The company initially participated in German Formula 3 before moving to the F3 Euro Series from 2003 to 2005. Colin Kolles left the team to become director of the Jordan Grand PrixFormula One team at the start of the 2005 season, a position he held until 2009. With his son away, Romulus moved the team to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters series with Audi under the sponsorship title Futurecom TME. The Kolles team shifted their interest to sports car racing by participating in the Le Mans Series and later the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, again with customer Audi prototypes. Kolles returned to Formula One to helm the HRT F1 team in 2010, with Kodewa's workshop in Greding serving as a base of operations for the new team before HRT's new owners chose to release Kolles from the team and move their operations to Spain in 2012.
Kodewa participated in the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship with the backing of Lotus Cars under the title Lotus LMP2. In 2014 they lost their Lotus backing and rebranded as ByKolles Racing with a new LMP1 prototype, the CLM P1/01.[1]
In 2017 Robert Kubica was set to return to active racing again in the ByKolles car for the WEC season.[5] In April 2018 he withdrew from the team before the first race of the 2018-2019 season.[6]
Former Caterham F1 boss Manfredi Ravetto joined the ByKolles team in 2018.[7]
On March 25, 2022, Kolles announced his intention to enter the car in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship, stating that "If we receive a welcome, we will be ready to race."[9]
On 2 April 2022 the team revealed the new Vanwall Le Mans Hypercar following a photoshoot held at a German airport some days earlier with Christophe Bouchut driving the car.[10] The team officially rebranded to become the Vanwall Racing Team[3] with the chassis named after 1950's Vanwall team owner Tony Vandervell.
The Vanwall name was registered as a marque by Kolles' agents PMC, in Germany, before the launch of the car.[13] However, the use of the Vanwall marque is in question after ByKolles lost a EUIPO case brought by the continuity project Vanwall 1958 based in the UK, who also plan to build cars for competition using the Vanwall marque and history.[4]
After a string of uncompetitive results and retirements, Villeneuve was dropped by the team for the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans and replaced with Tristan Vautier. Villeneuve subsequently withdrew from the remainder of the season, releasing a statement questioning the team's actions and expressing his disappointment at the situation.[14] Dillmann would leave the team following the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans, stating that his leave was on "good terms"; he was replaced by João Paulo de Oliveira for future rounds.[15]Ryan Briscoe would end up replacing de Oliveira for the final round of the season.[16] In November 2023 the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship entry list was announced and did not include the team.[17] It was later revealed that Kolles had struck an engine deal with Pipo Moteurs, who had previously powered Glickenhaus, before the entry request was declined.[18]
^Karthikeyan, who was nominated as the starting driver for the No. 14 Kolles entry, dislocated his shoulder going over the pitwall before the formation lap. He was unable to take part in the race and was therefore not credited with seventh place.[19]
^The No. 4 ByKolles CLM-AER was excluded from the race for not having the correct driver weight ballast. Prior to the exclusion, the car was not classified in the race results for failing to complete 70 per cent of the overall winner's distance.[20]
Referencesedit
^ ab. Archived from the original on 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
^Lantos, András (6 April 2023). "Tervben volt a Tyrrell márkanév felélesztése a WEC-ben". Eurosport (in Hungarian). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
^ ab"ByKolles Le Mans Hypercar revealed with Vanwall branding". Motor Authority. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
^ ab"ByKolles Lose EUIPO Case Over Vanwall Trademark | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
^"Former F1 racer Robert Kubica gets LMP1 ride for le Mans, WEC". 5 February 2017.
^Loewenberg, Gabriel. "Robert Kubica Withdraws From WEC Season". The Drive. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
^. www.motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-26.
^""Hard decision" for WEC to turn down Vanwall's 2024 entry". www.motorsport.com. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
^Lloyd, Daniel (27 November 2023). "Vanwall Struck Engine Deal With Pipo Before Entry Rejection". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^"Freak injury forces Karthikeyan out of Le Mans". The Times of India. 14 June 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
^Dagys, John (15 June 2015). "Le Mans Post-Race Notebook". Sportscar365. from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
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bykolles, racing, formerly, known, kodewa, austrian, german, auto, racing, team, based, greding, germany, team, most, recently, fielded, vanwall, vandervell, world, endurance, championship, 2023, founded, 2000, romulus, kolles, colin, kolles, kolles, racing, u. ByKolles Racing formerly known as Kodewa is an Austrian German auto racing team based in Greding Germany The team most recently fielded the No 4 Vanwall Vandervell 680 in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2023 It was founded in 2000 by Romulus Kolles and his son Colin Kolles as Kolles Racing but has undergone several rebrands over the years These include a sponsorship deal with Lotus Cars from 2012 to 2014 1 a failed takeover of Tyrrell s naming rights 2 and a subsequent switch to Vanwall that went to court in 2023 3 4 ByKolles RacingFounded2000Founder s Romulus KollesColin KollesFormer namesKolles RacingKodewa GmbH amp Co KGVanwall Racing TeamBaseGreding GermanyTeam principal s Colin KollesRomulus KollesCurrent seriesFIA World Endurance ChampionshipFormer seriesGerman Formula Three ChampionshipFormula 3 Euro SeriesDeutsche Tourenwagen MastersEuropean Le Mans SeriesNoted driversTom Dillmann Esteban Guerrieri Thomas Holzer Mirco Schultis Luca Moro Vitantonio Liuzzi Kevin Weeda Renger van der Zande James Rossiter Jacques VilleneuveWebsiteByKolles com Contents 1 History 2 Results 2 1 German Formula Three Championship results 2 2 Formula 3 Euro Series results 2 3 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results 2 4 Le Mans Series results 2 5 FIA World Endurance Championship results 2 6 24 Hours of Le Mans results 3 Timeline 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe company initially participated in German Formula 3 before moving to the F3 Euro Series from 2003 to 2005 Colin Kolles left the team to become director of the Jordan Grand Prix Formula One team at the start of the 2005 season a position he held until 2009 With his son away Romulus moved the team to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters series with Audi under the sponsorship title Futurecom TME The Kolles team shifted their interest to sports car racing by participating in the Le Mans Series and later the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup again with customer Audi prototypes Kolles returned to Formula One to helm the HRT F1 team in 2010 with Kodewa s workshop in Greding serving as a base of operations for the new team before HRT s new owners chose to release Kolles from the team and move their operations to Spain in 2012 nbsp Kodewa s Lola B12 80 Lotus at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans Kodewa participated in the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship with the backing of Lotus Cars under the title Lotus LMP2 In 2014 they lost their Lotus backing and rebranded as ByKolles Racing with a new LMP1 prototype the CLM P1 01 1 In 2017 Robert Kubica was set to return to active racing again in the ByKolles car for the WEC season 5 In April 2018 he withdrew from the team before the first race of the 2018 2019 season 6 Former Caterham F1 boss Manfredi Ravetto joined the ByKolles team in 2018 7 In 2019 Kolles announced his team would not compete in the full 2019 2020 FIA World Endurance championship but would still compete in the 2019 24 hours of Le Mans This was announced to allow the team to contest in the then forthcoming Le Mans Hypercar class 8 On March 25 2022 Kolles announced his intention to enter the car in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship stating that If we receive a welcome we will be ready to race 9 nbsp Vanwall Racing Team Logo On 2 April 2022 the team revealed the new Vanwall Le Mans Hypercar following a photoshoot held at a German airport some days earlier with Christophe Bouchut driving the car 10 The team officially rebranded to become the Vanwall Racing Team 3 with the chassis named after 1950 s Vanwall team owner Tony Vandervell On 11 January 2023 the entry was accepted by the Automobile Club de l Ouest ACO and the team would enter the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship in the Hypercar class with the Vanwall Vandervell 680 built to LMH specifications The team s lineup would consist of Tom Dillmann Jacques Villeneuve and Esteban Guerrieri with the car being sponsored by German travel bag and luggage company Floyd GmbH 11 12 The Vanwall name was registered as a marque by Kolles agents PMC in Germany before the launch of the car 13 However the use of the Vanwall marque is in question after ByKolles lost a EUIPO case brought by the continuity project Vanwall 1958 based in the UK who also plan to build cars for competition using the Vanwall marque and history 4 After a string of uncompetitive results and retirements Villeneuve was dropped by the team for the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans and replaced with Tristan Vautier Villeneuve subsequently withdrew from the remainder of the season releasing a statement questioning the team s actions and expressing his disappointment at the situation 14 Dillmann would leave the team following the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans stating that his leave was on good terms he was replaced by Joao Paulo de Oliveira for future rounds 15 Ryan Briscoe would end up replacing de Oliveira for the final round of the season 16 In November 2023 the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship entry list was announced and did not include the team 17 It was later revealed that Kolles had struck an engine deal with Pipo Moteurs who had previously powered Glickenhaus before the entry request was declined 18 Results editGerman Formula Three Championship results edit Year Teamname Car Engine Driver Races Points Pos 2000 AIL Team Kolles Racing Dallara F300 Mugen Honda nbsp Elran Nijenhuis 14 18 18th nbsp Andreas Feichtner 4 4 24th nbsp Peter Sundberg 10 4 25th nbsp Marc Hynes 2 0 NC 2001 Team Kolles Racing Dallara F300 Mugen Honda nbsp Pierre Kaffer 20 156 4th nbsp Kimmo Liimatainen 20 25 16th 2002 Team Kolles Racing Dallara F302 Mugen Honda nbsp Joao Paulo de Oliveira 14 16 12th nbsp Charles Zwolsman Jr 10 8 15th nbsp Ross Zwolsman 10 0 21st nbsp Sakon Yamamoto 6 0 22nd Dallara F399 nbsp Stefano Proetto 14 0 30th nbsp Carlo van Dam s Kolles amp Heinz Union Dallara F309 at Hockenheim in 2009 Formula 3 Euro Series results edit Year Teamname Car Engine Driver Races Points Pos 2003 Kolles Dallara F303 Mercedes nbsp Charles Zwolsman Jr 20 7 19th Dallara F302 nbsp Jamie Green 6 6 20th nbsp Jan Heylen 14 0 28th 2004 Team Kolles Dallara F303 Mercedes nbsp Adrian Sutil 18 9 17th nbsp Maximilian Gotz 2 3 19th Dallara F302 nbsp Tom Kimber Smith 20 2 20th 2009 Kolles amp Heinz Union Dallara F309 Volkswagen nbsp Robert Wickens 4 0 22nd nbsp Johan Jokinen 18 0 24th nbsp Nick Tandy 16 0 28th nbsp Carlo van Dam 4 0 31st nbsp Edoardo Mortara 2 0 NC nbsp Vanina Ickx s Futurecom TME Audi at Brands Hatch in 2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results edit Year Teamname Car Driver Races Points Pos 2006 Futurecom TME Audi A4 DTM 2004 nbsp Vanina Ickx 10 0 19th nbsp Jeroen Bleekemolen 2 0 20th nbsp Olivier Tielemans 3 0 21st nbsp Thed Bjork 2 0 22nd nbsp Nicolas Kiesa 3 0 23rd 2007 Futurecom TME Audi A4 DTM 2005 nbsp Adam Carroll 5 0 18th nbsp Markus Winkelhock 5 0 19th nbsp Vanina Ickx 10 0 21st 2008 Futurecom TME Audi A4 DTM 2006 nbsp Christijan Albers 11 0 19th nbsp Katherine Legge 11 0 21st 2009 Kolles Futurecom Audi A4 DTM 2007 nbsp Tomas Kostka 10 0 17th nbsp Christian Bakkerud 9 0 19th nbsp Johannes Seidlitz 8 0 20th Le Mans Series results edit Year Teamname Car Engine Driver Races Points Pos 2009 nbsp Kolles Audi R10 TDI Audi TDI 5 5 L Turbo V12 Diesel nbsp Charles Zwolsman Jr 5 12 7th nbsp Andrew Meyrick 5 nbsp Narain Karthikeyan 4 nbsp Michael Krumm 1 nbsp Christijan Albers 5 6 10th nbsp Christian Bakkerud 5 nbsp Giorgio Mondini 3 nbsp Christophe Bouchut escaping from a burning Lotus CLM P1 01 at Fuji in 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship results edit Year Teamname Car Engine Class Tyre Driver Races Points Pos 2012 nbsp Lotus Lola B12 80 Lotus Judd 3 6 L V8 LMP2 D nbsp Thomas Holzer 8 32 8th nbsp Mirco Schultis 7 nbsp Luca Moro 4 nbsp Renger van der Zande 1 nbsp Christijan Albers 1 nbsp Luca Moro 1 N A NC nbsp Kevin Weeda 6 nbsp James Rossiter 6 nbsp Vitantonio Liuzzi 4 nbsp Jan Charouz 1 2013 nbsp Lotus Lotus T128 Praga Judd LMP2 D nbsp Kevin Weeda 8 11 8th nbsp Vitantonio Liuzzi 6 nbsp Christophe Bouchut 4 nbsp James Rossiter 4 nbsp Lucas Auer 8 nbsp Thomas Holzer 8 37 7th nbsp Dominik Kraihamer 8 nbsp Jan Charouz 8 2014 nbsp Lotus CLM P1 01 AER P60 Turbo V6 LMP1 L M nbsp James Rossiter 2 33 3rd nbsp Christophe Bouchut 2 nbsp Lucas Auer 3 nbsp Pierre Kaffer 4 nbsp Simon Trummer 1 nbsp Nathanael Berthon 1 2015 nbsp Team ByKolles CLM P1 01 AER P60 2 4 L Turbo V6 LMP1 M nbsp Simon Trummer 8 104 3rd nbsp Vitantonio Liuzzi 2 nbsp Christian Klien 2 nbsp Tiago Monteiro 1 nbsp Pierre Kaffer 6 2016 nbsp ByKolles Racing Team CLM P1 01 AER P60 2 4 L Turbo V6 LMP1 D nbsp Simon Trummer 9 109 2nd nbsp Oliver Webb 9 nbsp James Rossiter 2 nbsp Pierre Kaffer 6 2017 nbsp ByKolles Racing Team ENSO CLM P1 01 Nismo VRX30A 3 0 L Turbo V6 LMP1 M nbsp Oliver Webb 4 N A NC nbsp Dominik Kraihamer 4 nbsp James Rossiter 2 nbsp Marco Bonanomi 4 2018 2019 nbsp ByKolles Racing Team ENSO CLM P1 01 Nismo VRX30A 3 0 L Turbo V6Gibson GL458 4 5 L V8 LMP1 M nbsp Oliver Webb 5 22 4th nbsp Tom Dillmann 4 nbsp Dominik Kraihamer 2 nbsp Rene Binder 1 nbsp James Rossiter 2 2019 2020 nbsp ByKolles Racing Team ENSO CLM P1 01 Gibson GL458 4 5 L V8 LMP1 M nbsp Tom Dillmann 2 N A NC nbsp Bruno Spengler 2 nbsp Oliver Webb 2 2023 nbsp Vanwall Racing Team Vanwall Vandervell 680 Gibson GL458 4 5 L V8 LMH M nbsp Tom Dillmann 4 10 7th nbsp Esteban Guerrieri 7 nbsp Jacques Villeneuve 3 nbsp Tristan Vautier 4 nbsp Joao Paulo de Oliveira 2 nbsp Ryan Briscoe 1 nbsp Kolles Audi R10 TDI at the Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya in 2009 nbsp The Lotus T128 at the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans nbsp ByKolles ENSO CLM P1 01 at Silverstone in 2017 nbsp Jacques Villeneuve at the wheel of his Vanwall Vandervell 680 at Spa Francorchamps in 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans results edit Year Entrant No Car Drivers Class Laps Pos ClassPos 2009 nbsp Kolles 14 Audi R10 TDI nbsp Narain Karthikeyan a nbsp Andre Lotterer nbsp Charles Zwolsman Jr LMP1 369 7th 7th 15 nbsp Christijan Albers nbsp Christian Bakkerud nbsp Giorgio Mondini 360 9th 9th 2010 nbsp Kolles 14 Audi R10 TDI nbsp Christophe Bouchut nbsp Manuel Rodrigues nbsp Scott Tucker LMP1 182 DNF DNF 15 nbsp Christijan Albers nbsp Christian Bakkerud nbsp Oliver Jarvis 331 DNF DNF 2012 nbsp Lotus 31 Lola B12 80 Lotus Judd nbsp Thomas Holzer nbsp Luca Moro nbsp Mirco Schultis LMP2 155 DNF DNF 2013 nbsp Lotus 31 Lotus T128 Praga Judd nbsp Christophe Bouchut nbsp James Rossiter nbsp Kevin Weeda LMP2 17 DNF DNF 32 nbsp Jan Charouz nbsp Thomas Holzer nbsp Dominik Kraihamer 219 DNF DNF 2015 nbsp Team ByKolles 4 CLM P1 01 AER nbsp Pierre Kaffer nbsp Tiago Monteiro nbsp Simon Trummer LMP1 260 EX b EX 2016 nbsp ByKolles Racing Team 4 CLM P1 01 AER nbsp Pierre Kaffer nbsp Simon Trummer nbsp Oliver Webb LMP1 206 DNF DNF 2017 nbsp ByKolles Racing Team 4 ENSO CLM P1 01 Nismo nbsp Marco Bonanomi nbsp Dominik Kraihamer nbsp Oliver Webb LMP1 7 DNF DNF 2018 nbsp ByKolles Racing Team 4 ENSO CLM P1 01 Nismo nbsp Tom Dillmann nbsp Dominik Kraihamer nbsp Oliver Webb LMP1 65 DNF DNF 2019 nbsp ByKolles Racing Team 4 ENSO CLM P1 01 Gibson nbsp Tom Dillmann nbsp Paolo Ruberti nbsp Oliver Webb LMP1 163 DNF DNF 2020 nbsp ByKolles Racing Team 4 ENSO CLM P1 01 Gibson nbsp Tom Dillmann nbsp Bruno Spengler nbsp Oliver Webb LMP1 97 DNF DNF 2023 nbsp Floyd Vanwall Racing Team 4 Vanwall Vandervell 680 Gibson nbsp Tom Dillmann nbsp Esteban Guerrieri nbsp Tristan Vautier Hypercar 165 DNF DNFTimeline editThe series in which the team competed are listed Current series FIA World Endurance Championship 2012 2020 2023 Former series German Formula Three Championship 2000 2002 Formula 3 Euro Series 2003 2004 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 2006 2009 Le Mans Series 2009Notes edit Karthikeyan who was nominated as the starting driver for the No 14 Kolles entry dislocated his shoulder going over the pitwall before the formation lap He was unable to take part in the race and was therefore not credited with seventh place 19 The No 4 ByKolles CLM AER was excluded from the race for not having the correct driver weight ballast Prior to the exclusion the car was not classified in the race results for failing to complete 70 per cent of the overall winner s distance 20 References edit a b Lotus team re named ByKolles Racing FIA World Endurance Championship Archived from the original on 2015 04 27 Retrieved 2015 05 19 Lantos Andras 6 April 2023 Tervben volt a Tyrrell markanev felelesztese a WEC ben Eurosport in Hungarian Retrieved 31 March 2024 a b ByKolles Le Mans Hypercar revealed with Vanwall branding Motor Authority Retrieved 2023 01 12 a b ByKolles Lose EUIPO Case Over Vanwall Trademark dailysportscar com www dailysportscar com 3 February 2023 Retrieved 27 March 2023 Former F1 racer Robert Kubica gets LMP1 ride for le Mans WEC 5 February 2017 Loewenberg Gabriel Robert Kubica Withdraws From WEC Season The Drive Retrieved 2018 02 25 Ex Caterham F1 boss Ravetto joins ByKolles squad www motorsport com Archived from the original on 2018 02 26 ByKolles won t contest full 2019 20 WEC season www motorsport com 2019 06 13 Retrieved 2023 12 20 ByKolles ready to race Vanwall LMH in WEC in 2023 if welcome www motorsport com 2022 03 25 Retrieved 2023 06 13 Rachit Thukral 2 April 2022 ByKolles built Vanwall Le Mans Hypercar rolled out Motorsport com Daniel Lloyd 11 January 2023 Record Top Category Field Headlines 38 Car Season Entry sportscar365 com Retrieved 11 January 2023 Mercier Laurent 11 January 2023 Who is behind Floyd partner of Vanwall Racing Team Endurance Info Retrieved 4 April 2024 Could Vanwall Be Coming To FIA WEC dailysportscar com www dailysportscar com Retrieved 2023 06 13 Lloyd Daniel 31 May 2023 Villeneuve Deeply Disappointed at Vanwall Dismissal SportsCar365 Retrieved 17 June 2023 Klein Jamie 16 June 2023 Dillmann parts ways with Vanwall after latest Le Mans DNF motorsport com Retrieved 17 June 2023 Briscoe joins Vanwall for Bahrain WEC finale au motorsport com 2023 10 17 Retrieved 2023 12 13 Hard decision for WEC to turn down Vanwall s 2024 entry www motorsport com 2023 11 28 Retrieved 2023 12 20 Lloyd Daniel 27 November 2023 Vanwall Struck Engine Deal With Pipo Before Entry Rejection Sportscar365 John Dagys Media Retrieved 4 April 2024 Freak injury forces Karthikeyan out of Le Mans The Times of India 14 June 2009 Retrieved 2 June 2023 Dagys John 15 June 2015 Le Mans Post Race Notebook Sportscar365 Archived from the original on 16 June 2015 Retrieved 15 June 2015 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Team Kolles Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ByKolles Racing amp oldid 1217206106, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,