The unheralded F1 talent factory moving into Europe
From Lance Stroll to Lando Norris, Nick Cassidy to Robert Shwartzman, M2 Competition has been polishing racing starlets for a decade in New Zealand's Toyota Racing Series. Now it's planning to do the same in Europe
Two of its graduates are now in Formula 1; seven are going to line up on this year's Formula 2 grid. Five of them have manufacturer contracts in GT racing or the DTM, and another has raced in IndyCar. One is a DTM privateer, while two are Red Bull Juniors in Formula 3. Yet the team in question has never even come close to winning a race in Europe.
That team, M2 Competition, can rightly claim to be one of motorsport's premier talent factories, but as an adjunct of drivers' main programmes. It's the go-to destination for those seeking winter racing programmes in New Zealand's Toyota Racing Series, where it has run Toyota talisman Nick Cassidy, F1 youngsters Lance Stroll and Lando Norris, Ferrari protege Robert Shwartzman and Red Bull 'heifers' Liam Lawson and Igor Fraga to championship victories.
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