Eurosilva Motorsport

**Eurosilva Motorsport**, formerly known as **Eurotechnica International** or **Silva Motorsport** is a Swiss racing team. They currently compete in the 2025 Formula B Championship, and fielded IFS entries from season 1997 until the series' demise in 2022. Spending most of their last seasons in IFS struggling at the back of the grid, Eurosilva did not carry over their operations to Formula A, and instead focused on other series such as Formula B and Formula Volt.

## **History**

Eurosilva Motorsport was founded in 1997 as a result of the acquisition of Eurotechnica International by Portuguese-Swiss businessman and former racing driver Ricardo Silva, who was also the founder of Silva Motorsport.

### Eurotechnica

#### International Formula Juniors

Eurotechnica Racing was founded by Mathieu Dubois, Ernst Rieger, Ian Knowles and Riccardo Mancuso, four former IFS and GPWC engineers from France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy, who all shared the same ideal of a team under fair and democratic management. The team was founded in November of 1984 and based in Pescara, Italy.

Eurotechnica began their racing operations in International Formula Juniors, fielding two cars for season 1985, with drivers Katsuhito Arai and Peter Wright at the helm. With the team bosses' intricate knowledge of open-wheel racing and cars, Eurotechnica was an instant success in International Formula Juniors, as the Eurotechnica MEIR1 would go on to win the opening race of the season with Katsuhito Arai, but progress stalled in the mid-season as the team struggled for funding. The team finished 4th in the constructors' championship.

Eurotechnica continued into their second IFJ season, fielding the same drivers, and now with the backing of Italian wine company *Monteleone* as title sponsor, Eurotechnica lined up for their best season yet. However, a major accident at the Brands Hatch round of the championship saw Peter Wright permanently out of racing. Eurotechnica hired Italian pay driver Paolo Colombo for the rest of the season.

With the help of the newfound backing, Arai was able to make a consistent charge towards the drivers' championship. He won multiple races and would end up with a three point lead over Schreiber Motorsport's Paul Brouwer. Heading into the final round at Donington, Arai would come home P3 to claim his title as the 1986 International Formula Juniors champion. Eurotechnica would however not claim the constructors' title and fell just 23 points short of achieving the title.

Following their IFJ successes, part of the team was acquired by American investment company Viridis. With an even more extensive backing, Eurotechnica International would be able to promote themselves to the International Formula Series for season 1987. Eurotechnica continued their IFJ operations as well, becoming the first team to field a junior team in IFS history.

#### International Formula Series

Eurotechnica entered their first IFS season, fielding IFJ champion Katsuhito Arai, and new signing Thierry Collin. Despite the team being decently funded, Eurotechnica struggled in the first few races of the season, as they failed to qualify for two out of five races, and DNFed in one race. They would also struggle with reliability, as they opted for the quick but unreliable Kreuzer engine. Eurotechnica would however score their first ever points when Thierry Collin piloted the MEIR3 to P6 after a very good strategical call at the Spanish Grand Prix. Their best result came at a wet Belgian Grand Prix, when Arai finished P4. Eurotechnica ended their first season 10th in the constructors' championship, a slow start to their IFS campaign.