookie season, but the team finished seventh in the Teams’ Championship.

Prior to the 2023 season, a title partnership deal was announced with the Invicta Watch Group. Jack Doohan remained with the team, joined by Amaury Cordeel. Cordeel finished 20th in the standings, while Doohan secured two pole positions and three feature race wins, finishing third in the standings.

Ahead of the 2024 season, Invicta announced an ownership stake in the team, renaming it Invicta Racing, while Virtuosi continued to co-own and operate the team. Kush Maini and reigning FIA Formula 3 champion Gabriel Bortoleto joined the team. Bortoleto secured two wins and narrowly won the championship . Invicta Racing clinched the Teams’ Championship . Bortoleto and Doohan subsequently graduated to Formula One, joining Sauber and Alpine respectively .

In March 2025, Invicta completed the acquisition of the Formula 2 squad and split from Virtuosi, with Andy Roche remaining as a consultant.