G-Drive Racing

G-Drive Racing is a Russian sports car racing team. It is named after the commercial fuel distributed by Gazprom Neft, a subsidiary of oil giant Gazprom. They made their debut in the LMP2 class of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship in a partnership with Signatech, before quickly rising to prominence, winning three titles in the European Le Mans Series, taking the 2015 WEC title, as well as winning the Asian Le Mans Series twice. Over the years, G-Drive ran in conjunction with multiple race teams, including Jota Sport, TDS Racing, Graff Racing, and Algarve Pro Racing.

G-Drive Racing
Founded2012
BaseMoscow, Russia
Team principal(s)
  • Alexander Krylov
Former seriesFIA World Endurance Championship
European Le Mans Series
Asian Le Mans Series
IMSA SportsCar Championship
Blancpain GT Series
Noted drivers Mike Conway
Olivier Pla
Sam Bird
Pipo Derani
Giedo van der Garde
René Rast
Ryō Hirakawa
Mikkel Jensen
Nyck de Vries
Roman Rusinov
Websitehttps://www.gdriveracing.com/

As a result of regulations imposed by the FIA on Russian competitors in the aftermath of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, G-Drive withdrew from international competition. They currently organise multiple sporting events in Russia.

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