Jolly Club

Jolly Club, currently competing as Jolly Club - Fastlane and previously as Jolly Club - Minardi, is an Italian racing team that competes in Formula 1 in EGPM. The team, based in Milan, entered Formula 2 in the second half of the 1994 season. Since then, the team has gone on to win three Formula 2 Teams' championships and two Formula 2 Drivers' championships. Jolly Club has been promoted to F1 three times from their F2 titles, being relegated after just one season on the first two campaigns. However, Jolly Club saved themselves from relegation in the 2005 season, and have managed to stay in F1 since.
Jolly Club, founded in 1957, competed in various racing championships before EGPM. These include rallying and touring car racing. The team has a special affinity with Italian brands such as Lancia, Ferrari and Alfa Romeo. The team's sponsor, Italian horse racing gambling firm Totip, has become synonymous with the team as it has sponsored their cars in rallying and later in EGPM. 
Since 2008, Jolly Club has also run a junior team in F2: Fastlane - Lancia EGPM. This reflects both their long-standing alliance with Italian car manufacturer Lancia, and their role as the sister team of Fastlane F1 Team. Lancia's first entry into EGPM was originally planned to be with Wallace Racing, upon their promotion to F1. However, after Jolly Club was allowed an F2 team, Lancia chose to go with the Italian team instead.
=== History (in EGPM) ===
==== First Stint in F2 (1994-1996) ====
===== 1994 =====
Jolly Club entered EGPM in the F2 championship in time for the 4th of 6 rounds in the 1994 season, with drivers Rodrigo Pedrosa and Artyom Cena. 
At their debut race, the 1994 Hungarian F2 round, Rodrigo Pedrosa scored a 10th place finish to give the team a points finish in their first ever race. Jolly Club continued to impress with a podium in just their second race entry. This came with Artyom Cena's second place at the 1994 Italian F2 Round, at Jolly Club's home race. Jolly Club failed to score a top 10 finish with either driver at the final race of the season, leaving them with 17 points which put them 9th (and last) in that season's standings.
===== 1995 =====
Jolly Club signed Vos Snyder and Heino Tuomaala for 1995, in what would be their first full season in EGPM. 
At the start of the season, Jolly Club established themselves as solid midfield contenders in F2, scoring points with both drivers in both of the first 2 races of the season. However, after Snyder's 6th place at the French race, his season took a turn for the worse. Snyder failed to score points again that season, and Tuomaala would become the team's leading driver for the rest of the season. At the German round, the Finn achieved a 5th place finish. He failed to finish outside the top 10 all season. This momentum for him would culminate at the final round of the F2 season, with Tuomaala taking pole position and winning the 1995 European F2 Round. This granted Jolly Club with both their first pole position and victory. 
Tuomaala finished 10th in the drivers' championship with 48 points, while Snyder finished 13th with 9 points. In the teams' championship, Jolly Club finished 6th out of 8 teams. 
===== 1996 =====
For 1996, Jolly Club originally approached Miguel Morales, but lost out to Jaguar Motorsports. Instead, the team re-signed Rodrigo Pedrosa to race alongside Teagan Fox. 
Teagan Fox, who had won a race in both of the previous two F2 seasons, started the season off strong with a pair of second place finishes. Pedrosa supported well, with a 4th place finish in the opening race of the season. At the French round (Round 4/7), Pedrosa took pole and finished in second. Fox finished 4th in that same race, giving them their best race of the season. At the team's home race (Round 6/7), Fox achieved a podium by finishing in third. 
Both drivers scored points in every race but once; Rodrigo Pedrosa managed just 11th at the San Marino round. This consistency gave Fox a 3rd place finish in the standings with 88 points, and Pedrosa finished 7th with 66 points. While other teams fielded faster drivers; such as Yaroslav Ryzkhov, racing for Garibaldi Motorsports; and Tuomaala, racing for DPM, none of the other teams had both drivers scoring competitive finishes over the entire season. As a result, Jolly Club won the Formula 2 title in just their second full season. They scored 154 points, beating DPM Racing (136 points) and Jaguar Motorsports (134 points). 
By winning the F2 title, Jolly Club earnt themselves their first F1 berth for 1997.
==== First Stint In F1 (1997) ====
===== 1997 =====
==== Second Stint In F2 (1998-2000) ====
===== 1998 =====
===== 1999 =====
===== 2000 =====
==== Second Stint In F1 (2001) ====
===== 2001 =====
==== Third Stint In F2 (2002-2004) ====
===== 2002 =====
===== 2003 =====
===== 2004 =====
==== Third Stint In F1 & Staying Up ====
===== 2005 =====
At the end of the season, after facing relegation from Formula 1 for the third successive time in team's history, Jolly Club struck an agreement with the Fastlane F1 tean. This agreement meant that Jolly Club would stay in Formula One (the Fastlane F2 won the 2005 F2 title, so it was agreed that they would not promote to take Jolly Club's place in F1), in return for becoming a Fastlane sister team. This agreement also included a huge cash injection of 20 money units to Jolly Club to aid their survival in Formula 1 (money that had been saved by the Fastlane F2 team).
===== 2006 =====
===== 2007 =====
===== 2008 =====
=== Tony Stewild ===
Tony Stewild, who has ran Jolly Club's EGPM programme since it's inception, also owns a successful nascar team in Wild-Haas Racing. Additionally, he owns the football team Arden Rovers FC.
=== Results ===
==== Formula One Results ====
Year	Chassis	Driver 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	Points	WCC
1997	JC-04 	 	AUS 	BRA 	ARG 	SMR 	MON 	ESP 	CAN 	FRA 	GBR 	GER 	HUN 	BEL 	ITA 	AUT 	EUR 	 	
1997	JC-04 	Mohammed Jones 	10th 	>16th	>16th	11th 	>16th	10th 	14th 	14th 	>16th	5th 	14th 	>16th	14th 	>16th	>16th	12 	10th (Relegated)
1997	JC-04 	Tonny Søgaard 	12th 	>16th	>16th	>16th	>16th	>16th	>16th	>16th	>16th	>16th	>16th	>16th	>16th	13th 	>16th	12 	10th (Relegated)
2001	JC-08 	 	AUS 	MAL 	ZAF 	ESP 	FRA 	AUT 	MON 	CAN 	USA 	NED 	GBR 	GER 	BEL 	POR 	BRA 	 	
2001	JC-08 	Cedric Vrammout 	>16th	9th 	>16th	15th 	>16th	>16th	>16th	15th 	>16th	>16th	15th 	15th 	>16th	>16th	13th 	2 	10th (Relegated)
2001	JC-08 	Yaroslav Ryzhkov	14th 	>16th	13th 	14th 	>16th	>16th	13th 	>16th	>16th	>16th	14th 	>16th	>16th	13th 	16th 	2 	10th (Relegated)
2005	JC-12 	 	AUS 	ZAF 	MAL 	BAH 	POR 	MON 	USA 	FRA 	GBR 	GER 	HUN 	TUR 	ITA 	CHI 	BRA 	 	
2005	JC-12 	Bruce Wang 	>16th	>16th	>16th	>16th	>16th	>16th	10th 	15th 	>16th	>16th	13th 	>16th	>16th	13th 	>16th	1 	10th (Relegated)
2005	JC-12 	Chace Rahul 	>16th	>16th	>16th	>16th	>16th	DNF 	12th 	14th 	>16th	>16th	>16th	14th 	14th 	>16th	15th 	1 	10th (Relegated)
2006	W06 	 	MAL 	AUS 	ZAF 	SMR 	ESP 	MON 	GBR 	CAN 	USA 	NED 	GER 	TUR 	ITA 	ARG 	BRA 	 	
2006	W06 	Nasir
Kirimi 	15th 	>16th	14th 	12th 	>16th	DNF 	>16th	>16th	>16th	13th 	>16th	>16th	>16th	15th 	>16th	16 	7th
2006	W06 	Marcel Schneider	14th 	14th 	13th 	>16th	9th 	13th 	>16th	10th 	4th 	10th 	13th 	>16th	11th 	12th 	12th 	16 	7th
2007	W07 	 	AUS 	ZAF 	MAL 	BAH 	MON 	USA 	FRA 	GBR 	GER 	HUN 	ITA 	BEL 	JAP 	ARG 	BRA 	 	
2007	W07 	Nasir
Kirimi 	11th 	13th 	12th 	15th 	>16th	>16th	14th 	15th 	14th 	>16th	>16th	11th 	14th 	>16th	15th 	6 	9th
2007	W07 	Marcel Schneider	>16th	11th 	>16th	14th 	13th 	9th 	9th 	14th 	>16th	11th 	9th 	15th 	>16th	11th 	11th 	6 	9th
2008	W08 	 	AUS 	ZAF 	ESP 	TUR 	MON 	CAN 	NED 	GBR 	GER 	BEL 	ITA 	SIN 	CHI 	ARG 	BRA 	 	
2008	W08 	Nasir
Kirimi 	10th 	13th 	DNF 	13th 	11th 	14th 	12th 	11th 	11th 	12th 	10th 	11th 	8th 	11th 	12th 	15 	9th
2008	W08 	Dennis Tangemann	14th 	12th 	10th 	9th 	12th 	>16th	14th 	14th 	13th 	>16th	14th 	>16th	7th 	13th 	14th 	15 	9th
2009	W09 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2009	W09 	Nasir
Kirimi 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2009	W09 	Dennis Tangemann	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==== Formula Two Results ====
Year	Chassis	Driver 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	Points	TC
1994	JC-01 	 	ESP 	FRA 	GBR 	HUN 	ITA 	EUR 	 	 	
1994	JC-01 	Rodrigo
Pedrosa	 	 	 	10th	13th 	12th 	 	17 	9th
1994	JC-01 	Artyom
Cena	 	 	 	13th	2nd 	13th 	 	17 	9th
1995	JC-02 	 	MON 	FRA 	GER 	HUN 	BEL 	POR 	EUR 	 	
1995	JC-02 	Heino
Tuomaala	9th 	9th 	5th 	8th 	9th 	6th 	1st* 	57 	6th
1995	JC-02 	Vos
Snyder	10th	6th 	12th 	12th	11th 	>14th	>14th	57 	6th
1996	JC-03 	 	GER 	SMR 	ESP 	FRA 	GBR 	ITA 	POR 	 	
1996	JC-03 	Teagan
Fox	2nd 	2nd 	6th 	4th 	5th 	3rd 	4th 	154 	1st
(Promoted)
1996	JC-03 	Rodrigo
Pedrosa	4th 	11th	4th 	2nd*	7th 	5th 	5th 	154 	1st
(Promoted)
1998	JC-05 	 	MON 	GBR 	AUT 	HUN 	BEL 	ITA 	EUR 	 	
1998	JC-05 	Jan
Dikken	5th 	5th 	1st 	2nd 	5th 	8th 	13th 	134 	2nd
1998	JC-05 	Felix
Waltz	2nd 	6th 	3rd 	8th 	2nd 	12th 	7th 	134 	2nd
1999	JC-06 	 	ESP 	FRA 	AUT 	GER 	BEL 	ITA 	POR 	 	
1999	JC-06 	Felix
Waltz	3rd 	2nd 	7th 	2nd 	2nd* 	10th 	7th 	128 	2nd
1999	JC-06 	Rodrigo
Pedrosa	4th*	7th 	6th 	8th 	10th 	4th 	5th 	128 	2nd
2000	JC-07 	 	GBR 	MON 	FRA 	AUT 	GER 	HUN 	ITA 	 	
2000	JC-07 	Cedric
Vrammout	7th 	3rd 	1st 	5th 	2nd 	1st 	1st 	204 	1st
(Promoted)
2000	JC-07 	Jan Dikken	1st 	2nd 	8th 	6th 	1st 	3rd 	2nd 	204 	1st
(Promoted)
2002	JC-09 	 	SMR 	ESP 	MON 	HUN 	NED 	GER 	BEL 	 	
2002	JC-09 	Julián
Álvarez	1st 	4th 	6th 	8th 	5th* 	5th 	3rd 	99 	3rd
2002	JC-09 	Arnold
Waltz	5th 	8th 	>14th	9th 	>14th	8th 	10th 	99 	3rd
2003	JC-10 	 	AUT 	MON 	GER 	FRA 	GBR 	NED 	ITA 	 	
2003	JC-10 	Felix
Waltz	11th	2nd 	3rd 	9th 	4th* 	4th 	4th 	130 	2nd
2003	JC-10 	Jan
Dikken	8th 	4th 	4th 	1st*	12th 	5th 	8th 	130 	2nd
2004	JC-11 	 	SMR 	MON 	NED 	GBR 	GER 	ITA 	BEL 	 	
2004	JC-11 	Chad
Armstrong	7th 	3rd*	1st 	2nd*	7th 	3rd* 	3rd 	179 	1st
(Promoted)
2004	JC-11 	Bruce
Wang	5th 	2nd 	10th 	7th 	2nd 	1st 	1st 	179 	1st
(Promoted)
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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