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Motorsport
Few organisations can match our heritage in designing, developing and building customer racing and high-performance road cars.
Since we started in 1984, every race or rally car we’ve designed or managed has won. We’ve proved repeatedly that we know what’s needed to win.
For more than 30 years cars we’ve built have triumphed in World and European, Australian, Asian, African and North and South American championships.
We’ve run more than 20 seasons of internationally successful Touring Car and Rally championships on behalf of OEMs.
“RML won 88 WTCC races for Chevrolet,” says Nick Reilly, former President of GM Europe. “We were last into the series but soon became the dominant team. RML were very professional and great ambassadors for us.”
There’s a complete list of our cars’ victories further on but here’s a brief summary –
1 WSCC World Sports Car Championship
4 LMS LMP2 Championships
3 ELMS European Le Mans Series titles
2 Grand Am GTO Championships
2 LMP2 Le Mans 24H Class Wins
9 WTCC World Touring Car Championships
8 BTCC British Touring Car Championships
4 European Rally Championships (customer)
2 ASCAR Championships
5 Customer Touring Car Championships
British Touring Car Championship
Every car in the MSA British Touring Car Championship runs on our chassis and suspension components, sub-frames and steering systems – we’re the suppliers of the specified units.
To give teams the service they demand, we’ve implemented a full inventory ERP/MRP solution which runs remotely on our support truck.That enables specific stock control throughout the course of a race meeting, as well as automated post processing for stock replenishment. That in turn les us to deliver parts at critical times during race weekends while ensuring we will be ready for the following round.
We value and pride ourselves on this level of customer support. When and where any BTCC team needs parts or support we are there to deliver – before the race weekend, during the event, or post-race.
Our history of BTCC success stretches back to 1992 when we started running race and championship-winning programmes for
multiple OEMs.
Our Heritage In Touring Cars
We started running highly successful manufacturer programmes in 1992 and have played a pivotal role in touring car racing ever since.
We’ve won for Vauxhall, Nissan, SEAT and Chevrolet with eight British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) titles and nine FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) titles. Our customers have also won European, Australian, Asian, African and other domestic Touring Car Championships.
After we secured the BTCC Teams’ and Drivers’ Championships for Vauxhall in 1995, Nissan awarded us a BTCC contract to take on the Works Teams from Williams-Renault, TWR Volvo, Honda, Audi, Peugeot, Ford, Alfa Romeo and Vauxhall. True to form, success was instant – we won the 1998 Manufacturers’ and Teams’ Championships with the formidable Nissan Primera GT.
More success followed in 1999 with the BTCC triple crown – Drivers’, Manufacturers’ and Teams’ titles. In 2004, we undertook the works programme for SEAT, before switching focus to the World Touring Car Championship with Chevrolet in 2005. A return to the BTCC series in 2010 brought us another title for Chevrolet.
Our partnership with Chevrolet is a showcase for what we can achieve for a major car brand in a production-based motorsport series.
Over the eight-year FIA World Touring Car Championship programme we gave Chevrolet 88 victories and delivered triple back-to-back Driver and Constructor Championships. They were General Motors’ only World Championship titles in any series.
So many championship titles and wins cemented RML’s position as one of the most successful entrants in global Touring Car competition.
Rally Championships
We’ve won in rallying, too. The RML-designed-and-built Astra Formula 2 rally kit car took the German title in its opening season and achieved numerous European wins.
Later, we delivered the ultimate UK spot for Vauxhall by winning the hotly-contended British Rally Championship Manufacturers’ title.
Sister brand Opel appointed us to design and build a Corsa for the Super 1600 category. In its debut at the prestigious
Monte Carlo Rally in 2002 it proved extremely competitive on all surfaces,
reigniting Opel’s vigour as an OEM rally entrant amid stiff opposition.
Our Winning heritage
The works team victories that have built our reputation and capability -
Touring car wins
1995 - RML claim BTCC Drivers’ and Teams’ Titles for Vauxhall, with RML Cavaliers winning touring car titles in South Africa and Japan
1996 - RML Cavaliers/Vectras win touring car titles in South Africa, Thailand and Australia
1998 - RML secure BTCC Manufacturers’ and Teams’ Titles for Nissan
1999 - RML again win BTCC Manufacturers’ and Teams’ titles plus the Drivers’ crown for Nissan
2004 - RML gain nine BTCC wins for works SEAT team
2009 - RML claim six WTCC wins for works Chevrolet team and 11 BTCC wins
2010 - RML claim first WTCC Drivers’, Manufacturers’ & Teams’ Championships and takes the BTCC Drivers Championship for Chevrolet
2011 - RML record second WTCC Drivers’, Manufacturers’ and Teams’ Championships for Chevrolet, with the RML Global 1.6-litre turbo engine, taking 21 of 24 wins and every pole position
2012 - RML claim third WTCC Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ Championships for Chevrolet with Rob Huff, Alain Menu & Yvan Muller finishing first, second and third in the Drivers’ standings
2013 - RML claim FIA WTCC Drivers’ Championship with Yvan Muller (his third with RML) and secures the Yokohama Teams’ Trophy
GT wins
2001 – RML-designed-and-built Saleen S7R wins Sebring 12 Hours and all but one race in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS), taking the Manufacturers’, Teams’ and Drivers’ Championships.
In subsequent years the Saleens took multiple victories across the globe in customer hands, including winning the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours GT1 class
Prototype sportscar wins
1985 - RML Ecurie Ecosse Ford second in C2 World Sportscar Teams Championship
1986 - RML Ecurie Ecosse Austin Rover wins C2 World Sportscar Teams Championship
1987 - RML Ecurie Ecosse Ford second in C2 World Sportscar Teams Championship
1990 - RML develops and prepares NPTI Nissan R90C Group C1 programme for Le Mans 24 Hours. Car lead for five hours and set a new lap record
2005 - RML manage AD Promotions/Dedicated Micros Le Mans/Le
Mans Endurance Series programme, winning the LMP2 class at Le Mans 24 Hours and finishing second in the Le Mans Series
2006 - RML manage AD Promotions/Dedicated Micros Le Mans/LMES programme, winning the LMP2 category at La Sarthe and finishing second in the LMES LMP2 class
2007 - RML win the LMP2 class Le Mans Series and compete in Le Mans 24 Hours with the MG-Lola EX264
2010 - RML win the Le Mans Series LMP2 class with Lola-HPD LMP2 Coupe
Rally wins
1998 - RML works Astra F2 wins first rally in Germany
1999 - RML works Astra F2 wins rally championships in Sweden, Germany and Norway
2000 - RML works Astra F2 Team wins British Rally Championship and works Astra F2 wins Norwegian and German National Rally Championships
2002 - Opel Corsa Super 1600 wins first rally
2003 - Opel Corsa Super 1600 wins British S1600 and British Junior Rally Championships