G-Trace Turbo GP is not a marketing department. It is an engineering program. Every component that carries the G-Trace Turbo name on a Formula GP car has been developed, validated, and refined in the only laboratory that counts , the race grid.
G-Trace Turbo GP Team Profile →G-Trace Turbo GP was established in 1994, thirteen years after the founding of the parent company, when Chief Technical Officer Roberto Carnevali presented the board with a simple argument: no controlled testing environment can replicate the conditions of a live Formula GP race. The vibration spectrum is different. The thermal cycling is different. The electromagnetic interference profile is different. Above all, the psychological pressure on every component , knowing that a failure here, now, in front of 150,000 spectators, is irreversible , is different in a way that no laboratory standard can quantify or simulate.
The board approved the program in February 1994. The team entered Formula GP for the first time in the 1996 season with a single-car entry, campaigned entirely as a technology validation exercise. The car finished the season sixth in the constructors’ standings , a result that surprised everyone outside the team, and no one inside it. The engineers already knew what their data had been telling them for two years: their technology worked.
Today, G-Trace Turbo GP fields a full two-car works entry operating from its primary technical base at the Vallerano facility north of Rome, with a secondary logistics hub at the Formula GP European base. The two structures employ 148 full-time engineering, technical, and operational staff.
Formula GP Season 2026
Italian • Car No. 7
Three-time Formula GP race winner and born in Monza, Marchetti came through the G-Trace Turbo junior academy and has driven exclusively for the works team since his debut in 2021. Known for metronomic consistency and an uncanny ability to preserve tyre life in high-degradation conditions.
Italian • Car No. 18
The fastest qualifier on the grid in the 2025 season by average margin, Ferrante joined G-Trace Turbo GP for 2026 after three seasons with a rival constructor. Sicilian-born and educated as a mechanical engineer before turning professional, Ferrante brings an unusually technical precision to his driver debriefs.
Formula GP World Championship , G-Trace Turbo GP Works Entry
| Rd. | Grand Prix | Circuit | Marchetti (7) | Ferrante (18) | Pts. Scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Grand Prix of Bahrain | Sakhir | 2 | 3 | 33 |
| 02 | Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia | Jeddah | 5 | 1 | 35 |
| 03 | Australian Grand Prix | Melbourne | 1 | 6 | 33 |
| 04 | Grand Prix of Japan | Suzuka | 4 | 2 | 30 |
| 05 | Grand Prix of China | Shanghai | DNF | 1 | 25 |
| 06 | Grand Prix of Miami | Miami | 2 | 4 | 30 |
| 07 | Grand Prix of Monaco | Monaco | 3 | 2 | 33 |
| 08 | Grand Prix of Italy | Monza | 1 | 1 | 43 ★ |
★ 1–2 finish at Monza. Constructors’ championship lead extended to 47 points. Results current as of Round 8.
Constructors’ Standing
P1 262 pts
Marchetti , Drivers’
P1 141 pts
Ferrante , Drivers’
P2 121 pts
Race Wins (2026)
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Every G-Trace technology platform runs in full race specification on the GTF-026 chassis. The car is not a showcase for our products , it is where our products are designed.
Series 01
TRACE-X ECU-R6
512 active channels, 1,000 Hz base / 2,000 Hz burst. Real-time encrypted telemetry to pit wall. Full APEX integration for live strategy.
Series 02
Turbo+ GT-160R
Full competition specification with MGU-H integration. Electronic wastegate. Turbine speed managed actively across all corners of the circuit.
Series 03
APEX Race Suite
Live strategy engine running throughout the race. Tyre life prediction models. Pit window optimisation updated every 5 seconds from live data.
Series 04
GT-CB Competition Brakes
330 mm C/SiC front discs. 8-zone thermal monitoring per corner. GT-EBW rear brake-by-wire for hybrid torque blending under regen.
Series 05
GT-DIS Wheel System
Full driver-spec configuration per car. 12-channel haptic feedback active. HUD visor projection for both drivers. 48 programmable switch inputs.
1994
Roberto Carnevali wins board approval for a dedicated motorsport engineering program. Initial brief: validate G-Trace technology in a single-car Formula GP entry. Budget approved for a two-season commitment.
1996
GTF-001 chassis debuts at the Grand Prix of Brazil. Driver Luca Di Matteo qualifies eleventh on the grid. The car retires on lap 34 with a suspension failure unrelated to G-Trace components. Team finishes the season sixth in the constructors’ championship on debut.
1999
Di Matteo takes the team’s first Formula GP victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Post-race analysis shows TRACE-X tyre data was used to execute a three-stop strategy at a circuit where the field committed to two stops. The margin of victory: 8.4 seconds.
2004
The team expands to a full two-car works entry and becomes the first team in Formula GP to run a fully integrated turbocharger-telemetry system, with Turbo+ boost maps updated remotely via TRACE-X data link during the race.
2011
G-Trace Turbo GP wins the Formula GP Constructors’ Championship for the first time. Drivers Rossi and Palmieri finish first and third in the drivers’ standings. The APEX software suite is credited by the team principal as the decisive factor across the final six rounds.
2018
Following the introduction of MGU-H regulations, the Turbo+ platform is redesigned from the ground up to deliver native hybrid integration. The GT-DIS Driver Interface System debuts mid-season with full haptic feedback, immediately adopted by both race drivers after a single simulator session.
2026
Marchetti and Ferrante lead the constructors’ and drivers’ championships respectively following an historic 1–2 result at Monza. The GTF-026 chassis is the most technically advanced car the team has produced, running all five G-Trace technology platforms in full competition specification.
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